The Adventurous Mind

What is Drive? Drive is that thing inside me that wakes me up and pushes me forward. My Drive is my inner spark. It’s the feeling that I can’t stand to live without. I’ve lived without Drive before, and I never want to return to that again.

Drive is desire. It’s a very deep desire that makes discipline and sacrifice worthwhile. We don’t get to choose what this deep desire is though. I’ve learned that I can’t just pick any outlandish goal and expect myself to be filled with a beautiful, emotionally charged dream, full of meaning and purpose. I can’t expect myself to sacrifice for a goal that doesn’t resonate with my heart. As I learned from Harry Potter, “the wand chooses the wizard.” Just so, a deep desire chooses me as its avatar.

We have to look for the goal that calls to us. We must meditate on what our beings genuinely long for. We have to be quiet and listen for the thing that we would happily sacrifice for.

How do we do this though?

We should watch where our mind goes when we are doing a task we don’t enjoy. If we feel stuck in life, what do our daydreams look like? What are the visions of the future that excite us? That make us feel enthusiastic? Pay close attention to these ideas. They are glimpses of the path we are meant to follow. The path that would make life worth living. The demanding path that would fill us with such pride and joy to follow.

Chasing a genuinely deep desire such as this will feel like a perfect alignment in your mind and body with the world.

Here’s the issue though. We live in a world of satisfaction. We never want for anything because all of our needs have been (artificially) met. We are never bored. We are constantly flooded with stimulation from tv shows, video games, social media, and porn. We drink alcohol, party, hook up, and over indulge in easy, unhealthy food. All of these vices are things that satisfy us… they sedate us.

We have thoroughly distracted ourselves from our own lives.

Satisfaction is the anathema of Drive. Being satisfied erases true desire. In order to find that Drive, spark, and purpose in our lives, we must be dissatisfied. We must be hungry. We must forgo much of what the world is sedating us with. Fight against distractions. Fight against lust. Fight against constant stimulation. We must wake up!

By removing the junk of the world from our lives, the dust settles, our minds clear, and our eyes are opened. We wake up to our true selves. We can finally see the path that has been waiting for us. The path that has chosen us. The future that inspires us.

At this point, meaning has returned to life, and purpose is found day after day.

Discover your Drive, and wage war against the sedatives of the world.