What could be better than a little yummy cookie that has some little tag in it that tells you some delightful thing?
Well lots of things I suppose... But fortune cookies are yummy, and I'm always excited to see what I get on my fortune. More often than not I find whatever is written applies to me. I'm not sure that this is just because the 'fortunes' are so generic that they apply to everyone, or if it's because I lead a life that usually directs me toward good events and people and such.
Amber bought loads of fortune cookies to put in our little gift boxes at the wedding and we still have some around the house. I have taken to eating them after lunch when I am home to do so or as part of a quick snack before heading off to karate in the evenings.
This afternoon at lunch I cracked one open, and read the tag and it says (I have it here with me) "Nothing will get in the way of your desire to succeed. Keep at it!" As I ate the cookie - which by the way is the correct way to do it.. crack it, read the thing, then eat - I thought about how well that little memo went with things in my life as of late. My desire to go to school and do well, my desire to loose weight and get in shape. Things where I have ultimate control of the outcome I have done just fine at.
This sort of general 'fortune' could of course apply to so many people and so many different situations, I think it's just a matter of perspective. But I think it's very interesting that a scrap of paper can make you think about so many things even with only 2 sentences on it.
I'm hoping to convince Amber that a bag of fortune cookies is something that we should just have in the house. I like that I can get some sort of mini lesson out of each one.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
My Friend Gym
I have mentioned going to the gym in several places over the last few months to a great number of people. Even the guy at EB Games wondered where half of me went when I dropped in to trade some games to get NHL 11 a couple months ago.
I enjoy the gym, I've spent a lot of time there obviously and what it's done is allow me to do so many things I enjoy at a much higher level. I was telling Jodi - my amazing trainer - this morning that what has been accomplished at the gym is showing it self all over my life lately especially since hockey has started up for me. For the first time in the 5 years I have been playing hockey on the weekends I played 2 games back to back on the same night on Oct 30th (meaning I played 6 games total during reading week). I had no back pain, no muscle pain, I was able to skate as hard in the final minute of the second game as I did in the first minute of of the first game. Not having to worry about where my next breath is going to come from I can make smarter and better plays everything has improved so much all from time spent at the gym.
Of course this time spent at the gym has helped me out in other areas, like karate, like over all well-being like getting me on the right track to eating good healthy food (no point in working out if your going to eat a bag of chips after right?) It's helped me learn a lot about myself and introduced me to a bunch of great people like Jodi and the people who work at the desk. Basically the gym has done what any good friend does and improved my life in a number of areas.
Thanks Gym, see ya tomorrow!
I enjoy the gym, I've spent a lot of time there obviously and what it's done is allow me to do so many things I enjoy at a much higher level. I was telling Jodi - my amazing trainer - this morning that what has been accomplished at the gym is showing it self all over my life lately especially since hockey has started up for me. For the first time in the 5 years I have been playing hockey on the weekends I played 2 games back to back on the same night on Oct 30th (meaning I played 6 games total during reading week). I had no back pain, no muscle pain, I was able to skate as hard in the final minute of the second game as I did in the first minute of of the first game. Not having to worry about where my next breath is going to come from I can make smarter and better plays everything has improved so much all from time spent at the gym.
Of course this time spent at the gym has helped me out in other areas, like karate, like over all well-being like getting me on the right track to eating good healthy food (no point in working out if your going to eat a bag of chips after right?) It's helped me learn a lot about myself and introduced me to a bunch of great people like Jodi and the people who work at the desk. Basically the gym has done what any good friend does and improved my life in a number of areas.
Thanks Gym, see ya tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Well, that was educational
Tonight I learned a few things. Most of them about myself, most of them not entirely new but just things that have been clarified in my head about where I need to go from here.
It's an interesting experience having someone directly watching you do something that you usually do a few times a month and having it throw you right off balance. That was of course the whole point though I am sure, some added pressure here some pointed direction here and some vague direction there just to make it that much more interesting.
I have decided in my career life that teaching is what I want to do, not just in an ECE capacity but in a college instructor capacity. And this is of course where I can apply today's lesson outside of the club.
The other thing I learned is that some folks, no matter how directly indirect you try to be, will not put in even the minimum effort requested. Progression takes effort. You want to progress, put in the effort. Maybe I'll just have to point it out in front of everyone, I don't know how nice that would actually be though, or how appropriate.
Maybe that's the next lesson.
It's an interesting experience having someone directly watching you do something that you usually do a few times a month and having it throw you right off balance. That was of course the whole point though I am sure, some added pressure here some pointed direction here and some vague direction there just to make it that much more interesting.
I have decided in my career life that teaching is what I want to do, not just in an ECE capacity but in a college instructor capacity. And this is of course where I can apply today's lesson outside of the club.
The other thing I learned is that some folks, no matter how directly indirect you try to be, will not put in even the minimum effort requested. Progression takes effort. You want to progress, put in the effort. Maybe I'll just have to point it out in front of everyone, I don't know how nice that would actually be though, or how appropriate.
Maybe that's the next lesson.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Effort
I thought about being less frequent, but something piqued my interest today.
Effort.
Everyone can give effort, it doesn't cost anything. At school I'm never surprised that the people who put in effort get good marks, the people that don't put in the effort complain that school is hard and we have too much work. At karate it is ALWAYS clear who is putting in the effort, and who is not. If you aren't going to put in the effort, I am tired of listening to your excuses of why things aren't going your way. If you are putting in the effort, things are going your way, that's just how it is.
Effort.
Everyone can give effort, it doesn't cost anything. At school I'm never surprised that the people who put in effort get good marks, the people that don't put in the effort complain that school is hard and we have too much work. At karate it is ALWAYS clear who is putting in the effort, and who is not. If you aren't going to put in the effort, I am tired of listening to your excuses of why things aren't going your way. If you are putting in the effort, things are going your way, that's just how it is.
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