Dang, I'm 38 and I have spent probably 20 years of my own life in some form of procrastination, and for a very similar reason to the one D mentions in this post - I was told that I could "do anything" if I just wanted it badly enough when I was young. The thing is...I didn't know what I wanted. Many young people don't. I think that's normal and healthy. But I was pressured to 'choose' my career, to choose a life path before I was ready to set out on it, and it actually turned out a disaster, because I was following what others had laid out for me rather than listening to that internal voice. After that big disaster, I started walking through the world timidly. I stopped believing that I could handle the hard stuff. I stopped 'being hungry' in the healthy way. I guess I was starving and didn't even realize it at the time. The famine became my new normal. That was years ago, but the dragon of procrastination still rears its ugly head in my life in the form of self-doubt. I can easily lapse back into being desperately 'hungry' for attention, rather than for true sustenance. That's just me though...
I'm glad Johnny realized the power of taking responsibility and action at such a young age. My life would have probably gone very differently had I been courageous enough to embrace the attitude he already has.
Dang, I'm 38 and I have spent probably 20 years of my own life in some form of procrastination, and for a very similar reason to the one D mentions in this post - I was told that I could "do anything" if I just wanted it badly enough when I was young. The thing is...I didn't know what I wanted. Many young people don't. I think that's normal and healthy. But I was pressured to 'choose' my career, to choose a life path before I was ready to set out on it, and it actually turned out a disaster, because I was following what others had laid out for me rather than listening to that internal voice. After that big disaster, I started walking through the world timidly. I stopped believing that I could handle the hard stuff. I stopped 'being hungry' in the healthy way. I guess I was starving and didn't even realize it at the time. The famine became my new normal. That was years ago, but the dragon of procrastination still rears its ugly head in my life in the form of self-doubt. I can easily lapse back into being desperately 'hungry' for attention, rather than for true sustenance. That's just me though...
I'm glad Johnny realized the power of taking responsibility and action at such a young age. My life would have probably gone very differently had I been courageous enough to embrace the attitude he already has.
Peace,
D
Oh, Darius, oh, Jonny, oh Daniel! You have blessed me with so many riches this morning. Thank you.
I think you speak for many of us!!!!! Johnny is an old soul, with so much wisdom at 20!