Your designing your dream playground for adults. What’s one thing that has to be there?
Weirdly enough, I don’t rock climb at all but I feel like a rock-climbing wall has to be there for sure. I’ve probably gone once, but I feel like it’s got to be there. It would be fun to do.
Describe your perfect day.
Well, I guess it really depends on where I am. My perfect ideal day would be back home in the summertime. I’d really like to wake up early. I usually go down to the river to fish. Maybe go and grab some lunch with friends. We also like to raft down the river which is really fun. Then, go back to one of my buddy’s places to sit by the fire and drink. But, spending most the day outside in the summertime is definitely my ideal day. For sure.
What activities makes you lose track of time?
Fishing. I could fish for probably eight hours a day and not even realize it went by. Also, working out with people – like practices we used to have – time flies for me. It can be a three-hour practice but as long as you’re having fun, it just flies by with your friends. But I would say mainly fishing. I could fish all day and not even realize it.
What do you think it means to live a good life?
To live a good life. I’d say it doesn’t necessarily mean you come away with the most money or the most people that like you. But, as long as your happy with the life the you live, the friends that you have, the family that you have, the amount of money you have, the job that you work. As long as your happy in that sense, I’d say that’s got to be the best life you can live. You can’t really gauge your life based on how others live/ their standards. You kind of have to make your own. So, I’d say having good people around you and you wake up everyday not hating your life.
If you could describe yourself as a pair of shoes, which would you choose and why?
A pair of shoes. Ok, I’ve got two pairs of shoes because they’re two different sides of who I am. One side is a very nice pair of comfortable leather boots that I wear. The other half is a comfortable pair of vans. Those are pretty much the only two pairs of shoes I wear because I can wear them with anything and for anything. They fit any style or occasion. I try to keep it as simple as possible.
If you could give a title to this chapter of your life, what would it be?
Oh boy. A title to tis chapter of my life. Alright, I’m going to be cliché. I’m going to go with the Friends title. Have you ever seen that? Where it says “The one with…” That’s how their titles all go. I’ll be cliché. “The one with the long nights.” That’s it.
If you could travel anywhere in the world for twenty-four hours (all expenses paid), where would you go and why?
Honestly, I wouldn’t expect me to say this but the first thing that came to my mind: Vegas. I don’t know why, but it sounds like a great time. I feel like 24 hours is more than enough. Ill have enough fun in those 24 hours to make it worth it. There are so many places I’d like to go, but I need more than 24 hours. Vegas, you can do everything you want to and then you’re going to want to leave. You’re not going to want to stay after that.
If there was one thing you’d want people to know about you, what would it be?
I would say that one thing to know about me is that I’m the textbook definition of a ride or die. I really truly care so much about the people in my life: my friends and family that I truly do love. I will do anything for them. I will support them, back them, and do what they need me to do. A true ride or die. Super loyal. For the people that I consider that close in my life, I would do absolutely anything for them.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you use it for?
Easy. I actually talked about this with a couple of my friends on my podcast Waking Up Woke. Go check it out. I would want superspeed. Best power ever. What would I use it for? Not being a superhero. I would just go about my normal life a lot easier that the average person. There’s nothing super that I need to do. My life would be ten times easier.
What’s something you work on in your free time?
Recently, most of my free time has been after work. I’ve been trying to workout every day. Eat very very well, workout at least four times a week. I’m trying to work on myself in that sense. Just trying to get very healthy. A lot of unhealthy habits Friday through Sunday normally, but I think during the week if I can stay very healthy (work out, eat right, etc.), my body will definitely thank me. We are getting older, so it’s time to start thinking about keeping this going.
What is the hardest part of what you do?
So, I pretty much perform inspections on buildings. That’s not something you learn in school, but something you kind of learn as you go. So, I’d say the hardest part of what I do is having to do it all on my own for the first time through. Hopefully I get it right, or someone’s going to have to do it again. No one ever wants to do that. A lot of the work I do is kind of on my own and its figuring out how to go through the process by myself for the past two years. It can be a struggle, but I do like it. Learning on the fly and being able do things the way I like to do them.
If you had a year with no responsibilities, how would you spend it?
For sure I’m going up to Alaska. I think an entire year there would be great. You get nice summertime there and good wintertime. I’d probably want a cabin on a lake or a river so I can hunt and fish. Pretty much living the whole Alaskan experience and seeing nobody. To just unplug completely. I think that would be awesome.
What are you more afraid of: success or failure?
I’ve got to be way more afraid of failure. I hate disappointing people. I hate not doing as much as I was expected to do. I don’t like telling people that I couldn’t do it or wasn’t good enough to do it. I pride myself on trying to get things right the first time. I do hate failing. I’m terrible at it. I try to learn my best from it, but I usually shut down when I can’t get things right the first time. Generally, I pick things up pretty quick. So when I come across things like that, it’s not great. Pretty tough for me to be honest with you.