My Story...

Well, here I am, turning 60. Never thought I'd get here. I don't mean I didn't think I'd live that long. I just thought since it was so far in the future, it was irrelevant. Wrong! I'm here. An old dude, too young to retire, too old to endure the 9 to 5, yet here I am!

Pushing through a day of work has become quite difficult, can I make it through another seven years? Doesn't seem possible. Will I live another seven years? Not sure. I can't retire with full benefits until I'm 67. I'm so old now, that I really don't want to rush the years away, never the less, I want to retire before it prematurely kills me.

This is why it's so important to choose a career you're going to enjoy. Perhaps not as much as a day at the beach, but enough to where you are not miserable and wishing for retirement. You don't want to end up like me.

I listened to that tired old advice "Get An Education, Get A Good Job And The Company Will Take Care of You". That's not the formula for a fulfilling, abundant, happy life. That's outdated garbage.

Interesting how no one ever suggests choosing a career in an area of passion, unless it's the traditional type career as in Engineering, Technology, Doctor, Lawyer, Programmer, etc. No one ever supports you if you say you want to be a Musician, Artist, Entrepreneur, Inventor, World Renowned Chef, etc.

You are immediately told "You can't do that!" Followed by all the reasons why you'll fail! That's nice. Really helpful to a young person trying to choose a career... Nice! 😁

See, that's how it's done. They use FEAR to scare you into submission. They want you to be like them. They want you to be miserable and mediocre, just like them, why, because misery loves company.

You will be told, they are just looking out for you and your greater good, but in reality, they are doing you a grave disservice.

They are robbing you of your dreams and potential happiness

Let's face it. You only have this one life and very little time. If you don't go for the gusto, you will live with great regret and unhappiness.

I know as that's been my life. I let fear control me and hold me back. It's too late for me, but not for you!

"Interesting How No One Ever Suggests Choosing A Career In An Area of Passion, Unless It's A Traditional Career"

"I let fear control me and hold me back. It's too late for me, but not for you!"

They'll Tell You... "Don't Go After Your Dreams! You Can't Do That! You Gotta Be Miserable In A Job You Hate, Because That's Just The Way It Is! That's Why The Call It A Job! You're Not Supposed To Like Your Job... You're Supposed To Endure it!"

💩 RUBBISH! That's Total Garbage! Don't Buy Into It! Don't Go With The Herd!

This is me now... Old and tired from being in the wrong career all my life. Don't let this be you...

How Did This Happen To Me?

A dead end job, miserable, scared, unfulfilled, stressed to the point of exhaustion? How did that happen when I did everything right? Stayed in school. Got a degree in Electronics. Worked hard to get straight A's and graduated with High Honors only to fail miserably?

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It happened because I did not think all that much about it. I was a musician dreaming of making it big someday, that's where my focus was. I figured, hey, I'll do this tech job thing while working on my music and eventually I will make it in music, so, no big deal!

Then the years went by and one day I realized, I wasn't gonna make it in music as I was 40 year of age!

I was now stuck! Yes, Too old to rock and too young to retire... now what?

This Was Me When I Was Young

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So, Why Didn't I Make It In Music?

I didn't take it seriously enough, and when I did, I had no support.

No one will support you if you say you want to be a musician.

You'll have no road map, no guidance.

But if YOU take it seriously, and work it (like any other business), find people who can help you and support you along the way, you can become a successful musician. There are people out there who have done it successfully, both famous and not famous. It's not an easy path, but what is?

Being in a job you hate, is no easy path either and... it ain't pretty!

You need a mentor of some kind.

Creative types like us tend to be easily discouraged. We may be able to believe in ourselves and our dreams when we are feeling good, but when the going gets tough, our programming, our mental conditioning, the FEAR of doubt kicks in and we cave...