How Do I Start Over?

I think it's hard for people in general to think differently and admit to themselves what they really want to do.

I had a friend who decided: they didn't want to work at all. They moved someplace cheap, worked the bare minimum to survive, and then enjoyed having free time. Travelling, exploring the world... That is an option.

I hear stories about people who take an off year and work at an Amazon warehouse or a local fast food joint. Maybe they become a local tour guide, welcoming people to their town. Getting a low-paying position doing meaningful social work. Starting a side hustle selling old comic books or a certain kind of antique or artwork that they have a special expertise in.

If you're having trouble getting to this kind of "outside the box" thinking, maybe a good place to start would be...talking to people. The book "What Color is Your Parachute" got a lot of good publicity for it's basic insight that "information interviewing" is a great way to explore fields you're interested in. But the other take-away from that is there are a lot of things in the world that we just have not heard about yet -- ways to make money, ways to spend time. And you'll never know they exist until you do some research -- some talking to people.

Do something that gives you energy both mentally and physically instead of something that saps your energy and leaves you drained. What’s your social media engagement look like? The two most important days of someone’s life is when they were born and the day they find out why.