Happy New Year, Diary!

I know it's so cliché to start the new year with a list of resolutions -- resolutions that typically go unfulfilled -- I've been there, done that, and quite frankly, it is cliché.

But I'm also a firm believer in superstitious fresh starts, and what better fresh start than a whole brand new fresh year?

Not only that, but by the end of 2024 I came to the realization that I simply can not carry on another year, month, week or day living the way I do --- fat and broke.

I'm absolutely exhausted stressing about money and how I'll pay the next bills, and I'm physically exhausted and sore from all the added weight I'm carrying around.

Ha. I guess one could say I'm carrying around extra, extra weight! Literal body mass AND the weight of a crap economy on my shoulders.

I need a way..... I need a personal revolution.

Thankfully, I've got brains on my side. I absolutely love learning; especially about things that assist me in real life.

So, why not educate myself about money?

Sure, that's a great idea, but I can't do it with a bunch of brain-fog.... so, health, here I come!

The goal is to document my progress every step of the way, leading up to my 40th birthday -- which is less than a year and a half away.

By then I hope to be in a new family home -- healthy and comfortable -- independent of the system that is crushing us, now!

You will be there to document it all, so I can use it for reference, for research, and to pass on as an educational tool for my kids,

This, I suppose is my "new year's resolution", only, it's not a resolution for a single year, but a declaration for the rest of my life.

The work starts today, and I'll see you again, tomorrow.