{"id":1132,"date":"2013-02-10T18:57:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T01:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2013-02-10T18:57:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T01:57:49","slug":"the-favre-zen-food-master-and-why-you-sometimes-have-to-get-off-the-path-to-see-a-clearer-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followgreg.com\/gregoryng\/2013\/02\/10\/the-favre-zen-food-master-and-why-you-sometimes-have-to-get-off-the-path-to-see-a-clearer-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Favre-zen Food Master and Why You Sometimes Have to Get Off the Path to See A Clearer One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOk. So I’m back even though I said I wouldn’t be.<\/p>\n

I’m back to doing videos about frozen food even though I said I was finished.<\/p>\n

I have decided to come back only 6 weeks after I swore I would never return.<\/p>\n

I closed up shop mentally. A new year meant a new me! I was eating right, feeling great, and leaving time for me.<\/a> “I’ll give myself at least 90 days before I think about jumping back onto the hamster wheel” I said more than once.<\/p>\n

You see, I was walking along a path for 4 years with no real destination in mind. And once I got off of it, I missed the familiarity of my stride. The comfort in the rhythm of my journey. Then people started presenting me different paths to more defined destinations.<\/p>\n

Even though my decision to quit last December felt super right, there I was just 2 weeks later mulling over a number of opportunities that have made me think the decision to come back is more right.
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Those opportunities allowed me to see a clearer goal. And looking down that clearer path feels amazing. I marinaded the opportunities for days (actually it’s been weeks now). Played out every scenario. “Would I be doing it for the right reasons?” “Can I imagine doing this again?” “Is it worth my time?”<\/p>\n

Then last tuesday I went on an amazing run at 5 in the morning<\/a> and it all came together. <\/p>\n

So there I was…on a run early in the morning and a flood of ideas came pouring out: what the concept was, what to call it, how to monetize it, how to shoot it, how to edit it, the tone of the show, the demographic, how I would market it, who I would partner with.<\/p>\n

Ever have one of those moments where everything seems to fall into place? As if a blurry picture suddenly aligns itself to reveal a masterpiece? It was an epiphany of sorts. One in which I had only felt a couple of times before. The most notable past time was the day I decided to start FreezerBurns<\/a>. I knew I was onto something that day and I feel the same thing right now.<\/p>\n

All of this because I stepped off the field and looked at it from the sideline to contemplate the journey.<\/p>\n

Perspective. Enlightening perspective.<\/h3>\n

So that brings me to today. My official announcement (even though I teased it in a video last week<\/a>) that I am coming back with a new webshow. It is a different concept. But it is frozen food related. It is part of the Freezerburns brand. And I will fucking succeed at it because I found my passion again and I can feel in my soul that I will.<\/p>\n

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\nI have shot the pilot already and it feels good seeing moving pictures that look as close to what I built up in my mind. A few more tweaks and a couple more episodes under my belt and it will be ready for prime-time.<\/p>\n

I am not nervous about coming back. I’m more nervous about what my flip-flopping will do to my reputation. It’s a total Brett Favre move and I’m not proud of it. In the end I have turned down those great opportunities that served as the catalysts for my return. They were big enough to get me to rethink. But not big enough for how awesome I feel this will be.<\/p>\n

Thanks for being here with me on this journey and your undying support. The new show will debut in a couple of weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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