So, about me ay.
As of October 22, 2009 this is me. In a nutshell. I’ve done the uni thing, done the travel the world thing, and although it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that I’m done with travelling, I’m done with the backpacker lifestyle. I want more in my life.
My past. It’s something I’m working on keeping in it’s rightful place – the past. It would not be an understatement to say that I’ve made a lot of mistakes. Immaturity, not knowing what I wanted or not appreciating what I had was probably responsible for quite the majority of them. I’ve had some epic failures and learnt some very valuable lessons along the way. I like to think that they’re well learnt lessons, and everytime I get comfortable thinking that I know something – it goes and smacks me in the arse and I have to relearn it. Not the whole lot, but there are a lot of aspects to a lot of different things. I’ve found this out the hard way. I will write more about the most adventurous failures I’ve had – but they’re stories for other times.
Even though I’m blunt I’d prefer not to hurt people’s feelings. I don’t like some people. I don’t trust a lot of people. And I talk to fewer people. I do judge my friends, and those that I could potentially be friends with. I’m rather picky about my friends. I won’t always tell you if I don’t like you; but you won’t see a lot of me.
I like to think I’ve a well developed and rather strange sense of humour. I like it dry. I like to laugh at things that I find humour in – and these normally aren’t things that everyone finds funny. I laugh at my friends when they fall; I laugh at myself when I fall. It’s not necessarily judgement. It isn’t judgement anymore than it is bias. I think of it as laughing with them, not at them. If you don’t have the ability to laugh at yourself, what do you have?
I’m quite highly qualified in the field of exercise science. I’ve done more than my fair share of time on the gym floor, writing programs for people who won’t stick to them. It is fair to say that I’ve become a little cynical of the ‘personal trainer’ life. I’ve about 10 times more knowledge, experience and training than most of the people out there, but they still believe that ‘pump is AWESOME’ and that it doesn’t matter what your squat looks like, as long as you squat. Cause that book says to squat. I’m about the appropriate, analytical and thoughful application of theory to practice, to real world situations, situations that matter. That’s what time has taught me. And I’m over teaching others.
And I’m still working on this. Time for bed!
