I am not quite sure at what point today that my reality shifted but shifted it did. It might have been the 6am PT where I managed to getting 17 burpies (a personal best seeing as it was the first time that i have done them), or it might have been the talks today…. but something shifted in mind today and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

it is an interesting feeling, knowing that your life is about to change. It tastes of electricity and feels a bit like your first bite into a York Peppermint Patty. Or maybe the anticipation of your first kiss…. either way it is an amazing feeling and one that I wasn’t expecting this trip. I have been promised this feeling in the past but it was never delivered, until now.

I have been to events of this ilk before, looking for an answer to my questions and a fix for my failures in life. OOM and the IC have been a huge leg up in that feeling, showing me that my failures are my own but that doesn’t mean I will be defined by them, not unless I let them. This weekend was like unlocking a series of cheat codes on how to leapfrog beyond just the basics of the battle plan. It has provided food for thought along with a feeling deep within that life can, and will, be different.

The energy here is something to behold, the conversations I have had with strangers or those that I hardly knew online have been powerful, and even raw at times. I have cried more than once since being here and it was welcomed with open arms of my brothers here at the event. This place, this barn that I have spent the past 3 days in…. it is nothing short of a miracle.

I could ramble on and on but I will cut this here. I feel like a new man, reborn and ready to take on the world with my bare hands. Full of piss and vinegar, ready to rip down the walls I have built over the course of my life and start living for a change. I have the list of goals to achieve written down, I have a course to follow and I have a vision and battle plan to rewrite. But that will wait for the time being. There is still half a day left in the event and it sounds like it will end on a banger of a talk. After that it will be decompression and AAR with my brother in arms over some ribeyes and baked potatoes. Then it will be off for the airport and boarding a flight for home the following day. But for now it is time to reflect on the weekend thus far and start plotting the future.