I was having a real (not the hey whats up sort of bullshit) conversation with a friend of mine last night. He works at Red Robins, doesn’t know I have this blog, but knows I have my shit together. He was in that depressed state that people find themselves in when they work a 9 to 5 and don’t really have anything else going for them. Nothing that they are passionate about doing or accomplishing. Sound framiliar? I hope not.
Intelligent kid, sort of like a walking wikipedia which posses an eclectic collection of facts. Ideas too, but like he said, not that ’special’ one – the one that he would go about passionately at 110%. He hasn’t found it, he is waiting. That is what he told me.
I was taken back for a moment, thought about it, and realized that this is where a lot of society probably finds themselves. They don’t have that great idea so they sit around waiting for it. Pass the time by watching TV, playing video games, kicking it drinking and such. I’d like to say these things aren’t so bad, but they are – at least they way people I know go about it. Regardless of this, the thought process is backwards.
If waiting for the perfect idea worked, you wouldn’t see thirty, fourty year old people working at safeway, working low skill service jobs, they would be millionaires by now. Yes, some people get lucky and come across a stroke of genius and it works for them. Maybe you will too. I can promise you however, that it won’t come to you while playing GTA4 or watching The Office. I’ve gone out drinking with my friends countless times and I am still waiting for that ‘one’ idea to hit me while playing beer pong.
You are much less likely to get in an accident while sitting in a parked car. It can happen, but don’t count on it. To make things start happening, you have to get a move on life. Find a direction, start moving towards it and never stop; never get distracted. If you have no direction, rather than watching TV, playing video games, jacking off – whatever it is you do with all your time, don’t. Make yourself bored for a few afternoons in a row. Spend that time thinking about what it is you can do to be productive, brainstorm, and write down your thoughts. Good or bad. Things you want, things you are trying to figure out or accomplish. Extra thought will go into writing these down and pretty soon your brain will start thinking about these things without your concious efforts. That is as long as your not thinking about what new drama will arise on your favorite how tonight.
Really. If you begin to focus upon doing or creating something, your brain will find a way to do it; you just can’t be thoughtlessly entertained all the time. A lot of stories come around about people who were at rock bottom, completely in debt, and come across something that they are able to really succeed with. That thought comes because they are focused through a need for something that will bring them success. You don’t have to be at rock bottom though, you just have to have that desire and focus. Its all part of getting your life together. My next post is too.
