Chasing Your Goals

Hello, and welcome back to my weekly blog posts!

Today I wanted to talk about chasing goals, going over how hard it can be sometimes, but how ultimately rewarding it is.

Lately I've really been embracing some of my goals in life, giving everything a shot while I'm young, figuring out where I naturally fall in this world.

I quit my job to pursue things I was actually interested in and by god it actually paid off, I'm becoming part of an immersive improv acting troupe, and I landed an internship that gives me a stepping stone towards my eventual end goal of some audio related job.

I tried my best and I actually got something out of it, which feels great!

But I've also been incredibly stressed recently, quitting my job meant I lost some structure, I knew I would miss the place just because it was familiar work for me but I didn't realize how much it would impact me.

The pressure to create opportunities for myself was suddenly all on me, if I wanted anything I would have to go find it, which was really scary for a time.

Honestly, it's still really scary, it feels like nothing is guaranteed, but I keep going because I have to.

"If you want my secret to constant motivation then I have news for you, it doesn't exist, somedays you won't be motivated but you still have to go out there and give it a shot all the same", I'm admittedly paraphrasing but quite a few years back, someone I really looked up to at the time said that and it really stuck with me.

A lot of what I'm doing today is really hard to start, and I've barely stopped myself from quitting before I begin, it's really easy to do that because you have no idea what you could be missing out on, and after you've made it so scary in your head it seems like it won't be worth it.

Everyone says stuff like this but I think that's because it's true, I've been making myself take every opportunity that I feel has a chance to have a meaningful impact on my career and my life, even if I think I'll hate it, even if I think probably nothing will come of it, I always make myself try.

I wanted to share all this today because I'm sure my situation is far from unique, almost everyone with the luxury to worry about stuff like this has probably felt a similar way at some point, so always try your best, there's gonna be plenty of times where it doesn't work and you feel trapped I'm sure, but keep trying even when it's hard, we'll all make it out one day!!!

Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day! :)