I’m having a lot of fun this year.
Part of this new fun is coming from not dealing with all the Doom and Gloom, which is how the last 2 years started out. The other half is from getting to do new things in new places.
The Past…
While the world is equally as crazy as it seems to have ever been, I think I have developed a way to deal with every day having the potential to throw something completely new in your face. Every day has a different set of challenges in the world. If we wind back the clock to two years ago, it was the beginning of Covid – everything was shutting down. Going back last year was all the anger and violence in the country coupled with shortages of everything from people to products. Now, we have record inflation, $7 gas, and the brink of a world war. But the ability to keep things in check and remain calm when everyone else around you is flipping the hell out has become something I enjoy.
It could be because I have matured (that’s what my father Mike said), but I totally doubt that as I’m still as much of a mess as I was when I was a teenager. Maybe it’s because I have already hit so many goals that I set when beginning my career that I thought it would take to the end of my career to hit – and now those are all in my rearview mirror, and I am realizing whole new heights to set my goals. Or maybe it’s because I have seen that bad news can’t kill you. Only a bad attitude can.
Whatever it is, it sure makes every day seem like a breath of fresh air.
The New…
The New is very fun. Going to new places is a lot of fun. Through all my years of travel, every time I go to a new area it makes me feel somewhat like an explorer. I’m not the first person to step foot in any of these areas – let me assure you. But there is a cool factor from going to someplace new for the first time and getting to see it.
The other part of the new is getting to meet new people. People make the world go around, especially my world go around. I’ve always gotten to walk a line between making clients happy and making employees happy. As the year has brought new faces on both sides of the arena, it sure makes for a fun day.
There is no earth-shattering conclusion to this message, only that I am really happy and having a whole lot of fun.