HOLY CRAP!

I went to start this post out one way, but now that I’m really thinking about it, I’m going to take it to a completely different direction.

Here’s how I started it out before:

“One thing I’ve heard a lot of people say is that you’re the average of your 5 closest friends – income wise, personalitywise, etc…

I’ve always been pretty cognizant of that because it’s always run pretty true to me.”

I was going to reflect and think about what I wanted my 5 to look like now as I grow – do I still want to surround myself with marketers, or do I want to go with people who are more into “spirituality” (for lack of a better word), or do I want to find healthy people, do I want to find people who encompass all three…

Then I was going to talk about “health” and what that meant…

But then I went through and looked at my 5 thoroughly, and now I’m sitting here shaking my head.

The averages aren’t looking so stellar for me.

The things that are important to me:

Successful businesswise – 1 is doing a lot better than me, 3 are doing the same as me, 1 is doing less than me.

Spiritual (this is a super-broad term… let’s just classify it as people who would really enjoy a Sonia Choquette book) – I’d say 1 would find it and enjoy it, 1 might find the book on their own and enjoy it if they were in the mood, 1 would have to be talked into it but would get value from it, and the other 2 would read it out of curiosity (if I told them to) and probably dismiss it.

Healthy – 1 out of 5 is very into his health. 1 is somewhat moderately into it, the other 3 I would consider conscious but not actively healthy (2 go into spurts).

Strong relationships with significant others – I’d like to say my boyfriend – but it probably hasn’t been long enough to say that. The others either don’t have relationships or I don’t consider them strong.

Strong relationships with other people – All 5 are great people who make solid relationships.

I think part of this is because I’ve been traveling so much. When I stayed in L.A., I went to Toastmaster’s and found successful, awesome people… I went to meetup groups, etc…

But with all this traveling, I’ve been focused more on exploring than making new relationships.

I think my 5 may have been more solid before – maybe a few months ago when I actively worked on it and my income, health, and spiritual goals were different…

But I definitely need to re-evaluate, pronto.

This was a wake-up call for sure.

What about you? What’s important to you? How does your top 5 fit in with that?

You know you haven’t posted in a while when someone asks you to make a blog post as a birthday present to him.

I’ve been WAY busy lately, but here are some quick updates, which I can hopefully expound on soon…

-I’m going to Buenos Aires tomorrow for a month with my boyfriend (!!!).

Two things about that:

1. Buenos Aires – YAY!

2. Yes, boyfriend! And some people left some comments on the boyfriend test such as,

“I think you are beyond a qualities list and gone into the world of make believe.”

or…

“I sincerely think you should settle for having at least two boyfriends ’cause you’ll hardly find all these traits in one single person.”

….

But I’m happy to say that Otto meets EVERYTHING on the test (except for blue eyes, but that’s okay), and a lot more. In fact, I told him I don’t even have the imagination to list out everything that he encompasses. Dude is INCREDIBLE – makes me really happy I waited for 4 years before getting into a new relationship.

- I sold yayFOOD! The new owner is a really incredible guy. He tried out the diet himself and has lost 12.5 pounds in 3 weeks! =)

There were quite a few people who bid on the site and I didn’t vibe with all of them – I think George (the new owner) is the best match, and am psyched for him.

- When I get back from BA, I think (you know my plans change all the time, but as of right now…) I’m going to get a home base in San Diego. Otto and I are possibly going to get a place together… depending on how we feel after BA. We’ve already been living together since early January and then we’ll be together all through February…

But who knows, maybe we’ll decide it’s better to have space when we get back.

- I’ve been working on an awesome new site that I’m super-stoked on, it’s about one of my passions and it’s something that’s pretty fulfilling to me. The site has been doing really well & I think it’s going to be my new baby.

Okay… guess that’s it for now, I have to go return my rental car and pick up our laundry before we peace out!