4:30 AM, Foggy Fields & That One Windmill That Gets Me Thinking

Let’s get real for a second.
When your alarm goes off at 4:30 AM, there are exactly two things that happen in your brain:
1. You seriously consider quitting your job and becoming a goat herder in the Pyrenees.
2. You ask yourself what kind of person voluntarily does this twice in one week. (Spoiler: Apparently me.)

This week, I had the distinct pleasure of commuting to the Brussels office. Twice. That’s right—two bonus rounds of bumper-to-bumper traffic and enough brake lights to make your eyeballs bleed. And while most people were snoring away in their overpriced memory foam cocoons, I was out chasing a head start on the day like a bootleg Tom Bilyeu armed with a travel mug and questionable decision-making skills.

But then… something happened.

As I was riding through the sleepy countryside, just me, my thoughts, and the faint sound of my sanity unraveling, this happened:
👉

Sunrise hit the fields like a motivational speaker hits a podcast—bright, dramatic, and way too intense for how early it was. But damn, it was beautiful.

Pause for life lesson.
Sometimes, life throws you a bone. And by “bone,” I mean a perfectly golden sunrise over misty farmland that makes you forget that you’re technically late, again.

👉

That moment when the sun kisses the grass just right? Yeah, that’s not your phone filter. That’s Mother Nature flexing harder than a CrossFitter on Instagram.

👉

And then—because apparently this morning needed a main character moment—a windmill appeared from the fog like it was auditioning for a Nike ad:
“Just turn.”

I sat there, engine idling, contemplating the meaning of life, productivity, and whether windmills ever feel underappreciated. (Don’t judge me. It was early.)

The Point?
You hustle. You grind. You wake up at a time that feels illegal in most time zones. But every now and then, the universe sends you a reminder:

“Hey, you’re not just surviving. You’re building something. Keep going.”

So yeah, I’ll keep showing up. I’ll keep doing the 4:30 grind, dodging traffic, dodging burnout, and dodging carbs (okay, trying). Because those moments—the windmill, the fog, the silence before the world wakes up? They’re the ROI no one talks about.

And for what it’s worth, if you ever feel like the grind’s not worth it—go stand in a field at sunrise.

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