There’s a lot of things in our world in which we have no control over.
Weather,
time,
peoples’ opinions,
the stock market,
and a ton more…
We find it difficult to accept our fate and feel helpless when things don’t go our way.
That becomes the point where a lot of people decide to quit.
Just quietly surrendering and giving up on whatever it is they were doing.
Letting their dreams painfully turn into ashes.
We all know we can’t control everything, but we try so hard to do it anyway.
Instead of trying to control things to become in our favor, we should try using it to our advantage.
When out and sailing we control and adjust our sails and whenever the wind stops working with us, we find ways to work with it.
If we simply were to stop and give up because the wind changed, it would take us to an unknown destination or nowhere at all.
The same goes for life, if we don’t control and adjust our own route but try to focus on changing the entire road, we will end up somewhere not intended.
We just can’t change an entire road to fit to our personal needs.
We have to navigate our way forward and using the roads in the way they’re already laid down.
And we do accept this fact.
I’ve at least not seen anyone driving off-road and create their own road because they didn’t like the already existing layout.
But in other aspects of life, we try so damn hard to change things which we truly can’t instead of working with them the way they already are.
Why do we keep trying even though we know it’s not going to work?
For instance, I felt stuck in life, doing the same tasks every day.
It was mostly due to working.
I couldn’t just storm in to my boss’ office and demand something new to happen, because this is what they did as business.
Their core mission was very clear and when I realized it weren’t aligning with what I wanted in life, there was not a lot of options for me.
Either stay and continue doing the very same thing or quit and find somewhere else to work.
The problem is however, most jobs are very repetitive and there’s not a lot we can do about it.
Either accept them as they are or go somewhere else.
I realized I couldn’t restructure an entire company just to fit my own needs, so I adjusted my own route instead.
I found a place which aligned at least somewhat with what I sought.
I gained full control of my own schedule and felt free.
I knew I wanted to create my own company to have even more control, but I was now headed in the right direction.
I knew that by choosing when I work myself, I could give myself the time to focus on what really matters in life.
Family, friends, hobbies, exploring, going on adventures.
And of course I could give myself the time needed to fully pursue any vision.
The job I got would be considered unsafe by most.
There was not guaranteed work every day.
There was no guaranteed salary.
No guarantee of anything really.
Except, the freedom to decide how my own time should be spent.
I had control of my time, and I did actually enjoy the job.
If we are to spend such ridiculous amount of time on working, wouldn’t it make sense to at least enjoy what we’re doing.
Otherwise, we’ll just feel stuck forever.
I adjusted my own route instead of an entire company.
I adjusted my own sail instead of the wind.