life, kids, and brazilian jiu jitsu

Yes I said it again.  But it’s not.  I have so many things I want to do and not nearly enough time to do them.  The daily sleep, drive work, drive, sleep loop sucks the time away.  Work takes on average 11 hrs of the day while sleep takes 7.  Approximately 3 hours is spent on chores like eating, housework, grocery shopping etc.

The remaining 3 hours are mine.  This is the time left over to be with the important people in my life, exercise, climb mountains, blog, write, play guitar, read.  So I do none of those well.

If I don’t get out of this vicious circle my life will just continue on in this fashion as time flows by.  My fault.  I just don’t have the imagination to see an alternative.

I’ve got this theory that in order to be happy, we all need one awesome attribute.  One thing at which we excel and that we love to do.  That one thing needs to be identified and if possible transformed into a vocation.  I haven’t found mine.

I am a generalist.  Not particularly brilliant in any one arena but capable in most.  I have a tendency to become addicted to my hobbies (obsessive is an apt word).  SO HOW CAN THIS HELP ME?

The issue is that the way a capitalist society is set up is that we work our asses off to get to the top.  That’s great if you enjoy the struggle I guess but mountains and pyramids all end in a lofty point where there is only room for one person.    Moreover most of us are on the mountain to make a living, not to get to the top.  Problem is, the guy at the top makes the rules becuse he generally has the power.  The tops of those mountains are barren inhospitable places.  The only benefits of being up there are the bragging rights.

Most of us are looking for a little hope and to be able to appreciate the good things.  We’d do a heck of a better job at that if we had one key ingredient to throw into the mix.  Time.  Easy to say.           Money=time.  Sometimes.

So back to that “one awesome attribute“.  I need to figure out what I can do in an awesome fashion.  Then I need to figure out how doing it can set me free.  And I need to do it soon.  Because life is not a dress rehearsal.  Do it now because you won’t live forever.

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