Unhappy of Omaha
This is a great example, looking back, of the delta between reality and outward appearance. I was miserable in my job at the time, and attended a real estate conference as the featured speaker. I didn’t do a good job on my presentation, or at least not nearly something that I’d consider to be up to previous standards, and it was becoming clearer that my heart just wasn’t in the work any more. I still enjoyed traveling around the country speaking at events, but it was becoming more about exploring those cities, than networking and attending the events themselves. Overall it was just becoming more and more grueling every time, and my attempts to power through it were just becoming exhausting, to the point where the work was suffering, as was my health.
As I look back on these photos, I find them to be almost unrecognizable from where I am 3 years later. I’m happier, more professionally fulfilled, I’ve stopped traveling for work, and I’m exponentially healthier both physically and mentally. These are such odd photos to look back upon, because they’re not necessarily associated with happy memories.
