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About Me — Brian Feutz
Words are colors we paint on the canvas of our lives. Mine’s abstract, what’s yours?
Have you ever played that guessing game, Two Truths and a Lie? It’s a lot of fun to play with people you’d like to get to know better — and I’d like us to get to know each other better. Here are my three claims, which one is the lie?
- I’m obsessed with retirement
- I did time in a Mexican jail
- I’ve been writing almost all my life
Brian, the early years (condensed)
Awkward child, middle class, college, sports, friends, cute girlfriend became cute wife, cute kids.
Working, saving, playing, investing, losing, swearing, working harder.
Entrepreneur, printing, selling, marketing, technology, software development, management.
Seattle, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle (staying — no more moving).
Mostly happy. Abstract, like Jackson Pollock.
The meaning of [my] life
With the benefit of hindsight, I feel like I invested too much effort chasing the American dream, and not enough smelling of roses. I retired this summer, and redirecting my…
