Well it's a new year, and I feel like I'm slowly becoming a new me.
I officially haven't eating a McMeal in over two months, and I feel so refreshed. I'm slowly becoming more active (although it is still a struggle), and nearly all my meals are homemade. I've been mostly vegetarian, although I do eat meat occasionally. A few days ago, I tightened my belt a notch.
I find myself enjoying the changes I've made for myself, and encouraging the changes in friends around me. A good friend of mine M recently discovered she is pregnant, and asked me to be a godparent, and I really feel as though this is a good opportunity to further invest in this new change for myself, and do my part to contribute positively to the new life of another. B and I probably won't have any children anytime in the near future, if ever, so I want this opportunity to count, and I'm going to give it my all.
Life is good. Hard, but good. The parents are working through marital problems, some family is sick, some family is healthy, work is frustrating, and school is challenging. But I find myself rising to the tasks presented to me, and I relish the education I'm receiving. My favorite class right now is Intellectual Assessment; I find it endlessly interesting to learn how the human mind works and adapts in its environment.
I've found myself contemplating things lately that may be meaningless to some, but very important to me. Is "healthy fast food" an oxymoron? How can consumption be lessened in this country? Why are people so greedy? Less and less do I find myself attracted to the gluttonous, wasteful, toxic consumerist ideals of my culture. Perhaps I should have been an anthropologist.
Anyway. I have dogs to take care of and homework to finish. Just wanted to drop a line and give an update. I'll be back soon with more rantings and philosophies I'm sure. So until next time...
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