Kyle Thomas

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The Decision to be Made

I feel it is now time to share what I have been keeping quiet for the last couple weeks. I’m normally a very public person and normally don’t hold much back (except Rants and my Personal Personal Life(which I want to change)) but this was something I truly had to think about. Something that will change the course of my life for the next 8 months, dramatically.

Do I have your attention yet?

Back on the eve of my 20th birthday (August 10th) I received an email from a guy (who I consider a friend) I had met about a year earlier. He owns a company in Northern BC and does a lot of cool things, that I feel are right up my alley of interests. Well, this email was essentially a job offer. The job would be for 8 months and then after that time we would evaluate it. When I first read it, I was ecstatic. I couldn’t believe it. I was so excited, there aren’t even words to describe it. I hadn’t made a decision right then and there, what I as more excited about was that fact that after working so hard to build something for myself I was finally seeing some recognition. I know that sounds like bragging, but I was proud of myself. Especially since school didn’t work out for me and I didn’t really know what I was doing with my life.

The excitement wore off though, and reality set in. I had to start weighing my options. Do I stay or do I go. As many know, I have a lot invested into “local” here and I was afraid that if I left I would lose it. This investment is more than a product or service, it is me, it is the community, it is my passion. So I have had a hard time trying to decide. What I can tell you though is that if I do take the job, the information and knowledge I will gain in the 8 months I’m there will only help what I have going here at home.

What I have so far.

No final decisions have been made, but this is the most likely scenario so far. When I get back from my road trip at the end of September, I will head back down to Northern BC. Unfortunately I will have to borrow some money to get settled (place to live, food, etc.) but after the first month I *should* be alright. I will still be in contact with everything that is happening back here at home, in fact nothing much should change. Although you will see less of me, and more of people helping while I’m away (let me know if you can help). I want to make it crystal clear that I do not want to abandon anything, I am still dedicated to what I have going on here and only think that what I will be doing while away will help me grow these projects down the road.

The people who know about this opportunity already tell me I would be stupid not to go. I hope everyone understands that although this may not seem like such a big deal, it is for me and has been difficult. So what do you think?

Back to Life

A year ago, I think, I use to write about things that really mattered to me. Things like my life, but my real life, not just the little bits I mention these days. I am talking about how I feel, how I feel about situation and people. This is my blog anyways and I would really like to get back to writing for myself.

Lately I feel as though, on this site, I have been writing and making audio/video posts of things I think others want to see. Although I don’t think anyone really cares about my 3D Glasses.

What you can expect in the next while? Me, you will see what is going on inside my head, it doesn’t seem it, but I hold a lot back. A word of warning though: This may be boring and I don’t blame you if you leave. I will never name names but at the same time I am not going to hold back any more. I am a very negative person and it may come out, although I am trying to work on this part of me. I am going to be honest and say what is on my mind about things.

FINALLY: I want to make it CRYSTAL clear that what I say on this site, KyleWith.com, has nothing to do with how I write for YkOnline.ca. That is a completely different site and I take a completely different approach to it.

I hope you will join me on my journey and I hope by doing this I will be able to finally clear my head.

I shall write for you, about me

Well now that I have found a place to sit, I shall write for you. I shall write for you today something more personal, instead of some topical article. I shall write for you because I haven’t in sometime and I feel it has been to long. The main reason I shall write for you today, is because I would like to share something with you. It will most likely be something to do with my life. So now that you understand I shall be writing for you today, I shall begin.

I’m in an odd place in my life, well I always seem to be. I have been searching for the last 2 years. For what, I don’t know. For who, I don’t know. My hope is I find it and them soon.  I will try to explain this as best as I can.

I write a website that is growing and becoming more and more recognized, and I know tons of people in this town (Yellowknife) but still I am missing something. Now the reason for this post is not for pity (I don’t like pity), but it is more to explain how I feel when I’m alone. I know an amazing bunch of people, but the only issue is (I don’t know how to explain this properly) I don’t share that bond that good friends share (You’re all awesome by the way, please don’t take offense to this). I long for someone who shares my passion of things, someone who has an interest in Yellowknife and its community events, understands my passion for social media and maybe most important to me is someone that is relatively close to my own age.  That is a lot, to even imagine, but did you know I can almost guarantee the people and friends I will meet will be at least 10 years older than me. It is bizarre.

Like I said this is not a pity cry, I just wanted to get this down on words. I also understand my problem. It is me! Most of the time my mind is wondering how to do something or how I can make that work or where to find this and that, it never stops. From the second I wake up to the moment I fall asleep, I’m thinking about websites, design, social media, marketing, profiting, how-to’s or scheming how to make back money spent. If I could shut it off for a couple hours a day I would, because I know it affects the people I’m around. I barely have an interest in anything else, except for maybe my vehicles. But on the flip side, I wont push myself to fix my own problems. I say I want to go see live music at the bar or coffee shop but I don’t have anyone to go with, so I won’t go. Which is ultimately like stabbing myself in the foot, if I never go I will never meet anyone like that. Part of that, in my mind anyways, is that I don’t drink, so I rarely ever see the need to go out – or something like that.

I hope some of this makes sense. Maybe I am making this a lot more dramatic than it really is, but this is my blog and I can write want I feel.

No that I have written for you, you should write too. As you are doing that, I am going to go try the French Onion Soup and BLT combo from Tim Hortons.