What is your ultimate goal for your life? What is most important to you?

Just something I have been thinking about a lot today, as this conversation randomly came up twice for me this week, personally and professionally.

FinnRiver Farm

Here is a picture of all of us girls on the FinnRiver Farm in Washington after several hours of volunteering and cider tasting. We helped pick up blueberry tree pruning scraps. This was a team effort we cleared about 12 rows in 2 1/2 hours! Go Team! I organized this trip as a sort of bonding experience to help open the dialogue a little better between all of us co-workers, friends and partners!

Go off the path...

I had to know and pursue what was truly beneficial for me. This would be the road that would lead me to happiness, however it ended up being a catch 22. I do have to admit it- being me and truly accepting my likes and dislikes bring me a kind of sadness. I'll never get my PhD or a scientist because I am terrible at math, dance back up for a hip-hop artist, or paint a picture worthy of millions. I love to camp and I like tofu. It really does make me sad for two reasons. Firstly, it make me sad to realize my limitations. This world offers so much and I am unable to appreciate the majority. It does make me sad that I am not different or have a stronger sense of who I could have been. We have all heard our parents say "You can be anything you want to be" but can we? We can all choose what we want to do however, we can't choose what we like to do. It becomes less about if I can and rather if I'd want to. I COULD do anything but I CANT do everything.

What are you going to do with the one and only life you got?

Impulse

Impulse: to change the momentum of an object

When you quit doing the routine, buy those expensive shoes or act on something without thinking it through. We have all been there one-way or another, but how we deal with the repercussion of our choices may prove to be difficult. I have always tried to take pride in the way I meticulously calculate each of my end results, but it hasn’t always worked for me. Have you ever wanted something so badly you would cut corners to get there? If you have you know that it’s most likely not as enjoyable as it could be, had you stuck with it and put in the hard work. We are a product of our environment our family, friends, work it is what makes us...us! 

My father used to use the expression "half-assed" I was a real master of this. Doing things half way just to be able to get the end product. It could have been anything from cleaning my room, pulling weeds (usually my Saturday go to punishment talking back) or homework. In high school I took the "easy route", it nearly ended with me failing out of school. It took a solid year and half of work to get to a point where I was happy with myself and the work I was doing. I did it! I passed and I graduated of course! I did with my own two hands however, it wasn't without trial and error. That period of my life showed me what I would need to do if I ever wanted to be truly happy an enjoy my success. Not excluding impulse behaviors. I got to this point while running, running away from my duties. My only job was to go to school, get good grades, graduate, go to college and yet I could have and almost lost all of it because I was more concerned about anything else! I learned the value of honest work and one you have the momentum to succeed you just might!

Found this gem in Maui in November 2012

By: Al Schwartz

I am a huge fan of all his works but this is amazing! It makes me reflect on the things in my life that have always come full circle.