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Creative Storage

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“
You must be constantly adding to your store. For this purpose you
create… principally upon your own impressions, feelings and experiences.
You also acquire material from life around you, real and imaginary,
from reminiscences, books, art, science, knowledge of all kinds, from
journeys, museums and above all from communication with other human
beings.

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Work In Progress

I’ve been negligent lately in my research for the story I want to create. I haven’t, however, been completely disengaged according to all the notes and ideas jotted down. I don’t want to half-ass this but other responsibilities are taking over too. In the mean time, here is a sneak peek:

Pleasant Distractions

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These are the pleasant distractions currently occupying my attention in no particular order…

  • My secret, ambitious book project
  • hikery
  • portrait photography projects
  • re-learning javascript, html5, CSS
  • building my photography group
  • re-building my server
  • wandering
  • writing more for my website
  • audio/video updates on my progress

3/3 GHR Check-In!

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Time to evaluate my progress for my Groundhog Resolutions, the 10th
annual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discovered
that right after the end of the year holidays I am not mentally or
physically capable of sticking with resolutions for the upcoming new
year. I need a break so I take the whole month of January off to reflect
and plan and start on 2/2 instead of 1/1.

I’ll check back in on myself on 4/4

Fun-

Get another tattoo: Coming soon

More camping: Waiting on warmer weather

More skinny dipping:

Waiting on warmer weather

Learn Spanish more fluently: Downloaded the Duolingo app for practice

Join a book club: No decent bookclubs around town. Start one?

50 Books a year challenge: I
need to average 5 books a month to complete this goal. I’ve read two
and started a 3rd. Not bad for the month of February going into March.

Snail mail friend: Need to seek, find, write

Volunteer: Looking into organizations that I can contribute to

Fitness-

Kickboxing: Dusted off an old DVD called Tae Bo and set up a space to work out in. Let’s see how this will work.

Self-defense: Eh. Not to thrilled with this one. May drop.

Yoga: Almost daily practice using the Sworkit app and DVDs. Is it supposed to hurt when I stretch?

More 5 & 10k obstacle course racing: I may have missed the boat for OCR this year. Looking into local 5ks and cause to support.

Consistent training: Working
out with Tracy is mutually beneficial. Accountability may be the one
thing I needed to maintain this. We’ve just started out this past week
and so far so good for both of us. Will utilize digital encouragement as
well with our Fitbits.

Consistent nutritional training: Work
in progress. Bad food is too cheap and easy to acquire while healthier
options are scare and pricey. Looking at some non-meat options as well
as eating at home more. Again, accountability is key here.

Hashing:

Waiting on warmer weather. Got called out by THHH Mismanagement for it too. Will be paying for it when I’m back on trail.

Hiking: Taken
more than a few hikes this year and explored familiar and new trails.
Ancient Forest was extensive but limited access. Will go back. Also,
urban hikes along River parks, Midland valley and Turkey mountain.

Geocaching: I am 0 for 12 so far this year. Um, what? Meanwhile, Tracy has decided to sign up and has found two that I wanted.

Meditation: Will be utilizing the same space as kickboxing and yoga for this.

Creative-

Complete my book: Researching settings, plot, characters and more. Novel or short stories? Hmm…

Photo essay on a topic I am passionate about: Waiting on warmer weather and a topic.

Video log every month: Landed on Youtube instead of Vimeo. So far just dark, grainy video of me looking tired but giddy for some reason.  

Leave inspirational notes everywhere: Send me inspiration.

Year in photos album: 2017 is just there, waiting on me. Cannot wait to see what 2018 memories I’ll have at the EOY.

Shoot more film: Buy more film. Ain’t cheap!

Find my muse: Found her. Now how to use her?

DAM: Constant work in progress here

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Deep/Dark Web Exploration

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The Dark Web sounds nefarious and scary but with the right tools, and a balls of brass, I can access and browse safely. 

The deep/dark web refers to web sites that hide their web address and is only accessible by using encrypted tools like the TOR browser, the Tails operating system designed to boot from a USB flash drive, all from an ideally new, clean, low-cost computer. And forget about using social media sites such as Facebook or even Google. Use a search engine that won’t track you such as DuckDuckGo. 

I’ve been exploring the deepest, darkest parts of the web for awhile now and it is fascinating in how it reminds me of the early, pioneer days of web 1.0.

This feels very much like exploring the frontier here because the possibilities and the risks are both real and exciting. More later.

v.45

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It’s my 45th birthday. Version 44 was a shitty iteration and 2017 was a shitty year. Time to upgrade.

175

That is my target weight goal. Eat lean and train mean. I don’t simply want to eat right and lose weight. I want nutrition and fitness. I shot up to 200 this year and back down to 190. Fifteen pounds is very doable once I stop eating out and drinking less soda. More trail running, weights, yoga and meditation will help get lean and reduce health risks.

Alcohol

Speaking of drinks, I am imposing my own prohibition. I dont get drunk and I am not a cheap date. Version 44 has seen me consume a lot of beer, bourbon, scotch and whiskey. I feel it and it shows. Never say never though, because I am building a new photography group around this subject as well as hashing.

Create > Consume

I’ve been stagnant in generating anything of value to myself or anyone else recently. Circumstances, distractions and lack of inspiration has caused that. No more.

I want to write more, interact with people again and develop something from nothing with my two hands and brain. Instead of cranking out a novel that may or may not get written, I may try short stories instead.

On the consumption side I want to stay inspired with my average of fifty books to read as well as various websites. Inspiration and mood boards as well.

Version 44 was a shitty iteration and 2017 was a shitty year. I am ready for the growth.

v. 45

by

It’s my 45th birthday. Version 44 was a shitty iteration and 2017 was a shitty year. Time to upgrade.

175

That
is my target weight goal. Eat lean and train mean. I don’t simply want
to eat right and lose weight. I want nutrition and fitness. I shot up to
200 this year and back down to 190. Fifteen pounds is very doable once I
stop eating out and drinking less soda. More trail running, weights,
yoga and meditation will help get lean and reduce health risks.

Alcohol

Speaking
of drinks, I am imposing my own prohibition. I dont get drunk and I am
not a cheap date. Version 44 has seen me consume a lot of beer, bourbon,
scotch and whiskey. I feel it and it shows. Never say never though,
because I am building a new photography group around this subject as
well as hashing.

Create > Consume

I’ve been stagnant in
generating anything of value to myself or anyone else recently.
Circumstances, distractions and lack of inspiration has caused that. No
more.

I want to write more, interact with people again and
develop something from nothing with my two hands and brain. Instead of
cranking out a novel that may or may not get written, I may try short
stories instead.

On the consumption side I want to stay inspired
with my average of fifty books to read as well as various websites.
Inspiration and mood boards as well.

Version 44 was a shitty iteration and 2017 was a shitty year. I am ready for the growth.