It’s crazy. I designed this entire life the way I wanted it and am pretty proud tbh.

AMA

All of this in the span of about a week

Sometimes when life shits on you it shits on you hard lol

How are you guys doing?

At a crossroads right now. I have always been inclined to become a personal trainer. I have extensive knowledge and passion for the subject, a great physique and people skills, and LOVE the appeal of choosing my own hours. I even did training on the side for a few months and did pretty good! Got a small number of clients who loved me and had good progress.

I currently have a sales job that pays very nicely, and if goals are hit the commission is great. It’s incredibly easy/relaxed, good benefits, etc. However the main drawbacks are

1. It devours my time. Working for this company they expect your life to revolve around them. Shifts are always in the middle of the day (10-6 / 12-8) basically taking your entire day. Random mandatory meetings at 8am, etc
2. Corporate structure environment. You must do exactly as they say as they say it, etc

I have stacked up quite a large amount of savings this last year and could probably go without working for an entire year and still live identical to how I am now. Part of me wants to quit, and chase my desire to be a personal trainer(as well as online training). The appeal of choosing my own hours or days I want off is HUGE to me, massive. I value my free time above almost anything else. It would also be more morally beneficial to the world as id be helping people improve their health/happiness.

The drawbacks are in this economy it could be a very risky thing to try, especially with new restrictions on gyms etc. and having a job in this current time is a blessing. I also have a goal of having a net worth of $1million By the time i turn 30 so would prefer not running through my savings. If I kept this job and moved up linearly I could get there. The ego drive to have lots of money and a great job is still too big for me, plus having money is very beneficial for other avenues of life and I just don’t know if I could make it there with personal training.

What would you do in my position? All opinions welcome

Recently stopped drinking any caffeine because I realized I intake a lot usually through

-iced coffee
-energy drinks before a workout

I’ve probably had at least 200mg of caffeine every single day for the last 3-4 years. Sometimes it bumps up to 400 never over 500 though except a few days ago. Felt really tweaked out so decided to cut it off completely cold turkey.

Currently on day 3 right now. Notice my appetite is larger. Much more tired through the day. My sleep is DEEP like very heavy, reminds me of dragging myself out of bed in middle school. Workouts have been atrocious and the hardest part of this. One thing I really love though is how easy it is to fall asleep at night. Sometimes I would have trouble falling asleep laying in bed for hours, but these last few days I’m in bed at 11:30 and knocked out by 11:35, which is really nice

Anyone here not drink any at all? How do you feel?

Hey guys, this is all completely hypothetical but I would appreciate some srs advice on this

Right now me & my coworkers have been on a paid leave because my specific place of work shut down(located in a mall) but the company is still running and considered essential.

Well just yesterday the entire team I work with was terminated, everyone except for me. I figured it was because of covid-19 but didn’t understand why I didn’t get fired. Well a friend in a different location informed me that the real reason was that they just finished an investigation where they discovered all my coworkers had an involvement in an incident that happened a few months ago where they committed fraud and also manipulated commission. Everyone there had some involvement(even if they didn’t want to and it was minor) due to the managers actions, everyone except for ME because I was off those days away on a trip

They don’t know why they were terminated, they believe it was because of the pandemic but I do know. And they are calling / texting me freaking out wondering why I wasn’t terminated too(because they believe it was our entire location).

I called higher higher up and he was very vague but assured me my job was safe, they had been investigating for a while, and the less I know the better(I already know/knew) and to minimize contact with them.

So I’m in a very awkward situation brahs. What do I do? My former coworkers keep hounding me because they have no clue wtf is going on(until they piece it together), and what if when they do they try to throw me under the bus saying I knew about it too? Is it wrong to just flat out ignore these people lol I was on good terms with all of them and considered them coworker friends, but truly had 0 involvement in this and just kept to myself.

I’d also add 3 of the people I worked with had been there for 5+ years and were managerial

Any thoughts are appreciated

A few months ago this young dude (20 y/o or so) came up to me in the gym locker room and asked if he could feel my muscles, and in return he’d pay me $150. I thought it was a joke at first but he was dead serious, so I was like fuck it. He legit payed me $150 then for not even 30 seconds felt my arms/chest/abs and that was it.

He contacted me again a few times but it does make me feel a bit uncomfortable so I’ve declined. He hit me up again very recently and this time offered $500 to massage me for 30 minutes. That’s insane money to me for such a short time.

I’m worried that if I did that shit and word got out or he blackmailed me my reputation would be RUINED. Also it’s kinda weird as I’m not gay and it makes me feel like a whore smh

What should I do? What would you guys do?

I gain more and more respect for Verbatim

I’ve always respected him and I don’t agree with everything he says obviously. But mentally he was just SO many levels above people. Really complex and deep perception of life he must have to have adopted the beliefs he did. Along with his incredible discipline x self control. The type of mind that can change society srs

Life is good mayne

Well I completely 100% thought I was going to die

Few weekends ago my girlfriend and I go out to downtown bars. Were having a great time, drinking, dancing, partying it up, when we run into her friend, we’ll call her Missy(who was with another girl but she isn’t really important to the story). So all 4 of us are hanging out when the bars close. So at 2 AM my girlfriend and I are about to head back to our respective houses when Missy texts her saying we can come to her boyfriends house and stay the night there.

We get to the boyfriends house, Missy introduces me to him and 4 other dudes, they look age 23-28, no clue who they are, and then leads me and my girl upstairs to a room. Girlfriend and I close the door (has no door frame so I block it from swinging open with my shoes lmao) and fool around for a good while. Around 4am I’m still awake just laying there listening to them downstairs bullshit about whatever when I drift off. I wake up to two dudes downstairs arguing really violently. They’re yelling at eachother pretty loud making a lot of threats, one dude seems like he’s just trying to leave while the other dude(who lived at the house along with Missy’s boyfriend) keeps threatening saying he’s gonna kill him and beat his ass etc.

 It gets increasingly loud and wild, I hear shit getting smashed around and thrown glass breaking etc. Guy #1 says he’s leaving trying to get his blacked out cousin out of the house with him when I hear someone run up the stairs into the room next to ours, run back downstairs, then 6-7 loud as fuck gunshots pop off, immediately followed by complete silence. Girlfriend woke up in terror and I’ve never been so scared in my life, completely froze and i was convinced he killed the dude. For the next hour the house was silent except for the sound of 1 person slowly pacing throughout the house up and down the stairs and breathing heavily. My girlfriend and I just lied there pretending we were asleep(pretty sure they had forgotten we were even there) terrified that if he came across us he’d kill us for being witnesses.

Was planning our escape out the window when we heard him go into his room and lay down. Waited a little bit(it’s around 8am by this time) and then dipped the fuck out as fast as possible. Scariest hours of my life, fully believed I was going to die. Can’t really explain that feeling of accepting death lol it was so strange never experienced anything like it

Never realized how important it was

Now that I’m making bigger boy money & not leaching off my rich parents I understand & respect it a lot more

Money=experiences/connection/fun

But I’ve learned to come to peace with it.

It’s like a super power 

Most fun place ever if you’re into that stuff

Just like watch Shrek and Shrek 2 and try to look past the entertainment factor

It’s a beautiful love story

Sheeeeiiit

Leaving tonight ayyyeeee penthouse bachelor party

Probably gonna be the craziest weekend of my life tbh and I’ve had some crazy weekends

Very excited needed to make a thread

Even went out and bought really nice clothes and new boots etc