FIELD NOTES // 021 - The Truth About Legacy

Everyone talks about legacy like it’s a trophy you leave behind.

Something you hand off.

Something people remember when you’re gone.

But legacy isn’t what you leave.

It’s what you carry — every damn day.

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Legacy isn’t a speech.

It’s not a logo or a plaque.

It’s showing up when it’s inconvenient.

It’s holding the line when no one’s watching.

It’s doing the work that still needs doing — even when the crowd has moved on.

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The truth about legacy is that it’s built quietly.

In garages.

In gyms.

In moments no one posts.

You don’t build it for them.

You build it to prove something to yourself —

That you could’ve quit, but didn’t.

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Legacy doesn’t start when you’re gone.

It starts the moment you stop chasing validation

and start protecting what made you show up in the first place.

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One day, someone will watch you lift a weight you’ve carried your whole life.

They’ll learn how to carry theirs —

because you showed them what it looked like to never set it down.

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The truth about legacy:

It’s not left behind.

It’s carried forward.