This blog is about my random thoughts - a place to vent my spline!! (one condition on that: I have another blog that I use to rail against the religious idiocy)
So, what has prompted the recall to this blog. Motivation. What is it that I'm missing? What is the thinking or lack of thinking that stops me from pursuing my (essentially) admirable goals? What is going on in my head that makes me do other stuff when I should be working?
Great questions these. I recently purchased an online course on NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). OK - that's a step towards some self-help. A self study on getting my inner self working towards healthy outcomes. I have started it - printed the book etc - but I need to dedicate some time each week to it's completion.
What am I actually doing (each day)? Why am I not doing what I should be doing? Between 9 and 5 I should be working. I have things to do. They are taxing on the mind, often new and different. I'm starting to think that it is these endeavours that are now proving difficult for me. My mind doesn't want to "burn the calories" to solve those problems, so I sit at my computer looking a fun stuff instead.
Every week-day I go to the Crossfit Gym and there we are told what to do. I like that - no thinking. Although from time to time they say go do something for 10 mins that you need to work on (a weak activity etc) and my mind goes blank.
I have improved my diet a lot lately - consuming more protein is helping my muscles/recovery, less grains, and no sugar. But am I getting enough sleep - I'm hearing that I should be getting at least 7 uninterrupted hours per night - I try to be asleep by 10.30 and my alarm goes off at 5.30. But some nights I'm awake for a bit - need to go to the toilet.
Am I stressed? Not sure. There are stressful situations in my life. At work, the stress is getting quite low as the money is getting more regular, but I do worry that I could be working harder (see above). Maybe I'm not managing my cortisol hormone properly.
Lets use this blog for what it was intended AND to help unload and help motivate me towards the activities I should be doing
1. Mon to Fri - Average $700 chargeable value per day - this should be $14,000 per month
2. Sleep - 7+ hours per night
3. Be a good partner (get flowers for Michele tonight - OK)
4. NLP Study
5. Keep my non-work life simple which should leave me time for Michele - Love her more!!
6. Order of priority: Me, Michele, My Kids, Work, Lachie, Personal Pursuits(Crossfit, Band, Skiing)
Well, that's a lot off my chest already - JUST DO IT
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Bill being Bill...
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were:
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room..
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
*Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you'll end up working for one.
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were:
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room..
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
*Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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