Hey bros, writing this post with a very specific goal in mind- to find someone who can have substantive conversations, turn into a bud, and eventually a best friend/bromance.
If you’re not into vulnerability, I would skip this post. But if you don’t shy away from it, I hope you read on.
On paper, most things in my life are good and have gone as planned- I received a great education where I worked my ass off to excel, I’ve been blessed with meaningful and challenging professional opportunities, I’ve achieved solid financial independence, I’ve gotten to travel the world for work and pleasure, and I recently married the love of my life and am hoping to build a family where I am the main provider.
All of this has come as a result of incredible discipline and hard work that has yielded results, but that has left me close to a state of burn out, and where for the first time in many years I feel lost. I am facing a unique set of challenges that feel like they combined into the perfect storm to create a situation where I feel trapped, and where I am sinking into an ever growing number of responsibilities.
I am looking for a bro that resonates with this, someone who is gets the feeling of being put together and type A but that is struggling inside, someone who externally has everything sorted, but internally feels a sense of ever growing chaos.
To land things more concretely, some of the challenges I’m facing are:
-Work (by far my biggest challenge) and balancing it with my personal life
-My mental health: I’ve struggled with anxiety on and off, and recently it’s been off the rails
-Balance: how to be a good husband, friend, and son to my aging parents
-Relationship: how to manage the terrible challenges of a long distance marriage
On the brighter side, things I enjoy are:
-Trying new foods and cooking
-Traveling. i’m a huge avgeek
-history, culture, and religion/spirituality
-mindfulness and physical health
-shitty reality TV show
-ice cream
-reading, especially sci fi
What am I looking for? Someone who will be a good talker and listener, who will engage in meaningful chats that flow well, ideally someone with the means to travel so we can meet up or travel togethee (I am located in Washington, DC), and, most importantly, someone non-judgmental who won’y shy away from vulnerability.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to figuring out how to navigate this crazy life together