The Awakening
To stay at the status quo or strive for something greater. That moment when you push all your chips to the middle and scream out “I’M ALL IN”. That is where I was in December 2018. I remember telling myself “no risk, no reward”. Up until that moment, I have lived a life reminiscent of those role models who have been in my life prior. Find a good job, work really hard, put money into your 401K, retire when your 60-65, enjoy your golden years. It is what I saw growing up from almost every influential person in my life. This mindset was engraved deep inside of my brain and the scary part was that it felt so normal and right. So what was I to do? Should I accept my presumed faith and maintain the status quo which my life had taken on? Should I continue on this trajectory of “security”?
NO MORE, I REFUSE TO LIVE LIKE THIS. A voice deep inside of me screams out every single second of every single day. There has to be more to life than what I am currently experiencing. There has to be more to life than this monotony, more than this unfulfilling daily routine. When you finally accept this, when you REALLY finally accept this notion, there is NO TURNING BACK. Your trajectory is forever altered, for good or for worse I will throw all caution to the wind and strive for greatness. I have decided to leave the securities of the life in which I have lived. I have decided to reject this mentality that has been nurtured in me from birth. I will live my life with purpose the way I want to, not the way that I think I have to. NO MORE, I REFUSE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
I believe every entrepreneur has this awakening. A feeling that had been brewing inside of me for some time but I didn’t know what it was. It was a feeling of being uncomfortable in my own skin. A feeling of uneasiness about my place in this world. Despite the success which my life may have appeared to be from the outside looking in, I still did not feel satisfied. I yearned to create my OWN story, not help someone else build theirs. I became resentful driving to work. I began to think that every day of building someone else’s dream is a day ROBBED from my own. How dare they do that to me. I hated that feeling and knew that I had to do something about it.
This feeling was not brought on from outside forces, people, jobs, or anything like that. It was completely self-imposed and although harsh, it was very necessary to spur me into action.
So what was I to do? There had to be answers out there and I was determined to find them. This awakening has ROCKED my world. I now enter uncharted territory for myself and my family. This awakening as led my wife and me to start chasing OUR DREAM and not build someone else’s. The road will be tough with many ups and downs. However, we know we will be successful because we will NEVER GIVE UP. Despite certain hardships that we are certain to face, we will be successful because we will never look at these as failures. Failure is definitive, it means you have stopped trying. I am too stubborn to fail.