Reflection

When I first came  to Florida to live, I had a million and one aspirations. I was in the land of opportunity and had so many goals. I wanted to get into investing, particularly real estate. I wanted to start my own business. I wanted to continue my formal education. I wanted to grow as an individual. Years later, I have been able achieve a few things on my original list. Most notably, the masters degree that is still on its way in the mail. I had a multitude of opportunities to get into investing, but was always too afraid to really get started. Lucky for me the real estate market crashed followed by the stock market and I wasn't in either. I probably would have lost lots of money. Now that the dust has settled somewhat, I fell the call to get back the zeal I started with. I have even more reason to do so now that I am married and the wife and I are planning a baby soon.

I stumbled on a great article on Tim Ferris' blog that got me thinking about what to do with my time, now that I have completed my degree. I have a lot of bad habits to replace with good habits. One good habit that I have managed to cultivate over the last 2 years has been long distance running. Running and me have a long negative history. I used to hide in the bathroom during physical education class in high school so that I could spare myself the embarassment of running in public. People often said I ran like a girl. These days I have run a number of 5ks in decent times and am training for a marathon. I started running late in life, but I see a potentially long running future ahead of me. I think its the same with investing. I lost steam in that department. Besides the horrible economy, I think my real issue is lack of people skills. I have had this problem all my life, it was especially bad in high school. Running has taught me that, it doesn't matter how late you start, you can be still be successful. Success or not, I will die trying.