What to do while you are waiting for everything you’ve ever wanted
People sometimes look at me and think I have everything. Maybe not financially, but at least relationally. People see that I live in Los Angeles and have a wonderful wife and three great kids and they think I have everything I've ever wanted. And it's true that I have been unbelievably blessed. But what people often don't see is the waiting that I went through to get to where I am. I moved to Los Angeles when I was 28. I wanted to move out here a lot sooner but circumstances didn't allow me to do so. 28 is not that old in the rest of the country, but in Los Angeles getting started at 28 is a non-starter. Trust me, if you wait to move to Hollywood until you are 28, don't bother, because you are already way too late. I didn't get married until I was 32. In fact, I didn't have sex until I was 32. Think about that. To some of you waiting a few weeks to have sex seems like a lifetime. Trust me, 32 years feels like several lifetimes. While others around me were having the fun I wanted to have I was waiting. [...]
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