mrivc211
Well-Known Member
I meant to write about this topic last week, but with working 90+
hours per week, I found it a little difficult. Anyways.......
Last weekend I bumped into an old high school face. I say face because I used to see her around school and exchange hello's with. Not really friends, just a face I knew.
Friday night I got to bed at about 7:30pm for my 3am wake up call
. I usually leave home by 3:45am and drive an hour and thirty minutes to work. I make a stop at the gas station across the street from my house every morning to get gas, coffee, and maybe cookies/donuts. So this particular saturday morning, I walked into the gas station at 3:47am and saw that familiar face from high school. She glanced over at me while she poured her coffee into her cup. She quickly looked back at the coffee she was pouring because she wasn't expecting anyone she knew. When it took her .5 seconds to realize it was me, she quickly turned her face back around and said hello stranger.
She quickly asked me what I was doing up at 4am? I replied, "going to work". "Work?" she replied. "Yah, long story". "How about you?" I asked. "Oh, coming back from a club". and thats pretty much all I remembered from that conversation. After talking briefly about the past 5 1/2 years of our lives in a matter of 5 to 6 minutes we parted ways again.
For the next hour and a half, I drove and drove and drove, thinking about those few words. "What are you doing up at 4am?" I began to doubt whether this was all worth it. After all, I just turned 24, I don't get these years back. Most people my age are out going to clubs and partying. Most of my old friends anyways. While I'm working my ass off, getting up at 3am and working 90 hours a week. Just when I started to go even further in thought, I stopped and said, I bet you she is thinking the opposite of what I"m am right now.
Her thoughts are maybe more in the lines of, "geez, I'm just coming back from going out, and he's getting ready to go to work". I had an interesting conversation with my girlfriend the other day. It is the people that you surround yourself with, that influence how you make your decisions. They set a false standard that is sub-par. When I saw her that night in the gas station, I was thinking about why I wasn't out enjoying my time, and the answer is because I want to enjoy my time when I'm 30 and 40 and 50. Work hard now, reap the benefits later.
I didn't let her set the standard that night. The standard wasn't going to be going out all night and wasting away my time. The standard was going to be work hard and work towards your future. Your going to be old sooner than later.
It's kind of like when you had a friend in high school that was happy with a B-, and that made you think getting a B must have been good. When in reality you should not have accepted anything less than an A. Don't let them set the standard. Let them look at you and see the standard. YOU ARE THE STANDARD.
So my fellow aviators, Heellllllll No! I ain't goin out like dat!
Just some food for thought. Fly safe everyone!
Last weekend I bumped into an old high school face. I say face because I used to see her around school and exchange hello's with. Not really friends, just a face I knew.
Friday night I got to bed at about 7:30pm for my 3am wake up call
She quickly asked me what I was doing up at 4am? I replied, "going to work". "Work?" she replied. "Yah, long story". "How about you?" I asked. "Oh, coming back from a club". and thats pretty much all I remembered from that conversation. After talking briefly about the past 5 1/2 years of our lives in a matter of 5 to 6 minutes we parted ways again.
For the next hour and a half, I drove and drove and drove, thinking about those few words. "What are you doing up at 4am?" I began to doubt whether this was all worth it. After all, I just turned 24, I don't get these years back. Most people my age are out going to clubs and partying. Most of my old friends anyways. While I'm working my ass off, getting up at 3am and working 90 hours a week. Just when I started to go even further in thought, I stopped and said, I bet you she is thinking the opposite of what I"m am right now.
Her thoughts are maybe more in the lines of, "geez, I'm just coming back from going out, and he's getting ready to go to work". I had an interesting conversation with my girlfriend the other day. It is the people that you surround yourself with, that influence how you make your decisions. They set a false standard that is sub-par. When I saw her that night in the gas station, I was thinking about why I wasn't out enjoying my time, and the answer is because I want to enjoy my time when I'm 30 and 40 and 50. Work hard now, reap the benefits later.
I didn't let her set the standard that night. The standard wasn't going to be going out all night and wasting away my time. The standard was going to be work hard and work towards your future. Your going to be old sooner than later.
It's kind of like when you had a friend in high school that was happy with a B-, and that made you think getting a B must have been good. When in reality you should not have accepted anything less than an A. Don't let them set the standard. Let them look at you and see the standard. YOU ARE THE STANDARD.
So my fellow aviators, Heellllllll No! I ain't goin out like dat!
Just some food for thought. Fly safe everyone!
