Reading A New Self-Improvement Guide

I’ve had a pretty interesting night out, I s’pose. It’s somewhat more intriguing and stimulating in a way than the usual Friday drinking session. I met a group of people earlier in the evening whom I wish I never will end up to be, while I had a good chat with a person later in the night whom I can very much look up to and have much to learn and draw inspiration from. Now how does that work out?

Let me start with the so-called negative example. The three guys who seem less-than-admirable to me are all in their thirties. Well, there is nothing wrong with that at all, of course, age is nothing but a number. But the problem is, they are all married with families and all and yet they are still getting silly with pot and still hanging out with young girls and doing the whole picking-up-chicks at a bar thing. Now, that’s a tad lame if you ask me, it’s not that I want to be judgmental like that. To each his own I always say, but it’s just that I hope (really) that I will not end up like them. I am well aware of the inevitable period of having a midlife crisis eventually, but that is certainly not the way I want to go. It’s all a bit too sad really.

As for the guy whom I can learn much from, he is someone whom I have known for a while now and have noticed how driven and focused he has always been, but tonight was the first time that I had a proper (and serious too for that matter) chat with him. I realised what a confident person he is (and it’s no fluffy façade I can tell) and how comfortable he is with himself. Also, he knows what he wants in life and he is willing to put in the hard work and to make some sacrifices along the way in order to reach his goal. Now, that impresses me to no end, and I have to admit I wish I am motivated like that and not get distracted by silly little things in life. I had a really swell time talking to him and it stimulates me mentally and also allows me to reflect upon myself on my shortcomings and flaws that have bugged me for the longest time. Of course, I have to say that I can’t change overnight like that just because I have spoken to him, but it sure makes me more inspired to make certain changes to my character/life.

Having said all that, it’s always fine to meet all sorts of people, and in doing so, I am more aware of who I am and what I want to be ultimately. I just hope that I can meet new people constantly, and I s’pose that’s one major aspect that keeps me afloat.