There are only so many hours in every day and only so many days that add up to a lifetime. And while we will all set alarms for 5am to catch an early flight, how often do we set an alarm so we don’t miss an opportunity? How often do we choose sleep over being truly awake?
Sometimes it’s a sunrise. Sometimes it’s an early morning conversation with the one you love. And sometimes it’s a 17-story building being imploded right before your very eyes. Last Sunday, a building across from the HealthRise headquarters was scheduled to be imploded to make way for an expanded Oakland Community College campus. This was an opportunity I had no intention of missing.
I sent out a message to my team and we hosted the first and likely, only, HealthRise Implosion Party. The catch: the building was going down at 8:30am, but the streets were closing at 7am. On a Sunday. In December. When everyone is out celebrating the holidays and 7am seems like a cruel punishment.
At the very least, I knew I would be there with my boys. My team got invested, supplying bagels and coffee, finding beverages for the kids, playing music, creating a party at 7:30am so we could all experience something that it is unlikely we will have a front row seat for again in our lives. Our office is full of life and spirit, but never this early! All told we probably had 40 people in the office, each and every one a hunter of experience, tracking down the moments that make our lives bigger, better and sometimes, just more FUN.
As a hunter, as a father, as an entrepreneur, as a man, I know that what I will leave behind is the stories, the experiences, the memories I make in the time that I have. So go out, hunters, and make some memories, collect some experiences, live the stories you want to tell. Life is the greatest hunt of all and we are in this one together.
And because it was awesome and I want to share it with you, here’s the video of the building implosion
