Sunday, September 12, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Musing No. 15 - The Endgame
Stress will always be one of two things - the best motivation or the final breaking point. But as anyone who has been through football hell week, army boot camp or alcohol/drug detox can tell you - the best motivation & the final breaking point are often one and the same.
Stress for me is where everything I have learned and already know comes out the strongest. When the shit hits the fan (seriously, who keeps throwing shit at fans?) my instincts and knowledge come out in full force. It's when I don't know all that I need to know to finish the job that I stress out and borderline break down...right up until I still finish and surprise myself.
Unfortunately I am currently working on a project at my day job of marketer/web designer/graphics designer where the latter seems to be the case. I have faced many different situations where it forces me to grow and I end up making something that I never knew I could make, and a damn good finished product at the same time. I'm sure this will be the case this time as well, but I'm hardcore stressing it all the same.
Way too much coffee, way too many hours, and more than a little late-night television rolling on in the background but I get the job done. I constantly remind myself that I overwork now so I can enjoy later, where as a good portion of my friends work a little (9 to 5) then enjoy a little in the moment - and that's what they will be doing for the rest of their lives. They will never be living life to the fullest as it is meant to be lived, because they will be at the dead end jobs probably the rest of their lives and only actually living in the few night and sometimes weekend hours, coming up to breath with the meager vacation days allotted by the boss in the big corner office.
The point of this post is to encourage the dream chasers out there in the plight of your cause. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and while you may be moving slower than your counterparts are traveling in life's tunnel, you'll emerge from it driving in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS (or whatever german/italian sports car you prefer).
And if you aren't working for yourself - I would like to remind you the cold hard fact that so many GM/Chrysler/Union employees are learning now - retirement at 60 isn't guaranteed. If you are sitting on a dream - shame on you. But don't worry - the dream-chasers will always need employees to work their dreams for them.
End of Musing No. 15
Stress for me is where everything I have learned and already know comes out the strongest. When the shit hits the fan (seriously, who keeps throwing shit at fans?) my instincts and knowledge come out in full force. It's when I don't know all that I need to know to finish the job that I stress out and borderline break down...right up until I still finish and surprise myself.Unfortunately I am currently working on a project at my day job of marketer/web designer/graphics designer where the latter seems to be the case. I have faced many different situations where it forces me to grow and I end up making something that I never knew I could make, and a damn good finished product at the same time. I'm sure this will be the case this time as well, but I'm hardcore stressing it all the same.
Way too much coffee, way too many hours, and more than a little late-night television rolling on in the background but I get the job done. I constantly remind myself that I overwork now so I can enjoy later, where as a good portion of my friends work a little (9 to 5) then enjoy a little in the moment - and that's what they will be doing for the rest of their lives. They will never be living life to the fullest as it is meant to be lived, because they will be at the dead end jobs probably the rest of their lives and only actually living in the few night and sometimes weekend hours, coming up to breath with the meager vacation days allotted by the boss in the big corner office.
The point of this post is to encourage the dream chasers out there in the plight of your cause. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and while you may be moving slower than your counterparts are traveling in life's tunnel, you'll emerge from it driving in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS (or whatever german/italian sports car you prefer).
And if you aren't working for yourself - I would like to remind you the cold hard fact that so many GM/Chrysler/Union employees are learning now - retirement at 60 isn't guaranteed. If you are sitting on a dream - shame on you. But don't worry - the dream-chasers will always need employees to work their dreams for them.
End of Musing No. 15
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