That piece of the pie chart

I'm 29 and discarding women like rounds on a semi-automatic. I'm not proud of it, but I'm proud of my decision to not settle for less than what I know I want in a partner.

I'm driven by the belief that there are intelligent, independently minded, ambitious and creative women out there. Surely some of them come wrapped in a physical package that tick off the Face-Boobs-Bum side of my chemistry checklist to the tee...

Perhaps I'll turn into a 40 something, expert dater focused completely on myself and what I enjoy doing in life with women coming in and out of it to fill in the sex section on the "How to Be Happy" pie chart.

I've already had a taste of wanting to be with one woman forever, but it turned out that this female mirror of me demonstrated that the exact qualities I want in a woman – namely "independently minded" – contradicted the picture of us being together.

I still have this belief that having children is a form of immortality. Your genes and your knowledge live on in another body. I also feel that a substantial sliver of the previously mentioned pie chart is dedicated to raising a family.

So my journey continues, not quite giving up, yet preparing to become the next "Bachelor" on ABC.