The Year
WHAT can be said in New Year rhymes,
That's not been said a thousand times?

The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.

We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.

We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.

We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of a year.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A more effective life

Where was i? I think i was stoning somewhere when this little thought jumped into my head. time is a limited resource. we all cant get enough of it. so youknow, we try to make the best of it. try to rush through our showers, get faster download speeds, run for the bus etc. (i do these things on a daily basis). but really what occurred to me was that in a day, only 2 or 3 things you do really matters. getting a song downloaded in a mini-second is great, but what we really do need time for is the bigger picture. in my case, time to visit my grandma. time to get sponsors for my races etc. Im great at speeding up my meals, but not freeing up time for the important things. Clearly, Macro time management trumps Micro time-management. Im pretty stressed out maxing out the little things like trying to squeeze into my lift before it opens, when really I should be taking a step back and enjoying the moment, whilst formulating a plan to do all the items in my schedule. Ask yourself, are you saving time that neednt have to be saved? Saving all that time never got you enough to squeeze another big activity in, but definitely shot your BP very high. Calm down, take a chill pill. Live life.

Sprayin Salts

really busy period. work is picking up. sailing is at full steam. travels to pattaya and bahrain planned. need to get a car. need to visit my ailing grandma. need to keep in contact with old friends and make new ones. drinking too much, smoking too much. im aware of that and i try hard everyday to slow things down. life's just zoooming past. Main problem is i dont have the time or energy to be that warm kind listener to people. I brush people at work or around me way too much. need. to. try harder.much harder.