Half-Assed

I spent the day doing a number of different things, flitting from task to task. It allowed me to cope with a real tendency to lose interest in whatever is before me very quickly; I just moved from one task to another. On the other hand, I didn't finish a single thing. I have a dozen tasks all part-done.

I guess what I'm trying to say is



Hey! Let's go to the movies!

Introduction

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there are no second acts in American Life. We don't have a "middle period" in which we may take time to appreciate our accomplishments, take stock of our talents, before we begin that slide into old age.

For better or worse, I have been given that second act. I'm 50 years old. I have managed to blow up my marriage, my career, my relationship with my children, and many of the people I once called friend.

So I am here to take stock. Maybe I will find redemption. Maybe I will just fade away into a cloud of indifference. Bear witness, if you wish.