I’m working on regaining some self-discipline and willpower in my life.

I’ve always admired the concept of willpower.   Part of it comes from being a comic book fanboy.  I’ve always admired the Green Lanterns, these interstellar space cops with magic rings (well, not magic, but kind of like magic) that can do amazing things if they have the imagination and will to make it happen.  Like, say, preventing natural disasters or containing the fiery blast of a supernova.  Willpower is their bread and butter.

My willpower has been both strong and weak at different times in my life.  I feel that it’s on the weak side these days.  I’m trying to focus on something quite important:  diet.  I have bad eating habits, especially snacking between meals.  Twenty years ago I could eat more than three horses combined while barely gaining any weight.  Somewhere around the mid-90s that stopped working for me.  Pure and simple, I need to eat better.

So I’m trying.  It’s day one.  Day one has been OK.  I’m substituting other foods and trying to be reasonable about things.  I have a pedometer and I’m going to be walking virtually every day for the foreseeable future.  Hopefully that will be a decent start.

Hopefully the hardest part is just breaking through inertia.

With any luck, this will help give me more energy for other things.  Like, say, updating two blogs regularly.

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