Hijo de luna
Superstar
An up and coming SAAS developer invited a member from my company to their investor conference/expo to check out demos etc. Since I'm the most tech savvy of our group they wanted me to check it out and report back. My plane landed yesterday and I had a driver waiting. Went out to a Brazilian restaurant last night with people from all over the world- so much for my vegan ambitions. 5-star everything. I'm not really into the bougee lifestyle tho. Can't help but feel some type of way, $500 a night for a room eating a $40 waffle when mfs are starving down the street. This morning we ate breakfast at the Dallas cowboy stadium then toured the facility. Now I'm back in my room working until the conference and expo starts later on.
I'm sharing all of this because I'm kind of reflecting on life right now. I've told my story on here a few times. Just six short years ago I was stocking shelves in a dusty warehouse. Now I'm getting to see behind the scenes of what could be the next Oracle. I think they have raised somewhere the neighborhood of $30- $50 M's in the last year. But any way I'm just sitting here thinking about how badly I wanted this life six years ago but now that I'm here I feel so disconnected from it all. I can imagine this is how celebrities feel when they finally "make it", surround themselves the finest man-made things then realize they are still the same miserable loser as before and turn to drugs to cope with their new reality. It's a fact that people in the western world are the most miserable on the planet. We are all chasing this ellusive ideal happiness not realizing that happiness really is an inside job.
"I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that is not the answer" - Jim Carrey
Gets the certs, the A7 Prestige, the condo in Dumbo but know that these things don't make you. Stay humble, focus on building authentic relationships, help those who are less fortunate. That's all I got.
I'm sharing all of this because I'm kind of reflecting on life right now. I've told my story on here a few times. Just six short years ago I was stocking shelves in a dusty warehouse. Now I'm getting to see behind the scenes of what could be the next Oracle. I think they have raised somewhere the neighborhood of $30- $50 M's in the last year. But any way I'm just sitting here thinking about how badly I wanted this life six years ago but now that I'm here I feel so disconnected from it all. I can imagine this is how celebrities feel when they finally "make it", surround themselves the finest man-made things then realize they are still the same miserable loser as before and turn to drugs to cope with their new reality. It's a fact that people in the western world are the most miserable on the planet. We are all chasing this ellusive ideal happiness not realizing that happiness really is an inside job.
"I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that is not the answer" - Jim Carrey
Gets the certs, the A7 Prestige, the condo in Dumbo but know that these things don't make you. Stay humble, focus on building authentic relationships, help those who are less fortunate. That's all I got.
this didn't really make me happy as I thought it would