Strivings

I apologize that I have once again fallen off of the blog-wagon.  The move from California back to Alaska hindered my motivation to sit and write.  There have been settlings, outings, adventures, hikes, walks, trips, and friends trumping any sort of interesting thoughts stirring in my head.  Bare with me for this entry, it's sure to enforce that I am currently still scatterbrained.

This is the beautiful house that my friend Adam Haberski recently moved into up in Fairbanks.  He too has moved up to Alaska(actually right around the same time that I moved back here to Sitka).  I met him at Genzyme, and he flew out there for a vacation, and now is going to school there. He is awesome, and I am glad that he is living out his dreams and not holding back.

Similarly, my friend Zach, who I am taking over for at the Raptor Center as a bird handler/trainer, Is leaving to finish school back in Idaho.  Many times, we wait too long to act on our passions, and the chances slip by.  It is refreshing to see that my friends strive for that same contentment with life that I do.
Many times, we wait too long to act on our passions, and the chances slip by.  It is refreshing to see that my friends strive for that same contentment with life that I do.

We are not held back by birthing children, unsatisfying jobs (no, I'm not talking about money), society's norms / pressures / expectations.  We are living for ourselves, not for what is expected of us.  Yes, it is (in a way) a selfish way to live, but which way of life is unselfish?  Are we not striving for our own happiness, whether it be material or internal?

I think I am taking steps in the right direction for my life.  I am no longer in Los Angeles.  I am back in the town which I felt strong attachments to a few years ago.  I have a surreal job.  I can attain the happiness that I believe to be most important every day that I wake.  What better feeling is there than to be alive and experiencing your own heart's utopian dream?  I attest that there is none.  Likely for most others this lifestyle is far from 'utopian', but I can at least say that I am doing what I love and what makes me happy every day.  Are you at that point in your life?  If not, don't settle for anything less.  No matter the situation, no matter the cost.