The Light Amongst the Madness
There maybe many possibilities, many options you want to take. Or maybe there is just one. That one goal you’ve always had and always dreamed of. Some of you might have got there already, you set out your goal and you made it. Many of you will be working towards it and everyday you get closer and closer. But some of us are stuck in something that we don’t want to do, thinking that we can’t do it, ‘I’m not good enough’ ‘they would never hire me’ is what we say to ourselves.
But is all about the job and the career? Or is it about what that job and career means to us, and how it shapes us. For a lot of people a job is a job, it pays the bills and puts food on the table. But for many of us it makes us who we are. That hard work, that dedication, determination and motivation. It makes us want to be the best we can be. It makes us want to progress and develop and fulfil our potential, so we can look back and say, “I’m proud of what I achieved.”
I know that our health and well-being should always be at the forefront of our minds. Life is what matters. Happiness is what matters. Love is what matters. But sometimes a job that makes you get out of bed in the morning is the missing piece you may have never thought you needed. It’s something you do for 5 or more days out of 7. From 16-65 you grind and you grind.
I’ve realised so much over the past few years that being happy is probably one of the most important parts of being alive. The value of that is priceless. And do you know what? I don’t even think that I should say ‘probably’ in that sentence, instead I will rephrase to, ‘being happy is the most important thing to me.’ For a long time I had no real ambitious goals like I did when I was younger, the only goal I had was to be content and to be able to smile and laugh naturally. And now that I’ve reached those goals I can set new ones. I can see my life in 5 or 10 or even 20 years, I can say to myself ‘where do you what to be?’ And it excites me to think that there’s a world I’m yet to discover and ways in which I can be the best version of myself.
I now have so much ambition, and I’m working so hard to get a career I can be proud of because that is what I truly want right now. I can guarantee that it’s not necessarily on the top of your list, you may want to get married and have a family, or live in a house full of dogs and cats. It doesn’t matter what your goal is, it doesn’t matter where you see yourself in 10 years from now. All that matters is that you are happy. You see that future and you are looking forward to it, maybe even planning for it.
I am very much a cliche person these days, scrolling through Pinterest quotes for true inspiration. I love the speeches in love stories and films and I cry at absolutely everything, including the McDonald’s Christmas advert. I can now feel is what I’m trying to say. I was numb but now I can feel. And I feel everything so deeply and I realise how much I missed that. I know many of you will be saying ‘I wish I couldn’t feel, I wish I was numb’ and I get you. There is so much pain in a lifetime that it takes your breath away, but it makes you who you are.
Sometimes life is shit basically and I’m not even going to sugar coat it because now more than ever it’s utterly horrific. It’s awful. It is a time where you can boycott all I’ve said, disagree, argue, object. Do it. It’s good to get your anger out, it’s good to express how you feel. It’s good to relate or not relate at all. Whatever you feel, feel it deeply. Those opinions you have and that advice you want to give, give it. What do you have to lose? It’s 2020 for gods sake, if you can’t do it this year when can you?
What I’m really trying to say is, your life is your life. You choose how you live it and you decide what’s important. That may change from time to time. Or it might always stay the same. You might meet someone at the wrong time, or at exactly the right time. A job offer may appear as if from nowhere. Perhaps you never even thought of it, but it turns out to be right where you were supposed to be.
Never live your life based on others. You are in control. You can makes things happen. I have and I’m exhilarated. Hard work really does pay off and I’m going to be a prime example of that, and no one, including myself, can turn around and say I didn’t try. That determination and that effort is what will drive you forwards.
There is a well known quote that says ‘choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life’ and I could preach and preach and preach that right now because life is too short. And if there’s anything this year has taught me it is just that. I’m no longer going to do something that makes me feel undervalued or degraded.
There is going to be a time, in a few months or more where the world doesn’t seem to stand still. It will spin again and we will hopefully be able to get on with our lives. But for now we must not lose the motivation to make the most of what we have. We must not lose the will to live the best life we can. I will not settle because I know what I deserve. I deserve that good job, and I deserve a love that takes your breath away. The passionate movie love has to exist doesn’t it? Whatever you want your life to be could very well be in your reach. You might have try like hell to get there, but who’s to tell you that you can’t? I’m behind you every step of the day, as I’m sure you are for me.
Let’s take our time now and not make rash decisions. Allow your mind and your body to work as one and tell you what you want and what you need. Do not force anything or try to convince yourself of something you know is not true. Follow both your head and your heart. And then one day, you will know what is right. You’ll just know.
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