I gained my faculty 15 quickly this year, the likely result of a shifting eating schedule and bad choices (such as soda). The good news is I believe I hit my peak and the only smart way is down. If I could figure out how to do that quickly, I’d be a millionaire. Of course, any good fitness person will tell you that it takes a little bit of skill and a whole lot of will–the latter of which has been M.I.A. for some time. Over the summer a friend of mine took it upon himself to snatch 70 lbs off his body and he is almost there. That is will, and a new wardrobe, and pretty bad ass.
So, I find myself once again looking for heroes like my suddenly weightless friend and the handful of authors I’ve watched rise from obscurity to success, because I recognize there is a ticking bomb out there. However, the bomb isn’t always enough. That tick tock, that urgency is all about my understanding that as one gets older (and wiser) it is harder to do new things, to create new things, to find a healthy shape and brain function.