1.  Hi there!  I'm Kyle. I'm 46 years old and live in King of Prussia, PA.  I work in the customer service/help desk department at a worldwide AV company.  I live with my partner Amber and our three cats.

At the moment, I am kind of the "house husband" while my partner transitions between jobs.  I cook the meals, I clean the house, I take care of  the cats.

When I'm not busy with any of that, I am a quiet person.  I prefer to stay in and watch movies and read versus going out and painting the town red.  I like building computers and learning more about technology.

I'm passionate about learning more and trying to be kinder to everyone around me.  I hope that by the time I'm gone, I've somehow improved the small part of the world I'm in by the way I've lived my life.

2.  My role is one of support in my family and circle of friends.  I tend to be the quiet, stoic one at functions but I'm the one everyone leans on when they need a helping hand or a second opinion.  I find it gratifying that I do get to help my friends but I find it challenging to have my needs met as well as I try to meet others.  It's a struggle that I deal with every day.

3.  My motto is a change on an old latin phrase: Illigitimi Non Carborundum Est.  "Don't let the bastards grind you down".  There's a lot of things that I feel are out there that will eat away at who you really are if you let them.  It's important to remember that I'm worth not letting the every day stresses and setbacks put me in a worse place.

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When I chose this image, it kind of made a lot of sense to me.  I'm a modern type of person that due to physical pain, I feel like i'm breaking down.  When the pain gets to me, it feels like there's a lot of clean up to do to make things normal again.  It also kind of dovetails into the problems I have currently, a lot of pain with bending over is very present during doing the laundry!

5.  I try to spend at least an hour a day on self care.  Not just the essentials like showering and shaving but more stuff like making the bed, meditating, cleaning my room.  While I'm at work, I keep my music on to keep my stress levels low and take walks every few hours.  I'm most motivated by staying active and consciously working to improve my mental outlook.  I tend to get bogged down in my to do list and that can keep me from doing the real work that keeps me sane and healthy.  I wish I could find a better way to keep my physical pain down so that it became easier to say "yes, let's go for that walk".