Coleman Ruiz

And I say that because I was incredibly busy before when I first got out of the Navy and

And I wasn't okay with it because I thought, again, this is back to the hero's journey.

I thought like the return to ordinary life was gonna be sunshine and rainbows.

Like, look, I have the ultimate boon.

I had this big experience, not that I wanted to be like front and center in the media, but here I am world, it's calm out here, right?

Like we get to chill and have a good time and sleep and nothing is stressful in the real world, right?

wrong.

I just wasn't ready for that.

Like I really genuinely thought that it was just going to be easier.

And so when we talk about the low grade pain injury and like the, you know, what is that?

To me, that was one of the biggest frictions, like, holy shit.

I did all this stuff, all these deployments, lost all these buddies and there's no fucking rest.

Like the regular world, it's not, it's supposed to be easier.

At least that's the story that was in my mind.

going through all the stuff we just talked about.

Now I'm okay with it.

Like, I like it.

I know how to manage my life.

I know how to manage my time for the most part.

I have a different relationship with my teammates and my mentors and my bosses and my own work life.