US Trip Wrap Up
So I’m wrapping up a nine day trip to the States. I was in Atlanta and Philly, the two non-Costa Rican locations that I would consider “home” at this point. Of course, with all of the moving around that I do, I am not really sure I would call any of them a true home at this point. As time goes on, I’m sure Costa Rica will become more and more of a home for me. I have a bunch of things to talk about, so I’ll resort to my usual strategy of doing it point-by-point.
- I’d really like to buy a place in the States, but I’m pretty unsure of where to buy. One consideration is Atlanta. The pluses are that I have a decent friendbase there, the weather is pretty solid year-round and I really like the city/area around it. It’s also a direct flight to Costa Rica, so it’s pretty easy to get to. The downside is that my friendbase is largely law school students who are probably leaving the area after next May, so that won’t last. So I’d be buying a place where I know like 5 people and I don’t know any of them that well outside of BLUFF people. Another option is a place like San Diego, where a bunch of my business partners are buying places and where my Aunt+Uncle+some family lives. The great weather, beaches and whatnot are huge draws. The downside is that I’ve been there once in my life and I really don’t know many people there. Seems dumb to buy a place there without getting to know it better. The last significant option is Philadelphia. The upside is parents+other family in the area, plus the vast majority of my friends are in either New York or Philadelphia, so living in Philadelphia would give me easy access to a large friendbase. Another advantage is that I already know the city well, it’s home to me in many ways and there are lots of cool things to do in the Washington DC to Boston corridor. The thing I hate about Philly and the rest of the Northeast is the winters. I don’t like the short days or the cold weather, so I can’t see myself living in Philly year-round. Anyway, the basic idea is to buy something like a 2br place, rent out the master and agree with the renter that I would be able to stay in the 2nd bedroom a few weeks out of the year and leave my stuff there. Then when I move back to the States, I would live there. I guess I would just like a homebase of some kind in the States, so we’ll see how it goes. I probably won’t start looking into this seriously until next year.
- Moving on, as some of you may know, I am involved in another weight bet that started on July 1st. There’s no point in discussing the details here because I am not allowed to reveal all of them, but I can still update my progress. I started off by dropping around 8 lbs in the first three weeks, but I seriously regressed on this trip to the States. I probably put most of that back on, although the first few pounds you lose when you’re dropping weight aren’t “real” weight, so I’ll “drop” 3-4 easily over the next few days back in Costa Rica. I have another three months to get my act together and, while I’m not worried about winning the bet, I am concerned about my overall “health” mindset. I know that I take the wrong approach to maintaining a healthy mind/body and it frustrates me. I need to learn self-control when it comes to eating. In some ways, I’m in a better spot than most people because I have very few demons to deal with. I don’t have any burning desires to drink, use drugs, gamble table games, break the law in any other way, etc. But I have always had a bit of trouble with food. There’s something so tempting about food that’s bad for me and when I’m eating it, I’m literally thinking to myself “why are you eating this?” … but I do anyway. My usual reason is that I can drop weight when I want to, so I might as well indulge myself when there is good food around. I am getting tired of that because it seems like I use that excuse way too often. I need to start making eating badly the true exception. Either that or just wipe it entirely from my life. I know that it’s okay for me to eat badly sometimes, but the problem is that I fear that I don’t have the self-control to mix in bad food. I either eat badly or I don’t … and I actually don’t have TOO much trouble eating 100% healthy food when I put my mind to it. I proved that last year when I lost 50 lbs in 3 months while eating healthy (and I posted pics on here to prove it). But I have concluded that I’m a lost case at eating most healthy while mixing in the bad meals. So I think I need to change my mindset. I need to make eating healthy my #1 goal. Forget being social. Forget the easiest thing to do. Forget putting work and other personal stuff before it. I basically need to make it my priority in life to eat healthy day in and day out. Maybe someday I will have the maturity and mindset to handle a mixed diet of healthy and unhealthy, but it hasn’t worked for me. So I am going to do my best to make this change in my life going forward.
- After reading a terrific thread on 2p2, I have decided to make lifetilt.com into a site about people tilting in chat, video or wherever. It won’t just be poker because, frankly, tilt is entertaining wherever it presents itself in life. So I will be working on that over the next few weeks and I hope it turns out cool.
- I’m getting very close on this new blog design. I’m super excited to release it and put a whole new set of content online, along with all of the new content that will be added to it over the coming months and years. I’ve decided to go it alone based on a somewhat slow and underwhelming developer response. A few people did contact me and I appreciate it, but I think it was going to be more trouble than it was worth based on the types of responses that I received. I know why developers are cautious and whatnot, but I don’t have time to negotiate contracts and go through planning procedures.
- I’ve been promising a cool new site for a very long time. I assure you: I’m still thinking about it. It’s still cool. People will still like it when it comes out. The problems with it have been numerous and getting into them would take me about 20 entries to explain. The good news is that it may FINALLY happen soon. We’re finally getting some people in place that will allow the whole thing to take off and at least get into beta mode. Needless to say, I’m excited to see it happen.
That’s it for now. Have a good week everyone.
Related posts:
- Fitness stuff
- Return of the picture post
- Typical Costa Rica Travelers
- Moving to Grand Cayman
- Trip to the beach
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