Live For Happiness, Not For Money

Hey guys!

So I'm assuming if you're reading this blog you were probably a reader of my original "Brandon Grant" blog and you already know who I am.

I had an assignment in English the other day where we were shown a video featuring a lecture from Alan Watts titled "What do You Desire?" and then asked to write a prompt on what we would do if money were no object.  Since in my belief, money IS no object, I wrote a pretty inspirational essay and thought I would share it with the world as my first blog post from the "Life of Light" blog.  Enjoy!

Every year, millions of Americans graduate college after years of studying something that they might not even be interested in, because they have been force-fed the idea that dollars are a unit to measure happiness. The idea that a successful career is the prerequisite for a happy life has been pounded into the heads of most American adults along with the idea that that's the only way to happiness. These adults live unfulfilling lives and force themselves to believe that mediocrity is the closest they can get to happiness. The truest kind of success is happiness, and a happy life is a life where you work at a job because you love that job and not because that job puts the best food on your dinner table. Imagine a world where money is no object. What would you do? What would I do?

I'll tell you what I'd do. The same thing that everyone else would do; follow their dream. I'd be doing exactly what I'm doing right now. I'm madly in love with both writing and music, and I've never been able to foresee a point in the future where I'm concerned about not making enough money. I spend hours every single day practicing playing the flute. Most of that time is spent while practicing with the school's marching band or concert band, although I still spend quite a lot of time playing it on my own and truly enjoy it. As for my true passion, writing fictional stories and self-help guides; I'm already well on my way. I have five books published on Amazon.com under my pen name, Brandon Grant. Several of them have become bestsellers in their categories, and I become more successful with every book I publish. I'm making money doing what I love.

Anyone else can follow my “dreams over dollars” lifestyle and if you do, I can almost guarantee that if you spend your life working for fulfillment instead of money, one day you can look back without regrets; thankful that you spent your life the way you did.

If you change your mind, you can change your life.