About Me — Tyler Zimmerman. “I love a success story, but even more…
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About Me — Tyler Zimmerman

“I love a success story, but even more than a success story, I like a dude who f#*$ks up his life and gets his life together again story.” -Joe Rogan Tyler Zimmerman Follow Dec 25, 2020 · 4 min read

About me is an interesting topic. I have never been good for self promotion or even explaining myself. I guess that is why my interviews have never gone that well. I still got the job though. We can definitely start with a self improvement junkie. This has only begun in the last 5 years or so. Prior to that I have always been a head down, get it done at whatever cost kind of guy. The harder you work , the luckier you get. I like order and tasks. Left to my own devices I will usually steer off course. If I have milestones or tasks in front of me I love knocking them off one by one, gives me a sense of accomplishment.

I have taken a new and introspective approach to my life over the last 5 years. I was an alcoholic for years prior, and never really realized it until after my divorce from my sons mom. Out of loneliness and boredom my drinking accelerated until it became an everyday thing and I realized I had to quit. I quit through mental toughness and desire to try and make my life better.

I realized the other day that I have been a father for a majority of my life now. At 42 and with a daughter at 22 that means, through simple math, that I have been responsible more often than not. This life has put a lot of pressure on me to perform and make money to support my children. I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world. I grew up right a long side of them. The open discussion I am able to have with my 22, and 19 year old daughters gives me insight in to what I can do better to be the father that they always wanted for my 13, and 3 year old.

Through constant self improvment I am able to think of the areas of my life where I want to be better and the things that really matter to me. The goals in my life today are radically different than the goals I had when I was 25 as I am sure most peoples are. I have made steady progress towards working on my goals over the last couple of years. I am in development of a news letter for gear junkies. I love outdoor sports and don’t participate nearly enough. The last year and better health have definitely accelerated that love. Also in order to be a gear junkie guy and to write about it I must get out there and begin living the experience. The last thing I want to be is phony.

I have developed a love for writing, I am so thankful for this platform and to be able to learn to write as I practice. I began a journal about 1.5 years ago and I write every single day. I currently have over 500 pages of journal entries in over three notebooks and I have never read a single page.

I began that journey after listening to a podcast with Brian Koppelman and his explanation of daily pages. That started my journey, and here I am writing about myself for you fine folks. It is very cool to be able to learn about people and to have examples of good writing form novice to expert in almost any field possible. I guess that is a little about me, and as much as I would love to have you take a look at my newsletter or give you some link to where you can find me, this is it.

Oh yeah, I used to build homes for about 14 years until the great recession of 2008–09, and now I fix airplanes all over the world for a very large Aerospace company, you know, the one that builds airplanes in the USA. You will eventually find a link to my newsletter in my profile, or you can just keep it in the back of your mind. IndustriousGuy.com that is where you will be able to find me next year. Thank you to everyone for all your support and encouragement these first few months of my writing journey. Thank you Quy Ma for inviting me to write.