I'm 52 today. 48 years to go. How will I live the second half of my life in comparison to the first half?
I hope that I have more faith in the second half than I had in the first. I hope I finally find a discipline that is consistent.
In the second half of my life I want to be actively involved with my physical health. The first half I've been pretty passive. Sure I went through my running years, my weight lifting years, my vegetarian years. But those times have been "cushioned" by fat years. In order for the next 48 years I can't be passive like that. My heart isn't new any more. My lungs have been breathing for 52 years. My eyes are still good, but good nutrition will be critical in keeping them that way.
For the next 48 years I want to be more genuinely emotional. I don't want to begin crying all the time, but I want to be less stilted in expressing my feelings for people.
The last half of my life will be marked with more education. I'm going to start my M.A. program in 2011 and plan to keep going with it. Will I ever do anything with it - teach, write, etc.? - probably not. But the action of keeping my mind sharp will keep the cobwebs from growing.
I got lots of birthday greetings today, at work, from people who live at Timbercrest, from family, Church people, Facebook friends, and mostly from Karen, Allison and Alex. Thanks!
Here's today's journal:
Weight: 235
Breakfast: three eggs, five strips of bacon, a weight watchers string cheese
Snack: two meat snacks from the vending machine
Dinner: a low carb burger at Hardee's
Supper: (At Flanagan's in Fort Wayne) French Onion Soup, tossed salad with 1T bleu cheese dressing, broccoli, prime rib (trimmed)
Snack on the way home: Fruit Smoothie at McDonald's (in lieu of birthday cake)
No exercise today to speak of... it is my birthday, after all :-)
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