A great number of things have happened over the past 8 months. Here’s some highlights, to catch you up:
- Met an amazing woman who has quickly become the center of all my kinds of attention
- Got 2 side jobs in my industry, and an entirely separate, remote job in another industry
- Built a home gym, started using it, started an intense workout routine with this lovely girl (who turned out to be a gym rat herself), and we have both seen fantastic results
- Flew down to L.A. to visit friends, and a trip to Rome is in the works
- Gone to therapy, for the first time in my life
- Began volunteering in the community directly and obsessing less over maximizing working hours
- Changed systems about how the home, my life, and my finances are run
Other than arguably the initial meeting with Aphrodite, none happened in a single day. Each was planned out and then acted on, many over long periods of time. It has come to form a system of life, and a direction, that if you asked me this time last year I would have been entirely unable to tell you I would be in. However, all of these things are informed by knowledge and experience I had previously earned. The system that got me here were essential building blocks for the current ones. I would be unable to afford the luxury in foods I buy, in a new apartment we are moving to, etc. if I had not established proper spending habits (which later were adapted to be much more inclusive of buying things for the right woman), proper use of my time, efficient design, and so on. I took the concept of “no budget, buy what provides value” and applied to a different definition of value, leaving behind my obsessive frugality. I took the concept of “implement a plan that will provide the outcome 100% of the time” and left behind the assumption that that plan must include mediocrity in life. I took the idea of “spend time doing only what helps you” and applied that to mental and social contexts, rather than just physical and financial.
In short, I took the best and left the rest. There is no shame in doing this. At every point, some of your systems, ideas, and modes of operation will be obsolete. They got you where you are, but they are no longer serving you. When that time comes, it is important to recognize that and adapt them to where you are.
On another note, we are looking at soon getting three blondes in this house, rather than 2. Golden doodles are good dogs.
Keep an ear open,
Whisper