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Morning Pages Entry – January 28, 2014

Well, yesterday was sort of a shitty day. About the only decent thing I got done was some laundry, and played a bit of squash. I didn’t get any writing done. I didn’t listen to any Tony Robbins tapes. I didn’t do any reading that I should have done. Basically, I didn’t make my life any better, and I should have. I need to start focusing on the things that matter, and forget about the things that don’t. Oh yea, and also my ankle is hurting like shit today, and I’m supposed to be playing sq...

Morning Pages Entry – January 26, 2014

Well, today is Sunday, I wasn’t all that great yesterday with the food thing, but I never seem to be when there is company around. Having Helen here for the weekend for her birthday is nice, but I do seem to indulge a bit to much in things I shouldn’t. Ah well. I will get back on track this week. Hoping the weather is good for her drive home, but if it’s not today, then there is always tomorrow. We’ll see how it goes. Haven’t tried to do any writing this weekend, but that’s ok as well. Wi...

Morning Pages Entry – January 25, 2014

Ok, so, here we go, continuing with the streak. Which is kind of cool in and of itself. It really is a good habit, and I think I would be lost without it. Cool. This is Saturday, and the past week, was supposed to be a 10K week for me, which didn’t seem so tough, but I didn’t quite make it. I only got to around 8500 words I think. So, there is definitely room for improvement. I thought 2000 words per day wouldn’t be so tough, but, I found out it was a little tougher then I had hoped. Some...

Morning Pages Entry – January 24, 2014

Well, let’s see, yesterday was a pretty good day. I’m still way behind on my 10K word goal for the week, but maybe today will catch me up. Will have to do 3000+ words, but that’s totally doable if I get my butt in gear. I do have to stop starting my days so late. I keep procrastinating getting to my keyboard in the morning it seems these days. That’s no so good. Will have to work on that. We’ll see. Anyways, yesterday was a pretty good day. I got over 1500 words written, in spite of some...

Morning Pages Entry – January 23, 2014

Well, yesterday was almost a disaster in terms of word count writing, but I did manage to get a few out there by the end of the day. Just a little over 1500. I got a bit distracted with doing a bit of research on Fort Knox in the way of a few documentaries from the History Channel. They were pretty informative, and I did manage to pick up a few things that I think will be useful. Specifically about the security measures they have in place, or to be even more specific, about the lack of pu...

Morning Pages Entry – January 22, 2014

Well, today already feels like a hard day, and I haven’t done much of anything yet. Played a bit of a new PSN game, but that was about it. It’s the game “Brothers”. Seems like kind of a cool game . . . very nice looking. Yesterday, I played squash house league, and I must admit, by game is not going anywhere near where I wanted it to. This ankle injury is still nagging at me, and could mean a severe roadblock in my accension through the ranks going forward. The trick I think, is to give i...

Morning Pages Entry – January 21, 2014

So, yesterday was better then the day before, in terms of getting back into my good ole habits, but not quite perfect. I stayed away from the crappy foods for the most part, but also stayed up a bit too late playing video games, which also seems to mess up my sleep patterns. I played the “Last Of Us” till about 1:30 last night which is a bit too long. I think, it just keeps my brain too active that late in the evening. It would be better to play games in the morning and during the day, in...

Morning Pages Entry – January 19, 2014

Well, today was a bit of a messed up weekend. Swim meets definitely throw a kink into the wrench of my routine. I didn’t realize, just how dependent I was on my current routine. Doing my morning journal. Listening to Anthony Robbins tapes, and finally last week, doing my writing every day. Every friggin day, from Mon to Friday, I wrote. And I wrote at least a thousand words. I think, that Friday could have been more, as I did break over 2000 words by Thursday, but Friday I only did just o...

Morning Pages – January 18, 2014

So, here’s a first for me. This is the first time I’m doing my morning journal away from the home office. I’m actually in Milton Ontario at a swim meet. Karen, Jessica, and I drove up Friday, and did a swim meet morning session with Jessica here Saturday. Then, we drove to University of Toronto about 45 minutes away, and watched Samantha swim at the Ontario Cup with a bunch of university teams. It was right in the down town, and had to be one of the longest swim sessions we’ve attended. W...

Morning Pages – January 17, 2014

A little slow off the mark, but what the hell, yesterday was a good day and hoping today turns out just as well. Yesterday was a pretty good day for a few reasons. One, not only was it my 4th day in a row, writing over 1000 words on the novel, but I managed to actually break the 2000 word mark for the first time in a while. 2060 words actually. I’m beginning to feel that the Anthony Robbins tapes are becoming a bit superfulous, not that I’m writing on a more steady basis. Not to get too e...