I Do Things With My Hands For Money

Better than my mouth like some people. I mean I use my mouth too, but my hands are typically more critical for the international customer base.

I communicate.

The past few days have been spent quietly journal-ing and writing and re-writing lists and thoughts and answers and questions. Non-digital writing. Whodathunkit, eh?

I have been mostly abstaining from digital media for the weekend other than my precious Kindle app. I needed to have some introspection and internal reflection. Removing the pull of other people's bullshit really allowed me to find peace with some of the many things that have been looping through my mind like a skipping CD.

I am still trying to figure out what my next step will be in my career path, but in the same breath, whatever it is I don't intend on taking it for a couple years. With exception of course, but there are always some.

The main thing I am focused on for this year is kicking ass and taking names. I am working on being the best strongest me I have been so far as I skip past my thirty first birthday at the end of this month. As I did with my thirtieth birthday, I am planning to embrace my thirty first with all the energy and passion of two twenty somethings rounding second. First step? You shall see on my birthday.

First "hardcore" thing I did this year? I ate half a boneless wing smothered with mother fucking ghost pepper sauce. Holy shit, did it burn? Oh hell, yes it did. I imagine that is what it feels like to swallow fire and brimstone. Devil ain't got shit on me.

This is me presenting the wing:

This is me, full of terror, taking a bite of said hell fire wing:

This is me, fanning myself, in a futile attempt to relieve the intense burning in my mouth and spreading throughout my body after I swallowed:

It was mildly traumatizing and I would do it again in a heartbeat just for the simple bit of life experience it provided.

After this week, filled with loss, both personal and that felt by the world, I think this is something we all need to remember. You've only got one chance. Take it. Do everything and anything you can (within reason).

Enjoy every moment. I'll try to share mine with you, maybe they will inspire you.

Tomorrow morning I will be out and running in the wee hours as normal. Hopefully it is enough to carry me through a morning of back to back to back meetings.