Hello, 2026

 Let's try a journal prompt: What's one goal you are determined to achieve this year?

Well, I have a couple, actually. I want to lose enough weight to qualify for the kidney transplant list, which means I need to get to about 190, maybe 180. Which means I need to lose a lot of weight, like 60-75 pounds. I've done it before, I can do it again. The other goal is to quit smoking, AGAIN, this time for GOOD.

Finish the sentence: "One year from now, I hope to..." have a new kidney and go back to Kona. Preferably with Shaedra or Chloe. Also to finish the droid project and have our prototype. And to show it to Colen.

What does success look like to you personally, regardless of society's standards? Success, to me, means being healthy and happy. To not be in debt. To be able to pay all my bills. To have the respect of my family, especially my brothers. To be doing something I love. To afford vacations. To not work at a soul-sucking job that makes me feel defeated. I don't know if I will ever find it, but I won't give up.

If you could achieve anything without fear of failure, what would you pursue?  The droid project, for one. We need a programmer better than ChatGPT. Chloe needs more motivation, and I need to know how to give that to her. As far as careers, a voice-over actor. Definitely. It sounds like Todd may have more audiobooks in the works, and I let him know I was available.

Imagine your life 3 years from now. What do you see?

EDA (ERA?) in mass production with the help of some investors and grants, Chloe is happy and successful, boating around the world on her yacht. I'm still alive, thanks to a successful kidney transplant, and traveling the country in my RV with my dog. 

What are your hopes for your community or the world at large?

I hope the US survives the fascist in office, and locks him away in prison along with the rest of his cabinet. The Epstein files get released without redactions (except to protect the actual innocents). I hope that the Portland city council gets its shit together and finds a REAL solution to the drug and homeless issues. I hope all the new people voted in are progressives.

That's it for now, I may use more journal prompts (and write more!) in the future.