Clear Your Mind
The Junk Inside
Back in my younger days, I had stuff.
I started with some clothes, some books and the odd pencil and pen. As I got older, I bought more stuff. I bought comic books, books on various subjects, computers, sketchbooks and whatnot. Later, the stuff I had kept growing and growing. If I was in Toronto, I would have kept accumulating stuff until it would of been ridiculous.
Actually it was ridiculous.
Later, my life would change. I moved to Korea and have lived here for almost 9 years. What about the stuff I had in Toronto? My poor parents carried my stuff a few times and eventually got fed up. The decision was made to trash everything.
I had nothing left in my name in Toronto. All the stuff was gone. I never had a chance to say good-bye.
At first I was angry. Later, I felt that decision was not only the right thing to do, but I was very thankful that my parents kept that stuff for me as long as they have. It was wrong for me to think otherwise.
And I realize how dumb it was to keep the stuff I had.
The Junk Inside our Minds
You would think that I learned my lesson from that and I sort of did. The place I live in is much smaller, so I can’t carry around too much stuff. I still buy things, but I really think about it carefully. When I think about it, there’s some stuff I have now that needs to be sold or trashed. With spring arriving, it’s time to reevaluate the stuff I have and be ruthless about it.
Some spring cleaning needs to be done with the stuff in the computer too. I have to delete whatever is not being used. There’s only so much stuff I really need to use. With one of the computers going AWOL, once it’s fixed, it’s time to clear the hard drive.
Likewise, the stuff I carry in mind is dumb. What ever happened to keeping things simple? I wish I could simply delete whatever I have in my mind like how I delete things in a computer. It’s a question of what I do in the beginning and the end of the day. I have to get into the groove of writing my plan at the end of the day and executing it when the day starts.
Too crap inside. It’s time to clear it out.
Things to Consider for Today:
- What kind of crap do you have in the house?
- Clear it out.
- What kind of crap do you have in your mind?
- Clear it out.
- Start with a clean slate.
- Start anew.
- Keep the mechanism clean.
- Keep it simple.
- Make a plan.
- Work through the things in your plan.
- Learn to say “no” to things outside your plan.
- Stay focused.
- Simplicity is genius.
- Simplicity is productive.
- Simplicity is the best way to go.
- Simplicity is the only way to go.
Day Slip
The Day Off
On those rare days, I would take a day a Saturday off.
And I would let the schedule fly out the window.
I actually had a lot of time on my hands, and I decided to let everything go. I did take care of Joe for most of the afternoon while most of the family went out. It was quite lazy and relaxing. It was so easy to not think.
It made me realize how undisciplined I am.
What Can You Do?
It’s not often I have the chance to do this. So when the opportunity comes, I just don’t have a care in the world.
What about this? What about that? Isn’t it important to work on the stuff you care about?
Sure. We should work on those things when we have the time.
It’s also important to recharge and clear your mind. I don’t have those chances I found. I don’t have enough of them.
In the evening, the family came back and I sort of had my mind back into gear.
It’s best to appreciate the time to do nothing.
Things to Consider for Today:
- What is greater than God?
- What is more evil than the devil?
- The poor have it.
- The rich need it.
- And if you eat it, you’ll die?
- I couldn’t get this answer.
- When I heard it, I realized I’m too intelligent for my own good.
- It was disappointing.
- But understandable.
- BTW, the answer is somewhere in this blog post.
4 Basic Life Lessons
From Complex to Simple
After looking at the rules of virtue of Ben Franklin (see the previous entry), I think I was biting more than I can chew. So, going back to The Art of Manliness, I saw this link on the 4 Basic Life Lessons from Basic Training.
This is much better. I must be a bebe.
The 4 Basic Rules from Basic Training
1. If You Can’t Carry It, Wear It, or Shoot It, Leave It Behind
2. Run, Shoot, Communicate
3. Practice Mindfulness
4. Outranking Someone Doesn’t Equal Control of Them
I appreciate how the writer explains each rule with an anecdote from his life and the practical use of these rules. In short, I agree with these rules and see how they can apply to my life.
Here’s a few insights from me:
1. Back in the days when I went to camps or retreats, I’ve always over prepared for these trips. If I knew what I knew now, I would of brought just one backpack and a sleeping bag. Why in the world did I bring a huge bag that weighed 10 kg?? I mean these camping trips were only 3 days max! How silly I was back then.
The silliness continues. The place I’m living in now isn’t so big and the number of clothes and other items I have is too much. This doesn’t include the stuff my family has as well.
I should take the time to see what clothes I wear or not and dump them if I haven’t worn them for 4 months. Right now, I can see clothes I haven’t worn for a year! Time for those to go.
2. Talk about hitting it where it counts.
What do I need to become a successful husband? A successful writer? A successful teacher? A successful artist? A successful marketer?
Indeed, I need to focus on “need to haves”. It’s so simple. This would definitely clear up my priorities.
3. Duh. Focus on the task at hand with all your mind and heart. Even if you’ve done it thousands of times, it doesn’t give a excuse of going through the motions.
It’s so true.
The problem is, it’s really tempting to pass the buck or be a mindless zombie when you’re sick and tired of doing the same things over and over. Regardless, be aware and take responsibility for all things in your life.
4. Earn your respect from others. Dang. Nothing is given to you on a silver platter. You take the reins and work with it.
How many times do I see this when I’m teaching the class? I know I must earn the respect of my students. Nothing is given to me easily. While most may follow what I’m teaching, there are some where I have to make that extra effort to get them over on my side. Some of these students may never follow me, but that won’t stop me from encouraging them. It’s easy to give up, but I know better than that.
A Breath of Fresh Air
It’s good to see posts like this. They really work for me and I think they genuinely help others to become better people (in this case, men). Again, if you want to see this post, check it out here. It’s worth the read.
Things to Consider for Today:
- Simple is better.
- Reviewing simple things is better.
- Complexity is for idiots with too much time on their hands.
- It’s not wrong to find the simplest path to success.
- It takes a genius to do so.
The Rules of Benjamin Franklin
Getting Back on Track
After a nice comment from Mike, it was time to get back. Actually, the comment stung quite a bit.
But I need to focus.
Motivation is always welcomed after the stinging subsides. Now, back to our irregularly scheduled program.
Going after Virtue
Today I’m looking at The Art of Manliness, a website about how to be a better man. Introduced by Mike Kitchen via the comment above, I decided to check it out. It’s a pretty cool website and I’m sure to visit it from time to time.
Since my recent posts were about rules, I decided to check out some of the rules posted on this website. The one that stuck out was about Ben Franklin trying to live a virtuous life. You can see the post over here. It’s well written and worth checking out.
Now, here are the 13 rules Ben made to become a virtuous man:
1. “TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.”
2. “SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.”
3. “ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.”
4. “RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.”
5. “FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.”
6. “INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.”
7. “SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.”
8. “JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.”
9. “MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.”
10. “CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation.”
11. “TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.”
12. “CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.”
13. “HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.”
Nice rules to achieve to become a better man. Is it possible to do on a daily basis? Ack.
Not even Ben could accomplish that.
Let’s see how I fare:
1. The drinking part is achievable. The eating part… I’m sure I’m going to fail that if I go to a buffet. What can I say? I love food.
2. Too tough. I currently don’t have the discipline to do that. It is something I would like to achieve though.
3. My problem with 3 is that I’m too orderly to the point of insanity. That’s why I just stick to chaos. An easy way out, but keeps me from making my eyes go red.
4. An achievable rule. I think it’s just a question of self-accountability. A to do list or having a person accountable to you perhaps?
5. Difficult, but I do agree with this rule. Waste not.
6. Agreed. However, it’s so much fun doing nothing especially with time wasters like TV and the Internet.
7. A worthy rule. Something worth achieving day in and out. Just gotta keep my big mouth shut.
8. I like it. But is it truly achievable?
9. I like extremes. A very difficult virtue.
10. Pretty much achievable except for the habitation.
11. Hard, but something I would like to work on. Chill out when the world is going to hell.
12. Agreed.
13. Agreed. It’s just a matter of reading the Bible or a book on Socrates on a daily basis.
Difficult Indeed
Compared to yesterday’s rules, this is tough stuff. To be honest, they don’t resonate with me. Maybe it has to do with the way it written (18th century writing). Maybe they don’t match my goals in life (which I’m still figuring out). Whatever the reason, I can’t see myself following all of them.
At least in this point in time.
Things to Consider for Today:
- Geez, I miss using a mouse.
- When you’re writing with just a touchpad, it’s totally distracting.
- I have to turn it off when I’m focused only on writing.
- At least it’s making me appreciate the smaller things in life.
- What rules dominate your life?
- You probably have something if you think about it.
- I’m thinking about it, but haven’t found my rules.
- Or, I’m trying to figure out the rules I need to dump and put in place ones that will put me in the right direction.
- At the end of the day, are you better than you were yesterday?
12 Rules
A Little Dazed
After taking a nap on the bus, my mind is blank. I loaded up the blog page and couldn’t get myself started for 10 minutes.
But time is ticking away and I only have so much time before I have to start my day and work.
It’s time to write about some nitty gritty details.
12 Rules by Craig Ballantyne
Okay, this is coming from Early to Rise, a website that talks about how to be successful and other things about life. The thing I want to talk about is the 12 rules made by Craig Ballantyne and see which rules I agree or disagree with. Here we go. (Note- the bold text is my own thoughts.)
1. I go to bed and get up at the same time 7 days per week (9pm and 5am.) I do not deviate from this schedule unless it is due to an important (and this word is not used lightly) work or social function. I stick to a diet of whole, natural foods, avoid caffeine after 1pm, and avoid alcohol within 3 hours of bedtime.
I do agree with sleeping and waking up at the same time 7 days a week. I think that would do wonders to my productivity and energy. However, my schedule wouldn’t allow me to sleep at 9pm. The earliest time I could get to bed would be 12am, so getting to bed at that time and waking up by 7am is doable and I’m sort of doing that right now. The other parts of this rule are at best good guidelines for me to follow. Something to strive for in March.
2. I write for at least 60 minutes first thing every morning.
Agreed. I would like to write Cyper at that time or work on my projects.
3. I do not check email before 9am.
Agreed. I rarely did that anyways.
4. I do not talk on the phone unless it is a schedule interview or conference call.
Pretty much agree with this. Actually, I don’t have anyone to talk to really other than Da Missus.
5. I create a to-do list at the end of every workday and I follow that to-do list starting first thing the next morning. I also perform my daily readings at the end of every workday, and I write in a gratitude journal. I am thankful everyday for identifying my mission and what I wanted to do with my life at such a young age.
Agreed. Another thing to do for March. Don’t know about the young age thing since I’m almost in my forties. 
6. I do not engage in confrontations with anyone, in-person or online. This is a waste of time and energy. If I have caused harm, I apologize and fix the situation. However, if someone simply doesn’t like something I have done or something that I do or disagrees with me, that is fine, but I’m not going to get into an argument about it. For any confrontation-like situation, I simply take a deep breath, relax, breathe out, and re-focus my efforts back on my work and goals.
I, for the most part agree. However, it’s easier said than done to follow this rule. My problem is I like the occasional argument or two to get my point across to a person.
As for potential confrontations, I found prayer helps me focus and solve whatever issues I have with someone. The feeling that God has my back or will deal with the things beyond my control brings comfort.
7. I am guided by these two phrases:
a) “Nothing matters.” – By this, I mean that arguing on the internet changes nothing…I can only work towards the major, massive goals that I have set for my life…that I have a vision of helping others, and there is no time to let petty arguments stand in the way.
b) “It will all be over soon.” – This servers me in both good times and in bad.
In hard times, such as bad days, troubled times, or intense physical effort or discomfort, I know that it will all be over soon. A small amount of suffering now will be forgotten later when I will enjoy the rewards of my work. And in good times, I will remember that life is short, and I must make things count now, and no matter how good things are going I must never let myself become soft and lazy, because I have too much to accomplish in such a short time.
a) I don’t completely agree with this. I think some things need discussion for clarity. Focusing on my goals and helping others, yeah, I’ll concur on that.
b) Nice one! It will be all over soon, good or bad. It reflects on my philosophy that life is short and we should make most of what we are given. To be reminded there’s so many things to do in such a short time reminds me to focus on what I want to get done.
8. Everything that happens to me – good and bad – is my personal responsibility. I blame no one but myself. These are the choices I’ve made – this is the life I’m living. I will accept the consequences of my actions.
Oh yeah, I agree with this completely. I don’t like it, but there’s no one to blame but myself if I made those choices.
9. I will not stop until I have helped 1 Million men and women transformed their lives – physically, financially, or emotionally.
Uh… why stop at 1 million? Disagree. While I still live, I’ll keep going. It’s not number that counts.
10. I will not be the person I don’t want to be. I will not be petty, jealous, or envious, or give in to any other of those lazy emotions. I will not gossip or speak badly of others, no matter who I am with or what environment I am in. I will not be negative when it is easier to be positive. I will not hurt others when it is possible to help. I will know the temptations, situations and environments in life that I must avoid, and I will, in fact, avoid them, even if it means loosening relationships with others who “live” in those environments. It’s my life and that matters more than what other people think of me.
I agree with not being petty, jealous or envious of others, but easier said than done. A very hard rule to follow, but one worth striving for.
11. “I will always keep the child within me alive.” – Frank McKinney. I will laugh everyday. That’s not hard when you have the friends – and dog – that I have. And if they don’t make me laugh, there’s plenty of comedy on Netflix.
Agreed. Laughter is good medicine. Don’t have a dog though. My family is better.
12. “I will write with honesty and feeling.” – Ted Nicholas. I’ve long since giving up caring about how others choose to judge me. What matters more than other’s opinions is the number of people that I can help by sharing advice and encouragement in my writing. The most powerful songs are written by songwriters who bare their souls. So screw it, let’s do it. Let’s put it all out there. I’m not going to help as many people as I could if I keep the “real info” to myself. I also understand now, better than ever, that sometimes you have to “write to repel” in order to strongly attract the readers you desire.
This final rule is agreeable, but difficult. It’s something I would love to strive for in the coming months of my life, to write with honestly and emotion.
Looking at models of Success
During the month of March, I’m going to look over the articles, videos and emails of people that have reached success. You would think if I keep doing this every day I would learn something and become more successful? Perhaps. I hope you can join me for the ride and discuss if these things are valid or junk.
Things to Consider for Today:
- Create your own rules.
- Have them regulate you and move you forward.
- Work on ideals that take you out of your comfort zone.
- Go after the goals that will push you beyond your limits.
- Ask the right questions.
- Find the right answers.
- Why should I be the best I can be?
Arnold’s 6 Rules of Success
Rules of Success According to Arnold Schwarzenegger
Alright, I don’t think this will be a long post. I’ve been looking at this video for the past few days and wondering if this had something to do with success. Let’s sum up Arnold’s rules:
1. Trust Yourself
2. Break the Rules
3. Don’t be afraid to fail
4. Don’t listen to the naysayers
5. Work your butt off (or work like hell)
6. Giving Back
Trust Yourself
I think this has to be a must. If you can’t trust yourself to do anything, you’d better stop yourself and figure this out carefully. For the most part, who doesn’t trust themselves?
Break the Rules?
I can see where he’s coming from. He says in detail, follow the laws (of the nation I presume) but break the perceived rules inside of you. While rules regulate you, there are some things we should change or outright break. Staying the mold leads to mediocrity. The shakers and the movers of this world didn’t conform to the worlds set by experts.
Don’t be afraid to Fail
This rule is hard for me. I see myself scared to move forward because of failure. My inability to take risks has been a crutch and ball and chain. The decision to move forward is difficult, but once the decision is made, the body follows the mind. But it’s really a challenge. It must be done.
Don’t Listen to the Naysayers
The biggest naysayers come from the inside. It didn’t help that I actually believed some of the people in life that I couldn’t do it. When I was young, it was so believable. Yet, once in a while, I can hear that voice that says quietly and firmly, “NO.” And I go out and get it done. Why I don’t listen to that voice? I’m too easily distracted to my environment.
Work Like Hell
After watching this video, I’ve been waking up earlier. I don’t know if there is a connection to watching this video. Before, I was waking up at 9:00am. Now I’ve been waking up at 7:20am. I hope this becomes a new routine I can keep for the rest of my life. I would like to wake up earlier than this, but I’m not complaining. I’m also working a bit harder. Again, I don’t know if its because of this video. Arnold’s words are sinking into my head? Who knows…
Giving Back
I definitely believe in doing this. The question is, how? I feel the best way to do this is to share what I know in Cyper and spread the word from here. I hope people will read this and benefit from the information I’m writing and inspire them to work on things that would help their creativity. I thought that giving back is to go out and volunteer work, and I would like to do that in time. For now, I will give back by sending an encouraging thought through this website, and social media via Facebook and Twitter. Hopefully I can continue give back in a bigger way.
Things to Consider for Today:
- Trust you’ll find your way in life.
- Find your why and because.
- Break the mold in yourself.
- Get out of your comfort zone each day.
- Don’t be afraid to fail.
- Failure is your friend.
- Take risks in life.
- Say no to the naysayers.
- Be like the frog that climbed out of the mudhole when the other frogs said he couldn’t do it.
- Work your butt off.
- Count the things you do after you’ve reached your threshold of pain.
- No pain, no gain.
- Give back.
- Help others in need.
- Give kind words and make this world a better place.
Thanks Lisa for sharing this video via Facebook!
My Inability to Communicate
Going all Over the Place
More important than languages or the tools we use get our message out to others is our ability to communicate.
I must admit this area is extremely difficult.
As a teacher, I must be able not to just teach the lesson, but have all the students understand what they must learn from me and keep that lesson in their minds for them to use later on.
Sure, that’s not all my responsibility. After all, students have to make an effort to learn the lesson themselves and apply the lesson as much as they can until it becomes natural for them to use.
In the ideal world, the teacher teaches the student. The student takes the lesson. The student practices the lesson. The student keeps practicing over and over until he gets it. Before he forgets, he applies it again to keep the lesson fresh. The best way for that to happen is to have another lesson related to the previous lesson taught and make the bond.
Now there are problems with that, but I’m not going to into that.
When Communication Fails
This happens all the time. Sometimes it has no effect on the world whatsoever. Other times, it can be dangerous and fatal. From what I’ve read, some nuclear plant accidents are due to people “passing the buck” thinking someone will have taken care of the matter that they could of taken care of themselves.
I see a failure in communication.
I fail in communicating my thoughts to others. Sometimes it’s not a big deal. Other times, it’s very stressful for me and the person I need to communicate to. What can be done if whatever you do, your ability to communicate fails?
Keep it Simple
Some people pride ourselves in complexity and being busy. I don’t see what’s really cool about that. I also have no reason why people do this other than to show their intellect. So what? What I see is the inability to communicate. Who cares if you’re a genius? If you can’t convey your ideas to others, you’re no good.
Genius comes from showing your best ideas to anyone young or old and they get your idea instantly. Those are the game changers in the world.
Have it in Writing
Spoken conversations are good for gathering ideas, but if they’re not written on paper, it’s no good.
A lot of times, I’ve had conversations and a lot of good things were mentioned. At the end of the talk, nothing was written. The next hour, they were mostly forgotten.
What a total waste of time.
I think Brian Tracy said an idea doesn’t come alive until it is on paper. When I think about it, people that have written journals and looked over them from time to time have ideas realized and developed. I always told myself to get into the habit of writing stuff down and act on them when it needed to. Too many times, I never heeded my advice.
Write your ideas down.
The End of the Rant
I had to get this out of my head. I know I haven’t been writing consistently and it bothers me every day not doing so. For some reason, I can’t get the time to do so.
I offer no excuses. A routine must be made to help me focus to write.
Things to Consider for Today:
- The ability to communicate is gold.
- You don’t need to speak well.
- You don’t need to write well.
- You don’t need some fancy software.
- These all help, but aren’t be all and end all.
- The ability to communicate is being simple.
- Say what needs to be said.
- And have people get it the first time.
- Good communication means writing things down.
- Let your thoughts flow through writing.
- Be confident in your thoughts and ideas.
- There is no such thing as a bad idea.
- Communication is concentration.
- Deviants are inexcusable.
- Communication is 100% complete.
- There are no gaps and holes in it.
- While people can somewhat understand incomplete communication, it leads to misunderstanding and personal interpretation.
- Make your communication clear, simple and in writing.
Finding my Legs
Getting Back up
It’s funny. When I fall, I fall big time. My thoughts are totally somewhere else and for that time, I can’t think of any other way. Then one day, you see something and you are reminded:
Time to get up.
Strangely, it had nothing to do with someone sending me a message, or email or something like that.
It was a Facebook comment.
It came from Mike Kitchen. It seems that he is working on his comic book again but couldn’t get back to the inks. I felt compelled to say something and I did. A few hours later, he was back at it.
Very good.
This incident reminded me of Cyper.
So I here I am again. My inconsistency has no bounds. I know this must stop, but life and the art of living comes in an aggressive fashion.
What can I say? I go with the flow.
New Hardware
My parents are in town and staying over at my place. I must say this is very good. There are issues, but such is life. With their visit, they brought gifts. One was a new notebook.
It was in my thoughts for a long time, buying a new notebook. The previous notebook I’ve been using (a Toshiba Satellite) is still chugging along after 9 years of service, but a 30 minute waiting time for it to warm up and constant delays (30 minutes here and there) brought my patience to the limit and my productivity to a crushing stop. While I had a desktop, it was not ideal for writing blog entries. It just didn’t ideally mesh with me.
The new notebook is a Samsung Series 3. It has a AMD-quad CPU (a first for me), AMD A6 Vision, 640 GB HD, and 6GB of on-board memory. I’m still getting used to the new keyboard, and the trackpad is annoying. But, I’m extremely thankful and will use this for another 9 years, or until it wears out whichever comes first.
Thanks Mom and Dad! Strangely, my last notebook was bought by my Dad too… So I end this first entry of Cyper on this notebook. May there be many more (consistent) entries!
Things to Consider for Today:
- Thank you, thank you and thank you.
- Why is life good?
- Why are you more than able to live life to the fullest?
- Why do you persist in the realm of futility?
- Why do you want to accomplish your dreams?
- Why do you dream?
- Thank you Matt!
- Thank you Mike!
- Thank you TIE!
- Thank you Mom!
- Thank you Dad!
- Thank you Sis for the big Tim Horton’s coffee container!
- Thank you Hyungsoo for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD!
- Thank you Mr. Director!
- Thank you readers!
- Thank you God!
- And not in that order and priority!
- Thank you.
What is it?
The Intangibles
At times I wonder if I’m after that’s something physically attainable or not. There are moments where everything is clear and it’s just a matter of moving towards it and grabbing it. Other times, it seems to be there, but I have seconds of doubt about the whole thing. That doubt can stop me at my tracks and lose motivation.
Faith says there’s something there even though you may not see it.
Belief says there’s something there regardless of what everyone thinks.
Reason says there’s something there because of your rational thought.
Truth says, there’s something there since a lot of people think that way.
Fact says, it’s there and all evidence points to it.
Opinion says you think something is there.
Doubt says, is it really there? How do you know?
Ideally, if you want to attain something in life, if you have all the facts pointing to it, there’s no reason why you can’t get it. But even facts are hampered by doubt. Doubt clouds the mind and changes reality in a seemingly negative view.
Yet, we need all these things to think objectively. To cancel out any of these trains of thought from the thinking process makes your conclusion incomplete. Some people are so determined to eliminate self-doubt from their lives. But as we are human, it’s necessary. It may even be vital. That doubt could be misunderstood.
It could be your intuition talking.
Things to Consider for Today:
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Late again.
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Is it becoming a habit?
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I’m not exactly feeling doubt.
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A bit of laziness perhaps.
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The fear of thinking as well.
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But when you prime the pump, the water comes out.
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If I can prime the pump once, I can do it again.
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Even though it could be difficult on any given day.
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The fact that I’ve done it before, means I can do it again.
Walking into Uncertainty
At the End of the Day
It was a full day: at church, taking the family out to meet Da Missus’ friends’ family for a movie, dinner and getting back home. Joe’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks, so a little celebration was done in his honor.
The day is done, but I have things to write. Even though I’ll timestamp this entry for 7:00pm on a Sunday, I won’t be done until after midnight.
Such is a full and happy day. 
Not knowing Where to go
I honestly have no idea where I’m going to go with Cyper. What I do know is that I won’t reach my destination by standing still, whatever that is. So I write and will continue to write. For all I know, this site could stay the same for a long time which wouldn’t be a bad thing. However, I feel there’s something more to uncover and I can do that by writing continuously.
I Gotta do it
I feel the same with the other things I want to work on. If I want to be a better artist, I must draw every day. If I want to be a better writer, I must write daily. If I want to build an online business, I must study business techniques and build that business each day. If I want to be a better teacher, I must study how to be a better teacher and use them in class.
(A side note: I wrote ’must’ and put it in bold and italics in place of ’should’. The important things in my life must be more assertive or it’s better to not write it at all.)
All the things worth doing must be done as much as possible.
Into the 2nd Week of 2012
I wished I could of slept earlier and I could of if I didn’t write this entry. But I just couldn’t. It wouldn’t feel right. Now I need to feel this way with the other things that are important in my life. Then things will get pretty interesting.
Things to Consider for Today:
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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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Flawed practice makes a flawed performance.
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Later, we call that a “style”.
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(Yeah yeah, I heard that somewhere before. It’s not mine.)
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No Practice gets you nowhere.
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So stop wishing and practice.
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No one likes to practice.
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Unless you’re crazy.
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But that’s okay.
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The best of the best practices.
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They practice longer than everyone.
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They’re crazy.
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They’re obsessed.
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They don’t know if they’ll get anywhere.
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Because they’re crazy.
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But they are the ones that change our world.
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Still, any practice is better than none.
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And consistent little practice adds up.
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Slowly, at first and then, BOOM!
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While practice is only one factor to success.
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It’s an important one and the hardest one to do.
