About Me — Steve Chamberlin

A Mess of Contradictions.

The Amish Contradiction

I am an anxious man, yet I am not defined by my anxiety.

I struggle with ego, yet I am generally successful in reigning it in.

I am a giver and a pleaser with a pathological aversion to saying no.

I am a failed husband, yet experienced tremendous personal growth through divorce.

I am self-aware.

I am self-conscious.

I am hard on myself while being easy on others.

I am reasonably confident and surely not arrogant.

I am proud of my accomplishments which include a reasonably successful career as a Coast Guard officer, a self-rediscovery and a new start in the wine industry, and finding contentment in leaving the trappings of a career behind.

I am most proud of having had a positive impact on the lives of a handful of people whom I led while in the Coast Guard.

I am ambitious, but rest easy setting ambition aside — age will do this.

I started my own business and experienced relative success.

I have traveled a bit, climbed some (literal and figurative) mountains, and embraced life as an Airstream nomad, yet I am wedded to the security of routine.