I feel my last couple of blogs seem to be a little over inflated impressions of myself, so I thought I would post this here and remind myself to keep things in perspective.

I posted this originally on a thread, Dec 13.

Long story but hopefully entertaining.

I had a tough day today. I have a renter in a house out of state. They are 5 months past due as of the 1st. I am having to evict them. If you want to judge me for throwing a family out in Dec,...

I have been alone for two full months now. I managed to pull through the holidays without a heavy crash. I've had some relatively insightful moments. I continue to feel good about myself. Not working nearly as much as I'd like right now, but I planned for that. I've avoided all and any low class pot shots at my ex. even sent her a Christmas card wishing her good luck in the future. I feel like I am making good choices and that is enough to sustain me for now.

I used to be in...

If a person possesses certain qualities, do they owe it to themselves to do all they can do to maximize it?

Does not using these qualities cheat you from attaining a desirable quality of life?

I have a set of qualities that I feel make me unique in some ways. But I don't push myself to maximize them as a life discipline. There have been many times through out my life, aside from physical challenges, in which I have changed my goals, pushed myself to achieve them,...

Several years ago, for my birthday, my mom sent me an article from a science magazine. (She has an odd sense of humor) It was a study showing a correlation between concussions and Alzheimer's. This past week, that study had been updated. It is something that I keep an eye on. I've used my head to break several falls, catch punches, and other occasional objects. I have had several concussions from the time I was about 5 until my early 20's. My parent's, for the most part, have all their faculties,...

I went out and bought a new shirt and a pair of jeans today. Typically with my work, I buy stuff from goodwill, it's just going to get torn up. This is the first time I've actually popped tags off something in a couple years. It's nice to be wearing something that doesn't have holes in it for a change.

I was talking with my brother over Christmas. He is sowing his oats, bragging a little bit. I explained to him that I was so out of habit of chatting with women with intent, that...