I have to ask myself why did I decide to join the military and at that the Marine Corps. The physically hardest branch to join that I could decide.
I have been wanting to join the military for some time. It isn't my first option but with the circumstances surrounding my life it's the best choice for me. I have siblings and a future to think of and going to college to get into debt just seems unreasonable.
Then there is the challenge of it. I love the idea that a man who used to be over 300 pounds can lose all that weight and become a marine. That is a bad ass story and something worthy to accomplish.
Lastly the travel would be amazing, the money and the hopes that I will finally get healthy enough to love myself as well as someone else. There are many reasons but I'm starting to get fit, lean and my goal is so close I can almost taste it. It will hurt to leave my family and friends behind but to succeed at something so difficult... To accomplish something I could never dream of doing five years ago. I want that. I'm in a good place and in driven has hell to win this. Oorah mother fuckers. Here I come world.
