I achieved it: Day 238. My next target?

Break my dependence on coffee. THIS is challenging as it's the carrier of my butter, the principal way in which I empower my high-fat carnivore approach. I've had moderate success in the past using unsalted Kerrygold butter mixed with hot water over ice, but that's not a cost-effective answer. That said, I get the sense I am beginning to feel weird from coffee. The first two-cup coffee in a 40 oz stein is fine, but the second set has been challenging to drink...makes me feel... dehydrated...and around 3 each day, I just feel green. I may be evolving beyond coffee. A great aspect of a diet that inherently is an elimination diet is that I can see EXACTLY what affects me—like that time I gained 50lbs literally by drinking quarts of heavy whipping cream!

In money matters, as of yesterday, I officially have NO credit cards. I know, how un-American of me! According to Experian, my Gen X peers have almost as much credit card debt per person as millennials and Gen Z COMBINED. Along with agreeing with Dave Ramsey's advice, there's a certain simplicity element to not having a credit card.

And I seek a simpler life.

I found a video that compels me to rethink my writing voice.

I am glad the summer solstice has passed. Throughout my 40s, I have been thinking summer is the worst. And I always thought summer is the one season that could kill ya. And this is from the guy who wrote that 1℉ outdoors, house heat out, frozen hot waterline of Christmas Eve 2022's Grandma Got Runover by a (Pork Belly)! We can keep bundling up, but you just cannot set a big ol' ice cube outside to cool off.

I like that the night is returning, minute-by-minute. I miss the cascade of stars, for this city does not afford the night sky. Once upon a time, it was A Sky Full of Stars.

The thing about improving physical and financial fitness; writing more effectively; longing to cool my tongue with a cold front; or just a sky full of dreams, they're all vehicles, not destinations.

If I'm going to be honest, I don't know where I am going. I know where I want to be.