In another life, I might have been poor. I might have been malnourished. I might have worked long days to make $14 a month. I might have grown up in a post-war environment and been one of the 100,000 people killed from undetonated landmines. I might have struggled under a repressive government.
But I didn’t. It’s all because of the sacrifice of others on my part. I am in the top 1% of the richest people in the world. And I don’t deserve any of it.
A lot of people go through some kind of life stage crisis when they turn 30. Youth is idealized in your twenties, and hitting that 3-0 is seen as going downhill. I’m not experiencing much of that. I think I hit my first life crisis at 25 – you know, the whole quarter century thing. Instead, I’m pretty optimistic and want to share what I’m hoping to do.
Writing a book has always been something I’ve wanted to do. Not because I love writing, nor is it because I read a lot of books. In fact, I absolutely hate writing. And reading through books is a challenge for me. More accurately, I like the idea of writing a book, but dread act of doing it.
When I turned 29 this year, I realized I was in the last year of my twenties and there were still a number of things I haven’t done yet. So I began making a list, and here is my 30×30 – 30 things to do by the time I’m 30.
An update on my short-term and long-term bucket list, originally inspired by The Buried Life, ranging from starting a business to surfing to driving in Africa.
Various life lessons I learned from 2011. Hopefully you can glean off of some of my failures and successes.
It’s been 4 1/2 years since I first went to Kenya. One year since I had the dream to make …
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We want to say yes to good things. But sometimes in life, we have to make the hard choice of saying no to good things in order to say yes to better things.
Though formal programs & meetings have their place, the best way to interact and know a culture is through experiencing daily life with the people in it.
Back in Kenya again starting Intrinsic, I’m starting to ease into that sweet spot where my passions match my skills and serve a greater purpose.
