## Heat training...
Ragnar is coming.
So I've been out in the heat on purpose.
Wheelbarrows.
Hills. Hills with kettlebells.
Yard work.
Every once in a while I walk through the sprinklers just because it feels good. Fifty-seven years old and still doing that.
Of course I am.
Today my brain wandered onto something.
**What problem do I solve?**
Easy.
I save marriages.
Though...
I couldn't save my first one.
I tried.
It ended anyway.
That fucked me up.
Years later, Jennie and I were in trouble too.
Not, *"We argued sometimes."*
Actually in trouble.
We found a man who specialized in saving marriages and rekindling lost intimacy. We signed up for three days with him.
Then he told us the price.
Six thousand dollars.
Travel, hotel, and food not included.
I remember thinking...
**"Let's go."**
People still think that's crazy.
I don't.
I think divorce is crazy expensive.
Not just the money.
Everything.
(And I have three kids, so factor that in.)
So...
Did it work?
Yes.
It worked.
Six thousand dollars well spent.
Two months later we spent another ten thousand dollars.
I'd spend it again.
In a heartbeat.
One thing David said that first day pissed me off.
He looked at us and said,
> "Not every marriage should be saved. We'll see by the end of the weekend if yours is one of them."
I wanted to tell him I'd already paid him.
He'd better fix it.
Turns out...
that's not how this works.
Nobody can save your marriage for you.
They can only show you what you're refusing to see.
Then you get to make a decision.
Years later I started helping couples myself.
I charged one couple three thousand dollars.
I remember telling the husband I was worried I'd charged too much.
He laughed.
"Jason... if you can save my marriage, twenty thousand would be cheap."
I still think about that.
People don't pay for time.
They don't pay for information.
They pay to solve the problems that keep them awake at two in the morning.
His marriage made it.
Ten years now.
That makes me smile every time I think about it.
So maybe that's why this whole thing came up while I was sweating in the yard.
**What problem do you solve?**
And...
**What problem in your own life is worth solving?**
Anyway...
Those were today's thoughts.
Now I'm going to go run through the sprinklers again. 💦💚