Reader profile
Name: Gary
Age: 58
Education: DO [Doctor of Osteopathy]
Job: General Practitioner
Income: $150,000
Car: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid AWD in Quartz Blue Pearl
Family: Divorced [married 25 yrs/divorced 10] Kids were hers
Favourite reads: John McPhee, Edward Abbey, Aldo Leopold, and Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, Gary Snyder, David Quammen
Favourite websites: REI, Earthwatch, David Suzuki Foundation
Favourite movies or TV: PBS, National Geographic, ESPN
Social media: Google Plus, Twitter, LinkedIn
Other relevant stuff:
Distance runner until he blew out his knees. Bikes to work. Recycles. Composts. Writes, but doesn’t tell anyone. Gives away 1/3 of his income to relatives and charities. Saves/invests a 1/3 and lives off the remainder. Has a secret love of quality goods. Working class roots. Middle class choices.
Dreams about:
Writing a book or articles that are up to his own high standards of taste.
Keeps awake at night:
Worries about his aging parents and his siblings. Doesn’t want to live alone. Doesn’t want a failed relationship.
Is afraid to lose…
His mental capacity, independence, authority, and health…everything he is witnessing his parents losing.
How does she/he make decisions?
Looks for local suppliers and considers green issues. Buys from people he knows personally if possible or benefits a cause.
Who does he trust and asks for advice?
Relies on his friends and co-workers for recommendations, but then does due diligence by researching for himself.
What’s important in life
Family, friends, health, the environment, legacy, baseball [go Tigers] and micro brewed beer …also hidden from obvious view: sex, spirituality, and writing.
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.” ~Emily Dickinson Lori Sailiata