motivation – FriedCircuit

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024

the new year

It’s a few days away. How time flies, doesn’t it?

To be quite honest, I do not know what 2025 will bring to the table. If it’s anything like 2024, it’s saying, hold my my beer. I, however, am not one to let the outside world dictate everything about my life.

I’ve been reminded on countless occasions that attitude is everything. Others perceptions, are meaningless if you discount and disregard them, and everything when you, yourself define them. It’s best to steer perception truthfully. All this because, the worst thing you can do to another person is to not meet their expectations. No, you can do worse but, I digress.

In 2025, the number one thing i need to do is to be more consistent. Is it going to be writing in this blog? Do more with this aging social infrastructure I’ve established. Has the content creation ship sailed for me? Nope. What has sailed for me is time. There are going to be challenges ahead that I may not be able to tackle on my own. There are going to be adventures. There are going to be failures, mishaps and the like, and there will be success. I will see to that. Persistent consistency will shape you. The trick is, will you enjoy what you persistently are consistent about.

I’ve read from many resources that successful people always follow some sort of rhythm in their lives, they stick to a pattern of what works. They surround themselves by others who are successful and feed off that synergy. I could be a little more consistent in seeing where I succeed and fail in this.

I plan to continue down this path, wherever it may lead.

Words to be: consistent, persistent, resonant, thoughtful, kind.

June 25, 2021

Published Thoughts on Success

Rambling thoughts on Quality over quantity and success.

I wish I could say that has always been my practice. There are times at the end of the day you need to meet your stats and numbers. You need to reach towards some attainable goal. The 80% will get you by, won’t it?

It’s a lot easier when you can set your own goals and no one is interrupting your day and dictating them for you, demanding your services on demand and immediately, because someone, somewhere along the line made a mistake, or got lazy and suddenly found themselves in hot water, or some dim was left in charge to make bad decisions and turn your life into hell. That’s one way to look at things. The people part of the equation is why I have a job. On the same token, I am just as guilty of making mistakes, waiting to the last minute and creating unnecessary chaos.

Doing it wrong a thousand times over gets you nowhere. One of the things that appears to be a universal constant, success breeds success. When one surrounds themselves around successful people, open minded to sharing ideas and thoughts, intent on acting and achieving their goals, the game changes drastically in your favor.

That is what some games may teach us when we win, others may demonstrate as they trudge through their lives & overcome the obstacles of life, and what I need to figure out what’s working, what’s not and what needs to change.

Find out what successful people do and try to do it better than they can. If I fail, get up and try again a different way, their way perhaps. If that doesn’t work start over at square one, and if you still don’t succeed, reconsider your position, do your homework and tackle it when you have a better grasp of it.

That’s all for today.

June 18, 2021

The Condition Is Never Permanent

I am still here.

I don’t have a lot to say right now about some things. At least, not here anyway.

What I do have to say is the last 15 months have worn the wear on me. Even as I started with building this little website and wanted to build some sort of online presence, momentum shifted me away from the tinkering and more into the practical. More important things seemed to take their hold, and to me family is more important. I may not always show it or express it but I love my family. Being a single guy – this means family doesn’t live with me, but we talk and we are there for each other. I also have a group of close friends – and acquaintances and my work colleagues and friends. More than likely they probably won’t even read or see this post, but they do know I care.

Thank You friends and family.

As of this past January, I have lost both of my parents. We’ve cleared the house and it will be sold here shortly. I have few ties left to Macon.

In the midst of all of this – working full time, attending graduate school online, and everything else happening around us in the world – pandemics, masks, racial tensions, political upheaval. Where and when will it stop. It never will, but get out of my way because I am pushing through.

I did something this past year, something that I never would have thought possible, until I actually did it. I’ve all but eliminated a great chunk of debt. before I even saw a dime of any inheritance from the estate, by my own willpower and intention – and with the recommendations of my elder financial mentor – I have freed up a large some of my income. I sold a car I didn’t need. I stopped paying for services I didn’t need or would no longer need to have. I emptied out my storage, and purged, purged some more, and purged again. I’m eating better, cooking at home more. I’m starting to sleep better.

I don’t feel stuck. At the same time – I feel more restricted and pressured to do better. I need to do it for myself, my family and my friends. I need to get in some better physical shape. I have some limitations but I know what they are and when to apply them. The condition is never permanent. For better or worse, I am in control of my spending, my eating, what I do and who I spend my time with. Do I write a new blog post? Do I take a break from class or go full bore and finish my Masters degree next year? At work – do I choose path A, or B and/or C? I am blessed with some important options – do I sit still and wait – or do I push forward with intent and purpose. I’ll choose the latter and let the cards fall where they may.

What’s your story?