Hello guys!
Hope everyone is having a pleasant Sunday afternoon. If you're like me, you're getting things ready to start the week. Two years ago I decided that the 9-5 office job was not for me. It was a very tough choice taking that would leave one income in my household. If you are like me, then you've worked since your early teens and joined the military to find some "meaning" in a society that tells you that you must be college educated. What about those that didn't have the support system to do so? Frankly, I didn't feel like being a slave to student debt until the end of time. I married into a household with two Engineers, a Director of Nursing and TWO Doctors. I felt tiny in a world of Masters.
I was the only one who decided to skip the college thing and get some form of world experience. I have to say, I don't think I would know who I would have turned out to be if I didn't follow my heart in everything I've done so far. Now, the times I ignored my gut and didn't listen to myself; those were the times I ended up being miserable and lost. I felt like I was stuck in a job where I thought I had to deal with until something better came my way. Wait for someone to give me an opportunity or a chance to prove that I am smarter than an expensive, framed piece of paper. That day never came.
I would be the "yes man"; I would be the person everyone came to for advice, assistance, I would take every little piece of work that came my way and for what? To eventually become the scapegoat of my superiors. We have to realize that life is too short and we are worth more than people lead us to believe. People will never give you a chance to prove yourself because they don't care for you. I made my own opportunities happen. I do my research and do what is best for me and try to help others in ways I wished I could have been helped.
All the Prozac in the world will not help you unless you help yourself. Do yourself a favor, put down the excuses and take action. It's easy to talk about what can happen and all the beautiful things that you can accomplish. But what are words to a dead man?
Until next time,
Crypto Lamb.