I made some huge changes in my life this year, some of which I’m still adjusting to. I stepped away from the percieved security of a corporate job I had for almost a quarter of a century to pursue my passion of writing and devoting all of my time to the HardFork Series.
We also got so much work done during my recent visit to New York City that I’ve decided to go back early next year, for an extended stay, to be closer to the core HardFork Series team. Amstel, our beagle, will inherit a new kingdom (Brooklyn).
During that trip to NYC in early December, 
As we stood there looking at the windows of Macy’s department store decorated for the Holidays I caught my reflection. Graying hair and beard, wrinkles starting to appear. I remembered I last stood in that exact spot in 1994 when I was only twenty-three years old.
I made the trip from Columbus, Ohio to scout out places to live and Brooklyn was the area I was focused on. My plan was to move to the city to be closer to publishers and try to get established in my writing career. Needless to say, shortly after coming back home my life drastically changed and that dream never happened.
Just six months later I packed everything I owned into a 1991 Honda Civic and moved to Minnesota, and got a corporate job with a regional insurance company. For years I thought about how different my life would have been if I had made the decision to move to New York City and pursue my career. I no longer waste my time thinking about that.
You see, after I stepped away from that cubicle job this past October, my life began to make total sense. I had a kind of clarity that I never had experienced before. Have you ever heard the phrase, “Jump and the universe will provide the net?” Well, this is a real thing, I can promise you.
After over twenty years on “slow simmer” my life’s work is finally kicking into high gear. Quite serendipitously, I’ll be returning to the city my younger self dreamed about as a graying, middle-aged man. I’ve been through more than I care to recall in these past two decades. This older version of me realizes that life makes sense now and things do happen for a reason.
I am so excited to be working on the HardFork Series with such a talented team of individuals. Doug is, by far, the most dedicated and hardest working person I’ve ever worked with. With the vision and drive he and our team has, I have no doubt that we’ll accomplish our goal of getting this series made.
HardFork won’t be some cheesy Hollywood production that includes cryptocurrency and blockchain in the plot just because it’s gaining popularity. You never get a second chance to make a first impression and we aim to introduce this amazing sector to the larger public in the proper way.
WE, people who know and love blockchain and cryptocurrency, will have the opportunity to craft an honest and positive narrative that will diffuse the FUD that mainstream media so loves to spread. Why? Because cryptocurrency has changed our lives and we believe in it.
Another year is nearly upon us. As 2017 comes to a close really think about what it is you want out of 2018, meditate upon it, and...DIG DEEP. As 2017 has proven to me, anything is possible. Sometimes all we need is patience.
I wish you and your families a wonderful Holiday season! Thanks to you all for another amazing year on Steemit!
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