My Pre-Birthday breathless moment

Growing up I can’t say I remember all of my birthdays.

In fact the ones I do remember, which is probably 2–3 and they weren’t really that significant and I’m now 31 as I write this so that says a lot about my life.

There were no big parties, no magnificent presents, or significant presents on that I feel are great stories, maybe funny, but not one that you tell yourself you gotta do better next time.

And as I grew it only got worse.

A birthday was another day of life that marked how long you been on the earth.

I’m not saying don’t count your blessings, but my question to myself was

“when am I going to have a birthday that truly creates what I like to call breathless moments?”

A moment that makes you stop, reflect and have you relive those moments again. Literally a moment that takes your breath away.

I believe that everyday life should be lived like that…

having breathless moments and birthdays should not be the exception.

So with that desire in my heart I wanted to figure it out.

I was tired of counting on others to make my day special. I couldn’t expect that from anyone as it was not their responsibility.

But before I could make any of that happen I needed to change something in my life and to accomplish my goals I needed more money that my current job and life was not supplying me with.

So with my goals in mind and the determination to finally make the change.

At 29 I finally made the career shift from learning how to code to a job in the field of web development.

This led to many changes especially a special event at 30 years old where I jumped out of a plane.

Who would have thought that moment would have such a significant impact on my life.

From then on I wanted to be able to create more moments like that but not just for my birthday.

Fast forward to October 5th, the 364th day before I turned 31 I made a decision month prior to then.

I wanted to create a business that generates more income than what my employer tells me what I was limited to make.

I wanted financial freedom to live a life of breathless moments and happy birthdays.

But in my journey to get there I decided not to do anything breathless until I reach my financial goals.

However in light of my 31st birthday my sister decided to send me a gift…

the only problem was she sent it to an old address where I didn’t live anymore.

Now I have to take a trip and retrieve a gift from a place I don’t want to go.

It felt like a secret mission from mission impossible.

I had to go to someone’s home and ask for my gift that amazon delivered and tell them that it was a mistake.

To some people that may seem like no big deal, but for me this was going to be awkward and uncomfortable more than ever.

And what if they lie and say they never received the package.

So many scenarios to play out…

Fortunately, when I got there my package was still at the door. No one picked it up and I was able to get my gift and go on my merry way.

So I guess the moral of my story or what I learned from this pre-birthday was if I really want something I will go out my way to get it, even if it’s awkward and uncomfortable.

So I guess I got two gifts that day. My birthday present from my sister…

and a life lesson.

Sometimes the things we think will be most difficult and hard really isn’t.

And that’s why I’m creating this business as well as resources for early developing coders.

I want to help change the beliefs that coding is hard and difficult or that it’s only meant for geniuses, which is NOT true.

I’m no genius, and if I can pick up a package from a random strangers door to get something for my life that was rightfully mine,

then others can learn how to code so they too may rightfully have the choice to choose and create a better life for themselves.

So I guess it was a good birthday after all,

Happy birthday to me.

And remember to live a life of breathless moments!