Goals - Part 6: The Never-Ending Ladder

Well, I suprised myself.  I never thought I would end up with 6 parts to this series of blogs about goals.  Originally I was just going to write one, but I suppose a lot of stuff has been on my mind lately so ... pop goes the weasel...

So far I've done a lot of talking about goals as fixed points in our life.  What I mean by that is that I've been talking about each goal as an end unto itself.  Marathon running, for example.  You have that goal -- but then what?  What does that lead to?  Do you have a g...Read more

Hong Kong (6/1 - 6/7): Second Track Attempt

I have succumbed to the same affliction many of you have...  I wrote a super long (even for me) blog entry, bringing myself completely up to date, and after I "saved" the draft, it disappeared.  But, it was a problem that many people were having, and Stephen was hard at work fixing it, so I didn't really have much to complain about.  I can always write things again, right?  I might not be as eloquent, but you'll still get the gist of things.Amazingly, it just happened again.  I wrote this entry th...Read more

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Hong Kong (5/20 - 5/25): Irregularity and Poker

The week was highlighted by three things: bad sleeping habits, Jet Li, and poker.

When I returned from Wenzhou I made the mistake of dropping by the office on Sunday evening.  Of course, not having internet for 2 days means that e-mail and online tasks build up. So, by the time I had finished going through my stuff it was close to 4 a.m. already.  I crashed on the couch at work. But my schedule was pretty messed up for the rest of the week.  Long hours at work followed by late sleeping and late waking u...Read more

Hong Kong (5/26 - 5/31): Getting Back on Track?

After a week of poor sleeping schedule I decided to force myself back on track and spend a weekend at home, relaxing, cleaning and organizing (my three favorite things in the world).

When I left Pat and Stephen's very late Friday night (actually, very early Saturday morning) I realized that if I went to bed at that time, I would not be helping my schedule at all.  The answer (according to my personal experience and the way my own body works) is to force myself to stay up as late as I could, sleep as...Read more

This Week in my Past - 2006: Lianne in Shanghai

This past weekend I finally got around to finishing my 3rd "Lianne in Shanghai" video.  Obviously it is no longer something from THIS week in my past, but, meh, who cares?

Anyway, in the process of going through my media from when Lianne was in Shanghai I realized that I had a lot of videos and images in the wrong folders.  So, I went through all of them and organized the files.  But as a result I realized that it wouldn't make sense to use the remaining footage so I just did it again from...Read more

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Hong Kong (12/2): NaNoWriMo Update!

As you'll recall, on November 5, 2007 I set the lofty goal of saying I would try to write a 50,000+ word book by the end of the month.  At times it was hard finding the time to get things done, but by the end of the month I had completed the first of my two goals.  I clocked in on November 30 with 51,964 words of my book completed. 

The second goal was to finish the book in it's entirety by the 5th of December, which was one month from the day I started this project.  As of tonight I have just finished up t...Read more

Hong Kong (1/5): 25for25 - Final Results

My 25for25 Challenge ended a week ago, but I wanted to post up the results, and some of my thoughts, for all of you who were curious ...

As you'll recall, at the beginning of the challenge my stats were as follows:

Maximum single run: 2 minutes

Total run time: 7 minutes out of 25 total

The final run, while not my best run of the 25 days, was still a total improvement over where I started.  In fact, it was almost the opposite.  My final stats were as follows:

Maximum single r...Read more