Wrestling with my heroes

One time, I got hold of my dad's cassette recorder and start recording. So much fun.

"When I was a child, I used to write stories. I used to sit in my room for hours by myself, writing away, about aliens, about superheroes, about great warriors, about my friends and family. Not because I wanted anyone to read it. Not because I wanted to impress my parents or teachers. But for the sheer joy of it."

Mark Manson

I did a lot of similar things that Mark did, and perhaps you did as well.

I made up basketball tournaments, played games in basketball (nerf hoops in my room), played football, wrestled with my heroes, and even wrote songs.

Can you believe that?

The things we do as kids.

One time, I got hold of my dad's cassette recorder and start recording. So much fun. I should have been a DJ.

I even had my own music polls. I called them Todd Jones' Posted Polls. I would record the songs in the top ten.

There are so much we do as a kid when we think no one else is watching.

Then one day, we look up and realize people are watching.

Mark says later,

"That eight-year-old boy didn’t care about Google traffic or social media virality or book advances. He just wanted to play. And that’s where passion always begins: with a sense of play."

This cuts to the heart.

These questions are questions he asks to help people find their purpose in this article.

Read the article here:

https://markmanson.net/life-purpose

Purpose is an ingredient of my About Page Formula. As a solopreneur, we find our personal purposes often connected to our business purpose.

We have many purposes. Honestly, some we may not articulate on an About Page. It is helpful, however, to think about the things in business that give us energy and passion and how it connects to us as individuals.

So, what is true about you now that would disappoint your eight-year-old self?

Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go write a song.