It takes me two days now to shift gears from one project to another, an acceleration nearly 50 years in the making. That number, 50, is a big one, and something I am going to be thinking a lot about over the next few months. Given the life expectancy of Males in the US is 73 and but 61 for black men, this feels more and more like a countdown. Short of hoping that it is not, all I can really do is try my best to make use of the time I have left to walk around and enjoy this existence. So, the shift is a powerful one. I need to stay on my grind if I want to do the amazing things I keep reminding myself that I’m capable of achieving.
Writing is a central element in my life and one I’ve been building up in success over the past year. I don’t want to be satisfied with what I’ve done. Instead I want to reach further and higher and be able to parlay writing into an extension or even conduit for the life that the lady and I want to live moving forward. That means working more and being able to shift gears as opposed to downshifting and eventually stopping for long stretches between projects.
Some Thoughts:
- I need to study the difference between heartburn and heart attack, because I don’t really know…