Breakfast: Lucky Charms
Lunch: 3 PB&J
Dinner: Spaghetti and Meatballs, a lot of ice cream
Growing Up
I hate the idea of growing up. I absolutely despise when people tell me to grow up.
I don’t want to grow up for a lot of reasons, all of which can be traced back to my personal manifesto of never losing a childlike enthusiasm for each day. To wake up and absolutely max out each twenty four hour block we're given for all that it's worth. It's an idea I believe in, and it serves as my biggest motivator in every aspect of my life.
When you’re a kid, everything is looked at with immense wonder, curiosity, and excitement. You have enough energy to run through, around, or over any obstacle in your way, going to sleep exhausted just to wake up and do it all over again. I’m not sure where this excess energy and excitement goes as you get older, but the majority of people lose it. They get caught up with work, emails, and bills, and somewhere along they way they forget what it's like to just be a kid.
Becoming a responsible adult, and maintaining a childlike enthusiasm is a challenge. I think Brad Bird, a Pixar director responsible for the Incredibles put it best, "The conundrum is how to become mature and become reliable while at the same time preserving your childlike wonder.” I wish I had a clear solution for finding that balance between becoming a mature adult and not losing sight of what it was like to be a kid, but I don’t. I’m not sure anyone really does. What I do know, without any illusions, is that it is not your responsibility to become a well behaved employee within a company. It’s your responsibility to find what gets you excited to wake up each morning, and follow that with the same enthusiasm as a child towards the first day of summer break.
Work hard, be bold, but please never grow up. I promise I won't.
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