The B3.0 Initiative

A common nickname that I go by is "B3." At one time this stood for "The Big B Bruno," but now B3 stands on its own simply as a name. Sometimes this name exists solely for the sake of having a nickname, and other times it helps create a brand-presence, such as with this blog.

The B3.0 Initiative is the very essence of both the long-desired release of my inner persona combined with a tightly integrated iterative growth process to achieve the desired result.

The past iterative process is mapped as such:

• Pre-1.0 Stage

This accounts for all of my life, including history, attitude, emotion, and networking prior to my first major life change. This dates from my birth to about the 5th grade. This also accounts for changes in my life that saw a reduction in friends, an increase in sexual interests, and the first branch of self-obsessive interests, such as in computing and video games, right at about the 5th grade. (circa 1984 - 1995)

• 1.0 Stage

This accounts for the change of my creative self from artistic in a visual sense to artistic in a literature sense. Writing, during my sophomore year of high school, became such an obsessive and controlling part of my life that I learned to disregard everything else for the sake of sharing my stories with the world. During these years, I also admit that I have an obsession, somewhat controllable, with sex. (circa 1999 - 2000)

• 2.0 Stage

Falling hot on the heals of the 1.0 Stage, enter Lacey. She becomes the catalyst for 95% of the 2.0 change. These six years of my life would become the most tumultuous, yet most fulfilling, of my life, with true happiness - and depression - defining my persona. The breakup, distancing, and eventual split of our friendship begins the catalyst for the push to the 3.0 Stage. I also develop a strong distaste for drama. (circa 2001 - 2006)

And now, I stand present with the immediate desire - almost a need - to push forward to begin the 3.0 Stage. As where the first three documented phases of my life were all encountered purely as contextual and natural evolutions of maturing, the B3.0 Initiative is all about pushing for the next big change, as methodically and as practically as possible.

Therefore, the B3.0 Initiative sets the following goals:

• Personal Emotional Neutrality: Not quite to the level of the Borg in an emotion-free state, but I wish to seek a state of emotional stability that does not allow for immediate anger, fear, or love (sometimes perpetuated by false hope) to manifest in me prior to allowing rational thought a chance
  

• Physical: Near the beginning of the 2.0 stage, I weighed 180 pounds before falling to 151 over a few months' time. I now weight 192 and intend to take this into the 150 to 160 range once again, with a goal of "sometime this fall."
  

• Networking: I wish to increase connections with old friends that I have lost contact with rather than immediately and purposely pursue the attention of new relationships.
  

• Professional: My official (and final) graduation date is Spring of 2008. Next semester begins my final year at BGSU. My central goals: increase my GPA, focus hard on learning the fine details related to my major (programming theory, software development, etc.), and finish one more major work of creative fiction.
  

The final detail of the B3.0 Initiative is to prioritize my life in such a way that the above goals can me accomplished without an overload. I am placing a high emphasis on my Professional and Physical goals, while my Networking and Personal Emotional Neutrality are secondary.

The B3.0 Initiative begins... today.