I'm typing up this post from my new laptop, an HP Envy x360 2-in-1 I picked up on sale from Best Buy on Saturday. It's a much-needed expense toward my accounting online studies. Through Amazon, I also added another HP product, its 12 CP Financial Calculator, a tool that will benefit me in '18, '19, and beyond. And finally, I'm now both a digital and print subscriber to the Wall Street Journal!

My older textbook approach will have its books in this week, even more significant as I've elected to use my scores from my two accounting classes 20-ish years ago and instead, use these days that remain before the First Day of School to teach myself Fundamentals of Accounting I & II to review the discipline. My time to prep for Spring '19 classes may be limited because of this development, unless I reevaluate my schedule in these upcoming days.

That said, I've got the framework mostly in place. One of these days, I gotta check out my upcoming study place in town at a college library. Not that my intent is to visit there everyday, but only when I require a fast, stable connection to the Internet.

In the thrill of the hunt of education, I've set aside the intensity of my weightloss regimen. Oh, I'm still on my diet and everything. I still daily put in the cardio and my steps feel lighter. But now, my 4AM workouts are spent sparring with a textbook.

I don't want to neglect my workouts; I still put in cardio in the 5 AM. But, instead of having a singular focus on one overall objective for a year, I'll be working toward two. And in some manifestation, the two will both be with me even when year-end goals are met.

It's good to be a University of Memphis student again. I have so many memories there that I even have memories from buildings that no longer even exist! So many people in my mind— who knows whatever happened to them all? Honestly, I don't want to know. I'd rather remember them young and full of vitality. If I were to see them today, it would depress me. It's funny: way back when I was 18, as part of my 30-hour a semester scholarship hours commitment, I was assigned to work in the School of Accountancy and continued every Fall and Spring semesters for the next 4 years. And now...full circle...

Yet my love for my alma mater and former workplace is not the chief reason why I'm stoked for my return. It is in all of the possibilities that lay ahead. It's about putting the work in, hours everyday, daily investing into...myself. That's something I didn't realize when I was young. Back then, it was just to doing the work to get the check marks. Today, I push for me. I no longer pursue that diploma as the golden ticket for job admission. I pursue knowledge...for a purpose. To build something. The diploma will be a physical manifestation of the time I spent in training...

...it's hardly the end. ALL of this is the setup for the beginning.

This is the prologue...

Earning an accounting degree just makes sense...

First of all, I've already cleared all the gen ed requirements and most if not all of the business requirements outside of the major. I would actually be taking classes in accounting which is a shame that most of a 4-year college program is just that—but, I digress. Somebody has to pay for the classes that won't contribute to people making money after graduation—I'm looking at you, Art Appreciation. Hey, don't hide Music Appreciation! Come back here, Oral Comm— you're already in everything else!

There's literally no downside from a financial perspective. The worst case scenario is I don't find a high paying job afterward, which is exactly where I am now. Despite the dividends it pays for the kids, homeschool teaching does not not build shareholders' equity. Taking out additional student loans makes no qualitative difference to the student loans I already possess—experientially, it is identical.

There's a ton of upside from a financial upside. It could be a gamechanger: there's a lot of potential to make real money out of the gate and put me into a superior position to start my own business by the age of 50.

Yes, doing well to infuse the material into me requires hard work along the way—so does waking up early and training. The time put into it will encourage general brain development; there are those who slack after a certain age and in due time, believe Branson, MO sounds like a good time.

Yes, I'll have to handle difficult situations. What is the core of resistance training? Pushing heavy things and the recovery makes things awesome blossom. This opportunity will further develop my ability to find solutions in the interpersonal arena.

It's about developing a vision, trusting it, and carrying it out. As it has been said, "Never doubt you're the one, and you can have your dreams."

Sweep the leg, Johnny.