Changing the People in Your Circle

 

You can’t change the people in your circle but you can change the people in your circle.

 This idea was a game changer to me. The fact that I could actively change the people I had around me on a daily basis. There was a concept that I think is more prevalent in the Midwest that the majority of people you know and interact with are people you have known since grade school or family members. Your friend circle effectively being a proxy of where you were randomly inserted into the world.

 For people who might not have run with the best circle the act of finding a new one had a sense of betrayal and a feeling of freedom at the same time.

 It was a mix of loneliness and empowerment that I felt the moment that I decided to do something different.

 Every once in a while I will run into groups of people out and feel a tinge of envoy at he stories I missed, that they all staid so close but then I remember all the things I have done all the ground I covered all the growth that has happened and I tell you I would not change it for the world.

It doesn’t mean I look badly on the past it was a huge part of what made me who I am today.

 I just look forward to living with intent, working and building with new people and never ceasing to stop moving forward.