From time to time we set ourselves a goal that just plain does not come easy.  As an example of goals that people often set for themselves here is a list of Top Ten from 2015

1. Lose Weight
2. Getting Organized
3. Spend Less, Save More
4. Enjoy Life to the Fullest
5. Staying Fit and Healthy
6. Learn Something Exciting
7. Quit Smoking
8. Help Others in Their Dreams
9. Fall in Love
10. Spend More Time with Family

Looking at this list StatisticsBrain.com one thing that jumps out about this list is: the total lack of action steps. Okay, a few of the above will have fairly easy to create action steps. But, some of the top ten will have very elusive action steps.  In general I would expect a goal with obvious action steps to be easier to deal with. Continue reading →

Bot-Life Roll Playing Safari is getting close to release. This game is looking better and better. If you haven’t seen the Thursday with Xxaxx broadcasts you are probably in the dark about this project. I’ll get into that in another blog post. I want to take a short break from that in order to introduce a truly fine set of multi-side dice.

When playing Bot-Life or any other RPG based game you will need multi-sided dice. Continue reading →

With respect.

• Death is the body killer.
• I am spirit.
• When death comes, I will release myself from the body.
• Until then, we are partners in the Work.

There is a buzz-ish phrase circulating which suggests we are more microbe than human — or variants to that effect. There is an excellent Scientific American article from 2007 which supports this assertion. But, what is meant by More? Continue reading →

Four years ago (2012) Jonathan Eisen gave a TED Talk focusing on the cloud of microbes living on and in each of us. During this talk he introduces a notion that a growing number of scientists are getting ready to maybe perhaps embrace. This notion being that this microbe cloud should be regarded as an organ. Continue reading →

1. ¿Qué es lo que deseas hacer?

Establece la intención. Sé muy claro sobre lo que quieres hacer. Si es meditar, entonces te dices a ti mismo «quiero meditar».

2. ¿Cuánto tiempo, Cuántas veces, Cuán lejos, Cómo???

¿Cuánto tiempo, cuántas veces, cuán lejos, cuán amplio, cuán intenso— cualquier parámetro que tenga sentido—? Quizás algo en la línea de «quiero meditar durante 20 minutos» o «quiero correr 5 kilómetros».

3. ¿Con qué te estás comprometiendo?

Escribe una descripción de eso que estás intentando hacer.

Puede parecer tan sencillo y claro que no puedes imaginarte cómo es que escribir una descripción ayudaría en algo. Bien, entonces debería ser fácil escribirla. Tanto si te parece obvio como si no, escribe una breve descripción. Esto ayudará en el proceso. Continue reading →

1. What is it that you wish to do?

Set the Intention. Get very clear about what you want to do. If it is to meditate. Then tell yourself “I want to mediate.”

2. How long, how much, how far, how ???

How long, how much, how far, how wide, how loud — whatever parameters make sense? Perhaps something along the lines of “I want to mediate for 20 minutes.” Or, “I want to run 3 miles.”

3. What is this thing you are committing to?

Write down a description of this thing you are intending to do.

It may seem so simple and straightforward that you can’t imagine how writing down a description would help. Good, then it should be easy to write down. Whether it seems obvious to you are not, write down a short description. This will help in the process. Continue reading →

Marathons and sprints are entirely different types of events. A runner will approach each of these events in a totally different way. A sprint requires a large, fast, but short duration expenditure of effort. A marathon is a much longer race requiring a consistent effort over a longer period of time.

Both events require will. But, a slightly different type of will in each case. Continue reading →