August 17, 2004
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Topic: Focus
What exactly am I doing? I was working at Outward Bound South Africa for 3 months. I left that to travel and begin writing my book. I worked this summer at a summer camp, mostly to see 2 of my best friends from college, but as it turned out, the summer was mostly about meeting new people, gaining more experience working on a ropes course, and making a dollar or two. Now, my focus is to finish my book College Daze, to sell it, but most importantly, to make something happen.
In my book, I write about how changing things requires thinking big about ideas, but small about action. I’m thinking big all the time. Right now, I need to get back to the smallest level. Although there are 100′s of things I could and would like to do, the answers for my future are in my past. I’ve done most of the hard work, I just need to follow-up.
The hard work I was referring to was designing an Outward Bound South Africa course that brings American students to S. Africa for 3 weeks. Outward Bound is where my future is, wherever in the world I go. So…to make me feel less like a floater and an anonymous person, I’m adding to my book some stories and educational philosophy of outward bound. This book, whether it sells or not, I’m hoping will be a marketing tool to the ideas and programs that Outward Bound offers.
Life is strange in that you walk in and out of these amazing worlds. You sometimes forget the things you’ve been able to do. It’s like, one day, I’m at camp, leading 500 people in a cheer, everyone banging tables and singing, the next day, I’m in a house all by myself in front of a computer screen. It’s probably one of the most surreal things there is in life. (If I ever wrote a fiction book, and fiction ain’t my strength, i’d love to start it that way “it’s probably one of the most surreal things there is in life.”)
ok…i’m good now, back to work
