Recent events in my life have led me believe that anything is possible. It might be cliché but the phrase, “If you put your mind to it…” fits perfectly. Even though your parents might have told you so when you were little, it may or may not have stuck with you into adulthood. In fact I had to relearn the concept in order to fully understand it.

You might wonder why I titled the article the way I did. Well it might be best to examine why I work for someone else. A long time ago, my great grandfather moved from Switzerland to the United States. Whether he was in search of a more prosperous life is unknown to me, but I will just have to assume so. I truthfully can’t say I know too much about where he worked, but do know that he worked for someone else. On down through my father and his father, all worked for someone else. It was the norm to make money this way. So onto my life the habits and mentality was passed.

While in high school I began working part-time at first and then full-time when I graduated. When my occupational history started I had no problem with working. In my eyes I thought everyone worked and lived this way. Well I guess most people do. At some point a spark lit a fuel hidden deep within me. I saw a movie called, “The Secret.” Many people have already written about this movie and described the changes it has made in their lives. However I must give the movie its due credit. It is what started me on my path to achieving something more in life. Even though the Law of Attraction had been created long ago, the movie is what introduced it to me. So it is safe to say that without the movie I would not think or feel the way I do today.

Since watching the movie I began to open my eyes to the world around me. Rather than seeing obstacles which seemed impossible to attempt. I saw unlimited opportunities and room for improvement. At my job I began to question every detail about how the business was run. Why don’t we do this? Couldn’t we do this better or more efficient? After asking these questions over and over again with no resolution, I became frustrated. I began to question my place in working society. How significant was this job to the company? Was I making money the best way I knew how? The answers seemed to go either direction. My mind was a complete and utter blur. I was beginning to fall into a crutch of desperation. No one had ever shown me how I was going to make a living in the world. But I was just pushed into society with a job and a title. In my mind it wasn’t a living but rather a trap or as some might call it, “a rat race.”

So I sought guidance from the only place I knew where to look- the internet. Within my first day of looking I came across a man named, “Steve Pavlina.” He seemed to have gone battled some of the same troubles I was going through. I read all of his articles which interested me or offered answers to whatever was on my mind. At some distinct point in time I came across his information on Blogging. Now I have used computers for many years and become fluent almost everything about them, but for some reason I had never attempted to make a living from them. The knowledge seemed to have been going on unused from the beginning. I had been living under the guise that I didn’t know enough to make money on my own. It was as though I was living under some superior group in society who was given an unknown ability to make this money.

At this point I knew I wanted to start a blog. Not to solely make money, but to get me started in the right direction. It would act as a creative medium and help me explore the world of these people who are, “doing it”- people who were making a living by using their brain.

Now we are getting up to speed and quickly arriving at present. I must say that creating a blog was the best thing I ever did. Even though it took some time for me to get it ready for the world to see, it has and will be well worth it. It has pushed many projects into development which may have never seen daylight otherwise. Everyday I learn more and more about managing time and projects while having fun doing so. And enjoyment is really what I want to get out of making a living.

This entire article encompasses my one true belief of what drives us- Perception. It is the most powerful, mind altering, instance in our society. It can determine whether you work at that same dead end job for the rest of you life. But on the other hand can decide if you explore a new, much brighter path of enjoyment, enlightenment, and fulfillment.