Finding your “thing”

April 8, 2010 in Entrepreneurship, Life, Success with 5 Comments

I’m 29 years old, and I’m not sure I’ve found my “thing” yet.

I write this blog, I consult with businesses, and  I help them make more money. I show businesses how to use the internet to grow their business and make more money. I do a little of this and a bit of that.

However, I’m not sure I’ve found the “thing” yet.

You know the “thing” right? The “thing” that wakes you up every morning with a burning desire to go out there and get-em. You’ve got it right?

If you go to bed Sunday night and simply can’t wait for the five days ahead, then you’ve found your “thing.”

I was never able to say in my earlier years, “this is what I want to do when I grow up.”

Here I am all grown up, and I still can’t say exactly what that is.

Guidance counselors, teachers, and peers used to make me feel like this was inadequate. After all, most people had it all figured out. They would go off and become teachers, police officer, accountants, advertisers, bankers, restaurant managers etc…

I remember being told that eventually you just had to “decide and pick something.”

I’ve never been able to “just decide and pick” my life, and it used to scare the pants off me.

The nice thing is that I’m not bothered by it anymore.

It used to scare me that I couldn’t just decide.

It used to scare me how easily I could jump between hobbies and try new things.

It used to scare me how I could so easily attempt new business ventures by moving from one extreme to another.

But it doesn’t scare me anymore. It excites me now.

It excites me because I’ve learned that I don’t need to be looking for the “thing.”

What excites me about it isn’t that I can’t settle down,  I’m excited because there is something not allowing me to settle down.

Am I looking for a “thing” or is some-”thing” looking for me?

Either way, in my mind, it’s way more exciting than the alternative.

  • http://josephratliff.com JosephRatliff

    Maybe not having a “thing” IS in fact your “thing” Noah? ;)

  • http://noahfleming.com/ Noah Fleming

    Funny. I once mentioned that to one of my mentors and he said the same thing.

    “Maybe your thing is really not having a thing… Find a way to capitalize on it and you'll have figured it out.”

  • http://josephratliff.com JosephRatliff

    Yeah, that's the cool thing, we can do whatever we want to as entrepreneurs. :)

    And, in a way, I'm kinda like you.

  • http://guzmandiaz.com/ Guzmán Díaz

    Actually not having a “thing” is very positive IMHO, because it doesn't bind you to a certain obligation. You are free to take on anything you want.

    I think just like you, not having a “thing” is not a problem. “Things” come around and they will find us sooner or later. Also a “thing” shouldn't let you settle down forever.

    As my father says, people who have ideas (or “things”) are used to have them on a constant basis. If you have a good idea, use it as fast as you can, make profit out of it, and then sell it to a third party to concentrate on a new idea before the old one becomes obsolete. Good ideas may look brilliant in the short term, but they won't work forever :)

  • http://noahfleming.com/ Noah Fleming

    I like your father's advice!

    Thanks for the comment Guzmán!

    Noah