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Still the Beginning (08 January 2008)

It’s been a crazy week, life-wise, and I haven’t had a lot of time to do much of anything, really.

I don’t have a food plan; I don’t even have a sponsor yet.

On the other hand, I do have smoke-free lungs. That was my big accomplishment this week, quitting smoking. I managed to do it last year, too, but it just didn’t “stick.”

I’ve also prayed and meditated every day without exception. This is probably for me, just as big an accomplishment as quitting smoking. Seven days. In a row. I know that this is key for me to move forward with my life. When I lose my sense of center and connection with God, I am all over the place, and an utter mess. This is something I have to keep up with for so many more reasons than JUST getting a handle on my eating.

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First Step

My footsteps are taking me in very strange places these days. Very strange. And now I’m over here…

…but I’m not sure what the point of talking about over here since I started ……out……….over………there.

Of course, deep down, I wonder what the point is of talking about anything after all.

Except for learning, I suppose. It seems all of my communication, regardless the medium, seems to be about learning these days.

And I’m not talking about anything I wanted to talk about, so I’ll just get to it. (Although, I really think it’s impossible for me to mentally ‘just get to’ anything, now that I think about it.)

I started another blog. A separate blog. A blog in which I could talk about something that has become so pervasive that I simply cannot ignore it any more. I wanted a separate blog for a couple of reasons. One, that I could talk about what I wanted to without censure because it was completely anonymous (important for what I’m doing, actually). But it wasn’t the most important reason.

Because, nick name or not, I’m no longer anonymous here. Classmates, and (I still strongly suspect) professors read this blog. Teachers read this blog. Friends read this blog.

People whose opinions of me matter read this blog.

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