Currently I am working two jobs, one as a bar-back at a relaxing British pub-style wine bar called Wellington's located in my hometown of Sausalito, and also as a part-time alternative taxi driver for a San Francisco based company called Lyft. Last Wednesday a paycheck was received from both employers and after paying off a large number of previous expenses, bills, and necessary obligations, I long awaited "first" finally took place. After balancing, budgeting, and some math crunching I realized that I had saved the first dollar that would be directed towards funding my next large trip.
At this exact moment there is exactly one dollar in my savings account, hardly enough to buy a daily newspaper or even an apple, but in my heart this was the hardest dollar I've ever earned. After returning home from South America, having spent nearly everything except for a handful of Peruvian Soles, and being extremely fortunate to find work it was virtually unknown as to when any form saving would begin to take fruition. It could have been a month ago or it could have been three months from now, but it happened on Wednesday July 17, 2013.
This might sound ridiculous to write about one dollar but every big thing in life must start as something little. Babies must crawl before they learn to walk, and this exact computer in which I am writing started originally as series of ideas inside someone's mind. A quote once stated that the journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. It's very hard to say the direction where this "first" will be guided but whatever will be will undoubtably be. The only fact that reigns true in my heart and what is driving every ounce of motivation is that this "first" has one definite route: "Forward"
This might sound ridiculous to write about one dollar but every big thing in life must start as something little. Babies must crawl before they learn to walk, and this exact computer in which I am writing started originally as series of ideas inside someone's mind. A quote once stated that the journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. It's very hard to say the direction where this "first" will be guided but whatever will be will undoubtably be. The only fact that reigns true in my heart and what is driving every ounce of motivation is that this "first" has one definite route: "Forward"
