Dear Thirty Year old me,
A couple of weeks ago, I read a heartfelt post from Leo Babauta's blog: Zen Habits about the grief that he felt from the death of his friend Scott Dinsmore. I have never heard of Scott before then. To be honest - it is odd that I have not discovered him in the past because three other blogs that I follow are run by good friends of Scott: Nerd Fitness, JamesClear.com, and The Art of NonConformity. I don't know why I have not discovered Live Your Legend before Scott's death - I will not bother to try to understand that - but what's important for you to understand is that after discovering his blog, I jumped in and read through his posts voraciously.
As I write this, I am actually going through a paid course that I bought from Live Your Legend. The course's name is Live Off Your Passion. The course was worth $ 197. To be honest - I'm not sure if this is going to be money well spent. However - after reading Scott's and his friends' posts on how each and everyone of them are living lives where they actually get to earn a living from something they're passionate about, I decided - why not take a chance on that $197 and see what I can learn from the course?
So I took a chance and bought the course. I watched the introduction from Scott. I watched his TED talks where he talked about how someone can live and earn from doing what they are passionate about. I watched a video of Simon Sinek called How Great Leaders Inspire Action. These videos, the words that Scott wrote - spoke to my core. I want that life. I want the life where I can actually truly say that I am doing what I'm passionate about. Take note that as much as I do want to earn from this endeavor - in my heart of hearts, I know that this encounter with Scott's blog has awakened this feeling inside of me that had laid dormant. I remember, when I was younger that I had visions of myself being a great man - a man who helped others. It had laid dormant because life happened - I started working, I had a family to support, I had debt to pay, I had a lifestyle to sustain. And so as I aged from being the bright eyed twenty year old gung-ho and inspired to do great work --- I grew older and I reached the age of 30 and that bright eyed me as you know has changed into this weary soul. I'm telling you - I really hope that with this hard earned $ 197 that I spent on the Live Off Your Passion course, I will be able to discover that bright eyed man that I used to be.
I will keep you posted. This may actually be one helluva ride.
Truly Yours,
Your Four Year Old Self
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