What Can You Do In 2 Years Anyway?

What can you do in 2 years anyways?

That’s a good question. 2 years ago, I started making some changes in my life that led me to where I am today. One of those, included starting this blog. That decision led to a whole lot of other things that I’ve been able to do over the last 731 days that I used to think were impossible. A few of them include:

Getting my first ‘real’ job ever (at a place that didn’t rhyme with QPS). Thanks Todd!
Running my first 5k.
Running my first triathlon.
Working my way up to Marketing Director.
Running my first half-marathon
Becoming an extra in a movie.
Quitting a job for my first time ever.
Getting recruited for the first time ever (by two companies).
Making a really poor decision that eventually turned out great.
Running a marathon
Going on road trips to Texas, Florida, the entire West Coast, Canada, Mexico, California and more.
Starting a clothing line
Funding 50+ entrepreneurs on Kiva.
Moving six (6) times.
Going skydiving with 41 awesome people.
Going Bungee Jumping with 20 other awesome people.
Quitting my job for the 2nd time in 6 months.
Speaking at Universities.
Creating a presentation that’s been seen over 111,000 times.
Selling my car, moving out of my apartment, packing up my Cora bag and “officially” becoming homeless.
Visiting London, Hawaii (2x), Austin, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, San Antonio, Portland, Denver, and a whole bunch of other places.
Starting my own online marketing agency.
Running my first Half-Ironman.
Writing a book that’s been downloaded 10s of thousands of times.
Speaking at Target HQ in Minneapolis (yes, that Target).
Starting my own business.
Writing 212 blog posts on this blog (we’re just starting to hit that boiling point). Boom.
Meeting countless friends, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, working on inspiring stuff that pushes me to get better – a lot better.

Along the way, I’ve become a completely different person than I was two years ago. A few years ago, every time I tried something new, there was this voice in my head yelling YOU CAN’T DO THIS! THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE! 2 years ago, I would have agreed, given up before even trying and gone home.

2 years later, that voice is still there, but it’s a little quieter and a little easier to ignore and I usually go ahead and try it anyways – even in the little things (Yesterday for the first time in 25 years, I learned how to dive. After about a half-dozen belly flops, I managed to eek out a couple half-decent dives. There’s more work to do, but it’s a start!).

It’s quite humbling to look back at the last 2 trips around the sun and see how things have changed since then. In some ways it feels like it hasn’t even been a few months and in others it feels like it’s been ages. I look back at old posts and sometimes it’s hard to realize that I’m the one who wrote them. I look at my impossible list and wonder if I’ve really actually done all those things. But I am and I have. It’s been hard, but it’s also been worth it 100 times over.