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How long, does it take for someone to figure out what it is they want to do with their lives.Or more succinctly, how long does it take for someone to finally get to the point where they’re doing what they want with their lives.For me, it seems to have taken close to 48 years.And, I’m not quite there yet.But for the first time in a long time, I seem to be pretty close.

I was always the kind of person to just go with the flow.Pretty easy going, and ready to do whatever everyone around me seemed to want to do.Which is fine when your dealing with trivial day to day stuff, but when it comes to your own life, it’s maybe not the best strategy.I finished high school, and sort of meandered around not even really trying all that hard to figure out what to do next.I spent a year in Boston doing the musical thing, which is something I had been doing all my life, since I was about ten years old.It was a bit of a watershed experience for me, as it was the first time I had spent time away from home and on my own.Boston is a pretty amazing city, and far bigger then where I was used to living.

After a year of living in the big city and returning home, it seemed like a good idea to go to college for a while.I liked messing around with computers at the time, and so the three year Programmer Analyst program seemed like as good as any place to start.I think, if I had actually spent some time checking it out, and thinking about what I really liked to do with computers, I never would have taken it.Once again, back to the just taking the path of least resistance approach.It was a pretty decent course.I met lots of friends, including my future wife taking the course.After graduating and getting married, I went through about five jobs in as many years.All the job changes were my decision, it wasn’t like I was being fired or anything.I’m pretty bright, and do enough to get by, so keeping jobs wasn’t a problem.

At one point after three kids and a few more rather unexciting career changes, I decided to become a consultant, and ended up flying all over North America doing the same type of work, but in different places.The fact that I was always going somewhere different very much appealed to me, but the actual work wasn’t any different, and therefore not so appealing.Well eventually that bubble burst.There was lots of money in it, but the market dried up, and for the first time ever since college, I was actually let go from a job.

Well back to the same old grind for a while, before I couldn’t stand it anymore, and then finally I made a big break and went out on my own.Initially, I was going to write independent computer games, and publish and sell them over the web.What I didn’t realize, was that was the closest I came to realizing my dreams.Instead, I had a change of heart and fell in with the crowd of internet marketers.They seemed to be making more money then the games developers, and I spent the next few years doing that with limited success.But, now as that business seems to be taking off for me, I see myself wandering back to the games development side of things.Now with a slightly different perspective.I know what it means to market products via the WWW, and have the financial means to pursue other interests.

Now perhaps with my passion for games, and my understanding of internet marketing, I’ll finally be able to combine the two into the perfect career.48 years later, and not a moment too soon.