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<\/p>\nI know that I am among the luckiest, most blessed human beings to have ever existed on the planet since the dawn of time. I’m not in the 1% or the 0.1%, I’m in the 0.0000000000-well-you-get-the-point-001. That’s not exclusively because of finances (no debt and $26,961.98 in the bank as of tonight) or the era and country into which I was born (though those are huge contributors), but because of how I experience the world.<\/p>\n
In my adult life, I haven’t done what I’ve heard so many people describe as “enduring” their lives\/jobs\/family\/friends\/situation. To me, the days seem to have very little monotony and an abundance of opportunities to be challenged, to learn, to help others, and to be filled with joy.<\/p>\n
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Some of that, undoubtedly, is the incredibly lucky situation I’ve come to be in since dropping out of college, digging a struggling consulting business into and then out of debt, and being made CEO of an exciting startup. And a lot of it, assuredly, is the presence of amazing people in my life – the 130 coworkers whose company I like a weird amount given how much time we all get together, and my wife Geraldine (whose blog <\/a>is basically a testament to these last 3 paragraphs).<\/p>\n But some of it, too, is outlook and perception. It’s how I reflect on what goes on around me in the times when others might experience tedium or frustration or anger. I do get stressed, and I do feel those negative emotions, but if other people’s descriptions are any guide, for me, they’re dulled, like a shrill scream that’s almost too far away to hear.<\/p>\n I watched the video below a few days ago and have been reflecting on it since in the 30 minutes of my walking commute to or from work. It does a wonderful job of capturing one of my favorite lessons of life: “The only thing that’s capital ‘T’ true is that you get to decide how you’re gonna try to see (the world).<\/strong>“<\/em><\/p>\n