The first thing you need to do is win.
Win friends. Win love. Win a degree. Win a profession. Win dreams. Win a job that shoots sugar through your veins every morning and sets your ambition on a sprint.
The second thing you need to do is fail. Fail at love. Stop writing friends. Overreach at work. Realize that you hate the way your apartment building smells when it’s been cleaned. Despair over your profession. Illegally download every episode of Seinfeld and watch them on your computer while you eat dinner each night.
Your boss’s name is Cal. Say, “Cal, sometimes I can feel the fat congealing around my synapses.” It’s the truth.
Try another job. Try another place. Win new friends. Get new skills. Compromise. Relish.
Itch.
Then, after completing this AND NO OTHER sequence of events, you’ll be ready.
