Uncanny Respawn Timing

[shenanigains]

I have gone through a rough patch in my life following a fairly successful transformation.  In April-ish of 2012 I quit drinking, starting eating well (thank you NF and Mark's Daily Apple), and became more active.  I went from 240ish lbs to around 165ish lbs in about 9 months or so (I don't remember well, because I didn't write many things down).  Well, after all of that (cue pity party) people started accusing me of using drugs, starving myself, blah blah blah.  I decided maybe I deserved to start eating pizza, drinking beer, sitting on my ass, etc since I had accomplished what I set out to do.  Long story short: I got lazy.  My fault, no excuses.  In the last 6 months or so I took a much better paying job, thinking it would be a dream job, but it turned out to be a hellish nightmare that pushed me back into depression, heavy-drinking, and being an overall crappy person and burden on society.  Being who I am it took me about me 4 months of the BS to admit to myself that I had made a mistake and it was up to ME to fix it.  Luckily during all of my miserableness my wife did not leave (she has the patience of a saint), and I continue to have her support.  I decided to quit my soul-sucking job in mid-November and I worked the rest of the month.  After my last day I got on craigslist and purchased a weight set for a decent price.  I did my first workout after reading Starting Strength on Tuesday of this week, and after my workout I thought I would dust off the old NF account and try and find some support/sounding board from people who don't have to put up with me on a daily basis.  What did I find?  An epic article about respawning.  Steve, please stop your surveillance of my life, it's a little creepy.  But on a serious note, the article really hit home and was the extra spark needed to knock out any of the doubts I was having about leaving my job to be selfish and focus on my health.  I am going to start back school and finish my degree instead of chasing work all over creation, I am going eat clean because it makes me feel well, I am going to get as strong as can using Starting Strength, and I am running in a Warrior Dash in April to hopefully celebrate 5 months of awesome.  Thank you to whomever reads this and puts up with my terrible grammar and horrendous overuse of parentheses. 

[Ocelot]

Life makeover in progress! It sounds good to me. Congratulations on coming through the bad patch and having the wisdom to find what needed to change. Good luck with the respawn.

[kirstenanke]

Good for you for quitting your job, that must have taken a lot of courage!! Money isn't everything! Sanity is more important...

 

Fantastic goals, let us know how you get on!! (And buy your wife some flowers lol!)