Successful people love what they do

Often, the people who are successful loved what they did so they could persevere when things got really tough. The ones that didn’t love it quit—cause they’re sane.

—Steve Jobs

This makes me laugh. “Cause they’re sane,” is epic!

But it’s true.

In the past, when things would get hard, or boring, I would quit. Nothing has ever meant enough to me to work through the bad parts. Except my husband and children. But if we’re talking about passion for a purpose, I have never felt that before. Until I started this website.

The first few months, I tried to keep a somewhat steady pace of adding content. It would be better if I kept to a schedule (better for you, the viewer), but I never wanted this to be a job that I ended up hating. I didn’t want it to be forced.

I have found joy and closure in the things I have written. Joy in sharing the funny. And closure in working through the difficult.

My latest endeavor, the animation-things, has really sparked a fire. I’m not going to switch to doing that only. But it’s a fun outlet for me.

The crazy part is that I hate computers. I hate programming. I hate trying to merge two programs into one final product. I hate getting headaches from staring at a screen.

And yet…

I am enjoying all of those things right now because it is wrapped in the correct packaging.

My latest project has given me fits. I have lost count of how many times I have had to record the sound. I have edited, and re-edited, and edited some more. I lost the second half of my recording for no apparent reason, so had to reload the entire thing and cut off the first half. I placed the pictures in the correct places, but then the sound was off, so the pictures were off. It has been so frustrating!

A sane person would quit. And if I didn’t love it, I would.

It makes no sense whatsoever. Why do I keep picking up this computer and continuing to work?

Because I have passion.

One person is going to watch it and be motivated to keep going. One person is going to realize that waiting is ok. One person is going to look back and see how far they have come, instead of only seeing how much is ahead.

One person.

One.

It only takes one to change the world.