On Small Moments With Big Impacts

Do you ever think back to a moment in your life that you didn’t see as a big event at the time, but that has had an enormous impact on your life trajectory?

I think it’s interesting to look back at these moments. It’s interesting to think about what my life might be like if one of them didn’t happen.

I wonder, for the moments that changed my life trajectory for the better, how I can find/experience more of those moments.

What seems like a small thing now that may end up having a huge positive impact years down the line?

This is similar to a concept I talked about in another post of mine, called “The Internet’s Butterfly Effect.” Basically, the internet can serve to greatly increase the number of these positive, butterfly-effect moments people experience.

Maybe seeking out these types of moments isn’t how they work. Maybe they need to have an element of random chance and can’t be something you’re expecting. But maybe not.

Note: this post originally appeared on my substack.