Thoughts about boyfriends and fb’s

I was still feeling the Patrick withdraw yesterday, so it was good that Norm asked if I wanted to go to the Richmond night market with him. I was hoping to hang out with either him or Cat. He is much more fun to hang out with than Cat, because he is more intelligent and responsive. Cat has some different perspectives sometimes, but she is like a black hole for conversation most of the time.

I felt quite comfortable with Norm. Being together for 10 years does make a difference I think. It’s very natural to hang out with him. I can tell him anything. He doesn’t mind a brain dump from me. He trained me to do it even. He’s always loved hearing everything I had to say.

Richmond night market was fine. Super busy. Food really wasn’t that great. The ice cream was too sweet. Most foods were over priced. I did find stinky tofu. It wasn’t good either. Small and not stinky. A Taiwanese 手抓餅 place was great.

It was nice to get it out of me. To talk about Patrick. I think that’s all I needed.

I don’t expect much from Patrick. I just expect him to be sincere with me. To show up when he says he will. To be present when he is with me. To see me, and really want to see me, when we are near each other. So really, just the expectation of a good friend.

I think he does care about me. He doesn’t know how to love someone or care about someone. But given what he can do, he is doing it with me.

His lack of ability to be affectionate I think hurts me. But then again, most guys are clueless. Especially since he is still young. He is only 25.

I hope that I see him develop more and more maturity. I hope that he becomes more affectionate with me as time goes on. I hope we aren’t as awkward with each other next time.

I hope that there are next times. Many of them. But at the same time, I know now that I need a base of friends with benefits. (Like Mom suggested, haha) It’s a good way to keep sexually active, without having to worry about boyfriend stuff.

I can’t have Patrick all to myself. He is unobtainable by anyone, I’m quite sure. He has to be free. I would not be able to be happy if he was my boyfriend.

Me, I’m somewhat the same, but I’m more stable. If the guy is true to me, is good to me, and is good for me, I can stay with him. I don’t think this guy exists. Unfathomable. But if he does, we can be together for a long time, until one of the 3 above is no longer true.

So far all the guys I’ve met are inconsiderate, untrue, self-obsessed, or they bring on bad luck to themselves and those around them.

If I find a guy that makes my life fun, inspires me, and improves me as a person, then I can be with them for a long time. Someone who is about giving. Someone who is my #1 fan.

And everything I expect, I’d do the same in return.

While it’s probably unlikely I’ll find such a person, and even if I do I’d feel tied down… I’m willing now – to look. If only to accumulate some sincere fb’s such as I am to Patrick.

 

 

Still missing Patrick. Unconditional love.

I don’t know why but I needed to lie down several times today. I cried a bit too.

I just lie there and think about Patrick.

Why am I so into him? I have no idea. Yes he is hot, but it didn’t really arouse me the same way this time. It’s not like our conversations were amazing (like before). It’s not like sex was amazing (like before). It’s not like he loves me (I just take what I can get and pretend I don’t want more.)

I don’t know what it is. Maybe I just needed someone. Maybe it’s just residue from our previous lives – our feelings for each other. Maybe it’s my thinking that we had a previous life together.

I know I will get over this feeling soon. But it surprised me that I have these feelings.

Ah, I know. It’s because he was the first guy to tell me that he wanted to fuck me without a wig on, and when he saw me he said he’s never been so turned on his entire life. And then we had the best sex ever.

Previous life or not, this meant a lot to me. I am forever grateful of him.

It feels like unconditional love. Which is all that we want. Our own #1 fan.

I will give him unconditional love, if he doesn’t abuse it.

 

Seeing Patrick

So Patrick came last night and left today.

I was not expecting to see him again, after him not contacting me on July 15th, the one day that he was in. He forgot to contact me. How insincere. I wasn’t gonna let him back into my life, because I didn’t want things to end badly. So I said goodbye.

He messaged me a couple times since. He kept saying he can’t change the past but doesn’t want a lil mistake ruin something bigger. The last conversation changed my mind because he said he’ll change his flight and fly from Kelowna to Vancouver to spend some time with me, before flying over to LA.

I guess that’s sincere enough.

When I said yes, he was so happy. I asked him to txt me when he has landed, and he called exactly when he landed. He got here shortly after 10pm. That’s much more responsible than before. He needed to be treated that way to behave better probably.

He was like, see, I got here. He was proud of himself. It was a hard thing for him I guess. (I appreciated it though. No guy has ever done that for me. ) He was so unorganized in life. Went to his hair cut appointment at 11 when it was at 10. Got to the airport, didn’t reserve the $25 extra luggage check-in and had to take out 7kg worth of stuff worth $200, as opposed to paying $160 for the extra luggage.

I had been cleaning the house on and off for two days, in preparation for him. It was a mess here before. As I cleaned, I had to take breaks, because I got anxiety episodes from thinking about him. I was excited, nervous. I felt happy but I felt sad. I felt like crying. My heart felt heavy. I haven’t seen him in two years, and can’t believe all this thinking about him finally will materialize into seeing him. I had no idea what he looked like anymore, but part of me knows that it didn’t matter what he looked like. He is the love of my life, in a way.

So he showed up. His hair was long, he had a slight beard. His arms got bigger, but the rest of him was still lean. Tiny waist, tiny bubble butt. He still looked fucking amazing.

We kissed, made out. A little bit awkward, but a little bit natural.

We had some great sex in Jennifer’s bedroom. He slowly took his pants off. I was impatient and I quickly pulled his pants down. His dick sprung out and hit my face. What an awkward start haha.

There’s a mirror there. He liked my ass. And he liked my head. He’d stroke my bald head. I felt so comfortable being me around him, even without makeup. It felt different than before. It was good, but it wasn’t super passionate. There was a bit of an awkward distance between us….or maybe it wasn’t a fresh experience anymore.

He got the shivers after orgasms. So many of them. It was really cute. I got those when I masturbate and get a really really good orgasm, not from sex. Maybe I never cum from sex. Don’t know.

I had my period, so we had to shower each time we had sex. We only had sex twice. But that’s quite normal with him. Only with Josh do I do 5 times a day. I kinda missed Josh.

Instead, we chatted a lot. He definitely has an interesting mind. A philosopher’s mind. He likes to think about existential questions. If Will Smith was his dad, he’d be exactly like Jayden. Hotter though. He didn’t go to university. He is not together enough for it anyway. He isn’t the brightest / most scientific, but not dumb.

When I talked, he listened. He never interrupted me, or if he did, he’d always jump back to where I left off. That I really liked about him. I guess he has good short term memory and attention span.

We actually think a lot alike. He doesn’t want kids. I was so surprised, because he loves kids (I love guys that love kids, but wouldn’t want to have kids with the guy. I didn’t know it’s possible for a guy to be both). He likes being naked. He likes to be stared at and doesn’t think badly of anyone staring. (He loves himself. Maybe too much.) He values freedom more than anything. He doesn’t really have a home nor does he want to settle. We both like to think about existential topics. In some ways, we are the same in the core.

I didn’t ask much about him. I figured he’s been single for some time. He went back to Australia. Worked, paid off some debt. Went to Mexico once. Was in BC for 6 weeks, mostly in Kelowna where his sister and mom are. He’s got 1 older half brother, and 2 older sisters. Now he is moving to LA because he has his dual citizenship now. He wants to be a personal trainer.

He was interested in my rings. I didn’t expect that. They were like, returned rings that I had sitting on the living room table. I said I can give him one. He put two on and looked good, and asked if he can have two.

I’m glad it happened. He always likes my stuff. He paid for the bow tie, not because he wanted them, just because he wanted me, I think. He didn’t even own a suit. In fact not even a collared shirt. I think deep down it’s the same reason why he liked those rings and put them on.

When I was sizing him with different rings, he’d always stick out his ring finger for me to put it on him. I didn’t make it seem like a big deal, but inside I felt it was symbolic. I do still believe that we were married in a life time. And I suddenly started to cry uncontrollably as I typed that…I dunno why.

Stolen moments we have. It seems. So short a time we get to spend with each other. But any more, we probably won’t gain.

patrick-sleeping

Sleeping with him was fine. He was very still. But I couldn’t sleep. Never can when a guy sleeps over. I thought about Josh, who also slept over that time.

He had his arm under my neck, which was nice. But at night he suddenly withdrew his arm and turned away, then turned back and wrapped himself up in a blanket. That felt like how it’d be if we were to date. He’d suddenly do that.

I got up at 8am and puttered around. He got up at 10:30. He actually made us breakfast. Scrambled eggs and tomatoes, with avocados, Lemon juice.

I’m not sure where I was after, but he put the dishes away. Not bad. Could’ve done the dishes, but that’s good enough. He cooked!

I joked that he should stay and cook for me. He was like, You’ll eat scrambled eggs every day. I asked what was the most complicated dish he’s cooked, he said eggs and tomatoes, haha.

I had no desire to have sex with him this morning. Neither did he. We seemed to have very little to say to each other.

He was waiting for his friend to come by to pick him up. Called her 3 times and was frustrated. I said, Aw, sucks doesn’t it, when someone is unreliable. He smiled and said shut up, lol.

I felt like I wasn’t entertaining him enough. There’s something very passive about him. Nothing aggressive I can do or will do to counter that.

We talked more about my rings, and he gave me some good insights. I appreciated that. He thinks they need not be labeled as wedding rings.

Here’s another thing we have in common. The inside of one of the ring samples I showed him said, Now and Forever. He just got a tattoo that said that in Spanish.

My rings have my logo on them, which is a symbol of eternity. He got a tattoo on his finger of the Egyptian symbol Ankh, which means eternal life.

I should’ve said that I felt we were connected. But maybe he knew that already.

His friend didn’t come because turned out she blacked out and went to the hospital. He wanted her to pick him up at noon, so he can get a haircut and then head to his flight at 4pm.

I could’ve offered to give him a ride, but I didn’t let him know that I have a car. I just didn’t feel that it was worth me doing. It changes my role with him. I’m not his friend who is willing to drive him around. I’m his love interest.

I snapped a photo of him which he deleted. But, haha, it was synced immediately to my computer. It’s blurry, but I’m happy I got some record of him.

patrick-naked

He is quite self-obsessed. He got new tattoos (which was not nearly as great as just having his original tattoo), he got his nose pierced, he got new finger tattoos (which also did nothing). He moisturizes with hypoallergenic moisturizer, uses retinol reface for his face, uses lip balm before going to bed (actually not a bad idea), uses coconut oil for his whole body, and cares a lot about fitness & what muscles he wants to build.

I guess when you look so good, you put a little more effort in.

I think he is 25 now. Prime of his life. He is fucking gorgeous. But I know that he will be attractive to me no matter what he does to his physical appearance. Even if he is balding, he is still hot. He is the only guy that I can say that about.

I recorded a video but for some bizarre reason it’s silent. I felt so violated by that. But it was still a cute video.

His hair was actually really cute. It was a medium brown, soft and curly. He looked really good. I thought he was gonna be too bulked up and man-like for me, but he is still youthful, boy-like. He’s got the longest eye lashes, a cute nose that looks black straight on and caucasian from the side, a pair of soft sexy lips, care-free hair, and the most gorgeous body. He was still a model. And his dick was just the right size. Didn’t hurt, felt great.

I don’t know if he just doesn’t know how to express his love for me other than to fly over here, fuck, talk, and to put two of my rings on… In many ways he was aloof and illusive, esp. the next day. He didn’t look at me in a way that made me feel desired (Not sure if he ever did though). He didn’t seem horny at all the next day (Neither was I though). He didn’t ask certain questions, like who were you talking to (Dad called and I spoke to him in Mandarin), didn’t “snoop around” at the stuff I had lying around such as the bow ties, the biz card. (He did take an interest in the rings though.)

Not sure what to make of it all. Sex sort of hit the spot. I wanted more intimacy I guess.

Well, at least this ended fine. Fine enough that, in a couple of years we’ll probably still want to see each other again. And I thank my Goddess.

Beach Volleyball Meetup

I attended my first Young Vancouver Social meetup today. I had to force myself. I’ve been so introverted the past few months. Dunno why.

I event went wearing hair. I just didn’t feel comfortable meeting these people for the first time without hair. Dunno why. Maybe Afiya’s low self esteem rubbed off on me? I’ll never hang out with her ever again.

I’ve been wanting to play volleyball. It’s now half way through July and I finally forced myself to go today. I need to do things without overthinking more often.

The people we met are actually not bad. Fairly nice and likeable. Lots of engineers.

Janet (Singapore; Accensure), Rita, Tahseem, Rex Huang (China), Matt (mechanical engineer sales guy; American), Marko (cotton candy guy; HK?), Eddy (wants to wind surf; from Toronto?), Clair (from Calgary, HR), Ger (Asian with cool sunglasses and yellow shirt, HR), Alex (reminds me of Fitz from Shield…limp handshake), Allie (darker girl. Not very social), Stephanie (black and white skirted bikini), Charlie (Asian engineer, facial hair, also does photography, about to get married. Sherry is her name. Not very nice, big boobed), Adam (an intern from Toronto. Thought he was a good person, but he seemed to try to avoid me, which was weird and insulting. He went straight to talk to all the other girls, and Alex, and they left without inviting him to join them). Then there’s Chris, who wasn’t bad looking, a bit old, and never joined us in play.

I wouldn’t mind going again, but would like to go later in the day. Less sun and fewer people. The sand was soooo hot today I burnt my feet. Everyone was in pain. My nose is burnt too.

On the way home, I walked down Robson to get a smoothie. I was unexpectedly trapped by an Italian sales person who wanted to sell me some diamond exfoliation cream.

 

I ended up spending $674CAD on 5 bottles. They are supposed to help moisturize and lift my face, and will last 1 year or 2.

I hope I was destined to be lead there, and destined to see results. Last time I spend so much in one go ($500+ at MAC) was over 10 years ago.

I hope it’s ok that I splurge, once in a while. I’m making some money now. I should be making more soon, when the women’s rings are ready. I hope it’ll double my sales, so I make $20K profit per month. That would be so amazing!!! $240K profit, minus taxes, is about $168K!

Procrastination

I procrastinate more than ever these days.

Why?

1) When I have a problem to solve, my mind wonders and look for some instant gratification. Even a little tiny problem.

For example, I needed to decide on how to name my coupon codes. Small and trivial for others, but not for me. I have to research this stuff.

The thought of it was tiring. Before being able to do this, I had to lie down, take a food break, check FB, upload some images onto FB, watch some SHIELD, check my Amazon sales stats several times.

I still get it done…in small chunks….very small chunks. How did I lose my persistence?

2) When I suddenly remember there’s something I need to do, I start on it. But I don’t necessarily finish it.

For example, just now, I was suddenly interrupted by the thought of my rings with new packaging coming into Amazon warehouse today, and that I needed to add the coupon codes mentioned on the back of this new ring packaging.

It’s a valid interruption, and I got that done. I have procrastinated on that one, and today, the good have arrived, and I need to get it done. I just forgot to do it until all of a sudden as I write.

It’s like there’s a 2nd track in my mind that is really bored and wants to distract the Main track. As I write, lots of ToDos come up.

3) I have not set agenda, goals

4) I get stressed out more easily than I thought..or was before. The alopecia meetup, Lea coming over. The Hawaiian party at Annie’s. These are my weekend things, and they stressed the heck out of me.

It was enough to disrupt my routines. I sleep just as much, but I don’t go to bed at the same time….I’m high strung until late into the night, then I go to sleep. Or, I get distracted/stressed and I don’t get things done so I needed more time to finish tasks and go to bed.

Ideas on how to gain my persistence and drive back:

1) Practice focus
– If need to solve a problem, stand up, walk around, jump on trampoline, then try.
– If need to lie down for a bit, set 10min timer

2) Finish task on hand.
– If I think up something else I need to do, type it in sticky notes.

3) Check Amazon stats no more than 5 times a day

4) Practice not getting stressed
– Meditate in the morning
– Take breaks
– Go to bed before midnight
– If needed to stay up past midnight, set alarm to get up 7.5 hours later
– Don’t eat after 9pm

 

 

Back from Disney; Sad

I’m back from Disneyland!

Yet, I’m so sad.

Why? I don’t like Afiya. Disneyland was not quite as amazing as I hoped. And Patrick disappointed me.

But life is good in general. I sold many rings while away – over 30 a day! (except for today but I think it’s because of July 4th long weekend). We got to go on lots of fun rides, and Afiya was a good sport in general. I got to eat churros, turkey drumstick, and cotton candy. NAAF was good. My fave part was having a handful of fans actually. Mostly parents of kids with alopecia.

Perhaps I just need to learn to look at things in a more positive way…

Life is pretty good, really!

I’m sad that I lost another friend. Afiya turned out to be not my type of friend. She is not funny. Rather selfish. Uninspiring. Self absorbed. Overly sensitive. And she outright criticized me for arguing with her and self righteous. Well, I am self righteous because I am right. She is dumb and has a brain fog – and self righteous. She has positive traits, but when someone judges me like this, they are out of my life.

Patrick…sigh. He made me extra sad. He msg’d me again, having absolutely no clue as to why I would be pissed. He doesn’t remember telling me that we can meet on the 15th. He doesn’t remember that I was going to Disneyland. It’s like, he has a mental illness or severe ADHD. I told him that I “saw” that we were lovers in a previous life time. I said in this life I don’t want to be his booty call that he forgets to blow off. I said, I wish you well, see you in another life, hopefully in a more sincere and meaningful relationship. He replied to say that it was nothing like that; he has a terrible short term memory and that he needs to start using a notebook. Heh. More like he is the main character of The Notebook – the woman with Alzheimer’s.

I want to tell him that he sucks, but I don’t want to judge him. So, I won’t reply to him. That’s the best I can do for him…and for myself.

How I wish he was a normal human being, who treats me well. He is very broken.

No way am I letting him back into my life. He’ll destroy the little bit of good memories I have left of him.

God knows I have lost the good memories of so many people. Great sex encounters: Josh, Idriss. Friends I have gone on vacations with so far: Cyn, Afiya. Pretty much anyone who I spend more time with, end up in dust. Flames to dust. Loving thoughts to spite. I think of Nelly Furtado’s song, Why do all good things come to an end.

Is there something wrong with me? Or something wrong with the world?

Well, I still have some friends. And, I can make new friends.

 

 

 

 

June 15 Goal status update

It’s June 15, 2015 today, and I want to review the goals I made in Jan, 2015:

Let me start with a summary of where I am today.

I’m in the Burnaby condo, lying on my belly in bed, stark naked. I woke up at 9am, naturally without alarm. It’s 10am now, and I had just finished some of my work routines, including messaging Amazon buyers to move their seller feedback to product reviews, fulfilling a couple Etsy ring sales, and tag tracking ID to a Knot Theory sale.

The weather is so perfect these days, both in Victoria and Vancouver, about 20 degrees, sunny and warm. I love how effortless it is to breath and for my blood to circulate.

Business
This past 30 days I have sold 857 rings, and made over $10.5K USD profit! Yesterday was the best day of sales since I launched on April 8, 2015. I sold 42 rings on Amazon, 2 on Etsy, and 1 on KT. So 45 rings total! That’s approximately 45*$14=$630USD profit in just one day!

KT is selling more rings than bow ties too. I released a new collection, and blogged and did some social media but it’s been tiny a bit neglected compared to before. The past 30 days, my revenue was $1.5K. That’s a profit of maybe $800.

SEOD I never continued. It was too much work for too little gain.

Overall I’m super grateful that I’ve finally got a good business happening. I calculated that in the Month of May, I made $14.9K CAD in total!! Wow.

I do need to find an accountant and finally pay some taxes though.

Health/Beauty/Youth

Health ok.

Recently tried Grouse Grind and didn’t do well at all. I don’t know if this paleo diet is working so well…

Have a slight belly that I can’t get rid of. I don’t know if it’s even fat. Maybe it’s the endometriosis pushing my belly out. Maybe it’s air. Maybe it’s just me sitting on my ass too mush.

Hair still growing in, more and more. I’m keeping it shaved until after NAAF

I think my lymphatic system is plugged / not flowing very well. I can suddenly get  tired, and the lymph nodes under my left ear makes crunchy sounds when I press them. Bought a rebounder.

Happy to still have some youth, even though it’s slipping away. Getting old makes me sad. Using Pentaxyl on my face to reclaim some youth. My skin has been rough and dry….I think it was from using the coffee grinds. I hope that Pentaxyl works.

Have early signs of cellulite. Buying magnesium oil spray…hopefully that helps.

Battling nasal labial folds.

Love/Sex

I didn’t focus very much on love this past 6 months. And for sure, I didn’t even get laid once. It’s been 8 months.

Deep down, like everyone else, I want love. I want to be loved. It sucks that no one loves me, and that even if there is, it probably won’t last. I just can’t find any examples of love being pure and lasting.

I have suddenly realized that the best super power in the world is mind power. Specifically, the ability to make everyone love me. Funny how, a day or two after thinking that, today, in SHIELD, they featured an Asguardian woman who can do that, to guys. She has the best super powers.

It sucks to be all the other women around her though.

I hate that everywhere I look, there’s no true love. Not even in these TV shows I watch. Everyone is disappointed or disappointing. Everyone is hurtful or hurt. Happiness is temporary, not to mention passion and attraction. Why is this world designed so?

Business is priority right now, and I have made my wishes accordingly. But I’d love to have pure, innocent love. And when we part ways it’s still on good terms, no hard feelings. I wish I could be loved unconditionally. To be spoiled. To be admired. To be someone’s #1 fan, and vice versa.

(Originally written in Jan, 2015)

By June 15, 2015, I’ll have achieved these goals:

I love life. I love my friends, family, and fans, and they love me.

  1. Knot Theory has 300 site visitors per day, making $8000 revenue per month, $5000 in profit.
    1. Did’t happen. Making $1.7K revenue per month on average.
  2. I have 10 SEOD clients, making $10K per month.
    1. Didn’t continue.
  3. ASM is doing really well. My product is a huge hit! I’m selling 50 silicone rings a day and making $1000 revenue per day, which is $600 profit per day, which is $18K per month!
    1. VERY Close! Selling $18K per month as of today (June 18th)! Selling on average 30 rings per day this past month, and my profit is about $11K~$12.6K.
    2. First month of ASM, $4k. Second month, $9.5K. Third month, three weeks in, $7K. So total I’ve made $20.5K profit from the rings! Holy moly! Of course, I spent about $8K, but that’s still $12.5K profit in just 12 weeks. Amazing.
  4. Alopecia channel is growing fast. I enjoy helping people.
    1. Started alopecia channel! Not growing fast at all, but, at least I’ve uploaded 4 videos so far.
  5. Time and money are in ABUNDANCE! I only need to work 20 hours a week to have everything running smoothly and growing! I have an excellent full time VA. I get to travel around the world with awesome friends, and sometimes with Mom and Dad. Thailand with Cyndi, Cappadocia with someone fun, Xin Jiang with Dad, Peru with Nick, Australia with some cool friends, Disneyland with alopecia friends!
    1. I got to travel, yes! Thailand with Cyn, Disneyland with Afiya is coming up. Very happy. Thing are fairly smooth, and I do have more time than before. Though I should work harder on expanding. I wrote down many things that I can delegate to a VA later on.
  6. Cute guys are sincere and eager to love me because I’m fun, smart, sexy, beautiful, energetic, exuberant, and happy!!
    1. Nope. No cute guys, no sincere guys, no guys eager to love me 🙁 Just lame, not so good looking, kinda old guys wanting to hook up (Quinton), and cute, really young guy with meh personality, who already have someone they like back home (Jarl).
  7. Dad, Mom, and I are happy and healthy. Dad has sold his land and is now financially comfortable. I get to provide extra cushion to his life. We travel together and have lots of fun. Mom and I bought a new home – a duplex – because that’s what she wants. She gets to line dance a lot and brag about me to friends. I make sure they stay healthy by getting them the best medicare possible. Both of them are so proud of me.
    1. Yes, Dad and Mom and I are happy and healthy! That’s a blessing. Dad hasn’t sold his land. I haven’t got to the point to provide for my parents. Mom does get to line dance a fair bit and…dunno if she feels that my income is steady enough for bragging.

Conclusion: Overall, I would say I got 2/7. But, I’m happy. I’m happy that everyone is healthy and happy. I’m happy that I’m travelling. I’m happy that I’m making good money with ASM!

No expectations

No expectations of Patrick, just to protect myself from getting hurt. But indeed he didn’t even message me today, and I was still hurt.

I shouldn’t have to lower my expectation so much. I’d rather not have a guy than to have a flakey, insincere guy.

 

This is what I want to say to him:

I thought what we had was meaningful. Now I see it wasn’t.

Flakiness and insincerity are a waste of my time.

Please leave me out of your life.

Now my view of him is forever tainted. I guess it was tainted to begin with, otherwise I would’ve have felt the need to be so guarded and setting up a super low expectation.

It’s possible to find a good guy, I think. But, it requires putting myself out there, which I don’t want to do right now.

I’m 35, attracted to the young guys. I don’t want to find out how my market value has decreased. Inevitably it has. And more so each day. No normal 20-something will choose a 35 yo based on an online profile.

Perhaps if circumstances caused me to be around a 20-something, and we fell in love. Then there’s a chance that the guy is normal. But even then, the age gap is not something I’m interested in. Younger guys tend to be inexperienced, insincere, flakey, inconsiderate, unwise. A good looking, mature, wise, 20-something will have so many better options to pick from than a 35 yo with an extremely high expectation.

I don’t know if older guys are better actually. I just know that they are uglier, and more jaded.

The truth is, dating scene is way too grim right now for me. Sigh. And it’s all down hill from here. Double sigh.

Granted, I don’t socialize, I hardly have any friends. If I’m creative about this, I can still get laid by hot young guys. Join co-ed volleyball, go to meet-ups, go to speed dating, etc etc.

I’m sad that I have no good memories of any guy in my life now. Not even Patrick…the only person who was good to me, until now.

 

 

Feeling mildly lost and sad

I don’t know why I feel sad. Not as sad as before, when Norm was thinking about committing suicide. Just a mild discontent. But it sits on me, making it hard to breathe.

Every morning that I wake up, I feel stressed. Really I have such a great life. I can wake up whenever I wish, I do whatever I want. I have the house to myself, a fridge full of food, a bank account with money so I can buy food or anything I need.

The weather is fantastic. The sun shines bright, the sky is blue, the breeze is light, and the beach is like heaven. Amazon ring sales are great (slower on some days, which I really take to heart too much).

Disneyland awaits. NAAF awaits. Patrick awaits!

Seriously, now that this is written down, I’m so lucky. I’m so grateful.

So what makes me feel sad?

Slow ring sales days
– Happens. That’s just the way businesses are. Worrying does not change things. Know that you are already doing everything to improve sales consistency. If sales slow for over 3 days, then start reflecting and form a plan. Just keep doing what you do, don’t let your mood get affected by something like this! Your steady, happy, strong emotional health is important for your biz. It’s good for your well-being.

Refunds / Unsatisfied customers / Difficult customers
– Ask if there’s anything we can improve. Know you that can’t satisfy everyone all the time. Sending the email is already doing your best. If they reply / By handling them, you learn. It’ll for sure be beneficial down the road.

Mailing error
– Happens. Resolve. Know that it’s not your fault, and it’s rare. Know that later on you can get someone else to handle this. Know that FBA makes it not your problem, and most of your biz is FBA.

Having to do things I don’t want to do, such as SEO
– Just think about the additional ring sales you’ll get out of this. Know why you do each thing. More ring sales = more money. More money = more freedom, more options, more opportunities, more delegation = more happiness.

Loneliness
– This is temporary. You have been a good friend to several people, and they will be good friends back at you. When you’re in Vancouver, you’ll have these people to hang out with: Norm, Midori, Afiya, Cat, and more people you meet.

Bad skin
– This is temporary too. You’ll use Pentaxyl regularly, and take something like OPC powder. Drink water. You’ll have it figured out!

Aging
– Everybody ages. This 41 year old Taiwanese woman is doing amazing. I can do it too!  She works out, snacks on apples, applies pentaxyl cream, and drinks water with OPC powder.

Fear that Patrick might disappoint me
– No expectations. If you see him, great, if you don’t, also great. Remember how transforming he was to your alopecia. That’s wonderful. But that experience you had with him does not make him a saint. He was the right person at the right place and the right time. He never was a saint. He was great in bed, he was social, he was a flirt, he was a cheater. He admires ambitious people, his attention span was short, he was a flake, his top priority was himself. He loved people, he loved everybody, he is open-minded and non-judging. He wants to be a good person but his self control is low. He wants to succeed but he has no persistence. He is optimistic, chill. He doesn’t have a plan. He doesn’t have huge ambition. He just likes hanging out with friends on the beach, on hot sunny days.

I don’t know much about him, but I know these things about him. He is just a normal guy who is attracted to your appearance. You had a fling with him, but neither of you would actually consider dating each other. Yes, you may have been a couple in a previous life or a future life, but no need to make it a big deal this life.

My own procrastination, lack of productivity, and sometimes lack of motivation
– Go to bed early. Wake up at 8:30a – tried that today, went horribly. It’s more important to get enough sleep
– Write down to do for the day – tried that…no motivation today…probably from sleep depravation and intoxication (in the basement, searching for my staple gun and glue gun).

 

Ok now I’m gonna go over each of the above and make things right for myself 🙂

 

 

Gotta stay strong

Already Patrick is changing me, and that shouldn’t be.

I messaged him yesterday and he hasn’t messaged back. He didn’t have to, but it was definitely the coldest way to handle it.

I have been exercising since I heard from him yesterday. I also stopped eating wheat and most of the non-paleo foods.

I also bought some intense moisturizers.

Sigh. I guess in some ways it’s good. I was losing the motivation to look good and stay healthy again. And while it kinda sucked that he didn’t message me back, it wasn’t on my mind too much.

I did dream about how we can hang out lots, go on dates, etc. But, I’m gonna stop doing that. Forget it. I’m not even gonna remind him when I get to Vancouver in 10 days. I’m not gonna go out of my way to get someone to come to me. I’m not gonna fantasize about him anymore.

I’ll enjoy time with him if it happens, but I’m not gonna make it a priority, or any priority.

Sigh. I know it’s kinda lame. But, I just don’t trust handing my heart to someone like him. Not at all.

It shouldn’t be this way. I shouldn’t have to drop my expectations so low when hanging out with anyone. I won’t do that. Not even for Patrick. I won’t tolerate disrespect.

Had my lesson with Josh. I suppose that was the reason why it happened. So that I can be more guarded. Thinking back booty call guys don’t give you a time. They think they can just drop by any time.

I wish, with all my heart, that the world loves me. That I get undivided attention. That I get spoiled for once. I think everyone wants that. ….At least I don’t hurt people. At least I try to be responsible and reliable. That’s not what some of these guys are like.

On the plus side, I’m so thrilled about the ring sales these days! 39 Amazon ring orders yesterday plus 1 bow tie; also a 6 bow tie order on KT, and 1 ring order from Etsy! Today, 39 rings sold on Amazon so far (11:17pm) and 3 from Etsy!

I’m so stoked that, in month 1, I made $4, and in month 2 (the past 30 days). I made $4492 + $4958 + $1,253 = $10,703 USD!!!! Plus $2.1K sales from Knotheory.com, which is about $1.2K profit. So $11.9K USD, (plus about $60 from Etsy) which is $14.9K CAD!!!! Holy amazing. I’m SO grateful and so happy!!!