Oh, I wasn’t afraid to work a respectable job, but I would no longer consider working at jobs that I thought I was too mature for, or too girly, or just plain beneath me as a young adult!

I passed plenty of interesting jobs because of the way that I thought.  I worried about how I would be perceived if one of my peers saw me.  In some ways, I was embarrassed to work such jobs because I didn’t want people to think that I was desperate and would do anything for money! 

I was so afraid to do work that wasn’t traditional, that I wouldn’t take any job that wasn’t something that I considered normal and respectable!  This was incredibly wasteful of me, and I’m embarrassed to say that I was too timid to pursue any ideas that I had to innovate or come up with an original ideas to make money.

So what ideas did I have that I was too afraid to work at, you might be asking?

One such idea was a Lawn Mower Artist!  I always thought it would be cool to offer a lawn mowing service that through the use of fertilizers and cutting lawns at different heights could create different pictures in potential client’s lawns.

As a test, I once carved the batman symbol in the grass at my parent’s house,  just to see what it would look like… (it looked awesome by the way).

But the same technique could be used to carve a football, soccer ball, family name, and even more complex visuals!

Now I look back and wish I had tried creating such businesses when I was a young adult with more time on my hands.  I think it could have been at least a little bit of money, and a lot of fun!

Do you know what I mean by being afraid to work?  Hopefully it was just me…

-MR