The 4-Hour Workweek (the beginning)
I just started reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. This is one of those books that makes me reflect upon myself and ask why am I here, which is sorta the reason the book was written. I read a lot, and I read fast, but with this book, I read maybe too pages and then put the book down to think.
If I had all the free time in the world, what would I do? Is my profession worthwhile? Do I enjoy it? Professionally, what would I rather do? If you have never thought about these questions, either because you know the answers, or the thoughts have never crossed your mind, count yourself lucky. I consider myself plagued by these questions, and I have yet to come up with good answers to the questions.
In the book, I have found some insight I had not considered before. Not everyone works toward and endgame. Ferriss does not see life as having an end game, but lives life as a series of unrelated, arbitrary milestones. This is a perspective I can appreciate. I don’t know what I want to do with my life, but between now and the end, I would like to become and ninja and develop canon’s to board pirate ships.
Hopefully this new found knowledge will remain inside my head and I can give up on the pursuit of an undefined end game and create a series of meaningful milestones that will lead to great life enjoyment. In the mean time, I had determined that there is nothing professionally that I would rather be doing that is remotely related to what I am doing now nor requires a ridiculous amount of money to begin doing. I am fairly happy at the daily grind. I work with good people, I am paid decently and the work is boring. As the saying goes, two out of three ain’t bad.