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.

Friday, 26 August 2011

So It Begins

So today was the first day of my Endeavour To Be Me. My one year and one month quest to become more of the person I want to be, to achieve more and to be a generally better person, whatever that means. Today was also my 22nd birthday, so I hope I will be forgiven when I admit I did nothing spectacular. It is important to remember that this is about the long haul, though by the end I do expect to have had some significant changes they will take time and in some cases the most significant changes appear the smallest.

So what did I do today you ask, I got up earlier than my usual 11 or 12 and went to spend time with my parents opening presents. I got a new book to go with the many books that I have to read, I am going to start giving myself deadlines to read books so that I do spend more time reading than staring listly into space. I also got a variety of items include a knit your own cuddly monkey and ninjabread men bisuit cutters. With these at hand I cooked up a batch and began knitting. The tasks might not seem like much but I am not overly experience in baking or craft work, and surely gaining these skills is arguably an improvement. Though I must be honest; I have yet to finish the monkey though I have got far and the buscuits are far from perfect.

Tomorrow I am going to the cinema with my family to see Conan and I promise to have a review on my Critical Considerations blog. I also plan to update all my blogs as part of my attempt to use the time I spend on the internet more efficiently. Another little note, you may notice that my English is not perfect, I am typing these blog entries directly to the upload section so as to avoid spell checking, this will force me to try and monitor my work rather than relying on the little ABC button.

Vincent


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