Friday, June 5, 2009
Update movie, music, tv show, books on living social
I have been sorting my books and listing them on reading social. I feel like I should do the same with my music and other media collections. First I will need to sort everything before I start my lists. From the looks of things it will be a while before I get to it.
End of May State of Things
Ok, this month was pretty much one step forward, two steps back. It took me 13 weeks to get back to the same weight as I was before. I don't think I crossed out anything nor added anything to my list. Maybe I'm getting bored of the items, or I'm just not here enough.
I skipped on exercise for about two weeks. Of course that didn't help. I can't go more then 3 or 4 days without hopping on the treadmill. If this week was any indication, it takes me about 3 days to get back into comfortable workout shape. Although I haven't lost any weight according to my charts, I feel like I'm getting a bit tighter around my sides. What I'm guessing is I'm actually gaining muscle weight. I hope. I have been drinking a ton of water in the last few days as well. I feel more hydrated despite the frequent bathroom trips. In general, I feel more in tune with my body. I'm more aware of what my inputs are. I can feel where my limits are when it comes to working out. I know how to tune my workouts so I can sustain for a longer period of time. That is very important when it comes to training for a long distance run.
This past month I have been more concentrated on on-going items instead of one time projects. I have been reading a ton, worked on my blogs, and calibrated my run. I'm fairly happy with my reading progress. I finished three good size books in the past month. I don't remember the last time I was so dedicated to literature. I'm getting better at picking books that are readable and entertaining thanks to my significant other. I will probably do a better job in the next month. On a side note, I have taken up writing again. I don't want to put that as a project, but it's something I want to keep up.
I've been working on my blogs. The photo blog is of course on going. I haven't added anything more on the queue for a while, I have enough to last me a few months. In the mean time I am still taking interesting photographs to be added in the future. I morphed my daily blog into something to post random finds. There is always the daily pictures of me, dinners, friends, and random observations. I recently added links and reblogs. I think that's a good idea. It's just random things I find amusing on a daily basis that I don't mind sharing. With who I don't know, but it's there. I started working on the tags on my daily blog. I need to go back and put more on the queued items and the items I already posted. It's a great idea, but I wish I started doing it earlier. I thought of a few more different concentrations I should create. I still need to create a food blog and a travel blog. Initially I thought about putting the two together because they go hand in hand in many cases. But the more I thought about it, they should be separated. Travel would be different place I have been and what to go, plus photos and reports. It can be anywhere just outside of my house. Small scale to large scale travel. I want to separate into regions to specific places and locals to visit. It's a great way for me to plan my travels. As for the food blog it will be about things I cook, recipes, restaurant review, and things I want to try. I thought about a long time ago to make a database for recipes. It's just too cumbersome. It somehow makes more sense to just plug everything into a blog and tag it. One of these days I need to consolidate everything onto my website. I know things are all over the place right now, but it makes sense to me. It gives me a lot more clarity on what I want overall on my website contents wise. It also clarifies the things I am actually interested in.
Although not part of any project, I have been doing pretty well financially. I made my own budgeting system, and apparently I have been working with a zero sum budget. Every penny has to go somewhere, and most of it goes into savings. My spending habits are significantly different from a few years ago. I don't feel comfortable making random purchases. Although a few of my recent purchases have been rather large, they are somewhat thought out and within my budget. It's another lifestyle change.
The overall project is really me, and I'm working on it.
I skipped on exercise for about two weeks. Of course that didn't help. I can't go more then 3 or 4 days without hopping on the treadmill. If this week was any indication, it takes me about 3 days to get back into comfortable workout shape. Although I haven't lost any weight according to my charts, I feel like I'm getting a bit tighter around my sides. What I'm guessing is I'm actually gaining muscle weight. I hope. I have been drinking a ton of water in the last few days as well. I feel more hydrated despite the frequent bathroom trips. In general, I feel more in tune with my body. I'm more aware of what my inputs are. I can feel where my limits are when it comes to working out. I know how to tune my workouts so I can sustain for a longer period of time. That is very important when it comes to training for a long distance run.
This past month I have been more concentrated on on-going items instead of one time projects. I have been reading a ton, worked on my blogs, and calibrated my run. I'm fairly happy with my reading progress. I finished three good size books in the past month. I don't remember the last time I was so dedicated to literature. I'm getting better at picking books that are readable and entertaining thanks to my significant other. I will probably do a better job in the next month. On a side note, I have taken up writing again. I don't want to put that as a project, but it's something I want to keep up.
I've been working on my blogs. The photo blog is of course on going. I haven't added anything more on the queue for a while, I have enough to last me a few months. In the mean time I am still taking interesting photographs to be added in the future. I morphed my daily blog into something to post random finds. There is always the daily pictures of me, dinners, friends, and random observations. I recently added links and reblogs. I think that's a good idea. It's just random things I find amusing on a daily basis that I don't mind sharing. With who I don't know, but it's there. I started working on the tags on my daily blog. I need to go back and put more on the queued items and the items I already posted. It's a great idea, but I wish I started doing it earlier. I thought of a few more different concentrations I should create. I still need to create a food blog and a travel blog. Initially I thought about putting the two together because they go hand in hand in many cases. But the more I thought about it, they should be separated. Travel would be different place I have been and what to go, plus photos and reports. It can be anywhere just outside of my house. Small scale to large scale travel. I want to separate into regions to specific places and locals to visit. It's a great way for me to plan my travels. As for the food blog it will be about things I cook, recipes, restaurant review, and things I want to try. I thought about a long time ago to make a database for recipes. It's just too cumbersome. It somehow makes more sense to just plug everything into a blog and tag it. One of these days I need to consolidate everything onto my website. I know things are all over the place right now, but it makes sense to me. It gives me a lot more clarity on what I want overall on my website contents wise. It also clarifies the things I am actually interested in.
Although not part of any project, I have been doing pretty well financially. I made my own budgeting system, and apparently I have been working with a zero sum budget. Every penny has to go somewhere, and most of it goes into savings. My spending habits are significantly different from a few years ago. I don't feel comfortable making random purchases. Although a few of my recent purchases have been rather large, they are somewhat thought out and within my budget. It's another lifestyle change.
The overall project is really me, and I'm working on it.
Friday, May 15, 2009
May
I know I haven't made much progress on the projects this month. I mainly focused on running and reading, both of which are on going things. I just don't feel the motivation to start new things or come up with new things to do. I did a whole bunch of organizational little tasks in the last couple of months. Inevitably the things I have left are the larger projects. Maybe I should start on one or two of them.
I have been trying to run more often. My goal is to be able to run about five days per week for at least 5k (3.11 mi). It would be better if I can use one of those days as a long run. Last week I managed to run a 10k. I feel like I have been building some muscle. My heart rate is lower, and I have to work a bit harder to sweat. I feel my lung capacity is higher. I just want my stomach to go away.
I've been good on reading. I try to read more then one book per month. Which will put me way ahead of my quota. I doubt I will get to 52 this year, but I will try. I have been influenced to make my bookshelf pretty. It's time I get rid of some of the books I will never read.
I have been trying to run more often. My goal is to be able to run about five days per week for at least 5k (3.11 mi). It would be better if I can use one of those days as a long run. Last week I managed to run a 10k. I feel like I have been building some muscle. My heart rate is lower, and I have to work a bit harder to sweat. I feel my lung capacity is higher. I just want my stomach to go away.
I've been good on reading. I try to read more then one book per month. Which will put me way ahead of my quota. I doubt I will get to 52 this year, but I will try. I have been influenced to make my bookshelf pretty. It's time I get rid of some of the books I will never read.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
End of April State of Things
Not as many things were done this month. It might seem so by number, but certainly not by substance. I even skipped a whole week of working out. This month have not been very productive to say the least. I did manage to finish a couple of books, which was good. I did leave a few lapses. This seem to be an on-going theme so far. I'm also running out of project ideas.
One of my main problems is I have a few things on the initial list I have not even contemplated on starting. I simply don't feel like it. I kept finding little things to do and count them as projects. I know it's not enough, but I don't know if I can get myself to focus enough to actually attempt the bigger items.
Maybe spring will bring me a better outlook on things.
One of my main problems is I have a few things on the initial list I have not even contemplated on starting. I simply don't feel like it. I kept finding little things to do and count them as projects. I know it's not enough, but I don't know if I can get myself to focus enough to actually attempt the bigger items.
Maybe spring will bring me a better outlook on things.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Install BluRay drive and gyro mouse
I got these from the last woot off. It's about time to put them in. I need to get some blu-ray discs to test it out as well. When I get the chance. No hurry.
Queue up Very Important People Photo Project
I have a bunch of photos that I think is good. I'm running out of pictures of myself to queue up anyway. It's a good time to work on this new batch.
Photo tags revisited
I realize I don't have enough tags on each of my photo on the main blog as I was putting up 150+ photos on there the other day. I need to go back over all the photos I have already posted then go to the ones on the queue to correct it.
** updated 7/18/09 **
Tags for macchiato daily is done. I need to go back to macchiato to go to go over the tags. Eventually.
** updated 7/18/09 **
Tags for macchiato daily is done. I need to go back to macchiato to go to go over the tags. Eventually.
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