Pursue Your Dreams With Reckless Abandon
April 29th, 2010
What was it that you wanted to be when you were growing up? An artist, a musician, an actor/actress, a doctor, a lawyer, or a business owner. Are you pursuing that dream? Is that dream dead? Is it too late to make yourself what you wanted to be when you were growing up?
I ask these questions as a challenge to you. Are you being true to yourself? Because, in the end, the only one you are truly responsible for is yourself. You are responsible for your life, and you should be proud of your life. Furthermore, I ask these questions of myself. I am pursuing my dreams but I am not pursuing them as hard as I should. I have taken steps in the right direction. I have also tried various professions to find out what truly makes me happy. What I have discovered is that my true love is in the creative of marketing and design and the development of designers. The love of my childhood has never gone away, yet for the better part of a decade, I have not pursued my passion.
I was lucky. Well sort of. I was laid off from a very good job with a promising corporate career. I invested much to that company but nothing to myself. When I was let go, all of my hard work went down the tubes. That company went bankrupt and dissolved and I was left with nothing. To make matters worse, I was facing the toughest economy in the past 70-years. I began to realize the true value in investing in yourself.
I began my new journey as a designer, I began my new journey as an educator, and I began my new journey following my dreams. I have reached some level of success thus far but I have much further to go. I sit down and write this story because a conversation I had with a friend of mine. Out of the blue, I texted him to grab a beer and catch up. We met up and he told me his story and his new developments. I provided a helpful ear and simply challenged him to pursue his dream. Not only to pursue his dream, but to pursue his dream with reckless abandon. I wish him well and am excited to see what comes of our conversation.
I wish him the best and say that it is never too late to be who you always wanted to be. Your dream starts today. You have all the tools that you need all you have to have now is the balls to make it happen. That is it. Pursue your dreams; pursue your dreams with reckless abandon!
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