I thought today would be an appropriate time to start this Blog. I submitted my resignation today for the first 9 – 5 job I have ever had. The last 7 months of our lives have been some of the most interesting to date. Beck and I decided to start writing this blog after a number of events pointed out how far off the path we had traveled from where the both of us expected to be. My first task was to start the ball rolling.
Time has now become the most valuable commodity we have. Spending it with each other, our most important goal. Our challenge now becomes dealing with the countless outside influences that will attempt to convince us that this decision is “risky” and that “security” is required for happiness to thrive. To some degree, I cannot completely disagree with this statement. The challenge becomes focusing more of our attention to things the we “Want” to do, stopping to do things we “Have” to do as infrequently as possible.
From my perspective, renegotiating the idea of “Success” lies at the heart of this challenge. My hope for this Blog is to share our lives with the people we love most, and keep everyone up to date on both our successes, and failures. It will also serve as a creative outlet from which we can share our ideas and plans with the entire world. I couldn’t possibly ask for better partners than the two I have been given.
Hope you enjoy the journey as much as we will enjoy telling it. Lets get started !
Awesome, and inspiring!
Best of luck to the both of you!
Cheers,
Shawn
By: Shawn Taylor on August 8, 2007
at 2:14 pm
You said it; it begins with redefining the notion that success has to equal a phat paycheck and that happiness can only be bought into, not grown organically. That one is a killer, but if you can get past this imposed stumbling block- well- at the very least, you’re a step ahead of many of us on the yellow brick road to enlightenment.
And you’re right- you have the best life partners ever!!! Miss you guys and will follow this regularly, although 65% of me is still holidng out hope that Bee may join facebook.
By: Ewa on August 11, 2007
at 9:38 pm
“You don’t have to face reality unless your reality is just the way you want it to be.”
–Abraham-Hicks.com
Yea! Way ta go.
By: Leslie on August 11, 2007
at 11:32 pm