I have been forging new roads in my quest to be a better participant of life. I’ve removed carpeting, scrubbed concrete, cut/laid porcelain & ceramic tile, removed popcorn texture from ceilings & painted them, built wooden furnishings: (a bed, nightstands, cabinets, foot stools, chairs, work benches, a loveseat, tables, various sized boxes, window shutters, cornices, cabinet doors, and storage uprights/ closets), installed sinks and a toilet, installed laminate countertops and replaced them with concrete after noticing a heat spot on one near the stove, enhanced closets, hung ceiling fans and replaced light fixtures, pruned trees using a pole saw and a reciprocating saw, walked many miles while mowing grass during most warm/hot weather weeks, grown food: (broccoli, kale, mustards, celery, lettuce, lemons, persimmons, tomatoes, and cantaloupes), made soap, repaired a broken outdoor water pipe, climbed to the roof of my house to stop a leak after the hired roofer forgot to flash the chimney, extensively recycled paper/plastic and tin, laid a concrete path, and performed a bit of yard grading.