Why life doesn’t get easier (and what to do about it)

Welcome to this week’s issue of The Adventure Capitalist! Every Thursday, you’ll receive a jolt of inspiration to get out there and live a bigger more adventurous life.

Here’s what you can expect this week:

• Why life doesn’t get easier (and what to do about it)

• How to get shot in the chest but still finish your speech

• The dangerous myth of “Happy Wife, Happy Life”

• More links to get your blood flowing

Life doesn't get easier

We all have a ticking clock that begins counting when you are born and ends when you die.

The more it ticks the closer you get to the end. The unfair part of it is you never know when it will stop ticking.

Nobody can escape it, not even you.

There is a common belief that once you're done with what you're doing it will be time to do the thing you want to do.

When you're done with this thing, it will be easier to focus on that thing.

The truth is it doesn’t get easier. There is no better time than today to go after what you want.

When you're 20 years old, it's easier than when you're 30 years old.

When you're 30 years old, it's easier than when you're 40 years old.

When you're 40 years old, it's easier than when you're 50 years old.

When you're 50 years old, it's easier than when you're 60 years old.

And so on and so forth.

Life has a way of adding responsibilities to your plate until you are completely full. There is always an excuse for not doing the thing you want.

I have a 1-year-old son. It's more challenging to work long hours now than it was before he was born. It's also more challenging to travel than it was before.

But is it going to get easier? I don't think so. As he gets older there will be more commitments that take up time and he might have a sibling or two

I have a bunch of exciting adventures I want to go on.

This summer, I am renting a large house in Mexico with a bunch of close friends and we're going to live together for a month.

We're going to have 11 adults living in the house and 4 kids under 3 years old.

Is it going to be easy to do with a 1-year old? Hell no.

But it's also not going to get easier than it is right now.

Next year my wife might be pregnant again and who knows what changes will happen with my friends.

Now fast forward 5 years. Who knows how many kids we will have and what sports or activities they will be involved with?

The complexity will be ramped up even further.

The time is now.

What are you waiting on?

The Weekly Savage:

This week’s featured savage is the man, the myth, the absolute legend Teddy Roosevelt.

You knew Teddy Roosevelt was a badass.

But did you know he was shot in the chest while giving a speech and then refused to leave the stage?

On October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was planning on giving a speech.

He started by saying, “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible.”

He was then shot.

“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot,” Roosevelt continued.

Much to the crowd’s shock, Roosevelt unbuttoned his bloodstained shirt.

"It takes more than that to kill a bull moose,” Roosevelt assured the crowd.

Roosevelt took his speech papers out of his coat pocket. There was a bullet hole straight through all fifty pages.

The papers had saved his life.

He went on to give a ninety-minute speech even though his aides insisted that he go to a hospital.

An absolute savage.

You can read the whole story here.

The Lifestyle:

🌎 Global Adventure:

The top 8 adventures on my list right now (link)

Ever dreamed of taking a long train voyage? This dude mapped out every train ride in the entire world and made it easy to plan a trip anywhere (link)

"Get rich and get off the grid" Turns out you don't need to be that rich (link)

💰Wealth, Business, and Life

The surprising average net worth for the “above average” person (link)

The dangerous myth of “Happy Wife, Happy Life” (link)

🚁 The Best of the Best

A digital old-school typewriter that pays homage to the one and only Ernest Hemingway (link)

Hundreds (and hundreds) of good book recommendations (link)