“The key to change... is to let go of fear.”
~ Rosanne Cash

Since everyone that comes here is a close personal friend, then you'll know I've struggled with career decisions since I came out of the womb and the doctor spanked my ass.

I wish I could say that one specific career sticks out the most, and will make me the happiest person on earth and leave me with a fulfilled sense of purpose on this earth. But the reality is I like too many things for that to be the case. So I'm left following some sort of dream in hopes that it's the right decision, and the right timing.

But as I sit reading that quote by Rosanne Cash (because I love her daddy so) I am left to wonder.. is it the career itself or the fear of failure? The fear of regret? The fear of being stuck in my decisions? The fear of complacency?

The key to change is to let go of fear.

The winter semester is a new semester full of possibilities, and starting this semester I've made a pact with myself.. quit worrying about the big picture. Things definitely haven't fallen into place as I had planned or even hoped, and I have a feeling they won't as long as I live in this state. I'm resigning with myself that this is OK.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

So the new plan is to get my paramedics license. That's it. I'm not including any buts or ifs or any other contingency clause in my statement.

I am going to go out in the world and save it one person at a time.
I am going to go out in the world and make it brighter one person at a time.

And at the end of the day I will sit on my couch with my lovely (future) wife Lisa and our lovely (future) kids, pour a glass of wine and smile at how fortunate my life is.