So ... why did I quit my job? Why did I write A Better Ten Commandments?  Why would I walk away 150k a year career? What is my big why? The short answer is freedom. A longer one is that I want to be able to live my life on my terms. I want to do what I want, where I want, when I want, with whom I want. I wish to share my ideas with the world.  I wish to have a positive impact on people's lives and in the world. I want to spend more time with my family. I want to proud of my legacy. Last, and certainly not least, I want to lead a life with zero regrets.

For those that don’t know me, writing a book, building a website, and starting a blog  may sound a bit trite ... as if anyone and everyone does it ...  but my situation is slightly different.  Over the past eleven years I've been an Alaskan bush/medevac pilot which has been an incredible experience. I've piloted scores of old worn out aircraft in the most treacherous of terrain and flown in weather that most people wouldn't consider driving in, let alone land an aircraft on a bumpy, narrow and poorly maintained dirt strip 100 miles from the nearest semblance of "civilization". Along the way I've lost a few friends to the dangers inherent with Alaskan Aviation, but over the past decade I built what many would consider an envious life.

For the last five years I only worked six month of the year. During those six months I only "worked" 150hrs. That's a paltry 12.5 hours per month. With the money I was earning I was able to pay off all my school debts and began to invest in real estate. For the last five years I was making 150K a year. So why in the hell would I leave?

I left because I wasn’t happy. I left because I knew that there was more to life than a good job and a decent wage.  I left because I never wanted another boss for the rest of my life. I also wanted to help make the world a better place. Somehow, I knew that I could live a more meaningful and purpose filled life than the one I was.

My journey to this place was a long and intermittently sordid one, and I have fought many a battle on this rough road. I have struggled with depression, I have battled with and hated parts of who I was, I have wondered who I wanted to become. I was argumentative, I was selfish, and at times I was an insensitive ass. But through that process of failure and practice my path became clear. Life had forged and tempered my body and mind and through that process I redeemed myslef and found fulfillment.  

Out of all my agonies came the finest of ecstasies, out of all my despair I discovered my bliss. The pain I’ve endured has mostly been my own, as externally my life has been a breeze. Growing up I wanted for nothing but as John Milton said, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." From 13 - 38 I was stuck in a prison of negative thoughts and an over active mind.  For 25 years I suffered quietly.  For 25 years my caged bird wanted to sing.

I’ve found my path to freedom and I want to share that path with the world. It helped me save myself from myself and I know it can help someone out there do the same. A Better Ten Commandments was my path to freedom and I can only hope that it may be yours as well. A Better Ten Commandments is my song, and I will sing it from the roof tops ... I will sing it proud and I will sing it loudly.

The world will hear my song!

That ... is my big why.

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A Better Ten Commandments: A guide to living life with, and on purpose