The Hidden Timeline of True Success
Why devotion takes time, and why the universe keeps asking what you’re willing to give
In this culture of immediatism we forget why we are here.
You want consistent income monthly, but don’t want to embody discipline and focus.
You want to be authentic, but don’t want to show your vulnerability.
You want the mountain, but don’t want the desert.
A couple of weeks ago we had a beautiful conversation with a very successful entrepreneur who said something simple and piercing: whatever you want to do, do it for at least 1,000 days.
I felt that deeply.
It’s focus.
It’s moving through resistance.
It’s choosing transformation over sensation.
It’s devotion.
Immediacy seeks sensation; devotion cultivates depth.
And devotion has a cost. The desert always asks for an offering.
What are you willing to sacrifice now?
Your time? Your money? Your comforts? Your need to be seen right away?
You don’t microwave mastery. You marinate in it.
It blows my mind when I hear, “I’ve been doing this for three months and nothing’s happening.”
Fast-food transformation?
We practiced being a certain person for years (maybe decades), and then we expect our old patterns to deliver a new life overnight. It makes me sad to see the promises of “so fast” everywhere, when most “overnight” stories lived underwater for years.
Sacrifice is not punishment; it’s love in motion.
When you invest time you could spend scrolling. When you invest money you could hoard in fear. When you let go of the soothing identity that keeps you small.
Every sacrifice clarifies the signal you’re sending to life: I’m serious. I’m here. I’m willing.
And yes, devotion can feel lighter.
When you stop bargaining with the clock, the pressure lifts. You simply show up. You get more done because your attention stops leaking.
But devotion isn’t a mood; it’s a choice you renew—especially on the boring days. Like holding plank: not glamorous, sometimes uncomfortable, always strengthening.
Repetition reveals you to yourself.
We say we want consistent income—are we consistent with our energy, our focus, our actions? We say we want 10k or 100k months—what are we giving to the world?
Five hours a week, in spare moments, when we “feel like it”? Or do we arrange our life like an altar and place something real on it every day?
It is said two to five years is also the time an identity takes to stabilize.
Whether or not that’s scientifically precise, it rings true in the body of anyone who has stayed.
You show up long enough and the person who “tries” becomes the person who is.
Discipline becomes devotion when it’s sourced from love.
And maybe slow is mercy. If a hundred clients arrived today, could you hold them? Sometimes “only ten” is grace training your capacity. Sometimes you think you’ve been at it “forever,” but you’ve just been changing directions every few months and resetting day one.
Devotion isn’t rigid, but it is steady.
In practice keep it simple. Refine the same move, refine your actions without changing your goal.
Rest when needed, pause is not quit, and then come back.
Smile in plank. Not because it’s easy, but because I’m free to choose my state.
The energy keeps moving after the motion stops. You can feel it: momentum. You placed your offering on the altar, and life begins to meet you. Call it faith, call it physics, call it love, keep showing up and the current starts to carry you.
So ask with me:
What will you sacrifice, with love, so your devotion is undeniable? What goes on your altar today… and again tomorrow… for 1,000 days?
If you knew your vision blooms on day 1,001, would you still devote yourself now…and for the 999 days in between?
With Love,
Carolina
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Alan Watts: "When you try to rush the ripening of fruit it ruins it." I'm starting to realize that the creation of artificial timeliness for "success" is one of the mindsets that creates the most unnecessary suffering for me. Thank you for this additional encouragement to let it go!
Timeless reminders and wisdom, thank you Carolina 🙏🏻 I’ve been living this lesson a lot this year. And it feels good, sobering, real. Something I can actually work with.