Hmmm
Goals
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Anything, Hmmm | No Comments
We had a time management seminar today, and what I thought was going to originally be quite boring and bland, surprised me in being fun, informative, humorous, and motivational, though the latter was probably more likely due to the speaker, Guy.
As a result, I’ve decided to write down my goals for the year, and this month. Beyond that, long-term goals will also be added.
So, for my yearly goals:
- Get battlerig.net to a point where players can actually play the game.
- Complete mymodelcase.com. I really love working on this project, there is absolutely no reason I can’t finish it.
- Begin playing in tournaments for LOTR (The lord of the rings tabletop game)
- Pay off at least $10k off my car.
- Improve my memory and commitment to projects.
- Take up at least three physical activities on a weekly basis (like yoga, kickboxing and… i dunno, something else)
- Get 400-500 pts worth of Uruk-Hai ready for my first LOTR game at the end of February. Play is to be at the Northern Knights games club in Thornleigh.
- Finish agro-dive-imports.com.au. This is a client project that’s been going on for some time, it’s time to wrap it up. I got a really good go on this last night, and hope to have most of it completed end of the week, with client feedback and minor style tweaks.
- Get registrations completed on mymodelcase dev site.
- Find a place to move into with P
- Start yoga classes
- Pay off the car
- Buy a house
- Take P somewhere beautiful, either Fiji, or Thailand.
Meditation. More powerful than I thought?
Monday, February 13th, 2006 | Hmmm | 2 Comments
So I’ve always been a bit of a sceptic that this shit actually works. Having been very impatient most of my life, I do something and expect results straight away. As I now know, this is hardly the case. However, having said that - I have had some interesting experiences the last few days as I focus my energies towards meditation and my inner self. Something quite cool is happening and I’m not sure what, but I plan to explore it to my fullest potential. Its a method of self awareness and understanding of myself that until now has been completely out of reach, due to lack of self discipline or wont to try.
Simple techniques like trying to calm myself or becoming more relaxed has definitely proven fruitful, along with a couple of extra bonuses. Going to continue down this path as so far, it has been quite beneficial.
Emotions Affected by External Sources
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 | Hmmm | 2 Comments
I’m fairly certain I’m not the only person to have had this issue before, but there are two external aspects to my body that can/will affect the way I feel towards a particular person, or people. That is music and drugs. My personal experiences regarding my partner have resulted in heightened emotions and empathy when under the influence of particular chemicals. However, this is also very similar (though different) when particular songs or sounds are played.
The problem is however, that the drug use + affected emotions = upset/pissed partner. Now, before I go further, I should cover the aspect that in our past together I had abused drugs and it affected my relationship with her in quite a negative way, almost losing her on several occasions. Now with that behind us, it still seems to affect her when I take some chemicals and send messages.etc that explain how I may feel at that moment. This is exactly the same with music. Particular songs and/or tracks may heighten my feelings for my partner, maybe because it brings back a memory, or just loving thoughts are once again brought to the fray. So, I ask you - without the past of our relationship, is this a similar aspect?
My partner I think is sometimes offended by the fact that it takes external influences to get to those heights in regards to my emotions and feelings for her. I do not love her any less without them, its just that they (music and drugs) can heighten it even more. Is this a bad thing? Is there a limit to how much you can love someone? My own personal opinion is that even if you loved someone as much as you possibly could, there’s always going to be something, or someone that reminds you of that person and heightens those emotions further.