When I was younger, I always dreamed of working as a writer in New York for a big newspaper or magazine and having my own penthouse suite somewhere in Manhattan. I always thought that was my calling in life. As the years went by, I've had a calling to be a Truck Driver, a Photojournalist, a Mad Scientist, a Caterer, a professional Athlete, a Physical Therapist, and even a Missionary in some remote place no one has ever been to. I've always liked the idea of the social, high paced life that a city like New York brings. Something about the challenge of deadlines and being an underdog, just gets my blood pumping with excitement! It makes me come alive! I think better. Unfortunately, life has a way of screwing with your dreams if you don't pay attention. Years ago, I swore that the last place you would find me in was Corporate America. I hated the idea of going to a job for 50 years and doing the same thing! That to me was, and still is, craziness to me! If I did the same exact thing for 50 years, I would be a zombie! All the life I had would have been sucked out a long, long time ago. I can't imagine staying at a place for that long and not do anything to change it.
Meanwhile, 13 years later, I'm still at the same company. Doing the same thing, and going nuts because of it. Ever since I read the Book, "No More Mondays" by Dan Miller, in October of last year, I have felt like my old self, coming alive again. Dreaming of what it's going to be like when I don't have to go to that place anymore. Not that the place I work at now is a bad place. It's not. I have my own office, I'm pretty much left alone, and most of the people are friendly. It's not a bad place to work at. The problem I have with it is me. I don't belong there! That's not my calling. It's not what I'm suppose to be doing in life. That book woke me up from my dreary sleep that I have been in for the last 13 years and It showed me that life doesn't have to be this way. The work force is changing. Now's a perfect time to start implementing those dreams that you thought were impossible at one time. I'm glad I've finally started to put the wheels in motions to attain the work that I want to have, instead of settling for something that is not me. Just like Jon Accuf mentions in his book, "Quitter", I have to do the best I can at my job in order to supplement my dream job. Funny how having something to look forward to brings about a whole new perspective in attitude. One day I'll have the job I was called to do, and then I can say as the late Andrew Brietbart once said, "I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it."
Meanwhile, 13 years later, I'm still at the same company. Doing the same thing, and going nuts because of it. Ever since I read the Book, "No More Mondays" by Dan Miller, in October of last year, I have felt like my old self, coming alive again. Dreaming of what it's going to be like when I don't have to go to that place anymore. Not that the place I work at now is a bad place. It's not. I have my own office, I'm pretty much left alone, and most of the people are friendly. It's not a bad place to work at. The problem I have with it is me. I don't belong there! That's not my calling. It's not what I'm suppose to be doing in life. That book woke me up from my dreary sleep that I have been in for the last 13 years and It showed me that life doesn't have to be this way. The work force is changing. Now's a perfect time to start implementing those dreams that you thought were impossible at one time. I'm glad I've finally started to put the wheels in motions to attain the work that I want to have, instead of settling for something that is not me. Just like Jon Accuf mentions in his book, "Quitter", I have to do the best I can at my job in order to supplement my dream job. Funny how having something to look forward to brings about a whole new perspective in attitude. One day I'll have the job I was called to do, and then I can say as the late Andrew Brietbart once said, "I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it."
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