What Do You Want?

What would you do if you weren’t tied to your 9-to-5? Or whatever your version of that looks like. My 9-to-5 is being self-employed, which has it's perks, but it’s still a job. It still requires me to show up, do the work, and get paid. If you didn’t have to do that anymore, if you had total freedom, what would you do?

Most of us dream about having complete control over our time. No boss, no deadlines, no obligations but those of our own making. But that begs the question: What do we actually want?

I don’t think many of us know.

Years ago, some friends and I were talking about what we’d do if we were rich. One of them, and I don’t mean to pick on him because I think this is completely relatable, said he’d "get in really, really good shape and drink a lot of beer." We don’t have to wait until we’re rich to do that. We can do that now.

I think almost all of us crave the ability to control our lives. But almost none of us know what we would do with that freedom.

Travel? Sure. That sounds great. But is that the whole plan? Just travel… forever?

I don’t know what the right answer is. Maybe the answer is different for everyone. Maybe it’s creating, serving, unplugging, or just being. But I do think it’s a question worth answering. And we might find that we don’t have to be rich or live with absolute freedom to start living the lives we want right now.

But what do I know? I’m not rich and I’m not in great shape. Hell, I don’t even drink beer.