tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post6203097425102929711..comments2014-06-23T17:18:32.564-04:00Comments on One Hand on the Sword: On the "New Year, New You" ExperimentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009778570667265968noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-41074741446321892502012-01-15T16:26:51.124-05:002012-01-15T16:26:51.124-05:00My goals are very much like yours! Especially the ...My goals are very much like yours! Especially the uniting theme of DOING things ;) I wish you success! And shut up that perfectionist, I know it is hard but once you do it, it gets easier every time ;)Lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098976721140625181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-63079730903756369052012-01-10T22:50:56.656-05:002012-01-10T22:50:56.656-05:00I read something about exercise a while back. Or m...I read something about exercise a while back. Or maybe about abstinance. Not sure. It works both ways.<br /><br />A lot of people think about exercise as something you're doing until you stop. You make a resolution to exercise every day. Then you miss a day, and now you're not exercising every day anymore.<br /><br />Or maybe that was not cheating on your lover. Hard to recall. You can see how it works either way.<br /><br />The point is, that it helps if you think about exercise / not cheating as sobriety: That you're on the wagon, and you sometimes fall off, and what matters isn't that you fell off, it's how quickly you can get back to being sober. That, when you have a goal like "Complete this course" or "Practice magick every day," what matters isn't the handful of days where you don't do it, it's how quickly you get back to doing it.<br /><br />Because when I look back on this year, I don't recall the handful of weeks where work or video games got in the way of my studies, I see the weeks where I figured out something really cool that let me solve a problem.<br /><br />Good luck!Mike Sententiahttp://magickofthought.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-89711014158511735852011-12-30T12:03:02.781-05:002011-12-30T12:03:02.781-05:00I just had a chance to read this and I had to chuc...I just had a chance to read this and I had to chuckle because my perfectionist teams up with my procrastinator all the time. It's as if one sits on each shoulder and the results of their tag team nagging are just horrendous. <br /><br />Enjoy your "fun" reading more often. I've noticed this seems to block out their nagging rather well.<br /><br />Good luck! :)Rose Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289493128753395716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-79625100812009428752011-12-27T21:47:17.218-05:002011-12-27T21:47:17.218-05:00@Jow: \m/
@Gordon: Not at all, I actually get the...@Jow: \m/<br /><br />@Gordon: Not at all, I actually get the same way with my obscene blogroll. After a while, I can't tell if I'm reading because I actually <i>want</i> to be, or because I feel like I <i>should</i>.<br /><br />I do notice a definite increase in the clarity of my day-to-day thoughts when I've been doing a lot of "fun" reading, though. Something about obligatory reading (read: textbooks) or not reading at all just gums up the works.<br /><br />@TUM: I'm definitely in. Shoot me an email.<br /><br />@Deb: Definitely glad to be here :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009778570667265968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-41780186973559531802011-12-27T16:11:23.250-05:002011-12-27T16:11:23.250-05:00Great goals! Welcome to the Experiment :)Great goals! Welcome to the Experiment :)Deborah Castellanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715780448380813436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-30351061756730257142011-12-26T22:39:22.858-05:002011-12-26T22:39:22.858-05:00Kick ass! Let's make our lives rock. :)
Speak...Kick ass! Let's make our lives rock. :)<br /><br />Speaking of the SS course, I'm batting around the idea of making a virtual Mastermind group. Ocean Delaon is up for it, you game?The Unlikely Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17240640320016617550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-58061405669261801432011-12-26T10:22:16.475-05:002011-12-26T10:22:16.475-05:00"Reading for fun more often."
This is g..."Reading for fun more often."<br /><br />This is going to make me sound a bit insane but I actually can't remember how to do this. Everything has bled together so much that I start to wonder if I only THINK what I'm reading is for fun because I can't tell the difference anymore.<br /><br />Also because with "business reading" -for want of a better word- you can kinda tell right away if it's going to be of any value and if not then you just move along. Fiction shouldn't have to work that way so is this book actually really bad or am I not reading it right.<br /><br />And then I overthink it. And then I just put the book down.<br /><br />What I'm saying is I can totes relate to a lot of your goals. :)Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189203446024144578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301925545823507129.post-23916005215757822822011-12-26T10:18:12.544-05:002011-12-26T10:18:12.544-05:00That's RIGHT Pallas!That's RIGHT Pallas!Mr. J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08992497721332168579noreply@blogger.com