An Experiment In Change

It started over a month ago now. Actually I can’t remember the exact day it started and frankly that’s not the important part from my way of thinking.
At the time I was stuck. Not overly happy with the results I was getting and to say I was returning back to a cynical jaded way of viewing the world around would be putting it mildly.
Short tempered, judgmental and a whole group of adjectives that describe that frame of mind you get in when you’re frustrated and not happy with your situation. You know the place I mean right?
So, what happened? What was it that made me take the next step? Well it was a couple of things actually. One of which was being introduced to the works of Leslie Feiger and his beach bum videos. ( Thanks and a hat tip to Cara Yowell) Check them out. Simple and inspirational . For me at least. The article is 10 Critical Success Clues and it’s a bit of an eye opener.
At some point during my life I had hatched the thought it would be nice to move down to the West Indies, back to where  my Dad’s family was from. Though most of the family had left and come ashore so to speak, there were still a few cousins etc there.
That and the fact the idea of living the island life appealed to me in more than one way. So watching and listening to Leslie and how he’d gotten to where he is struck a chord. That and the fact there seemed to be a connection with similar trains of thought and study. Though apparently for some reason, even though we’d both gone through similar experiences he was where he was and I was, well here. Unsatisfied, frustrated and continually running up against brick walls.
I thought to myself, how the hell can this be? What did he do that I didn’t? What’s he doing with that information he found that I haven’t?
At that point I decided it was passed time to change. Time to start taking my own advice. The stuff I had been passing around to others for years. And apparently using infrequently myself.
Don’t get me wrong it wasn’t like this all the time. Success and I had been friends along the way but something seemed to fall off the tracks along the way a lot of the time.
So I began the change. Considering the length of this now and the fact I know this is going to be more than a few more paragraphs, I’m going to hit pause right now. Stay tuned for the next stage of revisioning my life. ( and maybe yours as well.)