somewhat of a strange episode maybe not strange , but deep episode for you this week . On the topic that is more around mindset , a couple weeks ago it came to my attention of when we learn months , the order of months , and I spoke about this briefly on threads yesterday . I had the random occurrence of me of tweet something out about I graduated high school before I knew the order of months and today I'm running a business that gets to work with some of the most innovative thinkers and smartest people I know and that really being a slow learner is not necessarily a disadvantage and it doesn't prevent you from having future opportunities . This is kind of like abstract , throwing this out there , different , you know , turn from normal content and sharing here . But yeah , a couple of weeks ago it hit me and I'm 35 . So that like 35 or 36 , 35 , that I didn't know the months and I had a bit of a , you know , uh interesting upbringing . You know , a lot of deaths in the family . That probably caused , uh , definitely like a rocky kind of normal seed to my growing up in development and you know this is not going to be like a oh trauma . This is my backstory . It was so hard , nothing like that , but it definitely , you know , dealing with a lot of death from very early on made my upbringing different , and I'm figuring out things today that I'm like , wow , that wasn't normal . You know , do you ever do that when you've gone years and you're like , wait , I'm just learning , wow , that wasn't normal , you know , do you ever do that when you've gone years and you're like , wait , I'm just learning that that thing wasn't normal . And one of those things was just learning something simple like the order of months .
Speaker 1Because I was wondering like when would we teach my daughter this ? I have no concept of timelines because I have not spent really any time around kids since I was a kid and that was a different view . So I'll ask chat , gpt , things , like you know , when is a kid supposed to learn the months ? And I think it said something around kindergarten or first grade or something and it hit me Like I remember telling my dad I don't even know the order of months . My dad was like astonished by it , like really , and I was in high school at this time . He's like really , and I'm like , well , obviously I know my birthday . My birthday is in June . I know the months around there like August , I know May . May goes into June , and then July and then August , and then I couldn't tell you if it was October , september , which order of November , and then December , like now I know it as an adult , I can tell you the dates , the order of the months , all that .
Speaker 1But then I remember it being so blurry towards time of , like fall , and then also the time of spring , basically anything that was the opposite of my birthday or Christmas . So once you got into , you know , february , march , it was just blurry and I had no reason and I think because my brother died around when I was three and it was , you know , I don't know . My only guess is like it was kind of like rocky around that time or something , and then I must've like missed it in school , and then you just are learning so much I'm guessing that it just never came back around and I didn't ask because it wasn't like hey , I need to know this . So somehow I missed out on it and I was , you know , going through high school , and not that I'm like developmentally challenged , I might be , I don't think I'm developmentally challenged or anything but I was able to graduate high school , and that's another story . Like they changed the credit system my senior year or junior year of high school , so I had over the amount of credits . I think if I was under the new system or something , I wouldn't have graduated .
Speaker 1Like I basically skirted by and the person that's recording this , sharing this with you today , and the person that was me in high school very different , like I feel for that guy he was doing the best he could , but very different than who I am today and like my approach to things , how I learned things , very different . And you know , I had a lot going on in my mind . It was very , it was very like solo in high school times and this is not , you know , a broad stroke of Dylan in high school and now , but more so , just of what you see today and what is possible in the future can look so different . Right , if you told me in high school what I would be doing today , I'd be like I don't think my brain would compute as much . Right , my mind was around music , it was around recording , which is funny because I'm recording this sharing with you . But it looks way different , like I couldn't even dream as big for my life at that time . It's way better , way better , but I had no idea at that time that it would look like that , because all I had was my frame of reference of like what's possible .
Speaker 1And what was possible for Dylan in high school was , you know , let's see , playing music , playing regular gigs on like the weekends , maybe even during the week . I played in a metal band in high school and we started getting fans in the local area One of the Battle of the Bands . That band , I believe , still plays today . That was just like what I saw possible , like more of that , more of what I was currently experiencing and not what I'm experiencing today . But if I was able to choose what I'm experiencing today , I would have chose that at that time . And I say all this because it's kind of a mind bender , like , you know what's possible , but that's your frame of reference and what's actually possible is way bigger than your frame of reference . So , taking it from this podcast , for example , my frame of reference is I'm recording this episode for you .
Speaker 1What's actually possible and I'm just going to do my best at imagining a scenario that could be the case is I'm creating a legacy that lives beyond me , that is more valuable to certain individuals in the future than I could possibly wrap my head around right now . That's why I'd say it's a bit of a mind bender . Like it affects my daughter in some way of me recording this and then that goes on to affect someone that she comes in contact with . That she shows who knows on to affect someone that she comes in contact with . That she shows who knows . Right . The ripple effect of our decisions go way beyond just what we perceive to be the area of our focus , right ? It's funny how something simple , just like the order of the months , highlighted this for me the order of the months .
Speaker 1I'm like man , that's something everybody should know and nowadays it's second nature . I'm like , yeah , but there's still stuff that I don't know and I'm still stepping into learning and excited about learning . It's like I don't know everything not the best at math especially but I want to learn . Like I have this knowledge to learn and there is part of me that knows that when I learn something like , well , I've figured out that subject , but really have I .
Speaker 1The more I've done this podcast , the more I've created content , the more I've wanted to not know everything , because it's hard to make content when you feel like you know everything because it's boring . Like you're like yeah , I know this and then I'm sharing this thing , but there's always nuances . So , if you notice in in my short form videos especially , I'll explore topics that maybe have already been explored or very like nuanced niche ideas Like why is there a grill on the microphone , or why does the Shure SM7B have the shape it does , or why is it the most popular microphone ? Yeah , I mean , those probably are good for SEO and it's loosely related not loosely , it is related to the niche of the content that I'm creating all that . But yeah , it's because I'm trying to see things from different perspectives regularly to just have a better understanding of the world , and all of these things seem to compound over time more and more and more and , before you know it , you're building these things and people are like I'm really into that . I'm like , hey , I'm really into that too . And you start connecting with these other people .
Speaker 1This whole , I guess , network effect happens where , next thing , you know you've met people that you never even dreamed of meeting , because you didn't know it was possible . You're working with people that you never thought you would have ever had a chance with working for , because it just seemed too hard , like how do I get in contact with that person Now . That person's contacting you now and asking if they can work with you and giving you a deal that seems quite in your favor , and then you're actually enjoying it . You're actually enjoying the process of doing it all and to me that's the sweet spot of being a content creator is enjoying the process and finding it fulfilling and treating it as a path of this self-discovery and unraveling . To just sit in like the position of I know this and I'm telling you this every day . To me that's unappealing . But to have a mix of here's what I'm seeing , this is quite interesting . Nothing really that I share to me should be taken as like . This is the only way . It's like . This is what I've learned and hopefully this helps you on your journey as you start to unravel your own perspective of the world and how that shapes your world . I'll share with you , like my world and what I'm seeing in an effort to make sure that you have a better understanding of your world , because going back to Dylan in high school , his view of the world was somewhat limited .
Speaker 1There was a lot of just opportunity , impossibility . I remember telling my dad I just want to move to New York . I don't want a car , I want to ride a bike . And he would tell you that today , like I remember , when you just really wanted to move to New York and ride a bike and I was like a BMX bike , I could picture it . I ended up moving to Denver and rode a BMX bike and I have a picture of me in Denver with that bike . It was music , that was it , that was everything and that was my world .
Speaker 1As I started to get more information and started to form a better view of the world I was viewing and wanted to create , I would make different , informed decisions , and I think that's partly , you know , an argument for why it's so important what type of information we're taking in every day . Because if you're taking in just junk , you're going to get a junk output , because the worldview that you're creating is that of one of junk . Right , I'm using junk as like a catch-all term . Right , there's times for entertainment and just like mindless comedy , I'm a big fan . But when it comes to like knowledge and feed me good information , I know that it affects my output of like what I give to you , down to the foods I eat . Right , like , everything is connected .
Speaker 1This is getting very hippie for just a moment , but I really have found that to be true . And maybe this is a midlife crisis during recording , who knows ? Uh , but I think also I'm not even at the midlife stage . Based on science , technology , how long people are supposed to be living . I don't know . Anyways , maybe I should buy a motorcycle , or I should just congratulate myself on learning the order of months
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Speaker 1What is possible is absolutely anything for you . I believe that with all my heart , and I say that not even being in the spot of I'm living my you know thing that I wanted to live . No , no , I'm not at that part yet , right , I'm constantly living a dream , if you will . I'm constantly letting myself be wowed by what could happen next and what opportunities are still available . I feel like I'm just getting started and there is a high probability . Well , actually , I'll say I know the same is true for you too .
Speaker 1I was going to say I don't know your situation , but I do know your situation because I've talked to enough of you that I know the same is true for you too . Only way you're at the end is if you've passed away , if you're done right , like , then your work could live on and all that . But like you don't have to worry about that , right , your work could live on and all that . But like you don't have to worry about that , right , you don't have to worry about your legacy after you're gone , because you're gone Like you can't control that . Why be anxious about that ? But here in the now , if you're still breathing , if you're still creating , if you're still letting yourself not just only be the expert who knows it all , if you're still letting yourself learn and be open , you're still creating the opportunities for there to be something so beyond of what you even can fathom possible , and for that I congratulate you , because that's exciting stuff . I'll see you in the next one .