Just Me

While out on an errand recently, a thought struck: My life is the way it is now because of certain choices that I made in life. Certain paths which I chose to take. And if I had chosen a different path, I would be a completely different person. My life would be different.   There are many times when we are at a crossroads in life. We are faced with a moment where we must choose whether to follow this path or that path. The path that we choose will lead us in a completely different direction and changes for our lives. Once on that path, and staying on it, our lives will shift and evolve according to the circumstances surrounding that path.   And sometimes it’s not so much about making a decision to start living a certain way or pursuing a new goal in life (a new path), but also about whether we say “yes” or “no” to a new thing or a new opportunity. If we say yes, then certain changes will take place. If we say no, then we stay in our comfort zone and life stays the same.   C

I did something on my personal Twitter account yesterday that I don't normally do: I tweeted a bunch of personal stuff – stuff I would not publicly say because there are just too many people out there who don’t understand or don’t care. Plus a lot of trolls! So what’s tweeting about it going to achieve? Nothing! I needed a more productive method of getting all of those words out, so I decided that I will spend time this week focusing inward and writing about it.   I was planning to write about all of it in my memoir and I figure now is as good a time as any to do that! Hopefully it will heal my broken heart.   I am not worried about getting things wrong when I write about all this in my memoir. That dream brought EVERYTHING back -- everything I was trying to forget. That was part of why I was hurting and crying so much afterward. I have a file folder of all chats and email exchanges between me and him. I also have two blog posts: this and this one . Plus the benefit of mat

Here a list of all of the books I read in 2023. Some of them are books I read as a book reviewer. Links are provided where appropriate. If I did not review a title, I have provided an Amazon or Goodreads link to the book, where I posted a review.   I didn’t really have a reading goal for 2023, but I’m so thrilled that I read at least 100 book last year. Yes! That’s so awesome. See what you can do when you focus on your work instead of your progress?? The funny thing is, I had not included some of the books I read in my list, but my website of books I reviewed had a more accurate record of the books I read and reviewed in 2023. I thought I only had 98. Very cool that the total number is 101.   I don’t yet have a reading goal for 2024 but maybe that will change later. I’m thinking something along the lines of reading a book from the library every month, or something.   Here are all of the books I read and reviewed in 2023:   1.   Eternal Sentences by Michael McGriff