I’ve done quite a lot of things in life. Achieved a lot. You see, my grandmother used to say, “Try everything once, but only keep the good things.” I would like to believe that I’ve done exactly that. Did I make you proud, granny? See, I listened to you!

Fresh out of college, I attempted to start my own small computer repair shop. I was happy for a year or two. Later I worked as an IT guy at an internet cafe. One day I became a graphic designer, a print machine operator. A web designer! A journalist and editor! I’ve dabbled with coding, creating and publishing my own silly games on Google’s Play store. I even tried traveling at some point. I wrote stories, sketched cartoons and sculpted and painted…I never stopped learning, absorbing, enriching my life with a variety of experiences and skills.

You see, I think that I have a lived a life filled with variety. I was never afraid of trying out new things. Heck, I loved that sense of variety! Isn’t variety the spice of life?! Yet, now that I am getting older I feel the urge to calm down a bit. To redirect my endless energy into something a bit more – worthwhile. That brings me to the topic of this post – what matters most?

How do you define a life lived, flitting from one adventure to the next? Is it work that defined me? Making loads of cash? Was it the joy in mastering some new skill that drove me ever onward? What mattered to me back then, and what matters to me today? Did any of it even matter?

This introspection is teaching me a lot about myself, but mostly, it reminds me of the things that I would like to accomplish. The major goal, that screaming objective dancing restlessly around in my head, is this: Do something that will improve the world, even after you are gone.

It is then with that newly found sense of purpose that I would like to redefine my life. Or perhaps redefine is the wrong word, rather; I want to shape my life by this goal. I want to do something that matters. Make this world a better place.

So, who knows where this inspiration will take me. Perhaps I will volunteer my skills to some organization that is making the world a better place. Perhaps I will start something that will give back to the world.

Whatever I decide to do, I know that I will do it with passion and endless fire. For this will matter. What I do, will matter.