Today I made a HUGE decision that will directly/completely change the future of my life as it currently stands. I resigned from my position at Yara. I will no longer be running my crew.. Or any crew. In doing this, I gave up the future guarantee of becoming wealthy, and I mean.. A lot of money, even in todays economy. I let go of the opportunity of retiring at a young age, or possibly at all. And I let go of a number or other things in the process. The talk of money may have sounded like a brag or a boast.. But the thing is, I just eliminated that possibility; so what would I be bragging about? I was a boss/employER, making a pretty good wage, with control of company; and I have decided that instead of having others work for me, and giving orders; I will being going to work as an employEE, FOR/under my business partner of the last couple years. Making less money, and starting from the bottom. Sound stupid? Not to me. To me this is a step forward. To me this is proof of growth. Money used to be my main focus.. My only focus. The fact that I am choosing immediate happiness over long term money means I am growing; and that is progress. I have 3 main interests in life.. My family/a home life, music, and helping others who struggle with addictions. If Im not able to do all three of those things a few times a week, then there is no amount of money that will ever give me a lasting smile. I guess where Im going with this, is that money holds far less importance than true happiness and doing something that makes you happy. So if youre unhappy.. Try something new. Take a risk. Pursue your dreams. Pursue music (for me), or your passions. Work towards a career you will enjoy, or at least allow yourself to take part in doing something that means something to you.. Wether you get paid for it or not. Allow yourself a life with the people you love. Dont settle to be a slave to your job only to live a life youll regret and look back saying damn, I wish I would have done things differently after its too late. Happiness is worth the risk.. No amount of money will matter if you arent happy with yourself or who youve forced yourself to become. This will be the best, or the worst decision I could make.. But that is all up to me now. I dont know what the future holds, but today I know I have a choice in the matter. With no snow removal this winter will have time to record t album.. Release it in the spring, and hopefully hop onto a few festivals in 2015. Well see where the music goes from there. Thanks to everyone who has worked for me since I have had to take over for my dad in his passing. To my sister Nichole , to the people I had worked with before my position changesd, and to those I hired as employees and have now become my good friends. Ive had my ups and downs, but I had a great crew, and I am grateful for that. Its just time that I take a step into the direction Ive been wanting to go in for awhile now. My last day at Yara will be next Thursday. Sometimes the big pay off at the end of the road isnt always worth the journey it takes to get there. Time to take another road. :)
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:16:19 +0000
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