Aspiring Guru Willing to Work
Yeah, that's me. Or some facet of myself I've wanted to indulge for a long time. I started this page because I believe I have a story worth telling and that might help other people in similar situations as I was; stuck in life and eager for change. I also wanted to indulge my creativity and hobbies in ways that my paying career does not permit. To that end, my page is divided into disparate yet interconnected sections based on a few of my life's mainstays which have been my guideposts and goals. Much of what I write here is proscriptive in nature, but I will also dedicate large portions of this page to that which motivates and inspires me personally.
At times, each of these sections can serve as a catalyst, or as a goal. For example, poetry can lead to inspiration, which can lead one to travel, and to finally taste exotic coffees (I have thought this way personally.) Or else, coffee can lead to inspiration as it often does, which may cause one to write/read poetry, which may further impel one to travel.
I have no products for sale. But I do have a story to tell, and I believe that if you peruse this page you will find many of the steps I took to change my life and career are able to emulated by anyone. Here I would like to interject that I am not businessman or a rich man. I am an idealist first and foremost, and consider my greatest career success to be that I am able to make a good living doing something I believe in.
To that end, I cannot speak from experience about how to get rich quick, overcome anxiety (Ignoring it is what's worked best for me so far), or foster great relationships. I can share how I turned my passion into my career, how I escaped generational poverty, and how you can as well.
I also believe in enjoying the fruits of one's labor when the chance comes. Not everything is about work after all. Most of us work for or toward something, and not for the sake of work itself. If we didn't take time to smell the coffee, where would we find any reserves of motivation to pursue work at all? Endless, pointless labor defines the "rate race" we want to escape.
So, learn more about the greatest coffees in the world, imagine the incomparable smells and the inevitable caffeine lift. Think of the place you want to sip it. Think of how many stories you could write, the conversations you would have, the sights you could behold. Not because delicious coffee and exotic locales are all the sources of motivation you will need to radically change your life. But because higher purposes are just that - higher, while the real world looms before us. Universal kindness is great, but only specific kindness makes a difference. Similarly, inner resolve is possessed by virtually every successful person, but that resolve is crafted and tended to in specific ways.
If "be positive" and "form good habits" were good enough advice, all of us could be self-help gurus and in truth all of us could be successful. If we all decided to just be positive, optimistic, open-minded, congenial, disciplined, people with excellent personal habits - we all would be successful. Obviously life is more complicated than that. But, it's also simpler than that; it's food and drink and memories which can also impact us in deeper ways than most appreciate. More on that to come.
My name is Marshall. I'm a former welfare recipient, janitor-turned-US-diplomat, poetry writer and consumer, lover of coffee, and burgeoning world traveler. Please take a look around.
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