As mentioned previously, I view Sober October as a chance to divulge myself of some of the negative aspects of my life. For some reason, I get push back on this by some people.

“Why would you do that?” And no answer is ever satisfactory for them.

Therefor the best answer is simply, “because I want to.”

I’m 43 years old. I have nothing to prove to anyone, no matter how much I may love them.

And yet I do have something to prove. To me. If you don’t get this, don’t worry. It isn’t about you.

It never goes well for me though. I got the dreaded C-virus a few days ago. This is not an auspicious start for me. First of all, my rule of only drinking water is out the door. I’ve been drinking a lot of gatorade and a vitamin-c drink as part of my recovery. It’s necessary, so … whatever. I also haven’t done my exercise for the day. I feel weak, so I have an excuse. And yet this whole month is about not making excuses. And so before I go to bed, I’m going to force myself to do a few sit-ups. I don’t think I can take much more than that. But its about the effort.

This year isn’t just about restraining myself from vices. It's also about making better use of my time. I’ll discuss this more in tomorrow’s post. For now, I’ll end it with today’s photo.