I am in a better place than I have been in a long time. I'm still unsure of the exact value of my life but I've managed to continue moving and being productive.

Bullet points:

* Financially stable
* Owner of a newly paid off motorcycle
* Graduating with 3 degrees this fall, moving towards a 4th next summer, and a 5th by mid-2016
* Long-term goal established; use engineering studies as a pretext to study the human mind and the possibility of MMI and mind uploading, moving towards a PhD program in Philosophy of Engineering.

I am very burned out and tired, for all of the same reasons as ever, but I also have a good idea of things I want and how to get them, even if there are still going to be things I want and can never have. At some point soon I will have to get back into the martial arts. The culture of discipline is good for me, and the fitness benefits are something from which I could greatly benefit. I hate my imperfections. I need to learn to make peace with them. That is a lasting challenge.