Advice Welcome, separating and W moving out soon..

[jedi]

To add on the above, I have been saying I'll list goals here and have not done so. This is a good start, but I still want to add to this list. This is a bit winded, but I felt compelled to detail how I've started on some of these already.

Continue to exercise daily
This has just started developing into a daily routine of 3 mile jogging/walking, but has been slowly building for me since January. Being only 2 months into not smoking (an 18 year habit) my lungs can't yet keep up with my brain, but it's getting better. I've lost 20 lbs since my heaviest weight recorded in Feb of this year. To be fair, most of this drop has come in the last 2 months since BD. I'd like to start some weight training, maybe P90X in addition to the aerobics.

Begin Guitar Lessons
I have borrowed a friend's acoustic, and have been doing some basics via YouTube and an app I downloaded, but I need to just sign up for weekly lessons and make this one a priority.

GAL activities ALONE
This will be a big step for me. Even just going to a bar for a few beers, alone, would be way out of character for me. Perhaps traveling to a new city for a weekend, alone. I have some ideas in mind, but this one scares me. For example, W introduced me to Scuba Diving, and while I would love to get away and do some diving, I'm afraid that would be a very emotional one right now. However, it's also a great way to meet some folks with similar interests.

More interaction with distant friends
I have several friends of the kind where we dont talk for months, then get together and all is just like we left it. But I'm starting to wonder, what if I make more effort here? What's already good certainly can get better right? so why not. This also helps me work on not being so selfish, putting effort into others.

Career
I've mentioned EMT here a few times. I am dissatisfied with my career in that it doesn't make me feel as though I'm giving back to humanity. This alone was a big realization for me that occurred in the week immediately after BD, and was the source of what I now see as depression for the better part of 18 months. I am signed up for EMT class, but sadly it doesn't start until August. This one will just have to pause for now. I do however have my course materials and plan to get ahead over the summer.