Your “Why” Will Change — And That’s Okay
When I first started…
my reason why was simple.
It was about opportunity.
About building something for myself.
About doing something different.
Something I could take ownership of.
And at that stage…
that was enough.
But over time…
things started to change.
Not all at once.
But little by little.
The business grew.
The responsibility grew.
And without even realizing it…
my “why” started to grow too.
It stopped being just about me.
It became about my family.
About providing.
About creating something that could support more than just today.
And that shift…
that’s something I didn’t fully understand at the beginning.
Because when people talk about your “why”…
they talk about it like it’s one thing.
Like it’s fixed.
Like once you find it, that’s it.
But that hasn’t been my experience.
My “why” has changed.
And it’s still changing.
Because as you grow…
your perspective changes.
What mattered in the beginning still matters—
but it doesn’t carry the same weight it used to.
Not because it’s less important…
but because there’s more attached to it now.
More responsibility.
More people depending on you.
More at stake.
And with that…
comes a different kind of motivation.
It’s not just about what you want anymore.
It’s about what you’re building.
What you’re creating.
What this is going to become.
There was a point where I realized something else too.
At the beginning…
hitting certain milestones meant everything.
Making it past the years where most businesses fail.
2 years.
5 years.
Then 7.
Then 10.
Each one felt like a win.
Like proof that what I was building was real.
And I was proud of that.
I still am.
But after a while…
something started to shift.
Hitting those same targets didn’t feel the same anymore.
Not because they didn’t matter…
but because I had changed.
I remember thinking to myself—
“You weren’t made to just survive.”
And that changed the way I looked at everything.
Up to that point…
a lot of my focus had been on making it.
Staying in business.
Keeping things going.
But after that…
I started setting my sights on growth.
Not just survival.
Because surviving will keep you in place…
but growth will move you forward.
And that’s when I realized—
your “why” doesn’t just evolve because life changes…
it evolves because you change.
What once felt like the goal…
becomes the starting point.
And that’s not a bad thing.
That’s progress.
I think about my kids.
About the opportunity to bring them into this.
To teach them.
To show them what it takes to build something from the ground up.
That wasn’t part of my original “why.”
But it’s part of it now.
And it matters. A lot.
That’s something I’ve learned along the way—
your “why” isn’t supposed to stay the same.
It’s supposed to evolve.
Because if it doesn’t…
it probably means you’re not growing.
And growth changes things.
It changes your priorities.
It changes how you make decisions.
It changes what you’re willing to carry.
That doesn’t mean you lost your original reason.
It just means…
you’ve added to it.
And that’s a good thing.
Because the bigger your “why” becomes…
the more grounded you are when things get hard.
The more reason you have to keep going.
The more clarity you have about what you’re building.
So if your “why” doesn’t look the same as it did in the beginning…
that’s not a problem.
That’s progress.
— Ruben Escalona
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