The problem with the world today
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Jesse in Blog
All any of us really have is our time.
The problem with the world today is simple, yet inexorably complex. It boils down to one simple concept, yet we can’t wrap our minds around that to save our souls. The concept is there before us each day. In fact, it makes up each day. The problem with the world today is time, or lack of it. Twenty-four hours, that’s all anyone gets, and yet, we are forced to carve out careers, relationships, build and amass fortunes, all as our most precious resource slips away. At the end of the day and at the completion of our tasks, we hope to fit some sort of leisure into our hectic schedules, of course, if time permits. We basically have to plan to be impulsive these days:
“Hey honey, lets do something wild and crazy… something on the spur of the moment. Yeah, Thursday night at 7 works great for me.”
See, when you boil it down, what commodity do any of us have that is more important than our time? The American Dream has become a true nightmare. In our pursuit of boxed happiness, we’ve traded that which really matters for what we’ve been told will make us happy. That bigger house, that newer car, that slimmer figure. Each pursuit costs us time on the treadmill, figuratively or literally. And I hate treadmills. Figuratively and literally. The elusive nature of our own goals can cause real pain. I believe that pain comes, in large part, because each of us knows a very unpleasant truth. At the end of each day we’ve spent something we’ll never get back. We’ve handed over, of our own free will, our most precious asset… our time.
I’m a busy guy. I’ve got a beautiful wife (I promise, no more Kim Kardashian pics on the new site honey), three great kids, and I am a full-time student with a full time job. I’m also heavily involved in playing music at my church and have an admitted addiction to fantasy football. Each one of these things takes up my time. Rather, I give my time, of my own choosing, to each of these things I value. I’m also pledging some of my time to this new website: GoHuddleUp.com.
GoHuddleUp has a nice ring to it. Rolls off the tongue. But it’s also got a bit of a deeper meaning, and I’m feeling that more now than ever. You see, in the huddle, plans are made. In the huddle, revisions happen based upon the current situation. I’ve been involved in several “fantasy football only” sites throughout my career, and I’ve loved the ride. However, I started feeling like those weren’t making the best use of my most precious asset: my time.
So let me thank you, my reader, for spending your time here with me on GoHuddleUp.com. I know you are sacrificing something else to be here. I think it’s only fair of me then to explain to you, I don’t know where this journey is taking me. I know football. It’s in my pocket. I’ve also got interest in a much wider array of topics, which I hope to discuss here. So it’s back to the huddle for me, back to assess that which really matters. I know I can punch out Sports Newsbreakers until the cows come home. That’s not a challenge any longer. But here at GoHuddleUp.com, I’m wanting to go deeper. What that means exactly, I do not know. I can’t take off those old clothes and put on new ones instantaneously. I do know this journey is going to be an adventure.
The problem with the world today is simple. We waste our most precious seconds all too often. I’m just as guilty as the next guy, and it haunts me too. So as I move forward in life, I’m really trying to take account. To make each thing I invest in be worthy of my investment. I believe GoHuddleUp is more than just a football site. It’s a chance for me to reach a little bit deeper. To pry back the layers, into who I really am. Hopefully, I’ll bring some of you along for the ride. Thanks for the time.
