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This past weekend I had the fortune of traveling to Las Vegas to run the Rock’n'Roll 1/2 Marathon. Alongside my wife and two of our closest friends, we journeyed into a world that I swore I’d never go to in my life.
Long-distance running.
You see, I’m wired as a sprinter – always have been, and as far as I know, always will be. At least that is what I thought for the better part of my 36 years.
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My life has always been about decisions. Years ago, I based my existence and life around a poem called The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. And although I choose to live my life on the road less traveled, I still found myself wandering back to the other.
I can’t recall at what point my life took that turn, but here I am, back at the same place I stood so many years ago. Writing has always been a way out for me, and it’s so easy for me to lose myself in the fantasies of thought. Call it imagination, I suppose. And tonight I look forward to some much needed time of reminiscence.
It’s sad for me to think that I have spent so much time doing and trying – and not enough time being. I hope that this is the beginning of a new season of life. One in which I will realize and understand that my heartfelt desire is to slow down, and actually taste what life has to offer.
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This morning I read a post written by Chris Brogan called The Painter and His Window. As I finished reading his post, I found myself drawn into a contemplative arena in which I sought to find the parallels between the painter and myself.
It’s funny how often our lives are seen by other people in a way that is so much different than how we see ourselves. I don’t know how to determine who’s actually seeing the truth, because our souls are so consumed with the search for significance.
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Many people fall into the misconception they can achieve success with little effort. I find a lot of truth in the saying that you reap what you sow – really, should you expect life to be any different?
I’ve been asked many times how I became successful online – going from an office job to making a living on the internet. Yes, I’ll admit that right now I wouldn’t trade my life in for the world. I get to wake up when I want, work from where I want and can see my wife Shelly any time of the day. But I worked hard to be where I’m at.
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I’ll be willing to bet that before you even took a moment to look inward, you’ve already begun to make fun of me. How easy it is to point the finger elsewhere, when in fact, you’re probably well past the initial stages of your own denial.
The truth is, we all have guilty pleasures…
And mine’s Twilight. Call it what you want, I consider it being culturally relevant.
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This past weekend was quite different for me – rather than inundate myself in more work, business to-do’s and other entrepreneurial brainstorms, I took some time for myself. I quickly came to the conclusion that hanging out by oneself isn’t as overrated as I thought.
Quite nice, actually.
For the better part of 3 years now, I’ve self-admittedly been a workaholic. Which isn’t all that bad, considering I love what I do, can do it from home and it doesn’t take me away from my family as much as it does other workaholics. With me, it’s more about the mental workaholicism – even when I’m not in front of the computer, I’m still working.