Woke up  early on Friday to go get my visa from the Chinese consulate in NYC. Paperwork wasn’t right, wasted $60 and 6 hours of travel time. Came home empty handed. I started thinking “Is this a sign telling me not to go to China? Am I not supposed to do this?”

2 of my good friends and some kook they were with saw me at the skate park a few days earlier. They left after a bit and didn’t say bye. I was stressing.

Now everything with the homies is straight and my new paperwork is gonna come in soon. What does it mean?

Sometimes we have experiences that deter us from our goals. We interpret them as “signs” telling us not to do things. Sometimes they are signs. Most of the time they’re just little bumps that we gotta overcome.

So much can happen in a day. It can be something you know will change your life. Two weeks later the same experience might not mean a thing.

I can’t give you guidelines between signs and bumps. But I’ve experienced both.