The Client Letter
September 3, 2012
Sedona, Arizona
Sunny 69 Degrees
“Instead of wondering where your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”
-Seth Godin
I used to hate my work.
I’d come home at the end of the day and do my best to escape.
Back then, I was still at a point in my life where I spent a lot of time “muddling around.”
That changed the day I got broadsided in my car on the way to work.
Luckily, I wasn’t hurt. And of all the things I remember from that day, it’s how much I was shaking after the accident that I remember most.
That day changed my life. That day broke through the veil, even if just for a few hours or days. I realized that life is not something to waste doing things you hate.
And that’s the moment in my life where I decided to take my own advice and STOP.
Things got pretty bad from there. 🙂
Granted, I had a lot to learn about being responsible for myself out in the world. To give up looking for someone or something to save you (which I didn’t do until recently)… well, there’s a learning curve if you weren’t raised that way.
But I don’t regret any of it.
I don’t regret the mistakes, or the struggle or the dark times, or the stress, or the worry or anything.
As it turns out, all of that was necessary to lead me to my real work. One of the reasons I’m here.
Don’t do the work, do your work. Understand that you have a reason to be here and you have people that are waiting on you to fulfill that purpose.
Are you doing your work?