I am a Writer and I'm Writing right now.

That is my new mantra. I am going to say that everyday to motivate me into a writing frenzy. It's almost April and I have until May1st to be finished with this short story so that I can enter it into a contest. A short story. A short story that I have been working on since summer of last year. A short story!
And the story is awesome! It's something that I really must get out. but I just keep thinking about how far I have to go and I get discouraged. I mean, I have a lot to do before May and I really don't see it happening. So much to do and so little time.
I don't think that I could rely on writing as my only form of income. It would have to be something that I did while I made my real income doing something else. And it's because I am just such a procrastinator. I am going to have to start working on that flaw.

The First Step

So, every journey always starts with the first step and on Saturday I took the first step toward the next journey in my life. I finally, after almost 2 years made it back in the gym.
Yep, I am once again on the path to being a fat boy no more. I actually don't expect that I will ever be skinny want to loose some! I actually said to myself that I intend to proceed with no expectations at all. All I know is that for right now, I just need to make it to the gym at least 3 times a week.
My friend Tony is actually the one that opened my eyes on Saturday. I was telling him how I'd planned to do some work around the house and then get on my stationary bike for a while and he asked me why I wasn't going to the gym. I told him that I thought it best to see what I could do at home, on my own and then eventually ease back into the gym. He respectfully told me I was an idiot. 'Quad, what sense does it make to loose weight to go to the gym?' I never really thought of it that way until her threw it at me like that. And that day I decided to give this thing another try.
One thing that I am really excited about is the fact that Me, Tony, and another friend Eric plan on taking this journey together. Saturday after he convinced me that I needed to go to the gym, I asked Tony why we never really reached out to one another to give us inspiration while taking on this task. It's almost like we always talk about our struggle but we keep it to ourselves. I had the great(in my mind anyway) idea that we should all hold each other accountable and encourage one another to keep ourselves motivated. Such a simple notion but I am excited about the possibilities of it.
So today I am focused on going to the gym.....today. I am not stressing about what I have to eat or how long I have to work out. I am just going to go and accomplish that.

I Got a Mac!!!!

Hopefully this means that I will be doing more writing. Truthfully, I did not need another computer. My Toshiba Satellite(4gigs of ram/300gig HardDrive/15in Monitor/Vista) was more than adequate for what I need but it was missing one thing. That little glowing apple on the top of the laptop. Yup, I did it all because I am a pseudo hipster(although I am a little late). Anyway, I hope that the little apple does inspire me to write more cause I do have a deadline that I need to meet.
In other news, I am in love. This is not a new thing tho. I have actually been in this state for a little over 2yrs but it just keeps getting better and better.