But this is a new year! Ha! So much has happened since we climbed the Willis Tower in early November. The biggest changes have prompted me to take the blog back up. I remembered that in the early days after the accident, journaling via the blog gave me an outlet for my frustrations and also helped me to feel connected to my support network. It felt good to be productive in a time when it seemed that much was taken from me (and given, to be sure). A lot of great stuff is happening right now, but a lot of change and a lot of unknowns, too, which cause frustrations. There is a lot happening and perhaps it would be of benefit to document it all. Why not be public, then? That way I can get feedback from the SCI (spinal cord injury) community, support, ideas I hadn't thought of - on both how to manage this condition and how to tackle my other goals in life - and hopefully someone benefits form my mistakes and lessons learned along the way.
I chose to switch to Blogger because it is a little more manageable. Also because the Tumblr account was set up by Erik Severinghaus, who was very proactive in finding a way to share my updates early on. I finally took the time to Google how to transfer the blog to a new account, so all the old posts are still here. You can also follow the blog by entering your email in the appropriate field on the right.
So what are these events I mentioned?
1) Rebecca and I just moved to Cape Town, South Africa. What?!?!? More on this (including an explanation... trying to give an incentive to read more!) very soon. We are staying at the Circa Hotel and trying to find an apartment right now.
2) I am probably going to start writing a book. Or at least I will be attempting to write a book. Please comment if you have thoughts about this. Terrible idea? Great idea? I tend to just follow a path until it doesn't make sense for things like this. So that's what I'm doing. I have plenty of free time, so why not?
3) I am researching and thinking of my "next big thing". The goal in mind is to positively impact the economy (US or abroad... or both) via business or business education. The end goal is to both earn an income and better the lives of as many people as possible in as big a way as possible. I might have go to a new industry to do this - even taking years to ramp up on things before launching anything on my own (if ever) - that's fine. Thoughts on this are absolutely welcomed.
Please share this new blog site with anyone you think would be interested. You should be able to share on Facebook if you desired, or again just follow it. That will prevent you from having to check to see if there is anything new, since you will get email alerts when there is a new post (I got the impression people got tired of checking Tumblr). Also, if you are new to the blog, the archive is on the right, below my info. This is far better than the other site where you had to keep clicking "older posts" if you wanted to, say, start at the beginning.
I plan on blogging at least once a week. The next blog will be about the journey (both our logic in the decision and the physical travel) to Cape Town and the first week here. Hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday I will post that.
Dear Lord, thank You for this life. Thank You for Your abundant grace. Help me to understand how best to follow Your will and remind me to put Yours before my own. Keep me humble. Give me purpose. Give me energy. Take away all pain and discomfort. Thank You for this incredible world. In Your name, Amen.
Have a great weekend and God bless!
Chip
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