Profile Review - M 27

The one thing I am most passionate about:
I am very interested in outdoor activities. I like to workout (running mostly), travel, and enjoy any opportunity I can to experience something different. Expand a little on outdoor activities. What kind? What does that mean to you? A game of tennis, skydiving, paddling up the Amazon? What do you enjoy about it so much? Share a few thoughts here on what attracts you to the outdoors. Also, move the rest about working out and traveling to leisure activities.

The most important thing I am looking for in a person is:
For the other person to be easy going and genuine. My ideal partner needs to be 'my best friend' - there must be a great degree of compatibility. That does not necessarily mean similar likes and dislikes; it just means we genuinely get along.

The most influential person in my life has been:
My best friend...without question. We've been friends since high school and we've watched out for each other ever since then.

The three things which I am most thankful for:
- Most thankful for my family. Seeing them on even the rare occasions makes life special.
- Friends are also important - they are the setting for how I live my life outside of work.
- Work - my job is amazing and it is a major part of who I am. As soon as I stop loving my job is when I know it will be time to leave!

Three of my best life-skills are:
- Understanding local, national, and world events
- Achieving personal goals
- Finding new adventures and unique experiences

The one thing I wish MORE people would notice about me:
Probably that I'm outgoing and love to go do things. It is easy to get stuck in the day to day routine; in reality I love going out and experiencing new activities, people, and places. If you are outgoing people WILL notice it instantly. The question is asking what people don't notice immediately. You don't have to be 100% serious in every response. You can always add in some humor here or share some silly quirk or like or interest that you have.

The things I can't live without are:
- Friends
- Something to do!
- Computer
- Physical activity
- Travel

The first thing people notice about me:
I like to think! I don't always have an opinion immediately, but once I have time to discuss something and once I open up, the depth to which I can continue a conversation is usually pretty extensive. My intellectual curiosity is seemingly never ending.

Some additional information I want you to know:
Taking my time is important in a relationship - I like to ease into relationships. While I am serious about dating, we all have priorities in our lives and I would expect a dating partner to respect those priorities until the relationship gets more involved. I'm also working on my Master's degree so that takes up a little time as well. When I go out I like to go to quiet places (for the most part) - restaurants and wine bars where I can get to know my friends. This whole paragraph is very defensive hedging and highly off putting to boot. You are basically telling your potential dates that you will not make yourself available except on your terms and when you feel like it. For a relationship to develop, both people have to be willing to set other things aside and make the effort to make it work regardless of how busy they are. Everybody is busy. You don't need to point out the obvious.

I typically spend my leisure time:
I spend a lot of my time reading - books, news, and financial information mostly. I like to go "check things out" (as in drive to some place just to see what is going on.) I talk a moderate amount with friends and generally catch up on activities I missed during the week. I place a fairly high value on going outside and seeing how the day is, wherever that may be. The talk moderate amount is kind weird. What does that even mean? Just say that you enjoy catching up with your friends on weekends, doing x,y, z with them. Add in the working out and traveling here. Also, what's travel to you? Jetting around the world? Relaxing on a sunny beach? Driving to a town next door? Add some details in.

The last book I read and enjoyed:
I'm currently reading "Lincoln" - it is a historically accurate fiction. It follows the life of President Lincoln - using correct facts while 'making up' the dialog between characters. I like it because it makes that time in history digestible versus just a non-fiction history book. I'm also working on "Once a Runner" and, of course, The Economist.

My friends describe me as:
- Easy-Going
- Loyal
- Intelligent
- Hard Working