"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

At Genesis, Noel moves in to make fun of Arlene

Today I really thought about my future plans. It’s time I need to make some decisions and take a direction to where I want to go and what to do. A dive instructor friend of mine in Germany suggested that I don’t pursue the PADI Instructor course because of the time and money requirements to do it. This had me thinking and even doubting my previous decisions.

To help find my direction, I re-read an inspiring college commencement speech (video) by Steve Jobs - founder of Apple, NeXt, and Pixar Studios. It basically says to find what you love to do, what you see as great work, and to pursue it. Don’t settle for something else and don’t waste your life living someone else’s life. It may be hard at first to see how everything will work out, which, you might only see looking back -- “...you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” Pursue what you love, trust in yourself, and everything will be okay. Interestingly, no where in the speech does he mention anything about making money.

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice” - Steve Jobs

I made up my mind. I’m going to pursue becoming a PADI dive Instructor. It’s something that I’ve wanted to do for some time and will give me more options in what I can do.

After eating some BBQ chicken and rice for lunch, I went to Genesis Divers to hang out, eat a beer stick, and borrow some diving books I needed to study with. I then went to Coco Vida to use their internet to do more research on different IDCs (Instructor Development Course) and to journal. Around dinnertime, I went home and cooked some spaghetti with ground beef.

- jason