c'mon mood, SHIFT!

I need to start with an admission of ignorance: I don’t know WHY I have lived my life so poorly.

I would like to think that it is a good start for me to at least recognize that I have not lived a good life. It’s not that I’m a bad person – at least, I don’t believe that I am – but it’s hard to deny that, given the opportunities I have had before me, I have mucked things up pretty well.

I needed to start with the admission of ignorance because that’s where all learning starts. I also have nearly thirty years of evidence attesting to the fact that I can’t figure this out on my own, so I’m going to start with The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Maybe that’s trite, but I’m an “idea” guy and well-phrased thoughts inspire me to epiphanies and, some(lucky)times, action.