You, your mother, and I hit the ground running and now, 8 months later, I realized that I have slacked off on this project since you've gotten here. I have had enough for several posts just about the silly faces you make but there is so much more. I didn't realize I would have so many memories to keep up with, there is no way I could ever write or even recall them all at once. I plan on writing some posts in the future about what makes you, you. For today I will stick to this advice.
I sit here at work (currently Counselman Automotive) Sick. As. A. Dog. I haven't been sick in about three years, I owe that to eating properly, training, good sleep and as low stress as possible. Most of those have gone out the window as of late though. I know what you're thinking, I'm about to blame you. I mean thats how it goes when you have a child. Actually, your amazing mother has made it easy for me. She is unbelievable with you. She knows that I have to work long hours right now to provide for the three of us and she does more than I could ever ask or expect.
I can only blame my illness on this job. It will be the death of me if I don't find a way out soon. Which brings me to the point of this post.
Do not let the weight of your worries turn into the weight of your regrets. You will have to carry that weight with you for your entire life. You can do this by finding the one thing you love to do most, I don't care if it's reading books, working out, or jumping off of houses, then spend every ounce of energy you have to find a way to make money/a life out of it no matter the cost or consequence. This is age old advice but sometimes the simplest ones are the ones you ignore until you realize how true they are.
You can find what you love by looking at what you do when you should be doing something else. What you do with your time alone when you don't have any obligations. It will be the thing that when you talk to people about it they have to tell you to stop because you have rambling on for an hour. Find that thing and then figure a way to make a living around it. If you can make enough money to survive while doing this, I promise you will be more happy than if you have a job you don't care about that makes 4 times as much. This is because when you have a job just for money, it takes time away from what you love and this makes you resent your job and ultimately your life. But if you have a job based around what you truly love, even if its a poor paying job, you are making money doing what you love. This is so important in life I wanted to make it my first topic since your birth.
Also, equally important is how soon you start working towards that goal. Do not wait til you are 30 or even 20 to start. Start as soon as you read this. If you follow this advice, I can pomise that you will consider it the greatest advice/gift I will ever give you.
I implore you to not fall into the same line your grandfather and I did. We are good people but made poor choices when it came to following our heart instead of our bank account.
Now for the first time on here, I get to tell you I love you and know that I am saying to a living breathing human being. My son. And though you will find it silly or trite until you are my age with one of your own, I will be proud of you no matter what you choose to do or how far you take that choice. Good luck.
