8 years later….

Life is much better without half assed people. It doesn’t get any simpler than that.

pursue things for your own satisfaction and do not to get caught up in someone else’s narrative and chase a title or goal that isn’t your own.

I’ve retired from one career and started another. Im officially a problem solver as I like to think of it.

My team and I come to your emergency (hurricane tornado, your town leveled….whatever) and solve it. I’ve traveled the US several times from California wild fires to Florida hurricanes. To get here I had to become a firefighter with several certifications in technical rescue. A paramedic with licenses in critical care, advanced medic for trench, and HAZMAT/CBRNE certifications.

Time and energy. That’s what it takes. That’s what everything takes.

My sons are living successful lives with bad ass careers.

Last year at the age of 50 I finally achieved elite status (2000 pounds across three lifts) in the powerlifting world. Nearly a decade in the making.

Total 2170 Bench: 565 Squat 680 Deadlift 925

This life I have now was not a straight trajectory. Filled with defeat. Setbacks. Water wears rocks. It’s a process of time not a magic spell. It will be rough. It will be mind numbing.

Sometimes the bad guys win. Sometimes others cheat and get ahead rather than get caught. Sometimes the ranger instructor will not count your push-ups.

You can’t control any of that, but you can always control how you respond. You always own your own attitude and reaction. Stick with it, even if it seems “unfair.”

It probably is, but then again, life is not fair.

Live life like the unmerciful god that you are.