Housekeeping/Blog recommendation

Putting the experiments on hold for a bit. They're lots of fun but I have an insane Tuesday/Thursday workload and most of my free time is spent either working on or recovering from it.

However, I'll keep blogging on topics I find interesting.

One of them is asexuality. There's quite a bit online about it but I'm particularly enjoying this blog. It's about asexuality from a teenage perspective, and there's something very fresh and appealing about it. I can't necessarily say I understand where she's coming from --- I'm very sexual and identify strongly with womanhood --- but it's interesting to read about, particularly coming from someone so young and self-aware.

Moving in

Moving into my new/old apartment right now. It's the place where I was just about as happy as a person can get longterm, but this semester... well, let's just say I'm going to be keeping myself busy.

Anyway, I'll be posting on the decluttering exercise tomorrow. Till then... wish me luck (and back atcha).

New Year's Resolutions

In 2010, I am going to begin a personal liberation. It'll be fantastic and empowering... kinda like Women's Lib only minus (most of) the bra burning and soapboxes.

The general idea of this liberation is that I will be me. Not some watered down, socially correct version, or the version I think my parents will approve of, or the version that's most likely to land me an amazing job when I get out of school. I'm going to be the version of me that feels right to me and trust that to provide me with all the good reputation and opportunities that being fake does.

"I gotta be free to be me," chant the voices of a thousand adolescents. Gag, how trite.

But I'm not going to be trite about it. This isn't about going against my parents for the heck of it or dying my hair blue or sticking it to The Man (though, for the record, that sounds really fun). The real idea here is that I'm going to get all the unwanted voices in my head out of my head. It's a heck of a challenge... but that's kinda the point.

This is going to be a process of constant refinement. A lot of it will probably fall neatly into my experiments/this blog, so you'll get to witness the journey. (Oy vey!) A lot of it is still fuzzy to me right now, but that's okay; I trust that it'll all come to light in good time.

For now, that's the idea. My voice. My choices. My opinions. Whatever they are.

Other resolutions not directly/obviously related to the liberation:

1. Become a self-sufficient adult. Increase income, enough to cover an apartment, a car, school fees and the necessities of life.

2. Introduce some variety into my diet. Man should not live on starch and sugar alone, though I've certainly been making a go at it.

3. Find a boyfriend. Get into a real relationship. Find some way to actually believe--to any degree--in romantic love.

4. Get at least 1,000 views on this blog before the end of winter semester.

5. Submit my novel to at least 25 agents.

6. Let things go. "Things" meaning possessions, relationships, desires, whatever. Holding onto things weighs you down.

7. Exercise in a fun way.

More will be added as I decide on it.

Here's the plan

It has been said that some people’s only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. Well, I’m stepping up.

Personal development has always interested me, and now I’m going to get up to it in my elbows. I’m an INTJ. We like systems, action and physical results. Given that, what better way to approach my life than through experiments? They probably won’t totally ascribe to the scientific method, but at least my preliminary data will be here in case you want to run a few tests of your own.

My goal here is to live, to experiment and then pass on my findings to you. To jump into the thick of things so you don’t have to—or so you become inspired to. With that in mind, each entry will have a section that’s all about personal application on your end. It’ll contain hints, tips, tricks, insults, insider trading, the wisdom of the Prophets/aliens in the wormhole, spells from Hogwarts, etc. etc. all aimed to make my life a little more relevant to yours.

My goal is to update this blog 1-4 times a week, depending on what’s going on. If I slack off or you just feel like there should be more posts, I invite you to harass me via kjerwitt at gmail dot com. Same address if you’ve got other comments, questions, conversation, recommendations, resources, results, etc.