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Where Am I?

When is the last time you got good news?   Really good news that you pumped your fist and audibly said, "Yes!"

It has been awhile for me.  I haven't had that "Yes!" feel in some time.  And why?  Why am I not getting that feeling?  What's missing?  What am I not quite getting out of life?  

I think I am missing a sense of adventure.  A sense of importance in what I am doing day to day.  

I quit my last job because I was feeling that way; though it ended up being one of the best decisions of my life, I in no way can afford to do such a drastic thing again.  And I am not saying that I want to quit my job.  I guess I am saying that I need to find a new goal.  A new objective, a sense of purpose beyond work and training for the marathon.  

So what will it be?  Climbing a mountain?  Publishing a book again?  Starting my own business?  Going back to school?  

I don't know.  And I think that is what is bothering my as of late. Not knowing what I want to do at the age of 32.  It is scary and I don't like it.  

The question that comes to mind: where is my greatness?  Where will I best succeed?  

"Everyone has one book in them.  Almost no one has two."

And that right there is my greatest fear. 

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