For Happiness, Go Your Own Way

Many times in life we’re told where we’re supposed to go and there is a bit of comfort in that. You grow up listening to your parents. You go to school and you listen to your teachers. You try to get good grades and then you go to college and listen to professors. What you have to do is dictated to you by someone else. You graduate (or skip college) and you start working for a boss. That boss tells you what you work on today, tomorrow, next week. There’s a certain amount of comfort in doing that in part because you’ve always done it that way. But, for happiness, go your own way. That’s my 6 word memoir.

I left my 9-to-5 (really more like 9-to-6 or more) job to become the master of my domain in the world of the self-employed. It was a scary choice because for the last 28 years I’d been listening to someone tell me what to do in a professional sense. My parents, my teachers, my professors, my bosses… but now I’m on my own. I tell myself what to do and, this part is harder, figuring out what I have to do… but I’m happier. I bear 100% of the risk but I also get 100% of the reward. Plus, I get to work out during the day instead of when I’m exhausted after work… that’s worth more than money. :)

I’m going to tag these folks to write their own six word memoir:

The rules for this meme are:

  • Write your own six word memoir.
  • Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you want.
  • Link to the person who tagged you in your post.
  • Tag at least five more blogs.
  • Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.

Posted on : May 19 2008
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May 19, 2008 - 01:05:31
Israel said:

thats a darn good memoir! words to live by.

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