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and all the things that I've

learned over the past year,

and just be looking forward

to next trailhead.

I don't know why,

but for some reason,

I knew something

was wrong at home.

When I called, my mom said,

"Sean, doctors

have found the lump,

and it needs to be biopsied."

She promised me

that it was nothing,

and that in her heart,

she believed

that everything would be okay.

When I stopped home

on the way to my next job,

the doctor had called,

and the results were in.

And he told me that I had been

diagnosed with breast cancer.

Well, this is not something

that you associate

with yourself.

You hear the word

and it's always somebody else,

but you never think

it's going to be you.

I remember so vividly

walking into the house

and Sean was down here

waiting for me to come home.

I took one look at him and Bob

and I started to cry,

so they then knew

that I had not been given

particularly good news.

Immediately, I didn't know

what to do,

I didn't know what

to feel or think.

It felt really surreal.

The challenge that Sean faced

is whether he could

continue the project,

but that was a bridge

he had to cross.

In my mind, I was battling

"Should I stay or should I go,"

or "Yeah, I should stay,"

and I was just kinda

going through the motions,

and I just wanted the time

to stand still.

Sean was packing,

and we were taking him

to the Greyhound Bus Station

in an hour,

but I saw the look on his face

as if to say

"Okay, maybe I should stay,"

and immediately I said to him,

"Don't you even think

about staying."

There's just no way

that she would be happy

having Sean by her side

when he had this so important

a project to complete.

They started herding me along

and "Sean, you'd better

get going.

You're going to miss your bus.

I just love the project,

I just think it's so exciting,

I just said to him,

"Go do it, go do it for me,

enjoy every moment,

tell me about it,

and just go live, go live."

I think that a person

given a choice

would aspire to do

great things with their life,

and yet greatness is not

just handed over to you.

It's something you need

to work at.

There's going to be

some obstacles,

there's going to be

some challenges,

there's going to be some

road blocks in your way,

but if you have the will,

the desire inside,

you'll find a way through,

around, or over those obstacles.

I guess I realized that

the project is not about me,

you know, it's kinda grown,

and there is

something here,

you know, there's a movement,

you can kinda feel it,

you know, with just how people

are getting onboard

and they want to be part of it,

there's something more here,

there's something bigger.

Man the bird! Look at that.

Pull it, pull it, pull it!

Lean into it, lean into it!

Lift, now drive him up,

pick him up.

Wow, after just even

a few drills,

I'm like wow, I've got

a lot of respect

for these firefighters.

Exhausted, like, just fatigue.

Like, I could puke.

Yeah, I'm just realizing

that it was really selfish of me

to expect Danna

to be waiting for me.

And here I was travelling

all over the place

and being on the road,

and it must have been

really difficult for her

to be at home,

and now that the project's

coming to an end,

I'm really looking forward

to working on us.

I was so beyond happy

for Sean

to have all of this done,

and he had completed it.

Week 52, final week,

I'm bringing it back

to my home town,

Port Moody, British Columbia.

I spent my whole life here,

so it's only fitting

that I end the whole year,

my experience,

as being mayor of the town.

Let's clean this town up.

Congratulations, your job.

Thank you.

I think the ability

to listen to the residents,

and to see the results,

to see those dreams

and the aspirations of the

residents become reality.

To me, it is personal

satisfaction.

I've quickly realized, as mayor,

that it can be quite difficult

trying to manage

all the stakeholders,

so basically, you're trying

to keep everybody happy.

There's all these

different committees,

different interest groups,

and everybody's

got their own agenda,

and everybody wants you

to give them more money

and not cut their budget,

so it can be a difficult task

trying to manage all these

different peoples' wants

and trying and keep

everybody happy.

How many people do we meet

on a daily basis

that hate going to their jobs,

you know?

Change can be good.

You don't have to be born,

raised,

and die in the same town.

You don't have to have one job,

and that's the end of it,

you know, you have to have

a narrow vision.

The world is yours.

I've always known

that I'm capable of anything

and that if I really

wanted something

and committed to it,

that I can achieve it,

and, you know,

to actually see all the people

that have helped me out

along this way,

that I could not have foreseen,

and the generosity,

and just openness,

and the willingness

to get involved

and support the project

over the course of the year

has been incredible.

Do any of us know

what we are looking for?

I think maybe when we find it,

we say,

"Okay, that's

what I was looking for."

To me, the most important thing

that I think Sean has done,

he's set himself a target

and despite all the obstacles,

he met that target.

That is something

that will pay off

for the rest of his life.

Ultimately, by starting

the one week job project,

I discovered that my passion

is to explore.

I've decided I would be

fulfilled

as a real estate agent,

a teacher,

or a motivational speaker,

but for now,

I'm going to share my story.

I want people to take away

a sense

that it is possible

to find your passion.

Sean is... he's a pioneer

for young people

to really begin to explore

what it is that you want.

Does it become maybe a bit

of a rally cry for a generation?

The longer you wait

to pursue your passion,

the more inertia

you have to overcome.

My advice is suck it up.

I just think you

have to go for it.

You always have to go for it.

Take some time

and figure it out.

Don't just jump

into the first opportunity.

At my age, at 45,

time goes by very quickly.

It's very precious.

Don't waste it.

Until you take your last breath,

it's never too late.

There was this great relief

that one project had ended,

however,

I think we both realized

that it was really the beginning

of a new project,

with each other.

With each other.

I hope that others

take my experiences

as just another example

of somebody

who believed in something

and went after it,

and it worked.

What do you want to be

when you grow up?

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