Yet Another Entry On A Life Of Ongoing Self Improvement

Sep 23, 2012

Ok, so I been doing lots of thinking yet again. Working nights here at Pembina really gives u a lot of free time. So now in this chapter of life things are definitely improving. I quit my dead end job that was getting me nowhere. Thought if I’m not happy. Then no matter what the reason I’m here for then I shouldn’t be here. What’s it worth to live an unhappy life? Nothing is worth it. So just like that I quit. No plan really in place. Went back to painting houses for a bit. Got a business license, started sub contracting. Then an incredible thing happened. Meeting someone who changed my life path and put it on a path closer to where I want to be. This person helped me get a job with a company that does high angle rescue. At first I thought what’s it gonna hurt to apply. If it happens, cool if not then I’ll figure things out a different way. And what do you know I’m now a high angle rescue tech. I now have lots of different certifications and training under me. A lot of the certifications I was gonna get in the first place too. Except guess what.. ITS PAID FOR!! So that’s awesome. Now I’m working with ropes and rescue plans and all that jazz, But thing is, it’s not all its glorified to be. It’s really all stand by work sitting on your ass. So here I am thinking again, sitting in the truck waiting for something terrible to happen to reacting in a fast and reliable manner. Hopefully I’ll get to do a rescue sometime soon.

So things I been thinking about now in this time of my life. Now that I have high angle, I’m in a period of waiting and gaining experience. Making money to pay off the $25,000 of debt that I have. Save for training that I would like to do. ( Level 1 IRATA, Offshore survival and it’s corresponding survival courses) so those are the next steps in my journey. But I’m also thinking of going to Argentina for the Petzl Roc Trip and then Thailand next year to explore the country. But what to do first. Live life a little or continue with creating my dream job. Working to live or living to work. Because really in the end if we are happy with what we are doing; is it really work?