Current focus:
1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
1. Fully engaged w/Mike & Tom, getting there with Bob. Brian still a challenge, should be a big week.
2. Doing well, still due today.
3. Had one yesterday, none today...yet
4. Below 215...feel good. Need to step back into exercise.
5. Missed yesterday.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
In The Flow
Sunday: Current focus:1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
1. No progress. 2. Slept thru sunday Meditation @ 11:00. 3. None. 4. OK, Weight back up to 117
5. Logged In
Tomorrow: Stepping up...checking my calendar now.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
In The Flow
For Friday:
Current focus:
1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
1. Working with Bob and Brian to finance this coming week. Brian "cash flowing after this week"
2. Done 3. Extended talks with two strangers both
working for banks. One @ Wells Fargo and the other ant BB&T. 4. @ 115, will
take stock @ 210ibs. This log is late by 1/2 day.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Goals
GOALS
David & Cindy
(Intimacy, Trust, Support)
1988 Super Magna
(Freedom: Financial, Physical, Spiritual)
Get cool tattoo to celebrate achieving goals.
In The Flow
Wow,,,the last post was 11/29/12. Pretty much says it all...been out of it!
Now I'm back.
Originally titled "Keeping On Track" I am calling the daily log entries "In The Flow"...more positive.
Current focus:
1. Engaging in making a living as an act of service and gratitude, not a personal obligation with giant risks of failure.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness to maintain focus on service.
4. Eat mindfully...track weight, comment on other health issues/activities.
5. Make a daily log entry to review day and prepare for tomorrow.
Stripped down for daily logs...
Current focus:
1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
This entry is for yesterday...I will make a second this evening to keep things current.
RAK: Talked with Mimi (on her license plate). She became Mimi as a grandmother. Was pleasant to Verizon staff after waiting 30 minutes with no service. (called 611 instead of just being pissed off)
Met with Mike and Tom, have major todo/contact list for The Gnomon Group.
Have been good @ being conscious of meditation upon waking, usually @ 5:50am. Joined meetup group, for group meditation on Wednesdays, will do Sunday's as well.
@~215 lbs, after loosing ~5lbs in last week. Goal is to be @ 151.5Lbs after loosing my stone weight of 68.5lbs from 220lbs. doing a good job of limiting carbs. Need to pick back up exercise and drink more water.
Now I'm back.
Originally titled "Keeping On Track" I am calling the daily log entries "In The Flow"...more positive.
Current focus:
1. Engaging in making a living as an act of service and gratitude, not a personal obligation with giant risks of failure.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness to maintain focus on service.
4. Eat mindfully...track weight, comment on other health issues/activities.
5. Make a daily log entry to review day and prepare for tomorrow.
Stripped down for daily logs...
Current focus:
1. Making a living as an act of service and gratitude.
2. Meditate daily, @ 6:00am if possible.
3. Daily random act of kindness (RAOK)
4. Eat mindfully...track weight. Goal 151.5lbs.
5. Daily log entry in evening.
This entry is for yesterday...I will make a second this evening to keep things current.
RAK: Talked with Mimi (on her license plate). She became Mimi as a grandmother. Was pleasant to Verizon staff after waiting 30 minutes with no service. (called 611 instead of just being pissed off)
Met with Mike and Tom, have major todo/contact list for The Gnomon Group.
Have been good @ being conscious of meditation upon waking, usually @ 5:50am. Joined meetup group, for group meditation on Wednesdays, will do Sunday's as well.
@~215 lbs, after loosing ~5lbs in last week. Goal is to be @ 151.5Lbs after loosing my stone weight of 68.5lbs from 220lbs. doing a good job of limiting carbs. Need to pick back up exercise and drink more water.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
On The Scene
I have been at our base of operations in Jersey City, New Jersey since Sunday, it's now Wednesday. We have two campers on a RV site that overlooks the south end of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. It's pretty cool to go for a jog and look over at the lights of New York just before sunrise. To the casual observer driving around the area things seem pretty normal. Most of the mess left by Sandy has been cleared away in the areas I have been in; mostly Manhattan, many parts of Long Island, Jersey City and Hobokan. But once you get into a home or business, that's when you seen what a couple of feet of water does to someone's life. Everyone has there own unique story.
Robert's was the first home I got to see close up. Driving through his neighborhood you would have little idea any thing was amiss. When Sandy hit, he had just gotten home from the hospital and having had his appendix removed. He was also still recovering from hurricane Irene. The first floor of his Baldwin (just east of Queens on Long Island) bungalow had all new furniture and flooring for less than a year. He had finally been able to replace his washer and dryer only three weeks before the storm. When I met him, Robert was reviewing the effectiveness of our drying equipment working on his exposed sub-floor with a slightly dazed demeanor. "It is all a bit too much to take in" he uttered, while offering me one of his many cats to take home with me. His entire first floor consisted of damp plywood and walls stripped down to the studs for the bottom 24 inches.
Don has owned and operated 7 rental properties in Rockaway since the mid 80's. His insuranc lapsed in September and he had to wait 30 days for it to be in effect. He mused "since it's going to be Halloween before my insurance will kick in, I may as well wait until the spring." Not bad logic, just bad luck
On the lighter side...
We had dinner at an awesome neighborhood bar in Jersey City, PJ Ryan's, http://www.pjryans.com . Lindsey, one of their barkeeps, had some amazing tats. Two of her's had won best in show at East Coast tattoo conventions. We told her we are thinking about a commemorative tat if all goes well here and she recommended 3 artists in NY; Jon Mesa (traditional, realistic & color) of Sacred Tattoo, http://www.sacredtattoo.com; Andy B (black & grey and portraits) also at Sacred Tattoo; and Guy Ursitti (anything! "trust me") of Thicker Than Water, http://thickerthanwatertattoo.com/.
My personal goal updates:
Physical Log: Back to walk/run cycles but still going out every other day. Hope to be back on my 5K training schedule shortly.
Fiscal Log: Much more challenging. Lots of work up here after the storm but we are still struggling with cash flow, i.e.., we need to reverse the tide from ebb to flow.
Robert's was the first home I got to see close up. Driving through his neighborhood you would have little idea any thing was amiss. When Sandy hit, he had just gotten home from the hospital and having had his appendix removed. He was also still recovering from hurricane Irene. The first floor of his Baldwin (just east of Queens on Long Island) bungalow had all new furniture and flooring for less than a year. He had finally been able to replace his washer and dryer only three weeks before the storm. When I met him, Robert was reviewing the effectiveness of our drying equipment working on his exposed sub-floor with a slightly dazed demeanor. "It is all a bit too much to take in" he uttered, while offering me one of his many cats to take home with me. His entire first floor consisted of damp plywood and walls stripped down to the studs for the bottom 24 inches.
Don has owned and operated 7 rental properties in Rockaway since the mid 80's. His insuranc lapsed in September and he had to wait 30 days for it to be in effect. He mused "since it's going to be Halloween before my insurance will kick in, I may as well wait until the spring." Not bad logic, just bad luck
On the lighter side...
We had dinner at an awesome neighborhood bar in Jersey City, PJ Ryan's, http://www.pjryans.com . Lindsey, one of their barkeeps, had some amazing tats. Two of her's had won best in show at East Coast tattoo conventions. We told her we are thinking about a commemorative tat if all goes well here and she recommended 3 artists in NY; Jon Mesa (traditional, realistic & color) of Sacred Tattoo, http://www.sacredtattoo.com; Andy B (black & grey and portraits) also at Sacred Tattoo; and Guy Ursitti (anything! "trust me") of Thicker Than Water, http://thickerthanwatertattoo.com/.
Lindsey had this award winning tat of Tim Gunn by Andy B. of Sacred Tattoo
My personal goal updates:
Physical Log: Back to walk/run cycles but still going out every other day. Hope to be back on my 5K training schedule shortly.
Fiscal Log: Much more challenging. Lots of work up here after the storm but we are still struggling with cash flow, i.e.., we need to reverse the tide from ebb to flow.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Close To Launch
So the plan is to leave on Friday or Saturday for New Jersey to help with the Sandy cleanup and get my life on track; not The Track, just a tract. I want to head out on a trajectory that is financially and physically (healthy) productive and sustainable. I still feel emotionally like I am waiting for a train. I'm packed, I have a destination, but the future is largely unknown.
Others that are close to me are also in transition. My son is applying to college and starting to make decisions that will shape his adult life. My 30 year old nephew is on a literal and figurative journey as well. He is struggling with substance abuse, but more fundamentally with the foundations of manhood. How do you make a living? How do you make a life and not just have one happen to you. I have invited him to post here as he takes to the road. He is making his way south out of North Carolina, with an idea to go to Savanna, Georgia and then on to Florida. How do you know when you are running away or running to?
Others that are close to me are also in transition. My son is applying to college and starting to make decisions that will shape his adult life. My 30 year old nephew is on a literal and figurative journey as well. He is struggling with substance abuse, but more fundamentally with the foundations of manhood. How do you make a living? How do you make a life and not just have one happen to you. I have invited him to post here as he takes to the road. He is making his way south out of North Carolina, with an idea to go to Savanna, Georgia and then on to Florida. How do you know when you are running away or running to?
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