I haven’t updated in a bit, so I’ll drop in to let you guys know what’s up. I’ve been really busy lately, but for the first time since graduating, I feel like my life’s turning a huge corner and a lot of amazing things are falling into place for me.

1. I’ve got job offers. Finally! Any older reader will know how utterly demoralizing process of job hunting can be. In a lot of ways it reminded me of being a newbie and getting blown out of five sets a night, every night, over and over. It’s fucking rough, but things finally came down the pipeline, and there is no doubt that I will be employed by the middle of next month. I’ve also got my own bed and room, and should be fully moved in by the end of the week. No more futon!

2. We just finished another bootcamp at Practical Pickup. From a coaching standpoint, all three of us (myself, Saffron, and Doc Holliday) felt more comfortable teaching the material and in field. Our material has really come together and when we teach it now, it’s coming out very naturally. As a result, I think we got through to the students better this time and we saw some AMAZING transformations. We had a guy who had never approached a set in his life get four #’s by the end of the weekend. He was so giddy about it, he was giggling the entire second day. We had another guy immediately go out after the bootcamp and not only did he have two girls fighting over him, he pulled one of them. It’s so fulfilling to hear these experiences and see how we’re affecting students.

3. Our website should be launched this week along with an announcement for our April bootcamp. There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that has to be taken care of in the next month (mostly legal, financial and logistical processes), but we’re hoping to have it all in place by next month’s bootcamp. Also, Doc Holliday will be giving lair talks in Nashville, Memphis and Atlanta this week. Check out his blog for dates and times if you want to attend.

4. I will begin working on an eBook of my own material shortly. We’re hoping that it’ll be our spearheading product for Practical Pickup. It will be largely inner game based, along with a model that reorients the conventional wisdom of the community. I think a lot of community model and ideas are useful, but antiquated. There also seems to be a lack of integration of theory in the community. There are so many products out there that offer different ideas and techniques, many students are getting confused and paralyzed by it. My model will show that this vast array of ideas are actually different manifestations of the same handful of principles. Anyway, I don’t want to give away too much… yet.

5. I’m in the process of quiting smoking cold turkey. It’s been two weeks as of today since I’ve had a cigarette and my urges are dwindling. It’s been one of the hardest experiences, but in some ways, it’s been much easier than I anticipated. Once I hit the three week mark, I plan on writing up a post about it. I have some ideas and observations that should be useful for all the smokers out there.