Day 91: Two steps forward, three steps back.

Two steps forward, three steps back.

It might be sword lesson step. It could be a dance step. But unfortunately it's been my life the last few weeks.

The changes and progress that I had made so far on my journey were great. Were because I've recently had a slight regression. I had made so much progress in such a quick amount of time that it was only a matter of time before I came back down to the realities of life. I'm getting back on track now, and I think things will start moving in the positive direction again, albeit a bit slower.

As humans we have the ability to ignore certain things in our lives at times. We can ignore doubts, denials, and unhappiness and convince ourselves otherwise. We can ignore or put off working on things that need our attention, and do what we want to for a period of time. But eventually the things we ignore will come back around to grab our attention, sometimes with dire consequences.

That seems to be what has happened with me over the last few weeks. Things I had pushed to the back burner, I had left there too long. I paid attention to the stuff that was important to me, and that made me a happy and a better person. But the stuff on the back burner started to burn, and so I had to attend to it. The results of which have cause me a good deal of stress. This is nothing that I cannot handle given time (and/or money of course) but these things have also taken a toll on me.

I have gained 7 pounds, and for a while I could not get my eating and work out habits under control. Things at work have been more stressful as I work to get caught back up, and back on track. I was traveling a lot too which added to the stress, bad eating, and work out habits.

I have only this week started to get back into the swing of things. Life is starting to get back to a normal rhythm. And hopefully my journey and updates will too.

So I'm sorry that I haven't posted lately, but now you know why. I will try to do better, though I already have to warn you I won't be posting next weekend as I am going out of town, and then traveling for work.

In the mean time, I would like to ask to hear your thoughts, concerns and feelings on why people think chivalry is dead, and what you think I (or you yourself) could do to help bring it back. Write a comment or send me an e-mail.

Until next time,

I am,

Jeffrey R. Daniel