Influence / Achievement
What do you want your life to be in 5 years?
This question is easy and difficult all at the same time (what a paradox), mainly because in the last 9 months I have been through some major changes in my life, which has (1) changed my perspective on life in general, and (2) changed what I want out of life. I guess I will start with my career, as you may or may not know I have been officiating high school football for several years now. At first I was just doing it because I just wanted to be around the game that I love and devoted so many years of my life to (plus I didn't want to coach). But now after having worked with so many officials on many different levels, I have begun to see officiating as a possible permanent career move, and not just a side job or a hobby. I am already on the payroll for the NFL (I work with their High School Development Program), so in a sense my foot is already in the door. It seems that within the next 3 - 5 years, because of so many officials with 20 + years, the NFL will see a "mass exodus" of officials and they will have to be replaced, rather expeditiously. Therefore I'm working on getting into the NFL Referee Development Program within the next 3 years so I will be in a good position when all the chips begin to move.
Also career wise, recently I have made a career change, switch from the industrial industry to the health & fitness industry. It's a change that I only regret not making it happen sooner. It has not been necessarily easy but it has been enjoyable every step of the way. I truly enjoy making a positive impact on other people's lives. Society has got all of us so infected with this me, myself & I syndrome that we rarely appreciate the fact that something we may say or do can help another person take a step in the right direction. After every session with a client I always seem to feel better, no matter how difficult the session was, because they always seem to push farther and work harder than they ever imagined they could before the session started. It provides people with some self-actualization and increases their self-esteem as well as their work ethic. All that be said within in 5 years I would like to open my own gym, and set it up with the vision I have in mind. Giving people access to a wide range of traditional and nontraditional training equipment and atmosphere.
I guess last but not least is my personal life, with each passing day I creep closer and closer to 30 and it seems kinda surreal. I realize, I am far from old but I am not as young as I use to be either; and each year seems to go by quicker and quicker. I think at some point every man gets to a point where he's for the most part done what he has wanted to do and conquered a reasonable portion of what he has set out to conquer and then asks himself "now what?" And I guess that is where I am now I have done things that I very proud of and other things, not so much, but now I'm here asking myself "now what?" Hopefully within the next 5 years I can find a young lady with whom I can connect with on a different level and we have similar goals, views, and values that would make a long-term union feasible. Who knows maybe she's already in my life, and then again maybe not, like the old saying goes "timing is everything."
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