If you want to stay comfortable, stick to what you know. If you want freedom, embrace risk, the unknown and growth

When I was in undergrad I competed in a consulting competition. It was the most terrifying and pivoting experience of undergrad. To be 21 years old and pitching to senior executives at companies like Microsoft, PepsiCo and Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, was nerve racking (and traumatizing) in the best way possible.

Every week felt like I was back to being an athlete gearing up for boardroom presentations instead of games. The days leading up to boardroom nights were countless days of strategizing, going over financials, doing market research and building a slide deck. The process of becoming a lawyer and now falling back into entrepreneurship, I forgot how exciting the journey of building something from scratch was like. When the mountain ahead feels daunting, filled with doubt and uncertainty, I forgot how exciting the little wins during the process feel like an adrenaline rush.

I felt as though I had lost this recently. It has only been until I have started to explore entrepreneurship and technology deeper that this excitement has come back in my life.

My point is, if something (a dream or a goal) feels too big with all the logistical hurdles, maybe there’s a point in exploring it. We spend so much time building our work resumes do we spend the same amount of time building our life resumes?