Before Zhu Yuanzhang caught his break, he was literally begging for food. Being anxious changes nothing.
At 17, famine + locusts + plague wiped out his entire family in two weeks. Too poor to even afford burial plots. He fled to a temple to become a monk. 50 days later, the temple ran out of food. They handed him a bowl and kicked him out to beg.
He begged for 3 straight years across Huaixi. 17 to 20 years old, wandering with a broken bowl through disaster, starving, freezing, watching people turn cold. When he finally returned, he laid low for another 4 years—sweeping, praying, reading. At 25, a letter from an old friend changed everything. He joined Guo Zixing's army. That's when his gears started turning.
When your bull run hasn't arrived yet, just keep grinding.
Stay sharp. Keep your body healthy. Master the fundamentals. When the winds of the era finally blow, you better have a sail ready to catch it.
At 17, famine + locusts + plague wiped out his entire family in two weeks. Too poor to even afford burial plots. He fled to a temple to become a monk. 50 days later, the temple ran out of food. They handed him a bowl and kicked him out to beg.
He begged for 3 straight years across Huaixi. 17 to 20 years old, wandering with a broken bowl through disaster, starving, freezing, watching people turn cold. When he finally returned, he laid low for another 4 years—sweeping, praying, reading. At 25, a letter from an old friend changed everything. He joined Guo Zixing's army. That's when his gears started turning.
When your bull run hasn't arrived yet, just keep grinding.
Stay sharp. Keep your body healthy. Master the fundamentals. When the winds of the era finally blow, you better have a sail ready to catch it.