Good morning world! This is Keenan again and I'm back like spasms, so we can have a little talk. I'm in no mood for introduction, so that I don't take away from what I have to say. Let's get into this...
I’m
writing this at midnight June 12, 2013 while reflecting back on the last few
weeks of my life and what I’ve been doing.
Recently, I have begun working my first job as a server at Puleo’s in
Murfreeseboro (come holla at me if you’re about that big tipper life), I
designed a logo for the lifestyle/brand that I’ve been working on with a
friend, I’m working hard every day to get the name BossOfMe into the world,
I’ve transferred schools and will be at Middle Tennessee State University in
the fall, I’m back to reading everyday like I used to when I was younger, and I
just started learning how to play my first instrument (call me Keyboard
Shawty). I don’t mean this as a
braggadocio, condescending spiel on how much better I am than everyone else
because I am far from that. There are
absolutely people who are and have been working harder than me for a much
longer period of time. What I am
attempting to convey in telling you my recent ventures, creatively and
intellectually, is that I have finally begun maturing enough to be able to
accomplish some goals that I have wanted to pursue for some time. I have just recently begun to realize how
much work I can get done in a single day just by concentrating on attaining
what I desire. How have I managed to
stay on track these past few weeks? I ask myself one question every night
before I go to sleep: What did I do today to get closer to achieving my dreams?
If you
have been following @WeAreBOM on Instagram (which I strongly suggest you do) then you
will have seen us post this picture
I got this from my father about 2-3 years ago. He would say that every day, you either get
better or get worse, and he would use it to motivate me to go practice some
basketball (I’m retired now). I wasn’t
mature enough at the time to really understand it, but a day or two at a time
it would usually work because if given those two options, the choice is pretty
obvious, right? This same “getting
better/worse” works the same as the “getting closer/further” except that
closer/further relates better for people like us; dreamchasers. If you have a dream or a goal that you want
to achieve, then ask yourself what you’ve done lately to reach that. Could you be doing more? If we have a dream, but aren’t pursuing any
avenues to get there then why have the dream?
If we aren’t going to make the dream a reality then we might as well
stay asleep (something I began becoming a little too comfortable with). Is the transition from being dormant to
active pursuit difficult? Absolutely! If it was easy then BOM wouldn’t exist
because being what you wanted to be and doing what you wanted to do would be
the norm. Unfortunately, as anyone who
has ever had an abstract ambition knows, that isn’t the case. We have to go through more than anyone to
reach our goals, and to discover our inner drive to achieve personal
greatness. It isn’t all done in one day
or one week though. It will take months
and years to achieve, but the days and weeks of hard work will propel us into
the success of those future years. Just
do yourself a favor at the start of the day and ask yourself: What will I do to
get closer to achieving my dreams today?
I’m not
about just having BOM make it. I want
everyone with dreams and desires to do what they believe they were meant to
do. Taking days off or “chilling” isn’t
going to get us there. The everyday
grind of strengthening an aspect of the goals that we want will get us to the
pinnacle of success that we’re all craving.
Get closer today. Get closer
tomorrow. Get closer this week. Eventually a year is going to go by and 2014
is going to ask us what we did in 2013.
Will you be able to say you’re closer than ever?
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