Some people are about Apple products. Some people are all about fitness. Other people are into watching and following college football. What are you about? What am I about?
Most people, if they look at how they're living their life today - it's based on a set of standards, set of beliefs that they made choices about 10, 20, 30 or more years ago. Very often we made decisions in our youth or very young about what to believe, about what we were capable of, about who we are as a person and that becomes the glass ceiling that controls us.
- Tony Robbins (YouTube: New Year - New Life)
I don't think that quote necessarily falls exactly in line with this topic - but I think it's true, most of us defined ourselves in our youth. It's OK to take a step back and say to yourself, that isn't who I am anymore. Yes, I did do that when I was younger, I loved it - but I don't want to do that anymore. I think sometimes it feels like we're quitting, but I don't believe it is. I believe it's realizing that, that phase in your life is done and it's time to go on and do other things. It's also OK for you to take control of yourself - to really define who you are and what you want to do.
I'm trying to come up with what I'm about and frankly, who I am. Most things to me just seem too trivial to become obsessed over though. I do like my iPhone, but I don't want to have more of my life dedicated to piece of electronic equipment - metal and plastic. Sports are OK, but I don't want my satisfaction to be dependent on if the Huskers win or lose on Saturday.
So, I still have an open question - who am I and what am I going to do with my life? The clock is ticking.