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I’ve never really considered the word ‘ambition,’ especially not as a way of describing myself as in ambitious or full of ambition. But yesterday, when I came across a definition of ambition and tried it on, I suddenly felt a surge of power. I felt compelled to act towards obtaining that which I most want…
I wake violently from a dream. In this dream, I had decided to go back to West Point. I walk the hollow grounds of the Academy watching the new cadets pinging around the parade field. I instinctually know that I have to get myself into better shape if I want to have any chance of…
I am awakened by the howling of my neighbor’s cat beneath my window. I had intended to have a lie-in seeing how it is Sunday morning. I don’t usually lie-in. Perhaps my neighbor’s cat realizes this and is trying to keep me from regretting not getting up early. I stumble out of the bed. I…