Hello!
So on the day I'm writing this I turn 27. I have a complicated relationship with birthdays, as I'm often so passive and wanting to please people I really don't like the idea of people making a fuss of me. I do not like being the centre of attention and cower in the spotlight, so a day where people ask me what I'd like for a gift, I kind of dread. Sing me 'Happy Birthday' and I'll run and hide. I have literally done that in a previous job. On the other hand I look at it as a chance to reflect which can often make me feel low as I feel low if I don't feel that I've achieved in the past year.
As previously discussed, my inner voice is not the most pleasant. I hold myself to incredibly high if not impossible standards and when I don't reach them, I'll be gutted and think myself into a pit.
This year I felt a little down but then thought, what can I achieve with this framework and a positive outlook and perception?
Then I remembered the 27 club.
The 27 club is a group of celebrities, primarily musicians who have died at the age of 27, burning out rather than fading away. Usually the cause of death involves drugs and the intense lifestyle of a rock god. I am in no danger of going the way of the 27 club this year, however it does inspire as to what a person can do, no matter how young.
Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix are all members of the 27 club, think about their back catalogues for a moment. They gave all that they could give and have this influence, reverence and relevance long after their deaths. What could they have done give a few short more years?
With this in mind I wonder what I could accomplish with the focus they had.
This year I will be more aspirational. I will seriously consider and potentially start my own business.
27 is going to be an awesome year.
Thanks for reading!
AT
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