The year is 2012…

Is it the end of this world and the beginning of the next? The Mayans seem to think so, and so do alot of other people. Surely some are your garden variety conspiracy theorists but countless others seem to have their papers in order. The Mayans based their calendar off astrological signs and other celestial synchronicities. According to their calendar 2012 is when we leave the 4th world and enter the 5th. December 21st, 2012 at 11:11 AM GMT no less. The Greeks referred to it as the “End of Age” and Plato more specifically referred to it as a cycle of catastrophe. On the winter solstice of 2012, the noonday Sun exactly conjuncts the crossing point of the sun’s ecliptic with the galactic plane, while also closely conjuncting the exact the center of the galaxy. This puts the sun smack dab in the middle of the “dark rift” in the Milky Way. Some even speculate that Mason’s have been planning for this event as well, even going so far as to build underground passages capable of withstanding nuclear fallout underneath Denver International Airport that will hold up to 5 million Masons when the shit hits the fan. The Mason’s did construct most of DIA. Some people think the poles will flip and gravity will go out of whack causing earthquakes and flooding that could devastate the planet. Some Novelists even believe that the telekinetic energy encompassing our planet will finally be able to be tapped into by either man or technology and we’ll learn the origins and mysteries of the universe. Some see this also as being a New Age brought on not by devastation or destruction but rather and enlightenment of mankind brought forth either from within our own bodies or helped along by some leap in technology.

Google it, there’s some interesting stuff out there.

In the meantime we’ve got one more excuse not to do much of anything and just let it all happen. At least until December 2012 that is.

-Matt

I often find myself musing over the next big idea or my surefire ticket to fortune and fame. Sometimes it’s just quietly to myself and other times it’s with a forum of friends and co-conspirators. Everyone wants to figure out their own million dollar idea. I think I’m quite accomplished at this task in fact. Some of the ideas are basic and take an already established business model to a market where either it may not exist yet, where it just seems to be a good fit, or perhaps somewhere where good competition doesn’t exist. Some of the ideas are more visionary in nature and attempt to meet a need of some sort that has not yet been met by any company or product to date. They say some things in this world are inevitable and there’s surely some million dollar ideas out there that are just that. There’s an understood evolution of things in the modern world that will just plain come to be. Really, being a visionary isn’t all that hard. Coming up with ideas that change the way society interacts and generally evolves is childsplay for a lazy man such as myself who wants everything now, better, and easier. Putting those ideas into action though, that’s the hard part. Actually doing something with a great idea is the part I lack. I’m not sure if it’s the motivation factor or the all-around ability to set an idea into motion that I seem to missing. I remember when I first moved to Colorado I got in on one of those do-it-yourself work-from-home jobs that promised great pay with minimal effort. I came to find that I couldn’t even put in that minimal effort. I sucked at being my own boss and couldn’t just sit down and crank out work. Which seems odd considering the job I do today is much more complex and demanding and for the most part I manage my own workload with little involvement or direction from management. Granted it’s more structured and developed along an already proven job model than one that you would develop and or organize yourself. Maybe it’s an environmental think and I just can’t work well outside of an actual workplace. I’m definitely a creature of comfort when I’m at home.

It would be great if my ideas were just respected enough that they became instantly justified and all I had to do was to think of them and ship them out to a dedicated team who would then enact them and make them come to be. No actual work on my part, just the whole visionary aspect of it. Unfortunately I don’t have the financial backing for that and I’ve got to prove myself beyond just an idea. So here I am with a head full of ideas (at least one or two good ones, I swear) that someone else will eventually capitalize on because either I’m just too lazy or I’m too much of a talker and not enough of a do’er. I ran across a Japanese proverb embedded as a quote in someone’s e-mail signature today that kind of ties in with this.

“Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.”
- Japanese proverb

I’m definitely a daydreamer. Many, or at least some of the great visionaries who brought their mighty ideas and companies into the world were likely written off as such in the beginning though. While I’m sure some had things more or less handed to them on a silver platter surely there were those out there who also had to sacrifice everything in the face of those who doubted them to bring their ideas to fruition. That’s the dividing line on which I’m firmly on the daydreamer side of though. Perhaps I’ve let myself become too cautious and too safe. Despite my wild dreams of bringing my own brainchild to a capitalist market I’ve chosen to take the safer route with a college degree and good job–neither of which is to be scoffed at and are accomplishments I’m proud of but in the same breath it is time spent treading a path of finite potential. Surely there will be more doors for me to open along this path and advancements both professionally and financially that will be available to me, but nothing like I find myself daydreaming and scheming about.

Part of writing this post is to challenge myself to actually do, or at least attempt something great. Lay it on the table so to speak. Perhaps I’ll do just that… right after I beat this video game.

-Matt