Self-determination theory

A sense of reinvigoration overcomes me. Recent weeks and months have revealed in me a restlessness, an unusually positive dissatisfaction that refreshes my soul. Although my footsteps are harrowed by the same shadows they have always been, these stark figures are, for the time being, rendered distant and indistinct. A determination to fill my days, to exercise, to tear myself away from self-imposed solitude, brings the coming days into sharp focus. With concrete opportunities in my grasp and a firm handle on what is to come, I can push out my chest and greet the future with an eager stoicism the like of which I have rarely felt within myself. I am standing at my own, highly personal frontier, ready at last to sally forth and abandon the comfort and safety of my meticulously constructed but ultimately self-defeating redoubt. Amat victoria curam.