02 February 2006

Rough It or Die..

When it comes to life, we have to ask ourselves a series of questions in order to eventually get ahead. One question that most of us ask ourselves at one point or another is "What do I want to do?" Now, this is a fairly open-ended question, and could mean "What do I want to do tonight" or "What do I want to do on my upcoming vacation" or "What do I want to do with my life?" Lately I've been asking myself that question in regards to the latter.

Rather, I know what I want to do with my life, but I've been asking myself HOW I want to get there. I think that it's easy to decide what you want to do with your career, where you want to live, etc., but to actually decide how you're going to get there by sacrificing certain aspects of comfort and enjoyment can be the hardest decision.

I'm quite pleased with how life is treating me. I have a loving family, friends that respect me (or so I sometimes imagine), I'm debt-free (for the most part), I have goals and aspirations that I can be proud of.......

The next step is to make those goals and aspirations materialise. I know that I'm going to have to make some sacrifices along the way to get to where I am ultimately aiming, and I'm okay with that. People tend to forget, in my opinion, that sacrifice is part of life, and we can't be 100% pleased all the time. As long as people recognize this and accept it, happiness will come sooner rather than later.

It's okay, cheer up. Life is a ride, enjoy it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Adam, im still keeping tabs on ya here in sunny Ireland. Just a note to say I totally agree with ya. Who cares what you do 'as long as your happy thats all that matters' best life lesson my parents ever thought me. Keep enjoying the ride!!!

Anonymous said...

That ws Colette btw