Quit Your Day Job?

That is what it boiled down to. Do I take the leap of faith? Go all in? Put all my eggs in one basket? Burn the ships?

I struggled with this for nearly a decade. I've

dabbled, moonlighted, worked two jobs, & 

rationalized my way to exhaustion. I read books, (The War of Art, Think and Grow Rich, Life is Tremendous, Strengths Finder 2.0 etc) I tossed, I turned, I flipped, I flopped & finally, at the age of 40, with 3 kids, a wife a mortgage & a big ole pile of college debt, I defied conventional wisdom & decided the answer was... YES! I decided to follow my dream full time.

Over the coming months, I will chronicle my journey in this BLOG. Consider this my public diary or ramblings of a man going through a mid-life crisis. Perhaps it will be cathartic for me, or perhaps someone else will find it useful or entertaining. Or maybe, just maybe, it will have no impact on anyone at all. But the end result is not what's important here, what is important is THE JOURNEY.

My dream has always been to make a living doing what I love. I had heard about people who loved their jobs, I even knew some of them. What I couldn't figure out was did they just have a better attitude towards their work? Or were they truly doing what they loved? After all, work is work, right? I mean can anyone REALLY love their JOB? One month into my journey & I have already decided it is true. You can love what you do, and do what you love. And that my friends, can make all the difference in the world.

What I love to do is to tell stories, and what I really love to do is tell stories about the great outdoors. I don't know if anyone has ever been able to put into words the profound effect the natural world around us can have on us, but I sure like to try. My drug of choice is fishing. It is almost my form of religion. Maybe it is religion & I just don't realize it. But when I am on a lake, drive by a lake, see a picture of a lake or am in a lake, my soul feels at peace. When I am on a boat with a rod in my hand... line on my finger... I am in heaven. And at the moment I feel that "tick" or "thump" on the other end... THAT my friends, is my NIRVANA. Hence, The Outdoor Report, a media company dedicated to bringing people stories from the outdoors that inspire, inform, entertain & engage.

As it stands today, we are a growing company that has been lucky to have some success along the way. There is much work to be done, but it is work we enjoy & what can be more noble than that? We have many challenges ahead & we are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. Stay tuned.....