It may surprise you, but I'm no spring chicken ;)
And right now, at this point in my life I'm having what is called a mid-life crisis. Yup, I'm at that glorious point in our lives where (God willing) we're starting on the back half of the journey. I have less years ahead of me, than in front of me and of course, this has led to quite a bit of soul searching.
I remember reading a book called 'Halftime' where the author made this argument:
We spend the first half of our lives trying to make as much money as we can. And then the next half, we try to give it all away and do good things for people with it.
The author stated, as long as you were taken care of and your family was...It was your duty as a citizen of the earth to 'give it all away'. Which is fine on paper, but then you have situations like yours truly is in lol
I spent the first half of my life, trying to make as much money as I could. But in the process, I was a prick at times. I hurt a lot of people along the way from the words I said, and generally didn't mature until I hit my 40's. So don't worry if you aren't perfect yet young ones, you WILL screw up, that's part of the journey.
But part of being an entrepreneur is that, nothing is guaranteed. I was foolish with my decisions, business and personal, and because of that, I'm at 'halftime' with what you see right here on the blockchain. Hey, I'm grateful, don't get me wrong. However with this soul searching I've been doing over the past few years, I've yet to 'plan my attack' over the back nine....
Until today!
It became crystal clear to me what is going to happen to me personally over the next few years and I'll share a lot of that over the next few weeks with you guys. But I know what I'll be doing on chain a lot more.
You see, I don't have 'things to give away' other than...My upvotes and engagement ;) My support. My passion for this community!
So my goals on chain aren't to 'accumulate as much as I can' anymore. It's literally, to give out as many votes as I can, help spread things around and do my part to help decentralize this blockchain and platform as much as I can.
In the process, I should be able to grow my accounts but that is no longer my focus. You know what my focus is....Other people. And I spent the first have of this life being a selfish prick....That changes today. So while on paper, the 'Halftime' book makes a lot of sense....To me it's being able to serve as many people and help as many as I can.
I know this seems a little vague right now, but it'll all make sense to you guys over the next few weeks :)
Until then....Think about this concept of approaching 'halftime' in your life. There is nothing wrong with accumulating and making sure you and your family are taken care of. But after that.....What do you want your legacy to be?
I pray that people remember that on my back 9, I lived a live serving others and helping people on their journey as much as I can!
Big things are coming.....Even for this middle aged dude!
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