Jean

I am not negative but I guess I would get sudden cardiac arrest and die somewhere befoe finishing drawing my own life line, yet I do share your point, count your blessings and yes there is no linearity in the phrase “Do something you love…”

I don’t know how to draw my age and I don’t know how to draw my love, but I if I am to focus on the line I would replace the “n” in line with a “f” or even better, with a “v”.

Thank you for providing the space to reflect and write what are ironically still lines. Yes, that’s right, I can’t stand what I’ve just written because love is not contained in the written words, it is in ones own actions.

M.

That is such great news! Congratulations to both of you!

I think the one thing I’ve found is there never seems to be a right time to have a baby with regards career.

I want a family very much, have since I was about 18, but there’s always a new exciting path opening up in my career that makes me too scared to take a couple of years out.

In our fast moving industry, I’m worried that say, 2-5 years out solid, plus another few working part time will mean I’ll never be at the top of my game, such as running my own business. Which is one of my ambitions.

But then as Sam (Michel) pointed out to me the other day, when will I be satisfied? Seems to me every ambitious and career minded person I’ve met never feels they’ve got far enough, yet. There’s always one more job to do, person to work with, or path to go down.

I’ll be interested to read how you two both juggle parenthood and fantastic careers, I can use you as my inspiration :)

serendipity/google search
lead me here
don’t know how or what u guys are up to
and it doesn’t matter

Time is limited.
What we ALL should be doing is making a LIFE,
not make a living.

STOP, take stock
We’d ALL be suprised with what we are BLESSED with.

Those who have more CAN do more.

Cheers

Well I made the jump from one of those soul-killing jobs and although I still think it was the right thing, it is tough. Good thing I had saved a few pennies.

Still, your post inspires me and I wont give up yet…

Tracy from above. Your story is ALOT like mine. Be wary of the games industry. I started there, had a small company there, joined another company there (I love games) but am now getting away from it.

There seems to be a higher level of nonsense and BS in games industry than any other business I have been involved with!

To all of those who take the plunge I tip my hat and give a wink!
Good luck to us all!
Andrew

Actually I stay up late because I love what I do. I want my ventures and companies to succeed, whether or not they are owned by me. I want my clients to thrive. I seriously love what I do.

Kudos to all you who feel the same way. God bless you who don’t. Ryan’s right, chase your dreams, because we live in places where dreams are possible. You don’t have to throw dynamite into the ocean waiting to see if fish float to the top to find out if your family is eating today. Count your blessings, folks.

Congrats on the baby

You are right about life being too short to not be lived fully.

You are almost only getting started though from my perspective of being 20 years further down the line…and my youngest one will not be in college for another 11 years or so.

As for doing what really fulfill us, even some very educated people keep doing things they do not like because they are ‘prisoners of their lifestyle’.

Who really needs a $400 I Phone, expensive cars, homes, gadgets and all?

Can being less consumed about consuming give us more freedom to roam and pursue things we care about?

Take care

SERGE

Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks Ryan – I’m glad I’ve ‘stubbled’ across your post.

Now get as much sleep in while you still can :-)

All the best,
Jason

Quitting for a better lifestyle/job is a good thing if you are oppressed or being harmed by what you do. But let me assure you, that even when you quit and follow your dream there will be dissapointment and all the same old s**t just in another form.

I wasn’t saying you can escape disappointment by changing jobs. I was pointing out the fact that everyone reading this blog has enough wealth and education to change to a profession that they can truly be passionate about. It’s about passion, not minimizing pain.

1) I wasn’t necessarily saying everyone should quit their job and start their own company. I was just pointing out that you can quit your current job and try to find a new one that you can be passionate about.

2) I wasn’t treating ‘Have a baby’ as a milestone. Gill (my wife and co-founder) is pregnant! :) So it’s already happening.