Adam Schwabe

I’ve linked to the Eight Principles of Fun for quite a while now over on my quotes page (which, incidentally, will probably tell you a lot more about me than anything else on this site). I recently revisited it after Mark checked it out based on my link and noticed that the same guys who started the site had put together something new - The 5.75 Questions You’ve Been Avoiding.

In the spirit of being largely transparent and to hold myself to these, here I present my Five Big Answers:

1. What’s working for me?

- My career is moving along extremely well. I’m on the right track and much farther along than I anticipated that I’d be a year ago.
- I’m making great strides in being where I want to be with regards to the living situation. 1 month and counting until I move downtown
- I have a wonderful family who I love and that loves me.
- I’ve reached a point where I can pursue several different creative ventures outside of work, and I’m reasonably confident that I could be successful in any one of them.

2. What have I been avoiding?

“Anxiety is the tap on your shoulder that says, ‘Hey! Something important is happening here!’”

- Questions about some of the decisions I’ve made about past relationships and unresolved feelings surround them.
- Friendships that have kind of withered away but I haven’t bothered to either kill them off for good or resurrect them.

3. What’s boring me?

- The gay village in Toronto. There’s so much more to see in the city, but I constantly resort to the ’safe choice’ because I know what to expect there.
- Driving. I can’t wait to get out of the car, sell it for good (and hopefully never own one again) and get on my bike, and feel the wind on my face.
- Commuting. Going along with the last one, I spend far too much of my day going to and from places, and this has a lot to do with not living close enough to the majority of my close friends, and my work.
- Traveling for work, week after week just to appease other people. I have my own life, and I really have no desire to constantly travel to the same place week after week. It’s exhausting and pointless.

4. How do I want to be remembered?

- As someone who creates creative solutions to lingering problems.
- As a guy who cares about what you say, but might challenge you on it once in a while
- As a spirited person who wants to get the most out of life, as often as possible

5. Who do I love?

- Everyone in my family, directly related and otherwise. I really cherish my family and value the heritage and ancestry from where I come.
- People that open my mind to new possibilities, ideas, and paths.
- Nice people who make cool things.
- People who smile a lot.
- Those that are passionate about what they do, no matter what the pay bracket, industry, or possibility for pension or reward.