And sometimes the harder you look, the more uncertain the path becomes. I'm regularly tempted to overthink a problem to find an answer. Part of that over thinking has been why I haven't written an entry here for a while; too many thoughts, too many directions, too many uncertainties. Funnily enough, the constant thinking doesn't... Continue Reading →
Foundation
No matter what you are doing, you are building a habit. You are laying a foundation with every action. This is precisely why ruthless reflection of your actions needs to be a daily task, or how will you know who you are becoming?
Disruption
For things to have potential for new growth, they need disruption. As a farmer, soil needs disruption and stimulus to provide more potential for new growth. As a human, our lives need disruption from comfort to provide more potential for new growth. We have to get our hands dirty and turn the soil. Inspired Lion
Thoughts at Thirty
Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
The habit of grit
"Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied, "Why do you assume I see two roads?" I believe in the theory that there is only one way we develop mental toughness......Doing hard things. The kind of hard things that force us to embrace discomfort, but purposefully, not stupidly. To keep pushing,... Continue Reading →
Conscious unconsciousness
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Carl Jung I was going back through my journal tonight for some ideas on what to write and came back across this quote and my thoughts on it. "This is why self-awareness is so important. It has to... Continue Reading →
Resistance
"How quick do our good habits face resistance after the initial motivation wears off." I had, and still do have, every intention of writing every single day. It's bloody hard. It's so easily the first thing that gets dropped when I am tired/ busy/ distracted/ insert any descriptor here. This is resistance. We will face... Continue Reading →
Raise your black flag
"I will raise my black flag" There are a lot of ways to interpret the symbol and meaning of a black flag in today's society. Over history it has had multiple meanings behind it including: Rebelling against authority and the normal Being a pirate and living by your own set of rules That you would... Continue Reading →
Pay the Price
"It's all achievable, we just have to be willing to pay the price." I wrote "Pay the Price" on the blackboard in our gym a few years ago to serve as a reminder of the price of success, a re-calibration of sorts. I stumbled upon a poem today that rekindled my thoughts of this motto... Continue Reading →
New Adventure
And some nights, my thoughts don't flow out as a blog or an article. Some nights, poetry is all that's in there. These strange times when we're forced in, still finding ways to fight and win. It all seems tough but that's good you see, we grow more in adversity. So hoist the black flag... Continue Reading →
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