We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne.Robert Burns
I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. I just never got on board with that tradition. This year is going to be an exception. Exciting things are happening and the chance for real change in my life is spurring me to set goals and meet them. My first resolution I announce with rather irrational timidity. Irrational because I am driven by an old instinct to withhold good news until it's confirmed, for fear of "jinxing it". So the details will be a little sketchy for the time being. I have applied and am waiting for confirmation of my admission to college. I'm an academic late bloomer. Instead of going straight to college after high school I got a job. I made the wrong decisions and it cost me many years of frustration. Now I am trying to set that right by applying to and, hopefully, attending college this year. My plans as they stand now are to attain a degree in philosophy with the ultimate ambition of becoming a philosophy professor. If this becomes a reality then you can expect a new wave of themed material and lulls in blogging. The difference being these lulls will be honestly earned.
Attending college will open up a whole new world of social interaction that has been closed to me living in rural Kentucky. I want to take full advantage of that. In order to do so and, I believe, in order to do the best I can at my studies I need to lose weight. Whoa, whoa, don't leave the page just yet. I know this is a cliched resolution and similar ones will be made throughout american media but for me this is different. I am substantially overweight due to a recklessly sybaritic diet. Beginning in the first few weeks of January I will begin to document a strict regimen of caloric restraint and exercise. However I know well that blind weight loss loses focus and collapses back into an orgy of unhealthy food, so I am setting a goal. My goal is to lose fifty pounds by August of this year. I may lose less or more but the goal I am working toward is fifty pounds.
I'll be sure to keep you up to date on these developments. Welcome to the new year.
