9 Sep 2011 07:08 PM
VOID CONTRACT NOTICES: With embarrassment, sorrow, and regret, I confess that some of my past reports of success have been lies. In all likelihood, so will be some of my future reports of success.

On July 1, 2011, I wrote up four of my five current contracts (148289, 148291, 148297, 148300). In a fit of wild ambition, I chose enormous financial penalties for failure in any of them: $400 per week. I hungered for self-improvement that day, but my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Telling the truth to this website's machinery would mean running out of money to live. To anyone who believed I was succeeding in these goals, I apologize.

I wonder what it says about me, but the only current contract I'm honestly fulfilling is not about self-improvement, but about revenge (140993). At least I'm sticking to something, anyway.

21 Jul 2011 08:07 PM
"Gods of Olympus, God of Jerusalem, show me how to forgive myself for failing to stand up to Mr. and Mrs. Families Are Not Democracies. Show me how to forgive myself today." This pagan-Christian prayer came to me in the morning. It is bound to be a serious game changer for some of the commitments I'm working through. It portends a boost in self-knowledge and self-confidence that enables me to revise my contracts now and again without feeling like a cheat.