Figuring out which ladder to climb?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Runta) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:26:00 +0000

This or that?

I quit my day job in July 2010 to embark on an ambitious real estate career. A career focused on investment properties, renting, rehabbing and enjoying life. I thought I had it figured out – I knew I needed freedom from my current job and I also knew I needed freedom for pursuing my passion.

A few months later I am reconsidering what I know and what is reality.

To me life is full of objectives or ladders. Family, job, community, money, health, God … it’s a long list of what to focus on because ultimately you have only twenty four hours in a day. The faster you climb one ladder or harder you try – you usually have to compromise on something else in your life. Therein lies the dilemma of what to focus on.

Having a day job was mundane and uninspiring but it kept me focused. Focused on spending forty hours of my life every week doing something uninteresting and usually regretting it. When I broke free I felt relieved and happy.

The happiness was fleeting. Soon I was being dogged by nagging fears and trepidation of failure. The sense of what if this does not work out starting hounding me. And the biggest challenge for me was focus. Should I do this or that or both or maybe that…

I guess I got out of the rut – which is a start. The pertinent question now is – what next? Simple question with no easy answer. The perpetual issue of what is my calling, what is my passion, what is my destiny presents itself. In my case – I have created a situation where I have to confront this dilemma and move ahead.

This blog is a reflection of my challenges and my triumphs as I pursue life.

How To Climb The Ladder

Figuring out which ladder to climb?