Life update:
After this week it will officially be 5 weeks since I last stepped foot into my jiu jitsu gym. I never thought I’d miss a 2 week period of time let alone a whole month. What’s even weirder is that I feel better knowing I’m missing training. I feel like I’m healing. Life has been really prosperous for me in the last 4 months in many ways. Life has a way of kicking you around but if you take it all as a learning experience. Sometimes life has a way of giving you a little extra love. Here’s the things I’m grateful for that happened to me over this last summer.
A prosperity of wealth:
This summer I found prosperity in 2 major ways: money and time. With a little investment opportunity I was able to increase my annual pay by tens of thousands. Instead of spending this new found wealth on riches. I instead used it to increase my savings, pay off thousands of dollars in student loans and help set myself up for a good financial future. With this opportunity came the opportunity with other prosperity, that of time. I spent hours this summer with friends and family. I learned to love a new hobby and golfed every opportunity I got with my family. I increased my running distance and started hiking every weekend with my best friend. I got to share my wealth with my sisters and my friend. I wouldn’t have been able to have this life without them. I wouldn’t have known a good day if I never had a bad one. I’ll be forever grateful for the wealth I found this summer. It helped me heal, helped me cope and made me realize that real love is forever. I’ll never give up on them, for they never gave up on me. To those who know, I love you.
I found new hobbies:
As mentioned above I found hiking and golf. Golf especially has held a grasp over me. It was something my friend said. He said you’ll never get rid of me and when we are 70 you won’t be able to do jiu jitsu, but you can golf. This pushed me down a rabbit hole I didn’t realize existed. I’ve now practiced my golf game almost every single day after work. I’ve dropped my handicap from a starting 50 to a 24. Which is crazy in a short period. I’ve fallen completely in love with the sport. On top of this I’ve now practiced my spanish for 500 plus days on 3 different language apps. I’ve even started live practices with people. I can now speak and understand most discussions at a very elementary level but my progress has made me really excited. In chess, another one of my many hobbies, I now play at a 1000 elo where I was only 500 a few months ago. I understand openings and tactics. I watch every single move. If I lose I study the game to learn why. Practice makes perfect. I practice everyday to better myself. I’m grateful I had the time and the freedom to push my mind, my skills and my hobbies.
I found myself:
The last thing I’m grateful for is myself. I’m happy this summer gave me the opportunity to discover more about my own life. I realized things I like and things I don’t. I realized that life is short. That at any moment it can end. I’d rather have spent my final moments being with those I love, doing what I love. For this I’m forever grateful. Thank you for letting me be myself.
I’ve now missed 5 weeks of jiu jitsu. I will be back or I won’t. I guess we’ll just have to see what the winter brings.
Housed and Fed 