Watching Survivor

We all know by now, that Frosti was the youngest Survivor in the history of the series, and as a serious threat with his athletic ability that I, for one, wish he had gotten to show off more. What we also learned over the past weeks, was that he’s also a genuinely nice kid, someone a mom like me can point too and appreciate for being a stand up kinda guy, like you’d want your daughter to crush on a little. Through his last words on the show, in the extra transcripts, and his interviews along the circuit – there’s no doubt about it. Frosti is a hell of a nice kid. His mama should be proud, despite what he says about himself:

Honestly, back in Chicago I’m a pretty cynical guy. I’m pretty negative and I look at a lot of the downside of things.

He continues on to explain how he’s had to put that aside, and really learn to focus on the positives in order to play the game the way he wanted too – with integrity.

Since I’ve been out here I’ve really forced myself to look at the positive, try and find a good balance in things. Really working that whole mind over matter, things are as good as you can take it, do your best. I really took to it. Hopefully that stays with me once I head back home.”

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I really had to do all the things I said I would do, and one of my biggest struggles in life is to finish the goals I set for myself. The journeys I start. I think it’s summed up best in the Confucius quote from the puzzle we did. The journey of a thousand miles begins a single step. Coming out here was the first step on that journey. I feel like I haven’t completed it yet, but I’ve gotten a lot farther than I thought I could. It’s a great beginning for me. I don’t want this to be the end for me. I want to have even more of this journey. I think this has been a really big step for me, and it’s helped me on my own path in life.”

And if your still not convinced, you can check out his interviews here, here, here, here and here.

Reminder! This Thursday is a recap of the first half of the season show, which means we have to wait another week to find out what that ‘other business’ is at Tribal Council, which is all kinds of wrong. That means I won’t be doing a full recap, unless something exciting happens on the show that we haven’t seen yet. So – from me and mine to you and yours – Happy Thanksgiving (To those who celebrate turkey days, happy Thursday to those who don’t) and I’ll catcha on the flip side!