Normal’s Not Me.
This story will grow, I’m sure of it. I just want to share that I’ve been turned on to Steve Pavlina’s blog, thanks to brother Michael. This happened because the other day I told Michael I needed a blog to document my progress in Asset Challenge 2006. Still no documentation there but where I’ve been over the past 3 days personally is fascinating. I don’t expect everyone to understand but I know some of you do and more of you will, over time.
I’ve been turned on to self improvement for many years - intellectually, financially, emotionally. My wife, Carol (God bless her!), often thinks I’m crazy but I sure need her to keep me grounded. Since she’s known me, I’ve gone through a few career choices and way more possibilities. I’ll be grateful to her for my whole life. When I read Steve Pavalina’s blog post on polyphasic sleep, I was fascinated. For one reason, I’ve often thought that sleep was overrated and underproductive. In college I could back that up with proof (sort of) but as recently as three weeks ago, I was reminded that without it, I get sick, unpleasant, and uncomfortable in general. Anyway, the more I read about Steve Pavalina, the more motivated I’ve become to be more of myself. That polyphasic sleep is really cool, though 
There’s a couple of other thoughts following this writing that I just wanted to ramble about but the point of this post, right now, is that tears came to my eyes when I read the end of Steve’s wife’s post about his exploits with polyphasic sleep and in general. I wanted to tell the world how thankful I am for the support of my own wife. Thank you, Carol.
I’ve been a deep thinker for most of my life. I didn’t realize it until I was in college but even now in my mid-thirties, I think back to my days in grade school, sometimes staring in the mirror at my image, actually willing myself to change who was inside of me. Once I had a problem with tattle-tailing. That’s when I’d say, “Jane [my dear step-mom and the source of much of my confidence], Michael hit me!” I gathered after a while that she didn’t care too much. As long as I was conscious and so was Michael, we were doing just fine. With three boys, a baby girl, classes, and a husband with dreams as big as Alaska, who had time for petty problems? I wanted to handle my own problems and I set out to do so. Eventually, I stopped tattle-tailing. Sometimes, I’d find a way to hit Michael back but more often than not, I’d do what I could to avoid conflict in the first place. At that age, I’m thinking 8 years old, maybe, I think I was ahead of my time. I’ve always been sensitive to others’ feelings, often to a detriment but that too goes with deep thinking.
Enough for now. More to come all over this site, for sure! Thanks for reading.
January 7th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
I would just like to say that I am proud of David and Michael. Living closer to each other in order to pursue some sort of business together was a dream they both shared for quite some time. Not only have they accomplished living in the same state, they are now walking distance from each other.
Yes, I do support my husband in his sometimes unconventional thinking. Granted, it has taken me a long to do this freely, and I sometimes question his thinking, but I do support him all the same!