Cyanide does USLM

[Chris P. Bacon]

I've used USLM off and on for about a month.

Some things that I have noticed...

People have commented that I seem much happier lately. Coworkers have mentioned this, friends, etc. I'm more likely to smile during a conversation. More likely to have casual conversation around the office. More likely to reach out to friends. Actually I've become somewhat of a party animal come to think of it. I normally play ps4 after work and sit around doing nerdy things. In the past month I've gone out every single weekend. Bar hopping, clubbing, hiking, house parties, concerts, shows downtown, etc. I've been having an absolute blast. Plenty of girls along the way too. I don't care to be verbose about hookups but... Wow. It's like the summer of free love over here. I have this 'high on life' fearless mentality and I love it. I'm also more conscious about the money I spent and I spend more responsibly... I've had a lifelong struggle of going on spending sprees and buying silly things I don't need so this new found self control about finances is freeing.

If I had to sum it up I'd say I have a very open and limitless mindset about life now whereas before I was very limiting of myself. I've been defining success for myself as of course success is subjective.

Ok what about this luck thing.
Here's a short list of things off the top of my head.

• Free 55 inch 4k TV (my buddy moved)
  
• Lots of free candy and free food at work on a handful of occasions. The admin lady ordered too much candy... Here, you can have this 6 pound bag of Swedish Fish and Gummy Bears, and have this Costco container of peanut m&m's too. Jee Kelly you're trying to turn me into a damn whale.
  
• free stuff and discounts around town. People seem much more friendly towards me and very buddy-buddy. Lots of trust and rapport.. Which comes with free stuff I suppose.
  
• Promotion at work with a pay raise!!!
  
• I've been assigned tasks that I enjoy much more at work. It's gotten to the point where I'm getting paid to learn new things (whatever I want to learn in the scope of software validation) at my own pace in a relaxed environment and I can work from home 4 days a week if I want to... Which, you bet your ass I do.
  
• My out of town friends got free airline tickets to visit me. This was impressive since I wrote a note to myself expressing that I wanted not only to enhance my friendships while using USLM but also to have more out of town friends visit. My buddy's boss paid for his tickets which was a huge surprise to both of us.
  
• I've made a ton of friends as a result of going out every weekend
  
• Old friends and aquantances have reached out on their own a lot more. It's gotten to the point where opening my snapchat or texts is almost cumbersome because I talk to so many people on a daily basis now.
  

I think that's a good list and a decent summary for now. I posted this as a journal instead of a testimonial because I hope to share more progress as I notice more changes. Thanks Shannon, this has been a really awesome experience!