For all the faithful readers, I know, I’ve not been updating this blog/site that regularly. First, life happens and number 2, I get distracted from time to time. The third reason is because I decided to spend less time in front of the computer and pull myself from the computer. This third reason was a partial success. While I stopped doing some stuff on the computer to clear my thinking, being too relaxed to not good. More about this later.

The good part is, I went back to swimming fairly regularly. It is something I really enjoyed from my younger days. Being able to move fast in the water with relaxing bubbling sound works great for me. From just a few laps, I managed to push myself to swim thirty 50m laps. I stopped swimming because I have to drive 20kms to and from the pool. I hate to generate more fumes to get healthy.

On the down side though, instead of reading all sorts online marketing stuff, I got distracted by tv shows and movies. Enough said. I reckon is one of my weakness. Now that I manage to write it down, perhaps, I can eliminate it.

Past few weeks, I dug up the book The Purpose Driven® by Rick Warren. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about the book. I’m now some where in the middle portion of the book in the 40 day quest for purpose in my life. At some stage, I wonder whether it the mid life syndrome thing? I’m pretty sure at some stage of your life you wonder where you are heading and more importantly, whether the decisions you’ve made thus far in life is right? Well I wonder too.

Having read the book and gone through the exercises some years back, I only remembered the first few chapters of the book well. The rest, is kind of lost on me at that time. Now, a few years, probably 5 to 6 years since I picked up the book, there’s a new perspective I see things. I have to warn you though in case you want to pick up the book. If you don’t believe in God or a higher being, the you’ll probably put down the book after the first few chapters. If you want to be in the drivers seat of your life, then it won’t make sense to you too. I was at that place back then.

Although I’m a Christian and believe in God, there quite a big part of me who want to fulfill my goals. Now, a few years down the road, this part has grown rather small. I’ve went for the big dream, i.e. chased after gold and glory, and found that that wasn’t me. Perhaps that’s why I’m searching for direction. By direction, I mean something to focus my energy at, knowing it is the right thing.

Have you been down this road before? If so, what did you discover about yourself in the process?

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