Luke Freeman

I was thinking earlier tonight that the most annoying person to me in the whole entire world is myself.

This is true inasmuch as every time I realise that I am annoying, hurtful, or letting someone down it drives me up the wall. I think it gets to me too much. My nature, upbringing and several key events have shaped me in ways that I am still not entirely happy with - even the things I like have sides to them that drive me up the wall.

I’ve accepted who I am, and learned to still love myself, warts and all. But what that means, is being patient with myself, apologising to and understanding my impact on people (even if that is annoying to them, at least they know its in their best interest) and then learning how to make a change.

I’m a pretty habitual person, and even though it drives me up the wall, I continually surprise myself with my possible self control. Sure, its far from what I want it to be, but its better than I expect and give myself credit for.

It just requires more work… and that is work that I am more than happy to put in - the rewards are pretty awesome.

One day I want to be secure in knowing that I make at least one person really happy. I want to be a great husband, father, employee, boss, client, customer, teacher, student, leader and most importantly, human — warts and all.

I’m not a perfectionist… yeah, a little bit OCD… but I just don’t see any point in not always striving to be better. I just accept that I’m always going to fall short, and that’s okay, as long as I’m trying.

My name is Luke Freeman, and my job is far from finished.

Peace out