The problem, was me. I was fortunate enough to do an internship at NASA in Houston. Call it luck, right place right time, all those things! I was a pretty good student, in the classes I liked (see blog post 'Do Whatcha Like'), but NO I am not a rocket scientist. I was intimidated for sure, sitting next to kids from MIT, Georgia Tech, Penn State..."Where do you go to school?", ahhh...Bemidji State University, you haven't heard of it? "Where's that?"...take the Mississippi River North all the way to where it starts, when you see the big 'Paul and Babe' statue, you're in Bemidji, MN. I was a fish out of water, I didn't know what 'neutral buoyancy' meant (my major project), and when given my first tasks...I screwed them up. So bad that they kept one of them and made me a going away trophy with it. After a few weeks and ruining the days of quite a few NASA engineers, I started to get the hang of things. By the end of the three months, they offered me a job. Had they not been patient, there would not have been a job offer. I didn't take the job, turns out I had a problem with Houston. Get off a plane in August there sometime, you'll know what I'm talking about. I did leave there with the going away 'trophy' they made for me, they custom etched it "Brain Fart Award". I looked at it today and thought about all the things I did to deserve it. It made me want to clear the air a little bit.
My last post was an emotionally charged rant that I think was a bit unfair to OTF. Admitting that I was unhealthy, overweight, and unmotivated was hard, and once I decided to do something about it, I was in 110% making it my main focus (and obviously assumed it was everyone elses). OTF does have a focus, 'provide the best 1 hour workout in the country' (thanks Doug, I stole that from you). They deliver. I drove by the studio one day and thought they would never open on time, a couple days later...bam..open, staff, trainers, equipment and an awesome workout from day 1. If they took as long as I did to figure things out, classes would not be so full. They got it right, quickly. So right that I have lost 41 lbs in 5 weeks with them! That's where my focus should be. Thank you staff, thank you trainers, you've changed my life. Looking forward to many more months and years of being in the 'orange zone'.
My last post was an emotionally charged rant that I think was a bit unfair to OTF. Admitting that I was unhealthy, overweight, and unmotivated was hard, and once I decided to do something about it, I was in 110% making it my main focus (and obviously assumed it was everyone elses). OTF does have a focus, 'provide the best 1 hour workout in the country' (thanks Doug, I stole that from you). They deliver. I drove by the studio one day and thought they would never open on time, a couple days later...bam..open, staff, trainers, equipment and an awesome workout from day 1. If they took as long as I did to figure things out, classes would not be so full. They got it right, quickly. So right that I have lost 41 lbs in 5 weeks with them! That's where my focus should be. Thank you staff, thank you trainers, you've changed my life. Looking forward to many more months and years of being in the 'orange zone'.
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