Many moons ago I lived in the company of some of the greatest minds I've ever met and they are still my best friends today. During the later years of university we would stay up all night, drinking potions and talking loudly about the world we knew, trying to make sense of something that we all felt we were a part of, something huge. We didn't know it at the time but a feeling in our guts was beginning to tell us that the journey we would each be setting out upon, a journey personalized for each one of us, would be very difficult and come with many life-changing experiences that no fortune teller could ever predict. We were building an airship and until very recently it had been quite long time since I felt the excitement of being involved in such a project.
The last I heard from myself in the form of this blog I was feeling a hefty burden of uncertainty that was beginning to tighten her grip on my spirit. I could hardly use my good arm and it was very difficult to type. I still have trouble holding a pen or playing music but for now I'll keep the happiness that came with my modest improvements in whichever form I can get. I sat alone with myself and looked deep into my everything. Gods, I have been so foggy lately yet now things are beginning to focus again with clarity. I know now what I have to do so let's stop being esoteric about it and explain. I'm going to try to expedite my Master's degree and get this party started. There is no need to lay out a formula on here for how I'm going to do it, this is nothing I can't handle, but I'm speaking directly to my future self and declaring that a few short months after my 40th birthday I will indeed have a fine airship built, ready to fly again.
To build an airship, a majestic world-wandering machine fueled by magical principals, one must grant oneself a simple and well thought out list of tasks. This list is your blueprints. It is foolish to build something so important without blueprints. Next you must define the supplies and tools with which you plan to accomplish your task and part of this includes actual budgeting of how much time and money you can afford to spare while building an escape pod in your backyard. This is of course something you're probably doing in secret during your free time. People will notice and therefore the next step is to have an alibi of your plans. People tend to look at you weird when they know you are building an airship, sometimes they are jealous, yet sometimes you will chance upon other airship craftspeople who know exactly what you're up to. Lastly, you have to learn how to fly. I can't teach you how to fly, I just jumped from a cliff and into the clouds and that was long, long ago. Now I'm learning how to fly with a family.
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