first online date!

had a date with a lady i met on okcupid. she's a very cool chick. i was super nervous and i was hoping i wouldn't be too cool and scare her off but i think it went well. we talked about our families and our travels. we exchanged digits and i think we might be seeing each other again! since my brother found his soon-to-be wife on okcupid, i decided 'why not?'. i mean, how many rejections from girls that i've never met IRL could i possibly receive? a lot. a lot is the answer. LOL. just a bunch of no responses to clever messages that i spent 1 min composing. what a waste of a minute. do you even know what i could do in a minute? i could name a bunch of things i could do in one minute in one minute! that's the same as a rejection, right? i dont even date much IRL. which is cool because i have plenty of time to do what i need to do, but i think it would be nice to be with someone who shares interests and can laugh and not be offended by things i say. i say a lot of offensive things. theyre usually funny. i laugh anyway. i really do find myself funny. and that's really what's important. so this lady i saw last weekend had "feel free to message me if youre not a douche". so i messaged her and said, "hey! i'm usually not a douche. how are you?". simple. she responded and then we went met for drinks. it was nice. girls online are pretty much full of crap when they say, 'message me if you have more to say that just hi!' or 'i want a nice guy' or 'poop on my chest'. well, maybe not so much that last one, because that's definitely not something i would be into. at least not publicly. in any event, i'd really like to see her again. conversation had a nice flow and seems like we had a lot in common. so do i wait 3 days? do i ask her out on a tuesday for a date on saturday? it doesn't need to be so complicated, does it? does it? does it?

freedom to live.

living simply is not easy. i do not have cable tv. i do have internet access. this internet access allows me to watch hulu, netflix, and amazon prime. i also have an HD OTA antenna that lets me watch local news and PBS. i had planned to be a tv free home, but my coworker gave me a nice one for free. i also have a bluray wifi player and chromecast. when i first moved here, i thought i only had 2 terrible choices for internet access: centurylink and xfinity. after some investigation, i found another player here in denver: forethought.net. they offer FTTB (fiber to the building) or DSL. next time i move, i will secure their services. i live in a 600 sq ft studio for 650/mo. it's enough space for me. i live in a hip neighborhood and everything is so close: bars, eateries, public transportation. i donated my car last year to a needy family. owning and operating a car is a huge hassle and in order to live simply, it has been removed. i was riding my bicycle everywhere: work, fun, etc. i tore my achilles' tendon playing soccer and prevented me from riding. i purchased a bus pass through work and allowed me to pay the monthly cost with my pretax income. this effectively lowers my taxable income. also, i have maxed out my 401K and put money in my health savings account, which also lowers my taxable income. i do not have a gym membership, but i do take advantage of the gym available at my place of employment. living in denver also provides the ability to go out and work out wherever you are. i walk to sprouts and purchase only what i can carry back. this mostly includes fresh whole turkey breast, fresh whole chickens, frozen organic veggies, greek yogurt, etc. part of living simply is eating healthily. processed foods in your body might fill up your stomach, but will fill it up with chemicals that are terrible for your body. my trip to sprouts usually costs about $30 and i take about 2 trips a month. this is enough food for 2 weeks worth of lunches, which i prepare on sundays. each sunday i prepare the week's worth of food. i have a job.it doesn't allow me the freedom i need to live simply. i must go there and trade my time for money. i'm working on ways to make passive and residual income. i have a business that i'm hoping will allow me to regain the freedom i was born for. it's in health and wellness dealing in superfood nutritional cleansing. i have never felt so amazing in my life. i want to help myself and others optimize our health and our wealth. i'm working on monetizing my blogs to generate another stream of income. the more income streams you have, the better off you will be if you lose your job. i was always raised that if you get a job and work hard, you will be happy. but having a job does not make me happy. i am not helping any one. i want to help others be happy and find joy. will you let me help you?

i'm going on my first okcupid date today. i figured i would just show up and see how it goes instead of getting all prepared with things to say, topics to discuss, etc. maybe i should. i haven't been having too much luck with online dating. i've had a few conversations that have fizzled out. i was going to have my first okcupid date a couple of weeks ago but she totally flaked out. then she rescheduled. then she flaked out. i get it! you're scared of meeting a totally awesome guy and you don't want to fall in love to madly, deeply, and immediately. it's ok. i rarely have that effect on the ladies.

what a great morning! it’s saturday! woke up at sunrise, stretched a bit, groomed myself, and off. it was a nice walk east down colfax to sprouts. i’m trying to incorporate more direction because people do that here. in denver the mountains are to the west. to the north exist yupsters, and hipsters to the south.the snug is east, as is civic center. it’s also an important life skill. what if you’re lost in the desert? you might die from dehydration, but you might live knowing direction! i’ve got a ton of laundry to do. such a pain. this is definitely the worst part of growing up. i walk to sprouts now because whatever i pick up, i have to carry. since i stopped grocery delivery from the supermarket, the bare essentials are acquired. chicken (whole), whole turkey breast, frozen veggies (way convenient btw), yogurt, fruit, etc. i go armed with 2 canvas bags and my backpack that’s got nice back cushions. i might even describe this cushion as luxurious. i had forgotten about an audible free trial i started and now i have a membership. might as well make use of it since i already have 2 credits. i used 1 credit to acquire how to win friends and influence people by dale carnegie and the 7 habits of highly effective people by steven r covey. before i step out the door: mapmyfitness app and how to win friends and influence people on the tablet. i highly recommend audiobooks if you want to maximize your time to improve both mind and body. it’s difficult being time poor. if there is anything better than being spiritually rich, it is being time rich. what’s the point of having monetary wealth if you’re working all the time, stressed out when you’re not dreading work the next morning? i finally started taking my fitness seriously. i was feeling tired and run down so i started doing some good ol’ googling and found that i may be underconsuming calories for my activity level. sure i’ve got a desk job, but i also have a DIY stand up desk. i just put a shelf on some stackable files. total cost is probably $5 USD. if i wanted a stand up desk for work, i would need a doctor’s note, some visit by some ergo nerd, and some line about how it would cost an absurd, arbitrary amount of money. i’m going to make a proposal. im going to do it because sitting 8 hours a day will kill you. physically and spiritually. we did not become the great humans we are by sitting all day. you sit on the toilet, you sit in the car, the bus, the train. you sit at work. you sit to eat. you sit. you sit. you sit. so my proposal would be to the ergo department, whoever that is. i’ll talk to my HR lady on monday. propose a cheap alternative i found in SKY MALL. i think that is an amazing idea. i need to reach out to someone about large order or some kind of discount. this might be something that would get me somewhere in the company. i just don’t like being a corporate prisoner. it’s freedom i want. it’s freedom i need. i have made my conscious, well informed decision that i should not feel stuck in my job nor in my life. i should feel free to do what i want, happy when i go anywhere, and most of all healthy to enjoy it. i keep wanting more, but i have to go and make it happen. it won’t happen if i sit there, at my job unhappy doing what i’m made to think is the only thing i can do with most of my waking life. you want to feel good about your body? put good nutrition in your body, pay attention to your body’s needs, drink tons of water, get that blood pumping and train your muscles to do what they’re meant to do. read/listen to a book. learn about what you want, what you desire. think about how to get there. do it. are you with me? #selfdiscovery #freedom #livefreeordiehard #entrepreneur

the reboot

sweet. i'm back. it's been a while. the lady and i broke up. i thought i would be more devastated, however after realizing that she and i weren't working out for the betterment of humanity (mostly her and i individually), feeling sad just evaporated. usually, whenever i feel sad, i stop feeling sad and start being awesome. thanks barney! best advice ever. i've moved into a new apartment in a colorful part of town with cool bars within walking distance. bus stops are close. coffee is close. i also get grocery delivery to my living room that i order online! it's amazing. i'm living a new life now. my car was donated to a mechanic to fix up and give to a need family. spike the bike was traded in for a new bike named peewee, the hipster official sponsor of the big adventure. i was convinced spike was cursed. almost hit by two cars, run off the road by a cute dog that i didnt want to run over, and my seat broke while riding. escaped with some scrapes and bruises and a tetanus shot. that damn shot cost me $120 at urgent care. i recently joined an indoor rec soccer league. 'join our team' they said 'it'll be fun' they said. i scored a goal. so that was fun. i am woefully out of shape but played the best i could considering the poor condition my body is in. during the 3rd game, i heard a pop and felt some pain and fell down. the ref was like i heard a pop! i said, 'that wasn't you?' turns out i totally full on ruptured my achilles tendon. fortunately there's no pain, but now i have to move at the speed of normal humans. super frustrating. i've got a cool boot and noisy crutches. these crutches seriously impact my ability to sneak up on people. it sucks. so now i'm living my new life as a single man in denver. currently on the disabled list with my bike and my snowboard just collecting dust wondering what they did wrong. it's not you, it's me.

fresh air

you can tell that dude is totally outdoorsy because of the 2 kayaks strapped to the roof of his subaru.

nice lunch time break spot as we explored barr lake state park