Ready...Set...What am I doing?

Here I am giving this blogging thing yet another try. I think that the reason that I failed in the past is because it just wasn't the right topic for me. I guess that doesn't really matter though because I can continue trying and maybe one day I'll be the most popular blogger on the internet. Is that my dream? No, quite honestly I am not ready for anything that big. I think my first goal is to get one person other than myself to like my blog.

So why am I doing this blog? Well, I'm a dreamer probably one of the biggest dreamers out there. Career changer? MANY TIMES! At least my last 2 I have stayed in sales I need to work with people. I want to do work that matters! I am a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual. So, I'd say that I am doing work that matters.

 There's just a feeling you get when someone decides to take the defensive steps and get life and disability insurance. Honestly, when they leave my office after signing papers I am excited for them I know if anything happens that the family won't have to worry financially if something happens to any of them. That means that in the unfortunate event that something does happen they will be able to grieve properly. I do not claim to know a lot but I can promise every single person that they will die. I don't know how old they will be or what the cause of death they will be. That goes for you reading this you will also die.


So, what does this have to do with dreaming? Well, for me it has a lot to do with dreaming. This is my first straight commission job and it can be rocky. (Not smooth rocks either they are sharp and jagged.) This is what my most recent dream was is to become a financial representative to be able to help people. I had a huge amount of support from my wife and a huge amount of support from the company. What about parents and in-laws? Not really what I would call support. When I told them I accepted the position it felt like I had just told them bad news instead of something exciting. I was told things like "make sure you're thinking about the kids." Or, "Schwan's is hiring locally." (I left Schwan's as a route sales driver in a different city to come back to the area my wife and I went to school.) When I think about the 2 comments and put them together I laugh because as a route driver I didn't see my kids. I left my house at 7 in the morning and the earliest I'd make it home at night was 11pm. That to me is not thinking about my kids. Last time I checked a parent is suppose to be in their kids life. Or at least that's the kind of dad that I wanted to be.

My point is I had a dream I figured out what it was going to take to be able to do my dream and I had talks upon talks with my wife before I finally accepted the position. Even today I'm not a huge success at it. I know what I have to do to grow my business and since that's part of my dream I am going to do it. I may not have support from everyone but, I have support from some and I will use that support to keep me standing while I continue to make my dream a reality. You can to!