This is me lighting my own fire.
I'm a fat, lazy, and cowardly shell of a person. I'm a naturally gifted person so growing up I was always praised and never pushed, even though I've never given 100% of myself to anything. Most would call me accomplished - I graduated with two separate, difficult degrees with honors and make a nice living building iPad apps. But on the inside I know that I'm living an incredibly small proportion of who I can be and who I want to be.
I gained 70 pounds in college and haven't lost hardly any of it since graduating two years ago. I try to prepare for ridiculous interview questions for jobs that I probably won't be happy at.
Fear of failing and a disbelief in myself have held me back and resorted me to begging people for a chance to get them coffee and tell them how lovely their new Ferrari looks. Well fuck that.
It took me long enough, but I've finally realized that I need to let my passion out and I have to be the source of my own motivation. When I played sports in high school, I was mediocre in practices until one of the coaches would spark a fire in me by yelling at me. Then, I beat everyone in everything. Sprints, weights, endurance - you name it. Once my fire was lit, I was unstoppable.
And this is me lighting my own fire. I'm going to be unstoppable.
In the next year, I'm going to:
1. Lose 70 pounds. 2. Build a team and a business plan to make the world a better place. 3. Execute, execute, execute.
I'm posting this here under my real name to hold myself accountable and to begin to allow my passion to inspire others to join me. Contact me at miles.matthias [at] gmail if you're interested in building something awesome, making the world a better place, and not taking shit from anyone.