Introductions

My name is Luke Cross.  Im 27 years old, and I am about to list the accomplishments in my life I am proud of.

Now that that's been taken care of, let's get to the point.  My life stinks.  Really, it sucks.  It blows so hard.  Its terrible.  I could go on, but thats the point of this exercise.  Re-wiring my brain to learn to think positively.  Keeping track of my activities during the day, so I can see what I am doing wrong, and figure out how to correct it.  To make my life a public spectacle, so that way when shit does go wrong, there will be people around to say "Awww, poor Lukey", or as the case may be "Dude, you brought this on yourself.  Stop being a lazy ass and go do something about it".  Im pretty certain there is more of the poor Lukey stuff happening, but really you cant have a string of bad luck like I am having, and not think "perhaps I am doing something wrong".  So here I am, ready to be accountable for my life!

What will you find in this blog?  Im glad I imagined you asked.  First of all, a record of all the food I shovel into my mouth.  Im...overweight.  Not sure how much, I yo-yo a lot.  I lost a lot at the start of the year, and then since i moved recently I really have put in no effort to lose anymore, or even keep it off.  The problem is, I am a depressive eater, and naughty foods make me feel all better for a little while.  So this will be a public record of how often I am feeling naughty, and hopefully, if not cure me, at least make me feel more inclined to reach for the apple as opposed to the Tower Burger (Curse you KFC).  This will be tacked on to the bottom of my blog every day, regardless of scheduled content.

"Whats that?" my imaginary audience ask.  Well, there is more to my depression and general dissatisfaction with life than just my weight.  I feel like im stuck in a rut, and I am not moving forward any.  I have a shitty job delivering pizzas.  I play way too much computer games in an effort to escape reality.  I am not doing anything constructive or positive to change my situation (other than spend 3 - 5 hours a day online looking for a new job, but I am completely disillusioned as to if that makes any difference at all...).  So, I will be focusing on my life-long dream of becoming a published author.  I havent written anything in years, and I am sure my writing is suffering from the neglect.  So this blog is, among many other things, a warm-up exercise.  I will be delivering fresh content every day, with a different topic.

I will give myself an easy out, and not tell you what the topics are just yet.  Over the next week each update will introduce the topic I will be planning on slotting into that days "time slot".  That will give me a nice easy transition into the bloggosphere (and I am mad at myself for using that word...) and allow me to figure out what I want to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays...

To anyone reading still... Thank you for showing interest in my journey.  It will be a very interesting one, as this whole exercise is really for me, my self improvement.  But at the same time, the key to its success is the fact that its a public record.  I need to feel shamed, supported, encouraged, pressured to keep on track and be successful.  And with the intent on dusting off my writing skills, I need to write to entertain.  So what I have on my hands is a highly personal door to my soul, left wide open for all sorts of dust and leaves and stray cats to enter.  Please, for as long as you stay, excuse the mess...