I look at life much clearer as well. No big worries about day to day crap that doesn't mean anything. I was already pretty laid back, but now I don't have to try.

Also, when it comes to my job and career, I'm no longer laser-focused on just doing what it takes to get ahead. I'm not competing with anyone or worrying about anything other than what I do everyday. Hell, I've even thought of moving to Hawaii where my fiance is from... find work that will pay the bills, and live in paradise. That's a little extreme I know, but the point is I'm realizing what's important: family, friends, health, enjoying each day. I love getting up at 8 am on my own to cook, walk, mow the lawn... whatever!

It gives me a sense of comfort knowing that I know how to feed my body in order to feel good, and seeing my progress certainly helps. Then there are times when I stress out unnecessarily about eating times, macronutrients, and such. Eventually I just have to remind myself that I'm doing a good thing by eating real, whole foods and relaxing about it is much more healthy than getting it "right" all the time.

I have no more highs and lows......constant craving for more life is how I look at it. Smooth sailing now.

Going Paleo has helped me to cement beliefs that were always simmering below my consciousness. I had tried Atkins back in the day and it seemed much more in tune with the life that I imagined my ancestors had experienced, but it wasn't the full picuture. During the time that I discovered the concepts driving the whole Paleo lifestyle I was also becoming frustrated in my lack of influence within my field of work, which is natural resources (fisheries specifically). And I decided that the only way that I could influence change in our local resources, which I believe to be the first step in influencing a reversion to our old ways of eating as a people (Native Americans), would be to restore the resource my tribe depended on most (salmon). So now I am currently pursuing another degree in another field in order to work my way into a position of influence to help make the kinds of changes that will restore a traditional staple to the diets of the people I come from. Today I have a specific vision of the future for myself and my children and someday my grandchildren. The Paleo life=style serves as a constant reminder to what my family, my friends and my neighbors could be living like if they were free from the constraints of neo-lithic poisons.

I now know where and how I fit into Life & the Universe, no stress as it's just wasted energy, I just go with the flow of Life like floating on my back down a river letting the current take me along at it's own speed.

Paleo has been smooth sailing for me because I do the 80/20 Primal version. No cheats, but I eat some potatoes, white rice, beans and other marginal foods.

There have been some major stresses in my life, mainly dealing with governmental idiocy. Perhaps I have handled them better than I would have in the past. My mind is much clearer.