Day 9

Today is just on this side of the half-way point of the year. July 1st is day 182, with 183 days left in the year. July 2nd is day 183, with 182 days left. Today, therefore, is the first full step forward on the lee side. There is a lot ahead of us. Summer. Vacations. Work, or a lack thereof. The days are getting shorter. We have a lot of heat ahead of us, and then a long cool down into the frozen winter. School. The holidays. And then the muted gleam of the end of this year. We have 181 days ahead of us to make something great out of this year. Today we make a list of what we want to make with our remaining time. A mid-year resolution. "Losing weight" will not populate that list. Through a sense of other purposes we will achieve a better self, better self esteem, and a fruitful half-year.