Mindfulness

I’ve been reading Mindfulness in Plain English. Meditation is something I’ve always wanted to try and I’m finally trying it. I’m only about half way through the book and am just getting into the mechanics about how to meditate so I don’t know what I’m doing yet but I think I have already been unknowingly practicing my own form of mindfulness. Over the years, I have done a lot of soul searching (much of it while working out) and I am able to step out of myself and look at myself objectively. I don’t do it often or consistently or even consciously  but from what I’ve been reading in the book this is something that I’ve learned on my own to do. I’m anxious learn how to meditate properly and see what kind of results I can get.

Long time, no see

I haven’t updated this in a really long time.

I’ve been messing around with productivity tools lately. I found lots of discussions on Getting Things Done (GTD) and an offshoot of that called Zen To Don (ZTD) which I like. I wasted a lot of time messing around with various GTD tools but I keep coming back to my own Excel “To Do” spreadsheet. I have been doing the “collect” from GTD for years in this spreadsheet.

Intel restructuring

Intel announced yeterday that they are selling/have sold their communications business. This affects 1400 Intel employees many of whom are good friends of mine. I feel bad for them but it may turn into a good opportunity based on stock options since Intel stock hasn’t done anything for a long time. It’s sure made me think…

Introducing Hercules

This is Hercules. Don’t tell him he’s a dog let alone a chijuaua.

Hmmm, seem to be having trouble uploading pictures…

Static

Absolutely nothing happening with the race car. I haven’t been to the track in probably two years.

Opening notes

I’ve been reading blogs for a long time and have kept my own private journal for quite a while so I finally decided to join the blog community.

I’m not sure what I’ll post about but I’ll probably do much of the same as I do in my various journals which is post about life events, projects, work and hobbies.