I’ve been living my life in seven year chunks since I was 24 and began my career in earnest. I work hard for six years and attempt to rest in the seventh year (to varying degrees of success), recalibrate and refocus. It is a practice that dates back thousands of years but isn’t followed much anymore. I find there is often wisdom in old traditions though. Back at the end of 2018 I wrote a vision for the next seven years of my life (actually 7.5 years since I decided to shift the start from mid-year to align with the calendar year). I had realized that most of the people I studied had their greatest impact later in life, and that to achieve similar things, I should spend some time focusing on preparations with the long term in mind. Even if I did not know what that long term involved. Now,