Once again it has been a while since I’ve written in my blog, and I promise you this is the last time I’ll let it go this long without writing in it again. A lot has happened and my outlook on life has changed dramatically since I’ve graduated 10 months ago (wow time flies). If you don’t remember I wrote a post about “Taking the time to notice the things around you” explaining the future and possible responsibilities one would face when entering the real world, and how life without responsibilities is to often overlooked by ones selfishness. If I could, I would go back to school in a heart beat. Put it in more simpler terms, the real world sucks.
It’s funny how things your parents say to you when you’re younger actually start pertaining to your life 10, 15, or even 20 years later. Sayings such as “Don’t wish your life away,” “I’d rather be in school than working,” and the best being “Do you think money grows on trees?”. Yes life sucks in general, especially the real world. However, it’s the times when you have a smile on your face which you live for. You may be asking yourself why you’re living a life of misery, hate, and discontent when you’re only happy maybe 1/3 of the time. Well you don’t have to live your life in discontent if you start thinking positively.
Two years ago I thought I would have a successful business up and running with my brother and father and that I wouldn’t have to worry about paying bills, and that I would be traveling around the world visiting exotic places. But, I’ve only come to realize that none of this has taken place and things don’t always go the way you want them too. When I moved to San Luis Obispo to live with my brother Gregg I realized my life literally “sucks” (only in the mindset in which I dreamt it to be, I know my life is still really good compared to others). I didn’t get a job out of college and had to settle being a server at a sushi restaurant in Pismo (it pays the bills right?). First and foremost, if you’re not looking out for yourself you’re not going to get anything accomplished in life. Life is all about survival of the fittest – do whatever you can to survive.
The funny thing is that I keep telling my brother Gregg and father Steve that I’m never going to get a real job and that I’m NEVER going to do a real interview. Right now you’re probably thinking that I just contradicted myself and that I’m a hypocrite in what I’m trying to preach. Yes and no. Yes, I don’t have a job out of college because I didn’t look for one, because I still plan on living a free life doing what I love. One thing is for sure, I love money and whatever can generate a lot of money for me then that is what I’ll do. No, I’m not going to become an accountant, engineer, or investment banker. When I say that I’ll do anything which generates me a lot of money, I mean that it has to be something which I do on my own terms and not someone elses. That is the difference between me and most other people. I want the freedom to decide when I work and when I don’t.
Now, you may be telling yourself “Wow Glenn, money doesn’t buy happiness”. Well it does and it doesn’t. When I say money buys happiness, I’m saying it figuratively. That is, money buys you freedom to do whatever you want. Money will allow you to do things which only others dream of doing. I don’t mean money will buy my happiness in the literal sense, because it doesn’t. It will only buy me happiness in the things I enjoy in life. Real happiness comes from the heart and anyone can have that no matter how much money you make. The thing is that I want to be happy and FREE. See how that goes together? People without money can be happy in their hearts, but they can’t do what they want. You have to be free in order to be happy both in the literal and figurative sense.
Around my birthday I decided that I needed to stop being lazy and stop procrastinating on things I had planned out to do. Thus, I changed my typical mindset and started being more positive (saying that I’m going to change my life around and create the life I’ve always wanted). If you haven’t read or seen the documentary “The Secret” I really recommend doing so, as it talks about nature and the laws of attraction. You may call bull shit, but I think it works (sort of). I don’t believe that what you conceive in, actually forms in to reality however, I do believe that if you change your mindset into a more positive view that you can change the things around you. That is because you start acting differently and choosing different paths in your life which you other wise wouldn’t. Thus, creating and attracting things you wanted in life. It’s kind of funny how this works, because ever since February rolled around things in my life have been changing – for the better. I was presented an opportunity which can make me financially free possibly by the end of the year by a good friend back home, and I started living a more healthier / enjoyable lifestyle, as well as other things which have walked into my life, literally. I pretty much stopped drinking and partying, and just concentrate on the things which are important to me, mainly my health and well-being.
A couple of other changes I’m going to start implementing in my life is creating a to-do list every morning when I wake up and a goals list which I’ll post here when I’m done with it. I also want to start writing more frequently hopefully about once or twice a week in this blog. I’ll be updating it will cool things I find and thoughts I want to write down.
I don’t know about you, but I plan on living a free lifestyle where nothing is contingent and dictated by anyone elses decisions but my own.
“It’s Not Things, It’s The Things In Life That Are Important”
