Oh, what can happen in two short years!
I am happy to report that I most certainly changed my life, but I did not accomplish the changes I was attempting to make that I detailed in this blog.
The bad news: I went back to smoking, started drinking heavily again, and went back to eating stuff that wasn't good for me.
I had reason - perhaps not a valid reason for backsliding where my health is concerned, but a reason all the same. As I was making all of these positive changes in my life I realized that I needed to dig deeper and really change another thing that was adversely affecting my life, and that meant ending a 6 year long-distance relationship.
It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right one.