Interesting,
I grew up on a little ranch in the country. I learned the value of honesty, hard work, cleaning your plate at meal time, and doing things for others. Life for me was good and music was always my first love.
I became a police officer to better provide for my family. I submerged myself in the job. I learned everything about it. I mastered it. The job consumed my every moment and it did so for 20 years, including my last 2 years as police chief. I was great at what I did because I did nothing else. I took great pride in being an honest cop. I served 6 years in the USNR concurrently. I had no meaningful or lasting relationships with anyone during that time.
During this tenure, i also attended law school for 2 years. I dropped out of the juris doctorate program to assume the role of police chief in September of 2009.
When I left that job in 2011, I felt like I had walked out of a prison. My life changed. I went back to music.
At 53, i take no medications and I've never had back surgery or hip/knee replacement. Most days, I still feel 21. I dont really feel older.
I am secure and can do whatever I want, but instead, live instinctively on a budget. We have a beautiful home in a hillside community, cars are paid for and the home is our only debt.
I watch only comedies or documentaries. I avoid watching the news. I dont worry about what politicians will do because they always do the opposite of what they say. I live in my bubble of peace. When people walk into our home, they tell us it feels amazingly peaceful.
Sometimes, I contemplate a return to law school, but I always stop myself because I know how the role would affect me....how it would consume me.
My wife adores me. She's kind and humble. She is one of the hardest workers i have ever met. She turns heads everywhere we go and we get along famously. There just isnt a downside to our relationship.
We ate out once in the past 6 months and the experience was fun, but the food was a letdown compared to what we make at home. We dont desire anything other than what we have to be honest.
I've flown airplanes, raced automobiles, been crazy, had the trophy wife 15 years my junior and the shallowness that comes with that kind of relationship, spent 2 years homeless after foreclosure and thankfully survived it all.
My wife and i share a love of philanthropy and we derive great pleasure from our work in this area.
I'm still very driven to be a success and i frequently take on more than i should. I'm enjoying our unconventional band and I have resigned myself to leaving studio work and replacing that weekly income as a solo artist.
Freedom, to me, is a life of true peace. Working full time, but not really because I have to, because music doesn't feel like work. What money I bring home, we invest in philanthropic programs we created. No creditors, no car payments. No stress.
This Weekend, wife, daughter and I are helping out on the ranch.
I keep telling myself I am going to get serious and attend Musician's Institute. I would rather spend 2 hours learning a new song than two hours shopping for gear.
I do not need any new musical equipment, but I would love to have a Schecter C1 Hellraiser FR in either Trans Purple Burst or Black Cherry. They are just such solid guitars and beautifully ornate.
I enjoy my relationship with you guys a lot.
I guess I am simple in my lifestyle. I am introverted and couldn't be bothered with trying to impress others.
My pedalboard is my greatest single financial indulgence.
I love getting up early and watching hummingbirds.
I don't miss the pressure i put on myself to be great at a given career. It consumed me. It imprisoned me.
I'm rather boring I suppose...
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