Word of the Week

Here's a tasty new segment for you: Word of the Week! I know, I know...it's been done to death, but just bear with me on this one. This week's word is: Unexpected.

Because so much UNEXPECTED shit went down this week!

Lets start at currently and work our way back. First of all, I've become a total ladies' man. No, not really, but I'm on my way there. My confidence has gone through the roof as of late, most likely because of all this unexpected shit. A friend got me on this social network site talking to all these ladies, and I met this really awesome girl. We've really hit it off, and I think it has potential, which is a huge leap considering these last few years.

Move a little further back to my health. I've been running a mile nearly every day for the last two weeks after work, working out at home whenever I can, and (at the consideration of several discussions at highexistence) started cold showering, not destroying my hair with shampoo, and Intermittent Fasting--eating only during an 8-hour window and fasting for the other 16 hours. Not only that, but I've also started meditating and REALLY seen progress with my mental health and clarity.

Rewind some more. I'm opening up to people more. I'm trying my best to smile at people, talk to them, just reintegrate myself back into society. I've been gone for so long, but it's time to get back. I guess everything in my life is a 'return' of sorts right now--getting back to the parts that matter, getting back the things I've lost over the years, coming back stronger and better than I was before.

I feel it in my gut, and I keep telling everyone--2012 is going to be my year. The last few have all been bad, but 2011 was the absolute worst. I see it as a test of faith, designed to either make or break me, and to come out on the other end smiling is the single greatest triumph of my life. I'm going to keep moving forward, through the good and bad, far into the happy ending I've yearned for all my life.

I am here. I am alive. I am happy.