Are we supposed to stop dreaming as we grow older? What if we never allowed ourselves to dream while we were young? What if we followed the rules all that time, and it's only now we have the means—the time, maybe the money, and the guts—to do something we've always wanted to do? Shouldn't we do it, age be damned? I think so.
A friend of mine recently got called in for an interview with SouthWest Airlines as a flight attendant. He was excited about the opportunity, but his excitement was checked by reservations. He's 46, see, and wondering if it's okay for him to do something like work as a flight attendant. "Is that crazy?" he asked me when he told me about the interview and how excited he was about the possibility of working as a flight attendant.
Why the hell not? He put in 20+ years in a socially acceptable career managing a dental office in SF. He made money, supported himself, bought a house, a car, got married. Isn't it about time he did something for himself that challenges the status quo? Doesn't he deserve it?
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It's important to remember that no one else is living your life; you are. And that there is more than one way to live. If you've got something you always wanted to do but you don't do it because you think it's crazy, just remember that "crazy" is a matter of personal opinion. And from my experience, the more you think about the reality of doing it, and especially the more you make conscious steps to make it happen, the less crazy it becomes.
So to my friend I say: Go for it. You're not getting any younger.
And to you, reader, I say what have you got to lose? Is life about being careful, or is it about being alive?
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