It’s over. I can’t believe it, but it’s over. I sat my last exam on Friday… was a difficult test, but passable I think. It still hasn’t hit me yet that the bane of my last 6.5 years is over. Yes I know I still have to wait until I get my results… nothing is guaranteed of course. But there here and now… no more uni !

I’ve always said that once the stress of uni is over, I would become a new man. I don’t think many people apart from myself understand just how much impact and stress it’s had on me, and how I’ve put most of my life on the sidelines whilst I’ve tried to juggle one of the university’s hardest degrees with a fulltime job. It’s been this black cloud that has impacted heavily on my mood.

But now… it’s the next step in my life. I always said over the past year that once uni was over I would

  • Stop smoking
  • Go to the gym
  • Get out and socialise more.

    • Indeed, I promised Adam that I would stop smoking, at the same time that NSW Pubs and Clubs banned smoking in their establishments… i.e. midnight tonight. So… I’ve stopped the cigarettes, and I’m sitting here under the patio heater with some Johnny Black enjoying a final cigar whilst I consider how I’m going to handle the next few weeks and convince myself that I won’t want to start up again. have to find a way to convince myself that I don’t need cigarettes to handle anxiety… I can find alternatives. I thought about hypnotherapy, but unfortunately I’m one of those rare people that cannot be hypnotised. I’ve tried with professionals many times. So I will have to find another way.

    As for the gym… no more procrastinating now! I’m joining Fitness First tomorrow with Adam… my workplace sits right over the top of the North Sydney branch, so no excuses now :-) I have a goal to reach 72kg and lower my resting BPM to 65. Adam’s going to try and do something similar.

    What’s better is now I will have a little more time to look at my blog and website as well. Today was Shelton’s First Birthday… he got a bath and a bone, as well as some new toys. However.. I’m still lacking in photos, now that he’s grown to a monsterous size :-) So photography too is back on the cards :-)

    *sighs*
    Tomorrow I’m going to wake up, It’ll be a new day, and a new outlook.
    G’night all :-)