Escaping Normality

My Definition of  Analysis Paralysis :  - Knowing that you want to do something to change yourself for the better, but not knowing what that thing is or how to accomplish it. This uncertainty leads you into a cycle of procrastination and little to no action actually taken. Currently I am in the process of working out of a phase of my life. I am going to call this phase analysis paralysis. This phase started around my Senior year of college when it finally set in that I was going to have to join the real world and get a big boy job. Before this phase started, I would say that 90% of my mental energy was spent on being a great student athlete and thinking about how I could maximize the fun I was having each semester.  Now, with the thought of being a real person in mind, something clicked. I wanted more. More out of my life. I have seen many, many people take the same path. This path consists of: Graduate College Get a job Get Content with Life Now understand stand this, I ...

Preface: I totally get that this could come off as arrogant and privileged, it's just how I feel. Open to criticism. Okay, so recently I have been exposed to a bunch of new people. I started a new job and have moved back home from college. Now that I am done with college, I feel like I can finally relate and have a better understanding of how life works in the real world. Not saying I have been through much or have lots of life experience, I just think I understand things a bit more. The first thing that sticks out to me is how many people have been brainwashed by society. It's almost like people start a job and then they change their priorities around completely in order to succeed at this job. I get it, work hard, get promoted, make more money. But this can't be all that there is to life. What happened to dreams, aspirations, freedom. The BIGGER PICTURE. There are so many things going on in this world and all it takes is a steady salary and a place to go every day for all...

Welcome all! If you feel deep down that you have much more to offer to this world than what you are currently giving, this is your place!  I have created this blog to use as a platform for myself in order to keep my thoughts somewhere and see if anyone relates. Everything that I post to here will be raw thoughts straight from the noggin. Please excuse any grammatical errors as they will not hinder the message that I am trying to get across.  A little bit of background about myself: Former Student Athlete Civil Engineering Degree Master's Degree (MBA)... this holds very minimal weight in my own head Currently working in Construction Managment in the Greater Philadelphia Area I love building things, and I think construction is incredible, but I also believe that I have much more to offer to this world than anything I can accomplish in the Construction Industry My intentions for this blog: Put my thoughts out into the world to see if there are others who share similar views ...