4/24/16

4/24/16

My birthday! Yesterday was the first time I thought about the journal, but didn’t do anything about it. I’m not happy about it. Anyway, my birthday means that another year has passed and I should reevaluate my goals. I honestly think I’ve done a decent job over the last year. I got a raise, was able to speak at a couple conferences, played sports, decided to lift more weights became infatuated with writing a book and making good art, started to take my food off the gas at work in order to provide more balance to the rest of my life, and last and really most importantly - I started working out early in the morning. This is my greatest achievement. The ability to get up and do it. I feel like it’s rubbed off on my in more than just physical fitness. That ability to be able to overcome the challenge sticks with me throughout the day. 

The next challenges are: Be able to get up early and workout in the summer. This way I can spend the whole day with my kids! Finish the book. Focus less on the quality and just make the art. Really investigate the feasibility of a business. Setup a website for presenting and communication. Can a science company work? These ideas may never come to fruition, but I definitely need to explore that feeling I get when I present to the whole school. 

One thing I learned: Overcoming fear is really just changing the story. The giant diving board at Seth Godin’s camp was a great example. The story being told at the bottom it much different than the story being told at the top. The more our ‘lizard’ brain thinks we’re in danger, the more likely it is that it will take over the story. I really think that learning to live with the fear is the best way to deal with it. It’s impossible to overcome it, but being mindful of it and knowing that it has to be there and it’s a good thing is important for moving forward.

One piece of motivation:

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as I live it is my privilege - my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I love. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got a hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

-George Bernard Shaw

Three ideas: Cutting calories is easily done in an IF state. If you’re mindful of the hunger pains, than it is manageable. It can make you irritable though. Gaming and Entrepreneurship a good post in the book. Filling my blog up with all kinds of interesting information. Still no need to share it though!

Workout:

22 min run

3 x 500 row

3 x 12 squats

3 x 10 Romaninan bag squats

3 x 10 bar jumps

3 x 10 kettle bell lifts

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April 24, 2016 at 08:04AM
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