Have you ever broken a bone?

Wouldn’t say I accident prone or necessarily fragile but I have had quite a few impact traumas that have resulted in broken bones. Have broken my right elbow, left wrist, left knee & ankle, right ankle, my nose twice, a few ribs, & recently a skull fracture from a fall. So the short answer is yes I have broken a bone.

How do you balance work and home life?

I lost a 20 year old relationship because I worked too much. Worked in hospitals and spent 4 to 5 twelve hours days a week just to support my small family and was raised to believe that’s what I had to do. Now I have been divorced for going on 12 years and I work for myself and work is all I do, don’t have a relationship haven’t taken more than 2 consecutive days off in at least 10 years. That all says I have zero work life balance and sadly don’t think that it will ever change.😢

What sacrifices have you made in life?

Hate to be that guy but a lot of what many elevate to sacrifice does not qualify. Skipping a meal so your kid can eat, forgoing a vacation to take care of a sick parent or friend, loaning your sibling money when you really didn’t have it to lend, all do not qualify as a sacrifice just an inconvenience.

I can’t think of anything in my life that would reach the level of a sacrifice, I have inconvenienced myself enumerable times but none was a crucifixion level sacrifice that many believe they may have made. My teenager thinks he is sacrificing his valuable time by merely cleaning his room of emptying the dishwasher. We as a society need to stop elevating things we don’t want to do or things that may be a mild inconvenience to the high drama of a sacrifice.

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?

I wear my Army Dog Tags issued in 1987 every day. To be honest I recently started wearing them after taking a fall and ending up in the hospital, the fall resulted in a head injury and the loss of blood, I was given blood in the ambulance but because my blood type was not known I was given the wrong type. I really hope that type of incident never happens again but if it does my Dog Tags have all that information on them.

Are you a leader or a follower?

Too many of us believe to be that they are leaders, but don’t understand the situation when they should get out of the way. I have been in many situations that my ability to lead has been an asset but have been around long enough to know when my skill set is contractually and I will gladly follow the lead of another.

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

Love it when the algorithm goes fishing to send me more junk emails or trying to narrow down possible password.🤣🤣

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

The small improvement I could make in myself is to actually ask and accept help. I am overly prideful and do not like to accept any assistance even when I need it.

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life.

Every person that has come into my life has had an impact, some positive and some negative. The realization of life and experience is that many times the person that may have been the cause of the most negative event actually had the most positive impact.

What does freedom mean to you?

I am torn between saying Freedom is a ‘misnomer’ or an ‘oxymoron’ a term containing elements which are inconsistent or in conflict. Why would I think that? I think and believe that because no freedom is free, there are to many people that whole hearty believe that their freedom is untethered and has zero consequences. The laws of physics state that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, that truth being constant freedom is not free. You have freedom until that freedom impedes another freedom. Here in the U.S. we have wider lanes to live our lives in that other countries but our actions still have consequences so that makes that notion of freedom a misnomer.

What public figure do you disagree with the most?

The list of public figures I disagree with is long but the root cause has never been more apparent.