An Inspirational Farewell from EO Aaron✨

Hey everybody, EO Aaron here. Since this is my last week here, I wanted to take a moment to leave behind a little encouragement while also telling you a bit about myself.

I’m a passionate language learner, but more than that, I think it’s fair to say that I’m just a passionate learner overall. What I really love are goals where progress is hard to measure. Sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? But it’s true. I find the greatest reward in pursuing things that challenge me and surprise me with what I’m capable of accomplishing.

Over the years, I’ve had a lot of ambitious dreams and wild goals — becoming a UFC fighter, breaking David Goggins’ pull-up record of 4,030 pull-ups in 17 hours, and many more. I know I won’t accomplish every dream I daydream about, but through spending my life chasing my goals as if they owe me money, I’ve learned something incredibly important that applies perfectly to Green Schools:

The little things add up.

Every hour I spent learning French brought me closer to where I am today. Even when it felt like 200 hours of practice hadn’t changed anything… they had. We’ve all taken on difficult goals at some point in our lives. Maybe you wanted to lift a certain amount of weight, save a certain amount of money, or accomplish something that felt completely out of reach.

And we’ve all felt that doubt — that intimidating, insecure voice that tries to convince us we can’t do it. That it isn’t worth it.

I’m here to tell you those thoughts are lies.

No matter how big the mountain is that you want to climb, you reach the top one step at a time. And I promise you, once you finally get there — whether it takes one year or ten — you’ll look back and realize you were capable of more than you ever imagined.

There’s nothing that frustrates me more than seeing someone look at the mountain of work ahead of them and think, “It’s too much, so I might as well not try.” That mindset has never led anyone to the level of success they dream about — and it won’t get our planet where it needs to be either.

I dream of a cleaner Earth. One without 200 million tonnes of plastic in our oceans. One without hurricanes growing stronger every year. One without devastating droughts and wildfires destroying homes just down the road from us during the summer. One where families can afford to heat their homes.

Yes, that’s a mountain of work.

But every mountain has a summit.

And I’d bet anything that we’ll get there — one step at a time.