SONG OF THE WEEK: “My Sweet Summer” by Dirty Heads – because it’s January and I WANT SUMMER BACK!

I know I probably get on your nerves with my occasional inspirational posts. But it’s January. The buildup of the holidays is over, it’s freaking freezing outside, and all the Christmas cookies are gone. These next three months of the year, waiting for spring, can be downright debilitating.

So it’s a good thing I had lunch yesterday with two highly inspiring people. This friend of mine is one of those people who has been making it own her own since she was seventeen. She’s getting ready to earn her PhD in archeology. She takes teams into the jungle and digs for artifacts.

The other person at the lunch table thought it sounded fascinating, so he decided to drop everything and join her, having no idea what he was getting himself into. They regaled me with stories of their recent trip to the Belize jungle.

People are out there doing some really cool things. It’s easy to get caught up in the sameness of our world (says the girl who has been at the same company for nineteen years). Not to sound cliché, but life is short. It really is.

I’m a stressor. I always want to know what the worst case scenario is and be prepared for it. I envy those folks who roll the dice. I’ve seen it go really wrong for some friends who took huge risks. But they tried. They can say they tried. Two specific friends come to mind, and I have more respect for those two than most anyone I know.

Get to it. That’s what my friend told me at lunch yesterday. Whatever it is you want to do. Get to it. It’s time. Go. Do. Because if you don’t…