I am a huge advocate of following your passion regardless of what others say or the circumstance you are in. Obviously, there a specific instances where this may not be a good idea, i.e. when your 35 years old, with a wife and two kids, and decide that you will give up your office job to pursue mixed martial arts. Maybe not such a good idea. But within reason, you can always pursue your dream. Going back to our example, maybe the 35 year old can register at his local Jiu Jitsu or Kickboxing club and train. There is nothing wrong with that. To me, that is still following a dream, but it is doing so responsibly. However, the theme of today still rings true for the 35 year old weekend warrior or anyone wanting to pursue a dream.
Anytime you want to pursue something, there seems to be a common theme if you want to be successful. That theme is jumping in with both feet, making that passion your everyday. For me, it exists with soccer. It is such a strange thing considering I never really felt anything towards the sport until I was 26 years old, but at the same time, the sport gave me my life back, so is it really so weird that I have such a passion for it? Regardless, I’ve realized the passion and have prepared to jump in the whole way. It is one thing my fiancé said to me once. She said, “If this is what you want to do, then do it with both feet in. Stop second guessing, stop worrying about the what-ifs and just do. It is the only way to find out.” I took that advice and have yet to deviate. So much so that although my range of goals may have broadened to include more than just an open try out as a goalkeeper, I still have my eye on the soccer prize no matter which direction those try outs go.
With that being said, I follow my fiancé’s advice, I’m jumping in with both feet. Yet, a problem exists and that problem is time and concentration. I don’t know if it’s believable given my writing style, but each article takes a significant amount of time. Tack on the time to come up with article material, and trying not to force it, because forced articles are the worst, and you get a significant amount of time per article. When I think about the whole article thing, the fact that you guys would now have to read the articles after I post them, the consistency in which I would like to put out content and stay in contact, but yet be training and studying to immerse myself in the world of soccer, it starts to look like Engineering School again where I have -10 hours in a week. But I have come up with a solution, one that I think allows everyone to win!
I have decided to finally make the transition from articles to videos with the hopes that the camera can just be turned on and I can babble for a countless amount of time. It will be like the podcast/Vlogs I’ve always wanted to do. No more reading for you guys, and no more time consuming article writing for me. Of course, I will have some video editing to do I assume, but I’m hoping to streamline the process. That being said, I can only imagine the first few will be rough so please bear with me. Also, I will take this period of time to review some of the articles posted to date in an effort to catch everyone up in case you missed a previous article and had no idea. Also, fret not, the site will still be updated with written content; mainly on the front page in the form of news, game stats, and the like. Like I said, the hope is to get more content out to you guys in a timely manner. With everything going on, I’m hoping I can speak my ideas out of me better than I can write em out. Also, in addition to the disease-related content, I had initially started this site to lead by example, and I’m hoping that will be easier to get across as the Vlogs start rolling out. That’s some pretty high hopes but I’m hoping for highlight reels, some serious reflection on myself, and an insight into my life with disease.
That being said, as announced last night, I will also be taking my downtime, which I spend playing video games, and live streaming here and there. Again, the hopes is to reach out as much as possible, raise as much awareness as I can for those struggling with disease, and hopefully show them that disease is not a limiting factor. Until I get a decent set up, this will all be on an Xbox360 and using my phone with Periscope to get those videos up, so again bear with me there as well.
Anyway, there you have it! The big announcement! I’m hoping I will be able to get a lot of content out for you guys while jumping in with both feet and fully committing to my goals. Recently, I feel as though it’s been very half-assed and that I’ve been using everything as an excuse. That is no way to move forward. I am hoping this is a step in the right direction. So hop on in with me.