tlj

Opportunity cost is the loss of potential gain from the best alternative to any choice. Thus, opportunity cost is the cost of pursuing one choice instead of another, cit.

Sometimes you wonder just what you may have missed out on, based on the choices you have made in the past. You certainly can’t keep looking back wondering just ‘what might have been.’ I find I get hung up on the past more often than I’d like. I often wonder what would have happened if I had stayed in California, what if I had stayed in DC and worked at HRC, what if, what if… 

The fact remains, that if you run it by the numbers, I’ve made all the right choices. I’ve put my needs first, I’ve achieved goals I have laid out for myself, and I’m doing well. At what point does life stop feeling like a chore and you begin to enjoy it? I know I’ve spent a lot of posts talking about how I’m not happy… This is not going to be one, I promise…

As per the last post, I’ve taken on an entirely new diet and have been working out as per my schedule. 3 days running, 3 days lifting… I’m feeling good about the process, but its hard to say no to the things I like so much… bread and pasta mostly. I find its a good exercise in self-control, seems like I’ve done that a few times lately. I’ve been more social, but I’m find it’s hard to maintain a diet and be social since most of my activities include things I can no longer have on a regular basis.   

Back to the topic…  At what point do come to terms with your choices? I try, I just tend to find myself dwelling on things outside of my control, So lets put that on that list… I will no longer fret about things beyond my control… I will accept what happens with a grain of salt, and enjoy what i have, in this moment… 

 On another note, a good family friend, John Truscott passed away wednesday morning… my best wishes go out to Joan, his wife.  

I mean that in the sense that I moved down, South… Not implying a degradation of quality of life or anything like that…

I moved to Northern Virginia Saturday. Not terribly far from DC, it’s still located on the metro line, albeit the last station :). I’m back with housemates, so this should be interesting. Generally I enjoy the company, and as many of you know I’ve tended to be a hermit in my DC apartment. As my friends commented when they helped me move in, yea its a little smaller, but I already feel much more at home there then my studio in DC. I slept with my windows open the last 2 nights and that has been nice, not living on the ground level in a sketchy area… has its perks. I think the desire for a car has escalated drastically now… I think i’m going to go get one this week if at all possible. The new place is a good mile from anything and several from the metro.

If the dealer still has the A3, then… Wednesday night, it looks like i’ll be an audi owner…

wish me luck!