Just one more.
Greetings!
It's that time of the year again. As marc would have it stamped on his nickname, 'CRUNCH TIME!'
The final assignments are due in a week, i've got 2 politics essays to write before i can bid that tiresome elective goodbye. Can't say much about it considering i haven't gone for half the classes but its been a fun ride.
RE Development assignment is a killer.., It goes on and on! I just can't wait for the moment where i can just throw my arms in the air and smell freedom for another month before summer school starts.
Hmm.. Big Day Out is coming in Feb. I wanna go! Rumour has it that Foo Fighters might be on the roster? I can't be sure but i really do wanna go! But.. its expensive! And i'm already going to Hillsongs during the mid year. Right John?
But y'know what hits me the most during crunch time? Its how i can actually remember last semesters crunch time or even the semester before last. How time flies. It's almost creepy how your thinking begins to evolve. What i used to find interesting are beginning to take a backseat to thoughts like "where am i gonna be when i graduate?" or "I need to find a proper job before i graduate". Its pretty overwhelming.
Sometimes i get so frustrated its not funny anymore.
The more i read of success stories in the property industry of people in their 20's owning 4,5,6, even more homes! It's just crazy that i begin to question why i'm not anywhere near them? I could console myself and say i'm not a PR therefore i can't buy. But, wheres the proactiveness in that?
Thats the problem, how do you increase proactiveness? It's like after you've done somethin you always find something else you could have done better had you taken more initiative or had you been MORE proactive.
Y'know, what i think?
I think I've just joined the rat-race mentality.
And in a year's time, i would be PART of the rat-race.
It's depressing when you think about it. Or then again, i don't know bout you. But it does bother me. I keep asking myself everytime i talk to someone, read abt someone successful, or just being alone with my thoughts what really happens if i don't make it?
And it subsequently leads me to the million dollar question, where do i want to go?
Bestselling author Jackie Freiburg illustrated this point fantastically at a recent seminar i attended. She recounted the fairy tale of Alice in Wonderland asking the fat cat which way should she take? To this the Cat replied, 'where are you going?'. We all know Alice replied 'i don't know'. But here's the clincher, the cat replies 'does it matter then which road you take?'.
That was simple, in fact she explained Convey's 'Begin with an End in mind' point in the 7 habits book using such a simple kids story. But how true and impactful is that?
Where do i want to go?
What is my purpose?
I came here to escape studying to talk about something a little lighter but for some reason i've just dwelled on this subject and its beginning to provoke a lot of questions.
I just realised that all through the years i've been giving as a confident an answer as i could muster when a question such as this is raised. And i've constantly said, i won't settle for mediocrity. Nor will i rest on my laurels till my full potential is achieved.
But what is my full potential?
John recently said 'Joe, everytime i talk to you.. everything seems to always be about money".
That hit me like a tonne of bricks.
Have i defined my full potential by the amount of money i will make? Or how wealthy and powerful the world will perceive me to be?
In that aspect, i would say i'm failing miserably then, cause no where near am i to being the wealthy 'succesful' individual i envisaged.
Have i done nothing more then to conform to what the world views as a success? Have i joined the rat race mentality?
Yes.
Day to day, dateline to dateline, chasing a single goal of being on top of the food chain. The only thing in view the rat in front, nothing more then a furry arse that defines the person that i am of where i'm at in the food chain.
But if you think about it, at the end of the day.. you'd still be chasing anothers tail. when is it going to end?
I would think never until and unless i change the way i think and view things.
Its time for a new outlook on life.
It's a time for repositioning.
Where are you headed today?
Have a nice day.
It's that time of the year again. As marc would have it stamped on his nickname, 'CRUNCH TIME!'
The final assignments are due in a week, i've got 2 politics essays to write before i can bid that tiresome elective goodbye. Can't say much about it considering i haven't gone for half the classes but its been a fun ride.
RE Development assignment is a killer.., It goes on and on! I just can't wait for the moment where i can just throw my arms in the air and smell freedom for another month before summer school starts.
Hmm.. Big Day Out is coming in Feb. I wanna go! Rumour has it that Foo Fighters might be on the roster? I can't be sure but i really do wanna go! But.. its expensive! And i'm already going to Hillsongs during the mid year. Right John?
But y'know what hits me the most during crunch time? Its how i can actually remember last semesters crunch time or even the semester before last. How time flies. It's almost creepy how your thinking begins to evolve. What i used to find interesting are beginning to take a backseat to thoughts like "where am i gonna be when i graduate?" or "I need to find a proper job before i graduate". Its pretty overwhelming.
Sometimes i get so frustrated its not funny anymore.
The more i read of success stories in the property industry of people in their 20's owning 4,5,6, even more homes! It's just crazy that i begin to question why i'm not anywhere near them? I could console myself and say i'm not a PR therefore i can't buy. But, wheres the proactiveness in that?
Thats the problem, how do you increase proactiveness? It's like after you've done somethin you always find something else you could have done better had you taken more initiative or had you been MORE proactive.
Y'know, what i think?
I think I've just joined the rat-race mentality.
And in a year's time, i would be PART of the rat-race.
It's depressing when you think about it. Or then again, i don't know bout you. But it does bother me. I keep asking myself everytime i talk to someone, read abt someone successful, or just being alone with my thoughts what really happens if i don't make it?
And it subsequently leads me to the million dollar question, where do i want to go?
Bestselling author Jackie Freiburg illustrated this point fantastically at a recent seminar i attended. She recounted the fairy tale of Alice in Wonderland asking the fat cat which way should she take? To this the Cat replied, 'where are you going?'. We all know Alice replied 'i don't know'. But here's the clincher, the cat replies 'does it matter then which road you take?'.
That was simple, in fact she explained Convey's 'Begin with an End in mind' point in the 7 habits book using such a simple kids story. But how true and impactful is that?
Where do i want to go?
What is my purpose?
I came here to escape studying to talk about something a little lighter but for some reason i've just dwelled on this subject and its beginning to provoke a lot of questions.
I just realised that all through the years i've been giving as a confident an answer as i could muster when a question such as this is raised. And i've constantly said, i won't settle for mediocrity. Nor will i rest on my laurels till my full potential is achieved.
But what is my full potential?
John recently said 'Joe, everytime i talk to you.. everything seems to always be about money".
That hit me like a tonne of bricks.
Have i defined my full potential by the amount of money i will make? Or how wealthy and powerful the world will perceive me to be?
In that aspect, i would say i'm failing miserably then, cause no where near am i to being the wealthy 'succesful' individual i envisaged.
Have i done nothing more then to conform to what the world views as a success? Have i joined the rat race mentality?
Yes.
Day to day, dateline to dateline, chasing a single goal of being on top of the food chain. The only thing in view the rat in front, nothing more then a furry arse that defines the person that i am of where i'm at in the food chain.
But if you think about it, at the end of the day.. you'd still be chasing anothers tail. when is it going to end?
I would think never until and unless i change the way i think and view things.
Its time for a new outlook on life.
It's a time for repositioning.
Where are you headed today?
Have a nice day.
posted by Joe at 10/26/2007 01:27:00 AM
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