I get to celebrate; I guess what you would call an important event, my birth date. I could possibly see a few people wishing other wise, and you know sometimes I even feel that maybe this day shouldn’t have come. But all we can do is do the best we can with what we are given and jus hope for the better. Of course somewhere in there we do need to make an effort, so let me rephrase, to I celebrate my Birthday.
So, I come into work, and of course my desk is decorated with blues, reds and whites…you see I am a huge superman fan and of course very proud to be an American. So when I walk in it’s nice to see that people remember the important dates in someone life. You see lately I have been feeling a bit under…sort of like a mummy…all bandaged up with no sense of real direction…you get that “old” feeling…well at least I do. The thing is it’s really nice to see decoration and someone making a fuss over your birthday…since I really don’t get much from anyone else. Yah of course my kids wish me a happy birthday, and I truly appreciate it, but you know…I wish a little more fuss was made. I guess that came with the whole marriage thing…you know, you first meet, you both celebrate your birthdays with dinner, dancing, and some end with a passionate evening. Then the marriage things comes into play and you sort of forget everything and direct your energy to making ends meet, it’s actually horrible, but we must do what we must do. I know…yah ok…guys don’t like the fuss…yah that’s what they say, but you want the really truth…they like the fuss.
So anyhow, I am sitting here at work…looking at my decorations, and people walking by wishing me a happy birthday…you know some of them I don’t hear a word from the whole year except on my birthday, yet they sit right next to me…go figure. Anyhow, I do welcome the happy wishes and smiles; it’s nice to actually see a smile on some of these coworkers. And its nice to ever so often get a little conversation going about my age, you know…so your 21 again, how’s that retirement looking…little comments like that…makes for a brighter morning. So, as I was saying, I am sitting at my desk looking at the decorations and thinking to myself…am I where I want to be? I mean…I make a good living don’t get me wrong, but I feel some days that I am threading water…and I am getting nowhere fast. Time seems to be going past me…with each year that goes by I look back at the year that has past me and ask what I have done to get ahead. I don’t know, I am sure lots of people out there feel the same way, and of course lots of people out there are worst of than me…I know that.
The thing is I always had plans and goals since I was about 19 or 20. You see I went to all kinds of seminars on turn-key business; I have bought from those infamous –infomercials-, I have bought hundreds of books on trading stocks, commodities, I have ran a Vending Route, I am have my Real estate license, I have my Notary, I have several on-line business that I market and run, I have flipped notes, done the cash Flow business, I mean if you saw my closet you’d think I was a library of business. I have purchased books on all kinds of marketing techniques, from off line strategies to on-line strategies, to gorilla marketing, I could go on. Any how, so I am sitting at my desk and see everything I have tried, done and attempted and I still feel that I am threading water fast NO where. I honestly feel that I don’t get a break and each year that goes by I feel that I haven’t inch ahead at all.
I don’t know, you know…I am not a greedy person, at all, I only want what other people have succeed on, and I know it is possible…people do it everyday…work hard and follow a plan, steps which leads them, eventually, to wealth. I know it is possible. I just need for something to give. Once I find it I will put all my energy into it…and hope for some growth and a more prosperous future, not just for me, but my children. So, back to me sitting at my desk…I truly enjoy the fuss…I just hate the reminder that I need to see how I am doing on my goals.
I am looking at my writing and I think I am just blabbing…oh well, I am trying to get out my thoughts on this Birthday of mine. Anyhow…ok…so…where am I in regards to my goals and hopes for my future…well…not exactly where I would like to be, and I guess this economy is not helping me at all, it’s making things a lot tougher…you know the strategy needs to change…will see. So I guess what I will do like I do every year, is complain, kick and rage about my whole goal thingy and then I’ll just go back to my everyday life until next year.
My Perspective:
Don't let the years go by without looking to see if your are on schedule with your dreams, or in other words, your goals. There is nothing worng with dreaming of where you would like to be when you retire and we all know it takes some financial buidling agenda and yes i know today's economy is very tough and putting away for retirement is very difficult for many of us, but anything, anything at all is better than nothing. Jsut budget, reduce, cut, but look at where you are with your dreams / goals.
So, till next time, thanks for the lending ear, and remember keep on track on your goals don’t let the years go by without making sure you are on schedule.
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