What is Memento Muse?
It’s creating a life of meaning. For those who have never felt the traditional lifestyle of a 9-5 was for you, to put it accurately, you feel that you’re living a life that is not your own, and based in expectation. I’m not here to say that there is anything inherently wrong with a traditional path. High school, college, and then go to work for a company to make money. With that money, bearing responsibility, raise a family, provide and give back. In itself, it can be incredibly selfless. Knowing this path is not for me doesn’t come from theoretical hypothesis, it’s what I was raised on, and my way of living all the way up to several years post college.
Immediately after graduating from USC in 2018, I began working in Commercial Real Estate as a broker. Fast forward, swinging on the pendulum of success and failure, and my sanity with it, I came to the resolution this can’t be it. Financially, I came off the best year I ever had. I was living in Manhattan Beach CA, steps from being able to surf, but I was empty. Something deep down inside me just knew I was not aligned, even though I hadn’t made it make sense logically. Still searching for why I felt the way I did, I moved back to TX, to be closer to my hometown community of family and friends. I woke up each day forcing myself to face the day, affirming to myself the path to being rich and wealthy was in reach, consistency is key, my parents sacrificed so much for me to be where I am today, I should be grateful. No matter how many cold showers I took, saunas, workouts, and mental jiu jitsu I tried to lie to myself with, I could never get past the gut feeling that I knew what I was doing was not for me. So, no matter how daunting it was to detonate what I had so painstakingly built, what was familiar to me, and the guilt I experienced in disappointing those who I cared about; The vision of being on my deathbed and looking back, seeing it was comprised of doing what was expected of me, pleasing others, and working a job I knew my soul rejected was an absolute fuck no.
I write earnestly working towards creating a life of meaning. Where to begin? Not certain. As a guide, I’m following the muse. Interests, loves, passions, and a sprinkle of practicality. I’ve created this blog in hopes of creating a life that I find to be meaningful and inspire others to overcome their fears, it’s okay to live your life the way you see it, remember the muse.
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