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Name: Kevin Moore Age: 37 Gender: Male Location: Denver, USA Occupation: Grocery Retail management Marital Status: Dating Kids: No Hobbies: Bouldering, mastering cooking with a Wok and everything cooking actually, mountain biking, hot springs, permaculture, healthy eating, learning about human potential, architecture and aesthetics, simple and minimal living, design and artisinal craft and so much more. In the year 2005, at the age of 25, graduating college with a degree in an interest (architecture) but no specificity or purposefulness behind acquiring the degree and faced with 'real life', the proverbial shit hit the fan for the first time in life. Tasting freedom from overbearing and eagle eyed parents, during the college years, going home was not an option; therefore taking the path of least resistance happend. Moved in with my younger brother and took the first available job, hoping to transfer one day to another state away from my parents (because I did not feel I could become who I wanted to be around them). Still had not caught the personal development bug yet though, I just wanted away from Catholicism. Anyways, I was working at a produce department and my manager was a body building, organic food eating, very Christian boy; and I was a fattening up, what the hell is organic food and trending towards being an anti Christian guy. Despite our differences, I have always been inclined towards building healthy relationships and getting along with everyone, and so this guy acted as the catalyst that would kick off the self development bug within. I remember shit talking the organic produce, it looks the same but is more expensive and since it looks the same it must be the same and why pay more is what I thought. Well that was the story I told myself until being corrected by my manager with some factual truths. And that is when I realized that I had told myself a story about how I thought something was, but in fact was not and then started to wonder where else in life had I told myself false narratives. And then I liked to debate my manager on Christian things, and I learned about Nietzsche, thinking he was this anti Christian guy, and started to read his books (have read most of what he has written at this point in life). Come to learn that Nietzsche was not exactly what I thought he was and was very touched by his idea of the Superman and overcoming things in life. Lastly, I started to eat more healthily because of what I learned and the development of some discipline and went on to lose my college fast food and beer weight. And so that is how personal development seeped into this life. Personal challenges I've overcome: Weight gain Living life without religion Strengthening a weak body and soiled mind Not caring what others think of me anymore Lack of female relationships in life Overcame the notion that I was not interesting and not worthwhile What I'm working on now: Working on not feeling overwhelmed by all of lifes possibilities Working on bringing more varied activities in life to further strengthen the body and mind Working on finding what is a proper diet for me individually Working on building more self discipline Working on continually ridding myself of all self deceptions Working on experiencing more altered states of consciousness

Stage yellow when embodied by a chef... I never even dreamed of being a chef, and this is fundamental. - Ferran Adria There is not a good or a bad cuisine, just the one you like the best. - Ferran Adria Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure. - Ferran Adria You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes. - Ferran Adria