Well, here we go.

I opened up this blog almost three years ago but never posted in to it. It was going to be a homebrewing blog; a spot where I could keep a record of my recipes and tasting notes. I've kept all that in a few spiral bound notebooks, but have decided to use this blog for a new reason.

I'm going through an interesting transition period in my life. You might call it interesting if you can see it from the outside, but for me it can be any number of things. Sometimes I feel like I'm just treading water and not making progress, and other times I'm ready to just pull up roots and pull a Supertramp.

So why the blog now? I wanted a way to chart my progress through what I'm about to do. The past two years have been a huge eye opener to me. Not only have I learned a lot about myself, but I have learned so much about how things work. I worked hard on climbing out of a hole that I put myself in, and with the help of family and friends, got out. I still slip back into some of the behaviors that I had issues with, but it's getting better.

At this time in my life, I think I should be getting my things together and setting my path for the future. There's an image in my head of a person that I'd like to become. Well, not just 'a' person, but a different version of me. I've done a substantial amount of work on this in the past nine or ten months, but know that now is the time to really make the push to make things happen.

So, over the next 30 days I'm going to be changing a few things and I'll see how I feel at the end of the month. The first is drinking. This one will be tough because I work in a brewery. Even a beer after work kills my productivity for the remainder, and I need to progress. The second is my diet and activity. I've been eating quite healthy, but there's no direction. I figure that no booze and a clean diet would help me get back on track. I always feel great after exercising and eating right and even better when I'm not hung over or wondering..."What did I do last night?"

So, today I'll go to the store and buy everything I need to make this happen. I'll still brew beer at home for the family but won't be drinking any, the same goes for work. I'll have others try the samples I pull.

Till tomorrow.

Oh, for Antonio, here's my tattoo work so far.