Getting to the Glory Land

You don’t believe me when I say ‘I’m going to rule the world’…but then again who would? I swear I don’t have too many Napoleonic tendencies, however, this thought stems from the mentality of having control of your world rather than the world. I often ponder how these amazingly successful individuals get to where they are –common themes are determination, persistence, and a strong stomach for spontaneous risk-taking. All of my life, I have believed that working up the corporate ladder, paying your dues and working hard is what will ultimately determine a person’s worth. Being out of college for a year now and serving as a sordid corporate drone for the last few months, my goals – both professional and personal – have been turned upside down.

Hatred yields passion. While love also brings out zealous feelings in all of us, hatred has the power to force drastic change. This is the point I am at - taking control of my life, I absolutely loathe my job. I detest coming into work everyday but why don’t I just…quit?

While I’m not the biggest fan of most of the literature in magazines, I am an avid reader of Entrepreneur Magazine. I am always taken aback by the passion that these people exude in these stories. Kids, much younger than me, competing with the behemoths of the business world (I am fully aware that I may be glorifying their collective efforts but I have to give them credit for looking at life from a different angle –I always had my helmet on…played it super safe). As the months roll by at Corporate and I read these success stories, the unsettling ‘what ifs’ bombard me. Carrying on my steady 9-5 at Corporate, I realize now more than ever that life is about passion and having a fiery obsession with what you do; making your career an extension of yourself. As a child, I undoubtedly believed that I would make a killer rock star and ultimately have all the money to travel and write - BOOM...the glory land. Once practicality and bullshit rationality set in, I settled for a Financial Analyst, which has brought me to my current situation.

Time and time again, writing has always pulled me through some of the darkest of times. Now, whilst I struggle with this yuppie job and my own true ambitions on a daily basis, I will use this blog as a public outlet as I redirect myself out of the monotony and mindset of Cube Life.

Fuck playing it safe.