What scares you the most?
Here we go again…..
After last week’s Blog and Rick still being away I’m afraid you’re stuck with another Lewis Blog. Now, last week we got to know each other and I can tell that you all really enjoyed learning about music and my recruitment journey, as much as I enjoyed learning about your journeys😂 In today’s blog, I wanted to go one step further. As it’s called ‘What scares you most?’……….I hope it’s not reading blogs!
I’ll go first - I turn 30 this week. I’ve been terrified of this birthday for……well forever. I don’t know why and I know that 30 is the new 20 or something like that, but I’ve just always been horrified at the 2 changing to a 3.
Why do we get scared of our age? Is it because we set targets for those ages? Am I meant to be married by now? Am I meant to have kids yet? Is it because we feel like we’re running out of time on that ticking clock called life? Is it because recently I feel like all my bones are creaking after years of football? Probably a bit of all of them. I can’t change my journey or my choices up until now.
All grown up
Realistically though what I feel I’ve learned in the last few weeks / months / years is that actually I just know more. I don’t know everything of course and I still have so much to learn but I definitely know more now than I did at 19.
You cannot learn anything if you don’t experience life and that’s what age brings us. Every day is a chance to succeed and every day is an opportunity. Now I know that sounds as cheesy as it gets, but the cheesy cliché ones are always the ones that are right. Everything you’ve learned so far you can use as a tool to help you progress in your life.
To summarise you’re reading a recruiter who up until now thought he was Peter Pan suddenly realising he can’t be in his 20s forever telling you not to be scared because every opportunity, every day is a chance to learn, why? If you get an opportunity in your career you can experience the same fear and it might scare you worse than any horror movie and leave you up at night sweating. “Am I making the right choice?” “What if I don’t fit in, in my new country?” “Will I like my new team?” To all of these questions - I say that you won’t know unless you try and although I started this blog telling you I worry about turning 30, my biggest fear is the fear of having to live my life with any regrets.
Feel the fear and….
Every big decision in life can be scary because nobody wants to make the wrong choice. That’s why there are people like me, your friends and family to help. When any big decision comes and the sun sets, it’s you who is the main character in your life and as the years go by and you blow out more candles, you will only be able to learn and succeed by making choices and learning from them.
Therefore, and get ready for this……it’s good to get older and to make mistakes so you can learn to be the best possible you.
I’d love to know what you’re scared of? What has kept you up recently?
Rick is back next week and It’s been a pleasure filling in - thanks to you all for reading.
Lewis Mokler