The Captain's Log: A Journey to the 7 Ends of the World

Why a Captains Log?

"I want to travel around the world."

"I want to go to Europe."

"I want to live abroad."

"I want, I want, I want," all right buddy settle down. Stop affirming what you want, and start asking yourself, "WHAT are you WILLING to DOOOOO to GETTTTT IT."  

This is the question so many people forget to ask themselves when affirming, "what they want." 

Have you ever thought, "Mannn I want that new TV but its just so darn expensive, I don't know what I'ma do to get it."

So lets test it out, "What am I willing to do to get that new TV?" This is a follow up question, that prompts thoughts of action. 

"Well if I'ma get that new TV, I'ma need more money, and If I need more money, maybe I'ma need another job, ohh but snaps I don't want another job, so I guess I can't get that new TV..."

Maybe, just maybe, you don't need another job? Maybe you could cut some expenses and start saving money that way? 5 dollars a day for a cup of Starbucks coffee is 35 dollars a week, 140 dollars a week. Do the math, how long will it take you to save up for that TV?

Why am I talking about TV's and money? Tv's is the exmaple, but money is usually the thing most associated with justifying not being able to get the things we want.

"But 5 dollars a day is not going to save me enough money to get my TV now!"

Ahhh, so you want it now don't cha?

Just because life gives you lemons (things you want,) doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to make lemonade. When is the last time you made lemonade? I have never made lemonade, cause it's a long process to making a decent cup, that's why their lemonade stands. Business that sell this stuff for you.

The world just doesn't give us what we want, because we want it, and maybe that's a good thing. Maybe were not ready for what we want. Maybe that new house, or that promotion, or new car, maybe if we get it now, we won't be able to sustain it, and end up losing everything.

Getting what we want, contrary to pop culture, is not a matter of getting lucky. It's not one of your YouTube video's blowing up, or one of your Instagram posts getting 1000 likes, because all of these things are just like a taste test.

You may want it, but do you really want to do the work for it?

That has been my biggest issue, with most of everything I have ever done. There is always a cross roads between beginner to intermediate, where all those cozy feelings fade away and I'm staring down the long road to achievement thinking, " ughhh do I really want to put in that work?"

All of these questions are the price for progress, and answering them often requires a stop and sit down conversation to think. The conversation is very familiar, "do I keep walking down this path, or do I go back and start again?"

Then all of a sudden were like, "But I got bills to pay, and mouths to feed, no way can I stop now and think about this. No way of getting what I want..."

The fear of moving forward, the fear of finding answers to questions that were put off for centuries, the fear of undergoing changes in personality. This fear of annoncing to your friends, I'm the Captain of my own life. 

When I was a young lad, I wanted to go to Spain, and by young lad I mean 23. I was in America, doing an internship for Dale Carnegie, making cold calls (of which I sucked at doing,) and was like, " do I really want to do this?" Basically I was having that conversation of, " do I want to travel to intermediate, or go back and be a beginner?" I said no, but I do want to learn Spanish.