Morning Moula
Week two of the oh-nine is done. Status report:
- The Year without Coffee is proceeding as planned, allowing me to begin my explorations into the world of tea.
- I hit the gym 4 days last week. 3 days so far this week. The goal is 4 days a week without fail. Maybe later when my discipline and/or stamina, I can do 5 days.
- No snowboarding yet. Doh! I really, really want/need to get on the mountain. There was a good storm over the New Year’s weekend … when I was in San Diego. And since then, work has been demanding. I’ve got this long weekend starting tonight. Unfortunately, we are in the middle of a bizarre winter heat wave, so I’m afraid the snow will be more like slush. Fail.
- My blogging was doing great … until about Tuesday.
- Saw Malcolm Gladwell give a talk last night. I really dig stuff like that. He is really compelling, and hearing him speak about his process, and even deconstruct his books, was brilliant. I need more stuff like that to feed my own noggin.
- Trying to launch my car design blog. But right now, it is (momentarily only!) in stall mode.
- Working on laying out travel plans for the year. I need to go to Spain, goddammit!!
- Also, I need to really buckle down in terms of taking a class or two. Capoiera? Guitar? … any other suggestions? My goal is to make a committment this weekend.
- Football is winding down, only 3 games left in the season. This is sad for me – I hate it when there’s no football on Sundays. But the upside is that I end up spending lots more time outdoors on the weekend!
- A friend of mine mentioned this group he is working on putting together – like a collection of smart, motivated people who get together to inspire, motivate, and help eachother. It sounds real cool. We’ll see what comes of it.
That’s just a random take on things. Not far off from a comprehensive list. But I am trying to keep taking stock of where I am. You know how these things can go: First of the year, you are all excited and motivated, then you start to forget all that enthusiasm, and before you know it, it is March and all the things you were planning on accomplishing have been steamrolled by “life”, or laziness, or whatever. …NOT THIS YEAR!!
