Hitting the books

May 13, 2009

We’re only a couple of days into the summer session and I’m already hitting the books bigtime. I spent from 8:45 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. doing schoolwork with several breaks, of course. This will be a grind, for sure. Power through it, baby. I’m enjoying most of the coursework and am learning plenty. I’ve already amassed more knowledge about teaching than I learned in my previous 52 years. And reading “heady” literature for an English class can’t be bad for you.

So I’m off and running.

I told Judy, the Blessed Wife, that I’m still mourning my old life, but I’m getting ready to celebrate my new life. She is so confident about the future. I’m hoping that some of her optimism rubs off on me.

Yesterday was a tough day because economic worries started creeping into my brain – probably because I took a three-hour break and went into the hot tub with a couple of beers. (Guilt trip) I should just stick to the books at this point.

Why is it that we find it so difficult to live in the moment? We are doing super right now, so why not just enjoy that? Why project yourself into the future? STOP DOING IT!

Wayne Dyer says live for today.

“Live for today, forget tomorrow,” say the lyrics on a famous Pink Floyd song.

Carpe Diem!