Stop Working

Stop Working

In the past two weeks I have made a pretty significant change in my life, I have completely stopped working. 

Yes, that’s right. I have given up working.

I quit cold turkey. And I don’t plan to ever go back either.

    < huh?>

How are you going to feed yourself, you might wonder?

What about your apartment or house?

How is that even possible?

Well, it is really quite simple. You see for ten straight years I worked and worked and worked. Many times I worked too hard and experienced the symptoms of burnout.  (I am a pretty hard worker)

But that is changing. I’m redefining my understanding of work by shifting my approach in a small way that is having big repercussions. You see, I am departing from the idea of “work-is-doing-a-job-you-dislike-because-of-the-money” to a much healthier goal of:

      Building.

I don’t actually go to work anymore, instead I simply go out there and build.

I build my dream startup called The Studio–  an amazing, creative place where we build businesses and projects, and try to help people as well.  We build piece by piece. Bit by bit.

And I build up other things too, like my health and the communication and strength within my family.

I build up the relationships I have with my 60 amazing coworkers that I am so blessed to work with.

In fact, almost all of my waking hours are now dedicated to building things.

And it’s fun!

When you shift your focus to building it immediately gives you more breathing room. The dynamic of what you are doing shifts quietly but in a big way.

– Things are expected to take a long time.

– Things are supposed to break and need to be repaired.

– And it’s ok if the job site is a big mess.

So if you need me, you will find me in The Studio. There will be sawdust everywhere and paint drips on my shoes and pants.  But I will be much happier.

I will be busy building.

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