My name is Jack, I study Animal Behaviour in Liverpool Uk. I work really hard so I dont have to work and I dislike saying 'no'. Ive never used a forum before and I believe experience is everything, with that in mind I did a little research and I think this would be a great place for me to begin. Now heres a tiny portion of my life to get you up to scratch to why I decided to post on this forum today. To not bore you with all the minor details, I will try to wrap this up into as many small paragraphs as I can. I was born and raised in Liverpool (United Kingdom) where I have lived almost all of my life accumulating a range and of interesting/intelligent/creative friends. At the age of 15 I had a rather strange moment when I figured out (for myself) that life is merely an experience, and therefore with that in mind not to experience anything and everything I possibly could would be a waste of my time. This changed a lot for me, as I was basically shifting to a life with less fear. I looked at my diet and realized there were a lot of foods that I was too fussy or afraid to eat. So after considering this new realization I figured this was a good place to start. I mean if Im too afraid to put some healthy baked beans into my mouth and chew them up and swallow them, what chance do I have of jumping off a building with a bungee rope attached to myself? I increasingly began to realize that on average given the choice in most situations saying no generally meant missing out of a experience rich possibility. Given of course the choice is a presumably an intelligent one. (Not 'hey jack lets get drunk and drive 150mph and see what happens') Although I did do that once at around a similar age and boy do I feel stupid looking back but thats another story for another time. The first difficult decision that came my way was wether or not to try particular drugs. With this new incentive to not say no, I knew it would be a matter of time before I was offered some. So I decided to do my homework to intelligently determine what was potentially too dangerous and what was not. Alas I began experimenting at the young age of 15 for about 5/6 years with different substances. This did a lot for me (I wouldn't recommend it of course) because it gave me a lot of time to think. Time to think is very underrated today. There are plenty of people who wake up, and go straight to their first challenge, like brushing their teeth, getting ready for work, then keeping themselves busy all day with this that and the other, finally to finish work to only distract themselves with television and what to satisfy their bellies with. Im talking about the clear cut out time to actually consider the world around us, to attempt to comprehend it, and to figure out my own purpose within it. The next conclusion I was drawn to was that time was precious. I began hurrying about, speed walking home from school and rushing about my life so I could squeeze as much time relaxing, socializing etc as I possibly could. With all this extra time and investment in my friends (and the persistant use certain substances) I began to feel very connected, accomplished and confident. Thats when my friends and I decided to spend some time traveling the world a little to try and meet like minded people, so we could broaden our horizons. Long story short we decided to visit California, Huntington beach to be exact. In fact we liked it so much that we decided to rent out a beach house and spend two months there. Towards the end of the vacation (of parties, traveling, and of-course some eventful vegas trips) I met somebody very special. Her name is Savannah. We have been dating for over a year now and I am now living with her in our house in California. My values are the same. Time is still precious and experience is everything to me. So I now rush around a save as much time as possible so I can invest it into things that are much more productive (spiritually, financially and intimacy). I have never used a forum before (as mentioned earlier) so my apologies if I just rabbled on and you are reading this now. I just felt I had to begin somewhere and this felt the adequate place. I look forward to communicating and socializing with you all on our journeys to wherever that may be.
