I am twenty-two years of age as of today and looking back on the last two decades and two extra years I find myself not looking back at much. The truth is that when I look at my life I find myself disappointed, extremely disappointed. I am not hugely successful with people, not particularly intelligent, I’m unfit and unhealthy, I’m bad with money, and I’m impatient. I can’t play any instruments despite owning several and I can only speak one language. I’m not well travelled and I have little knowledge of the world. What’s probably worse is that I have aspirations and never follow them through. My life up to this point has been a shambles, a shadow of a life, a pathetic excuse for a life, a waste of life. I intend to change this. I am giving myself one year and one month to take my life and make something of it. I will take the aspects of my life and myself and change them to how I want. No longer will I wallow in unmotivated depression but I shall now make a move on, reach for more. I honestly believe there is no greater thing a person can do than strive for more. So over the next year and a month I will waste less time on the Internet yet try to do more with my time on the Internet. I will learn a language. I will learn to use one of the many instruments I own. I will do more. Spend less. Eat well. Exercise. I will do a lot. I do not pretend that this is going to be easy or that change will come quickly, I know I must have patience and persevere. And I intend to update this blog, preferably everyday though not necessarily, to keep you up to date, to chart my course, and to keep me going. Over the next week or so I will be mainly setting those challenges that I will lay ahead of me. So wish me luck and I hope this inspires you to reach further.

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

High Five

Today I went on adventure to London on the last day of my visit back home and in spirit of my endeavour we did a lot. Though there was disappointment as there was no where for me to do any writing on the train it was a good day. I have calculated we did at least 6 hours of solid walking and walking is something i love and feel not enough people really experience. Also when you walk you discover things, and thats how the trip in London went. Due to map confusion we ended up starting in the wrong direction and discovered that the British library were running a science fiction exhibition and it was amazing. I reallyu got some good ideas and now have yet more books I want to read. From there we continued our trek and made our way in an odd path to Leicester Square. There we visited the disappointing M&Ms world. We didn't stay long before going off through Picadilly Circus, then to Covent Gardens then back to Picadilly and away to Hyde Park. in Hyde Park we enjoyed a picnic and the pleasures of a beautiful park in the chaos of the city. As far as I am concerened it was a great day and as far as my endeavour I really learnt what mattered was the outing with family as I felt the need to buy very little unlike previous London visits.

Tomorrow I make my way back to Aberdeen and on the 11 or so hour bus ride I hope to do some writing and finally finish Gormengast, which is my challenge at the moment.

Vincent
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