The Secret To Living A Meaningful Life Is To Follow Your Curiosity
Today I listened to Alicia Keys and John Mayer sing a medley of “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Gravity” together in New York City.
The video is from 2017, but here I was at 11 AM on a Thursday, giving a big middle finger to my work, listening to these creative geniuses serenade me with beautiful notes.
Most people who know me well realize that I’m going through something right now. A little soul-searching. I bought a plane ticket to Mexico in April just to get away from everyone.
My goal was to come here and basically train with black belts in jiu-jitsu and drink a lot of tequila. And write a lot, I guess?
My best writing comes when I’m going through something difficult.
Here’s the thing. I’ve been a workaholic all my life. I studied harder than my peers, I worked out harder than the kids I played sports with in high school, and I’ve written my ass off over the last five years online.
But I haven’t felt fulfilled lately. I dread work. I dread about 75% of my work day. This dread has led to a lot of dabbling in certain hobbies, like photography, and jiu-jitsu, and rock climbing.
I take three hours out of the middle of my day — 3 days per week — to get my ass kicked in Jiu-Jitsu by black…
