Are you normal?

Being abnormal might get you closer to your dreams.

What is normal?

Normal is just a collection of ideas, traits, and behaviors that a group of people deem to be acceptable.

It’s normal to work until 70 or at the traditionally accepted retirement age.

But why settle with normal?

Let’s be abnormal!

I left the traditional path. I forged ahead into the unknown. I really didn’t have much of a plan aside from knowing I could take a year or two off without needing to work.

Family and friends were confused. “How could I have left work without anything else lined up?” and “How could he afford to do this?”

At the ruins of a temple in Angkor Thom, Cambodia

My folks, in particular, were afraid for me. I turned away from the American Dream.

But the American Dream isn’t to be normal. It’s about the opportunities to go against the norms. To be a revolutionary of sorts. To desire for independence.

I mean, my folks weren’t normal. They left their country to start anew in the US. And because of that decision, they offered me a different path.

But, the US offers two paths, the traditional and the unconventional.