I stumbled across this post and cannot recommend it enough: Tom’s Twelve Laws of Life. If I knew Korean well enough I’d be tempted to translate it and scatter it across the Korean subway system all over town (these people feel a whole lot of guilt and obligation).
This may seem too hippy and self-help-like for a lot of people but after reading it, I couldn’t agree more. Success and happiness does not come easy but there exists a formula, more or less, and Tom’s post describes it in good detail.
I have battled over whether or not to reveal myself too much in this blog. It can be so easy to because we like to think we’re anonymous… But those days are catching up to us, with employers looking into workers’ facebooks and myspace pages. Everything is getting connected and tracked back to us eventually. I guess the goal is to chronicle my life and efforts and see where it leads me (and who it leads me to) while trying to keep my stuff online as kosher as possible.
A few years ago I was making good money online. Not kiddy stuff, I’m talking 4-5 figures per month. Now that’s dried up and although I’ve been trying to get back in the game, I know it won’t be as easy as it was before. The rules have changed (and I unintentionally helped change them) for the worse… Still, I will keep trying, because “nothing worth having comes easy.”
One of my fatal flaws has been my thinking of the now, now, now. Immediacy. I want what I want when I want it. It has been a great hindrance. It has lead to time being wasted, unhealthy foods consumed, and potential lost. At 25 years old I feel I don’t have much to show for my time spent on this earth. But that is no reason to feel sorry for myself and give up.
One of my greatest inspirations has been and continues to be Mr Jamar Whaley. A high-school dropout, he’s managed to work a 6-figure job with no college education before quitting to pursue a degree in Psychology (which may now turn into a double MD/PhD degree!). And even with no job, he makes decent coin from all his scholarships, grants, and other money they throw at him to study, grow, and research… Because he makes a mother-effin’ effort with his big ol’ brain. He gives his damnedest and that kinda money doesn’t come to people that are fine with just gettin’ by with B averages. Mister 3.98 GPA.
I know I’m far from stupid. I know I have massive amounts of potential. Why do I shy away from hard work? What makes me not consider tomorrow in making today’s decisions? When will I grow up…
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