I arrived back in Victoria on Sunday. It feels like I've come home. It's funny how your perception of what's home can change over time. My good friend Aydinsky Smith is coming over next week, so I'm looking forward to that.

I haven't been taking very good care of myself lately so I'm going to try to go on a health kick for the next little while. Some goals: Eat out way less, cut out Diet Coke and McDonalds breakfasts, get more fruits and vegetables, ramp up on the swimming and work-outs. Pretty cliché stuff I guess, but there's nothing wrong with that.

I signed up at the YMCA yesterday, so that should help with the exercise. I'm going to start eating a big breakfast to help me eat out less. I think I'll try making smoothies and granola. I'd also like to get up earlier in general so I can start hitting the pool before work.

I want to flex my mind muscle a bit more too. I'll do this by reading more books but also reading them more critically. Maybe I'll try making notes as I read, or at least questioning what I've read and why it's interesting or uninteresting, how it applies to my life, etc. I've been inspired by watching YouTube videos of Richard Feynman speaking. He has a curious way of looking at the world and explaining things that just makes everything seem so obvious. I read his semi-autobiography Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! back in college and highly recommend it.

I'd like to try a Yoga class while I'm over here too, as well as resume my French and Spanish studies, get my motorcycle license, get my finances in order, and continue improving my programming skills and making contributions to open-source software.