Residual self image is one of the hardest things to alter. Up until very recently I still though of myself as the grubby gas pumper who liked to fiddle with cars at night, a glorified grease monkey. I ran into one of my old bosses from the gas station a couple months ago, we got to talking about cars, like we always do, he told me about this old Lincoln bomber hes working on right now, I showed him my Jetta, and the corrado article. I said not bad for a gas pumper after a minute he said youve come a long way since you pumped gas chubby britches, (that was his nickname for me, I hated it when I was younger, but then I found out its what the old man used to call him back in the day, and that was like me being part of the family.) it finally dawned on me, he was right. Im still that guy, but thats not who I am anymore. If I keep the bar down there, Id never be disappointed in my life. Im Not gonna start saying Im doing shitty for a self made millionaire, but I need to set better goals. A few years ago I decided it was time to build a badass car just like Ive always wanted. I shuffled around some stuff, started saving money and making a heap of parts. Every day a little here and a little there, and it went from a dead 150 dollar rolling shell to a little corvette killer. Now sometimes I feel like I get lost in trying to keep up with its needs. I get into that do mode and plow through whatever problems I come across. I need to apply that to the rest of my life. I had started taking care of myself, making changes and doing better, then I fell off for a while and got back into the funk that got me where I was in the first place. Talking to Rick made me realize how far Ive come, and how little I want to go backwards at all. Now Im back on track, Im in a great place in my life, this book is really starting to be one I want to read.i have a long way to go but Im also far from where I started. Now whats next? Where do I go from here? Onwards and upwards. Id like to thank everyone thats ever read any of this stuff I post, I know some of it is long winded, but its as real as I get, and its where Im at in my head. Dont look back, just look forward. All we have is right now, so take a second to appreciate the beauty of the moment you are in. Be the best you can at whatever you do and be happy with it.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:31:24 +0000
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