NYC
Going to New York was the easiest goal left on my goal list. Just buy some tickets and go.
My wife and I had a great time. We crashed in Brooklyn with my most loyal reader (shout out!) and most of our days took a subway in to Manhattan for shows, museums, and to see the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park.
I probably would have preferred to simply stay in Brooklyn and have done some urban hiking, but it was a vacation, and that is probably a bit too much like what I do here in Norman.
Body and Mind
I work too much. I have taken to think of this as work sickness. I have concluded that the stress and the time spent doing what I do is too damaging to my body. Also, I don't have enough time to pursue my intellectual interests.
My house is paid off. I don't need to work this hard. So next year I wont. I plan on only working half days. This should be a glorious period for my mind and body.
It needs to be for my body. After a month of debate stress and now doing double meals to get the most out of New York, I weigh the most I ever have.
The thing is that I trust the notes I have made on weight loss in the last two month of updates. I think I know how to lose the weight. I just don't think I could with my life spinning as fast as its been. I'm not saying that another person couldn't, just not me.
Spirit
Embracing my spirit feels even easier with the world coming alive.
Since the last spring, as the grief mounted more and more, I became a wanderer. This year it feels like I will live more and more within the system of my garden. My grounds may be humble, but there is enough to do in them to engage all of my spring and fall days.
