I was going to write an entry tonight about some recent things I’ve bought why I bought them and what I hope to do with them. Before I get inundated with inappropriate suggestions of what I bought and what I should do with them I’ll ruin the surprise: I picked up a VholdR HD camera that is mountable to my headset as a POV camera or just about anywhere else in the airplane. I shopped frugally and got a sweet deal. That’s what I was going to write about but simply put, I don’t feel like writing about that.
How often do you find yourself getting caught up in the day to day malaise of your day? There has got to be a reason that each and every one of us has chosen to work in whatever profession we currently find ourselves in. Some of us might have to work because it was a job that was open and you were a person that needed a job. End of story. Others might be working towards what they’ve decided is going to be their career. How often, in whatever endeavor we find ourselves in do we completely lose sight of the point of all of it?
With all of my pushing towards the dream, as corny as that sounds, sometimes it gets pretty easy to remember to have fun. I know that sounds insane but it is somehow true. In my pre-airplane days I was involved in the music business. No I wasn’t bombing around in Gulfstreams throwin’ down G’s screamin’ out money ain’t a thang but I was professionally employed in the biz. I thought it would be fun. I thought it would be excited. It was work. No fun. No real honest excitement. Just work. I tried to have a go as a performer and guess what…work.
I’m not afraid of work, I just don’t want to know I’m working when I am. This goal that I’ve set myself out to reach is not an easy one. It’s not always going to be fun. Lately, I've just been...blah. If you were to draw a chart of my fun level in a recent week it would probably go a little something like this: /\
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Guess when the flight occurred? (Did I mention I love Vonnegut?) With all the pressure that I put on myself to do this it’s pretty easy for the fun to get sucked right out of it…resulting in a rather dismal fun level chart.
The trick as far as I can see is this: Never concentrate on what you don’t have. Focus on what you do have and the opportunities in front of you and never take anything less than full advantage of them. I have to do this to myself every so often. It helps with the focus and keeping things fun. That’s the point isn’t it?
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