5 Best and Worst Decisions from the last decade.

Being in a transitional stage of my life has forced pensiveness as I look back. I wanted to throw down some of the best and worst decisions over the past 10 years. Of course like so many people, I like to hear the bad news and then the good news.

5 Worst Decisions

Not Being Outgoing in High School - For so many High School is an awkward time, all I wanted to do was play sports and avoid homework, big groups of people and girls that were uh hum, good looking. I regretted many of the decisions I made in
High School, but as a famed idiot once told me; my social fears are holding me back!

Never Working At Camp - I will forever hate on people who insist on talking obnoxiously about when they worked at camp. Very seldom do I find something that bugs me more. Some of this is because I never worked at camp, but most of it is because people keep bringing it up. I had one chance to work at camp, and I chose the mountains. Oh well.


Playing for the Rebels - 4 years, 4 championships, it would appear that there is not much to regret with that stat line. However the Rebels were a symbol of a moral failure on my part. I was asked several times a year to play with different teams, a lot of those teams that asked me would have been more fun to play with. However I put winning over fun in my list of priorities. Not that all the guys were bad or anything, but I felt the general team attitude was something I never fit into.

Not Going To School Abroad - Going to Ethiopia was an amazing experience. I wish that I had gone abroad while in college to study. I thought about it many times, going to Italy or Spain, but inevitably I said adios to the opportunity.


My X's and Lack of O's - I traveled around blindly on this earth for 23 odd years, and no years were more meaningless then the years I spent with women I should never have been with. I believe its a good sign when the person your with is not that into you. Hind sights always 20/20.

5 Best Decisions


Finding a Rose Among thorns - It took awhile to find the right girl for me (See Above) but I finally found her two years after meeting her. And 4 years after love at first sight (lol). From those first few months of talking up the beauty and singing "Cracklin' Rosie" till the post Africa days its been a long but beautiful road with Andrea.


Working For the National Park Service - I never thought I would actually look back on my days in the Smokies so fondly, even after the first year. But to this point it was the best job I ever had. I worked in the Smoky Mountains for crying out loud. The work was hard, time was a little more difficult, but it was an amazing experience. One I will always look back on with great memories.


Stepping into the Mission Field - From my first mission trip in 2001 to the Dominican Republic till my recent 5 month expedition to Abyssinia the mission field changed my life. Its going to be something I take part in for the rest of my life in some way shape or form.



Going to College - I've heard the arguments for and against going to college and particularly Southern, but I am very blessed to have a degree. Because it represents so much more than a piece of paper or a job, it represents so much hard work, growing and fun. I am glad I never gave myself the option to quit.


Choosing Christianity - I have come a long way spiritually, and I am still learning and growing. But serving and choosing Jesus was the best choice I could have made in the last 10 years, I pray that he will continue to bless me and be with me on this journey.

Worst Decision Someone I knew Made

Austin and Katrina moving to New Hampshire. I ask myself at-least every week why? You can't make decisions for the people you love, and you definitely don't know what's best for them. It was probably the best decision they could make for themselves, but to me, all time worst.

Best Decision Someone I knew Made

Andrea took the time to hear me out and give me a second (or was it a third?) chance after I stupidly turned away from her. Her decision is definitely a memory that will never fade.

5 Things I think I think


1. I think that my hand may never get back to normal size, its a good two times larger right nowwith no sign of getting smaller soon. Yikes.
2. Starting P90X this week, I don't doubt that I will throw up every day, and I don't doubt that itwill be hard, but I do doubt my resolve when the tough gets going. Oh boy.......
3. Andrea needs to work less. Overtime can be fun, except when it means the therapy department where she works is extremely inefficient, and she is extremely tired.
4. I think I need to finish this book Soccernomics. Its a good book, but I have been reading it for 4 weeks now.
5. I think the Braves are going to give the pennant a good run, but they will try their best to blow it. Phillies are coming back strong.

Enjoyable Travel thought of the week.


Hawaii: Andrea has been talking about it everyday like its her long lost home. Wouldn't it be nice?
Its probably as hot there as it is here though. Only difference is they have beaches, and Milk is
10 dollars a gallon.