Their version of Freedom vs MY version

"Livin' the dream..."

I have heard these words for the past two years going through flight training... goin' to school but also enjoying the life as a student aviator-in-training here in the lovely sun and sands of Pensacola. A couple of months ago, these words were re-introduced my way in another light: LTD.

LTD talks about livin' the dream, pursuing a business and eventually getting to a point of freedom. It educates and assists those who are looking for a way to get residual income by "doing the work once" and watching it grow.

I've definitely learned that aviators really live up to Work Hard, Play Hard. We study and work hard in our field to get the best out of life and even though we endure hardships of separation and things like that, we get to go out and defend an even bigger freedom, the freedom of this great country.

So lately, I've been thinking. As I sit here and listen to these Kates of fellow IBOs who are "living the dream" as well while they greet us as workers in the office, cubicle, or running errands, I feel like I am already living the dream. I feel like I am already on the road I want to be for the time being, and as the journey in my career gets bigger and better and more challenging, its worth the challenge. It's been so hard to get the motivation to accomplish these simple tasks as to help me in my business partly because I'm nowhere near anyone from the team who took me. I also feel that after SERE, I'm going to have to work even harder and won't have time to do these QIs and whatever else. This month I have been struggling on even completing a DITTO because I do a horrible job of keeping up with vitamin supplements that I'm really not even sure fly with the Navy. So not fulfilling my quota for the month just shows how I'm not really up to this and I want to say "See ya later" for the time being... just until I finish my career in the Navy and really have nothing else to do but open a business. Because who knows, I may already be satisfied with the way things are going. That's how I feel now!

And to prove it... I was soft winged today:



One of the last T-2 classes to go through CTW-6 before they send it away. Champagne and ice cold water never tasted so good, especially in 92 deg weather. It feels good to finally be finished with a year plus of training... tis time to move northwest!