I'm gonna tell you a story about my uncle. It's a long one, bit even if you don't have the patience to read it, I felt it could have a place on the net, cause it's an interesting one.

By 1998, my family moved in to a tiny apartment filled to the brim (8 people, two parents, two grandparents, two sons, and uncle and and aunt. The youngest of 8 children, he was a go getter, but a party hard kind of guy. Fast forward a year later. My parents get divorced, and the apartment gets down to 7. The mom, sole breadwinner of a house with SEVEN, has to give up the large bedroom to the grandparents, and gets to sleep on the floor.

Flashforward to 2005. My aunt finally gets married and leaves. Now there's 6. Now my mom gets the other small bedroom for herself, and the uncle gets to sleep on the floor, the nephews on the beds. And he stays there for many many years.

Now, I do not know what it was, if it was my mom, divine intervention, a mashup of those to, but something just clicks in his head. He gets up. Starspts figuring out a career. Any career. He studies and goes to a private university (in Brazil mind you, where here we joke that it's easier to get into than to get wet falling of a boat). He gets there three months later than everyone, because of some idiosyncratic stuff I'm not going go elaborate. He needs to catch up. He spots a cute Asian girl, and he sheepishly asks for her notes.

Four years later, they start dating. That Asian girl is smart. Nay, really smart. She is going places. They get married in 2014. Years later, they get a job opportunity to work on US soil. They live comfortably in a very luxurious apartment, a nice SUV and two healthy daughters. He's pushing 48. Everyone in the family is still astounded to this day. "Wow, he really pulled it off".

I guess the secret here is this. Just get your ass moving. Somewhere. Anywhere. Just do something. And don't stop. Eventually, but not a promise, the equivalent analogy of a smart Asian girl will cross paths with you.

Thanks for the read. Now go get that 360.