Los Angeles - A year in retrospect

So, it's been a year now. 365 days since I decided to make the pilgrimage from the peaceful beach town (bubble) of Newport Beach to move to Santa Monica with the woman I love and leave the safety net of one of our nations largest companies (MetLife) to join a little known start up in hopes of making it big. I had such visions of grandeur.





















I am an optimist but not a fool, I knew it would be hard work having three major changes occur in my life all at once. Moving to LA, joining a start-up, and moving in with my serious girlfriend Kristina. If you know me, you would know that this has been a radical year... to say that at times I move at a snails pace would be an understatement. It has actually been a great year, I love living with K, and couldn't imagine life without it. The start-up is still... well... starting up, but things are looking positive and I have had three pay raises, higher blood pressure, about 5 extra pounds, and more excitement for a career than I have ever experienced. We aren't out of the woods yet, but I have gained a lot of experience and am past the point of any type of regret. While we still go to Newport a lot to see family and friends, we have experienced a lot of great things in LA and I am far from ready to leave. We are slowly coming out of our docile shelles. It also helps that BLee moved up here (and Grubb I guess). The restaurants are great, the culture is amazing, the people are rude as hell, I guess I am in paradise per se.

Let's revisit in another year. Who knows where we will be.