I take life very serious – I can admit that. But, I’ve always been light hearted. I think I have an internal switch for when I start to take things over board. I don’t yell a lot, I try not to complain and I like to be reliable. However, I’ve always had this vision of perfect. I wanted to be perfect.
During my senior year of college I realized, there’s no such thing. I worked hard, I went to class but at the start of my senior year I had no internship experience with zero idea on how I would obtain an internship. I cried, I called my parents and I said, “get me the fuck out of here, NOW!” Obviously, I went back, finished senior year, got an internship and a job.
In the words of Kanye West, and I’m sure thousands of other people, “when you try hard, that’s when you die hard.” No truer statement has been made. When I finally relaxed and just started to enjoy every moment, I saw success. I looked at myself in the mirror and pushed myself to do my best.
I didn’t try to be perfect, I didn’t try to set records – I just did my best. Don’t get it twisted; I didn’t hide behind my fears or my apprehensions as a chance to settle. I pushed myself.
I made sure that I left no stones uncovered. But after I took a test, did an interview, said what I had to say, I let it go.
You can’t worry after you do your best; all you can do is lay one brick at a time. If you are truly giving your all, you will reach your potential. Some people’s ceilings are higher than others, but that’s not your worry, your worry is doing YOUR best.
Don’t beat yourself up over what you don’t have, focus on what you do and live life the way you want to…not by what the media, a religion, your family or how your preferred social media time line tells you too.
The universe has a plan for you, and like Kanye says, “Jay favorite line, dog in due time.”