Life Moves Pretty Fast...

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress.

Working hard for something we love is called passion.

This is one of a few little combinations of words I’ve decided to live by lately. It was about two weeks ago now I think; I pretty much decided I’d rather be broke and happy than broke and frustrated. Why would anyone want to go to a job they really don’t care about everyday and make just enough money to pay their bills and maybe go out once or twice a month with friends? It boggles my mind, and hurts my heart and my creative spirit. We all only get one chance at this, at least one chance that we’re aware of, and I won’t spend my life performing repetitive tasks that mean nothing to me; packing order A in box B: moving stack A to location B, just to move it back the next day. That’s not how I want to spend my time here.

I had lunch with a friend today and we discussed so so many things but the main thing that ran through my mind during the whole conversation was, ‘I’m so happy to be here in this moment right now’. I felt alive and aware and stimulated and fulfilled. It’s like when you haven’t had a drink of water in a while and you realize you’re thirsty but don’t really know HOW thirsty until you start to take a drink and then the bottle is empty and you’re refilling it in the sink. I think that’s how my mind and heart have been feeling lately. I didn’t really know I was starved for creative conversation and collaborative drive and passion towards a goal, but until I finished that first bottle and started refilling it, I didn’t realize just how long it had been. I’m extremely lucky, too, that I have a new group of friends here and my solid tried and true foundation that aren’t satisfied with the status quo either. Surrounding yourself with other like-minded people is invaluable. Especially because what we’re all doing can be easily argued by anyone with half a brain as irresponsible, reckless, selfish, hopeless…the list goes on. That’s just not how we see it though, and we won’t; we fly high and fall hard. I wouldn’t want it any other way and I’m super happy to be starting this journey with some old reliable warriors and some brand new ones.

I don’t know what my mark will be on the world but I know I’ll be leaving something behind and I look forward to reaching my full potential.