The Kyle Has Return And My Totally Original Eoy 2023 Review
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I made it back to Mexico somehow. Traveling in Latin/South America seems more dicey to me than other parts of the world, but hey, I’m probably full of shit. I had a blast and wouldn’t trade it for the world. I went to Texas -> Medellin, Colombia -> Bogota, Colombia -> Antigua, Guatemala -> San Pedro, Guatemala. Shoutout to Medellin; it’s a dope place.
Happy to be back here and get to grinding on the new year.
I reread my note book journal to reflect on my past year and skimmed my other journals a bit. Man, what a hell of year. It’s incredible to read how LOW I was and reading many days of just feeling like worthless shit. I can confidently say that I haven’t felt that in a while and was only a temporary sentiment of my circumstance.
I feel like my EOY will sound a bit like a broken record, but I hope to stop talking about some of these things since I have mostly moved on from them. Looking back, sometimes it feels like a different life or the story of a different person. Hard to believe I’ve been to college, married/divorced, military, living in a foreign country, met many women, made many awesome friends, etc. all before I turned 30 years old. I am truly blessed.
Next Mission: I want to return to writing a lot more here again, especially in my old emotional log. I have more “inner game” mental resiliency that I want to cultivate, and I am ready to tackle that through writing. One day, I hope to be more of a leader and mentor here/IRL – I want to give some value and not just take up space. Thanks for your patience everybody
Big Actions of 2023
- Divorced from 7yr marriage/9yr relationship
- Worked my 2 jobs (at the same time): I do miss bartending, but I’m doubtful I’ll ever do it again
- Went from a lifetime total of 3 relationships/1 lay/0 other dates -> 4 relationships/10 lays/countless dates; my ex-GF has been the highlight of my life. She officially left for her home country, but we ended really well and even spent Christmas together
- Many new friends and strengthening relationship with my close, best friends -> ditched a lot of old shitty friends (disloyal especially after my divorce) and even have quite a number of women friends (none too close but more than I had)
- Speaking of friends: I have 3 close friends that I talk to on a weekly/biweekly/monthly basis about lives and goals… kinda like an unofficial coaching call and I have a few others that I sporadically call to do the same
- Moved to Mexico to follow my heart and study Spanish
- Lost weight and kept it mostly off (lost 18lbs initially and UPDATE: today (08-01-2024) I am 68.3kg/150lb… so I’m down 26lbs in total)
- Back on a self-development focus and healthy mindset cultivation that I haven’t been doing since before I married really
- Developed some level of creativity and artfulness with: photography, guitar, bartending, and dance
- I’m considering myself fluent in Spanish: I’ve achieved a B2 level officially in listening and reading and have very little problems speaking to people. I’m still in school studying Spanish until summer, so I will only continue improving – but that’s mostly on autopilot given my schooling and my daily habits of practice
- Traveled to more foreign countries and cities to learn more about the world and create a totally different mindset outside of the US fishbowl (mostly that nice things and money are overrated and shallow and my god it’s beautiful [and burdensome] how much more culturally/socially and familial focused other parts of the world are…) it’s beautiful to see a different side