A military fitness challenge in March 2013. We had to go to the gym and work out for a certain amount of time, and eat a certain amount of fruits and vegetables to get points. It was the competition aspect of it that got me going every day, to help my team win. It also helped that the woman who recruited me to her team was super cute, and I worked out to win, and to impress her.

It gave me a routine, something constant in my life at a time when my job was stressful and different every day. It gave me some way to get rid of all the hate and frustration my job gave me every day. On top of that, it is the one thing I've found that no one else can influence; you get what you're willing to give, and all you have to rely on is yourself.