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Resetting Life, Day 1 of 17

Ok, here it is. Day 1 of 17. A small sabbatical to get myself re-centered and upgraded. A time to rebuild who I am, so when I go back to the real world of work and the daily grind, I will be stronger and more capable to take on the world. Or so is the goal.


The Plan.
I am going to document my next 17 days here as part of a blog series called “Resetting Life”. It will be a way for me to look back on this time in the future and see what parts of this reset took hold in the long term. And of course, this is the best way I know how to share my experiences with you.


Here is the list of the bigger accomplishments I want to have by the end of this reset. Some of these may be a little audacious, but that is the point.


  • Consistently execute the One Meal a Day (OMAD) meal plan with a focus on fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds with a little bit of chicken or fish chopped in.
  • Workout for an hour every day.
  • Blog at least once a day and increase my subscription to 200 followers. I currently have none. :(
  • Write a 100 - 200 page book and have it published on Amazon as an e-book. My goal is not to write a bestseller, but to prove to myself that I can write a book on something at least one other person would read.
  • Complete my two college classes that start on 1 June. The idea is to have all the work finished from the syllabus by 5 June.
  • Volunteer a 100 hours at my local Red Cross. I really believe in this organization. Since my initial volunteer class two years ago, I haven’t been able to actually volunteer.
  • Go to my Church and the study sessions. It looks like about six events. This is another part of my life that has fallen to entropy and needs to be resurrected.


I believe that when we conjure up ideas about what we ‘should’ be doing with our lives, these ideas become one of two things: Motivation or Regret. Right now, a lot of things on my list are regrets. And these regrets burden my mind, create sleepless nights, and haunt me. This reset is about me taking ownership for my own life design and ridding myself of the initial resistance and excuses to execute.

Thank you for your accountability. I am very grateful to you for keeping on my path and not letting me stray. Now that I have publicly presented who I am and what I am doing, there isn’t any going back. The pain of failure will be too great and a constant motivator to overcome any obstacles that may come before me during this journey. Thank you.



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