I feel like such a yo-yo. Yeah, it’s a weight thing. Let’s see. I’ve been up, down, up, down, up, down, and back up over the last 15 years. I’m back on the Zone and trying to get my life into a scheduled habit. I am a creature of habit, and if I break that habit, then all hell breaks loose and all of my effort turns to naught.

I started out by creating an article outline. Every week–every Monday–I plan to sit down and plan out my articles for the week. The outline consists of ideas, not titles. Included are the different Moronacity channels, my two Examiner columns–I was just accepted to be the National Healthy Living Examiner, or something like that–and Suite101, where I am the Biology Feature Writer.

Since my Examiner column did so well during the Tour de France, I decided to take on a second one, but these columns require several smaller articles to make some cash. That’s okay. I saw potential and I now feel it is worth it.

I plan to tend to this blog at least three times per week. I realized that I have some an awesome history of my Keweenaw experiences, and I really need to keep that history going. I have so much to post and so much to show you guys, I just need to take the time. Also, it is important to me that you actually care enough to visit me in cyberspace.

One of my more important decisions was that I needed to designate days off. If everything goes according to plan, I will do the bulk of my work Monday through Thursday, a little on Friday morning, and I will have Saturday and Sunday off to play video games, go camping, and partake in other time-wasting or valuable activities.

Of course, one of my favorite activities–studying French–is pretty much a daily activity. I usually do this first thing in the morning while I’m going through the waking up process, eating my breakfast, and watching reruns of Frasier.

Last night, I realized that I also need to start doing yoga, again. My body is stiff and it really appreciated the few poses I did before bed. It just feels so good to my aging body. I also need to make a regular commitment to my bike.

Another thing that I’ve been thinking about is church. I need start going again, but this is something I’m just not ready to do, yet. It’s mostly an I-don’t-like-my-mom’s-church and I-don’t-have-the-gas-money-to-go-to-my-own-church thing.

This is me assessing my life and saying, “Di, it’s time to get your ass back on track.”