Well we are just about done with 2009 and boy am I glad it is almost over! I would rather make 2009 a faded memory quickly so I can get on mentally “starting anew” with a fresh mindset. There is nothing wrong with writing a year off when the new year is so close!

I have had the priviliage of speaking to many of my business associcates as of late and they all agree that 2010 should be a better year mindset wise. I couldn’t agree more.

I think the thing that did us in was how negative the world wide media was. You know the story, “if it bleeds, it leads,” in the news media industry. We’ve ceratinly had our share of this kind of mind numbing, negative vibe, type of news, day in and day out. It put pressure on all of us to think positive on our own. There were some inspiring stories in 2009 but not enough to over power the “downer” news.”

What we all have to realize is that it sucks energy out of us working productively. How can we put in the best work we can when the doom and gloom are constantly pushing us down further in the depths of negativity.

This is the last of the “downer” and “rant” posts I will be putting in here for some time. I have too much to look forward to in 2010. One thing I have to say, I am so happy that 2009 felt like it went like “greased lightning.” I mean did you feel how fast this year went? I know we think that when we have a great time, that it passes by quickly. I felt just the opposite this year. With all the crisis we went through all at once, you would think “time” as we know it would feel so slow. This year, I did not feel that way.

As I close this post, I want to wish every one who visits here that there is hope for a better future and the time to think about it and plan is NOW!

Work on….

Peace and Love,

Bruce

I don’t know really when I’ve been this tired.  I want to curl up into a ball and play tower defense games completely withdrawn from the outer world.  I really honestly do not think that I’ve ever been busier in my entire life than I am right now, hence the lack of regular blogging.  I love you, “What’s an Azalea” I swear I do and in about 10 days I promise to update you daily, that is if Exams and various other creative obligations don’t kill me first.

Why Hypnosis Can Change Your Life For The Better
Believe the hype or think for yourself
For too long hypnosis has had ‘difficult’ press. If a person doesn’t understand something they have 3 options open to them.
1) They might be sceptical and therefore save the trouble of looking further and possibly benefiting. 2) They may conclude it is dangerous and to be avoided at all costs. 3) They may spend time discovering the truth behind the hype.
If you don’t know much about a topic it’s easy to be suspicious. Some people assume hypnosis is akin to a carnival side show, others consider it mystic mumbo jumbo or ‘mind control.’ For those who look beyond the hype the truth is far more illuminating.
The most powerful tool you possess
There are potentially huge benefits for those who use hypnosis as part of everyday life. When you understand hypnosis you start to see its potential to improve human performance in the physical, emotional and intellectual realms. For me, rumour, gossip and suspicion weren’t good enough.
I determined to learn all I could about hypnosis – I learned every fact and practised every technique under the sun. I took several training courses – some good, some terrible. I invested thousands of hours of devoted study to hypnosis and discovered just what is possible. I hypnotised friends, neighbours and work colleagues. Hypnosis greatly changed things for me on a personal level
How hypnosis helped me
I used to be shy. Thanks to hypnosis I can now talk to thousands at a time and can approach anybody calmly and confidently.
I used to have poor concentration and procrastinate; thanks to hypnosis I can instantly motivate myself.
I used to find physical work outs and exercise exhausting but because of hypnosis I am now in the best shape of my life.
Incidentally I also stopped myself blushing with hypnosis. Now if ever I have a difficult call or conversation coming up, something I may naturally feel reluctant to do (you know the kind of thing) I spontaneously self hypnotise and rehearse the upcoming situation feeling good, with myself remaining calm. In this way I habitually set my own emotional ‘blue prints’ for up coming situations. Having said that it’s naturally that some people have concerns or half digested ‘hand me down’ ideas regarding hypnosis. A common one is the one about ‘mind control.’ However what does this really mean?
Why you are more in control of yourself in hypnosis
If someone expresses concerns about being ‘controlled’ in hypnosis what they mean is they don’t want to be like a robot, an automaton that is forced to obey the every whim of the hypnotist. We can’t help but influence others but we don’t control them. To understand why you need to understand hypnosis better.
So what is hypnosis like?
Hypnosis isn’t like a coma. It’s not unconsciousness – more a subtle shifting of consciousness. In hypnosis, you can still think logically but you also have access to the ’software’ of your mind so that you can update instinctive emotional and physical responses. In fact the hypnotised subject (not the hypnotist) calls the shots. When I hypnotise someone I need to go at their speed and respond to their needs and expectations. Hypnosis will give you more control in your own life because of what it enables you to do.
How can I be so sure?
Because over the decades I’ve seen all kinds of people, all ages and from all backgrounds turn their lives around thanks to hypnosis. When you use hypnosis for yourself it improves confidence in all kinds of ways. When you use it to change other’s lives it just blows you away. This is what I mean.
When I first hypnotised someone to feel no sensation in a painful arthritic arm it was an incredible feeling. When I first cured life long phobias quickly and comfortably I was astounded. When I stopped hardened alcoholics from drinking and even got a heroin addict off the stuff and back into mainstream life again I started to feel angry that people could just associate hypnosis with entertainment.
With the aid of hypnosis I (and many people I have trained and worked with) have helped severely depressed people feel strong and positive again. The rewards and satisfactions are hard to describe. I’m going to take a stand against ignorance and short sightedness around hypnosis and here’s why.
Why you need to reclaim hypnosis for yourself
Hypnosis is your birthright. It’s nature’s optimum learning tool. In fact to learn and perform anything well you need to experience a natural focussing of attention, a natural kind of hypnosis. To be successful hypnosis needs to be your companion and friend.
Successful people use it naturally all the time because hypnosis is natural. It’s the way we learn new responses. Unlike medications its side effects are purely positive – one expectant mother I worked with to feel relaxed during child birth later reported that she was also more relaxed when flying!
Hypnosis is easy to learn and every body can benefit. Hypnosis is a safe environment to ‘try out’ new behaviours and emotional patterns before you experience them for real. So the young man can ask a woman out for a date many times in calm relaxed hypnosis so that by the time he does it for real it feels real and natural and relaxed. Sports people who use hypnosis learn new quicker and more accurately. So hypnosis gives you more control of yourself and your life, it’s natural and gives you instant benefits and it’s a way of ‘trying on’ and establishing new patterns of emotional response and behaviour, Hypnosis enables you to develop yourself as a human being.
HypnosisDownloads.com offer a free course called ‘Learn Hypnosis in 5 Days’.
Article by Mark Tyrrell of Hypnosis Downloads.com.
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Sejak kapan memiliki gairah, teliti terhadap detail, dan kurang perhatian pada gosip kantor menjadi masalah di tempat kerja? Karena tempat kerja didefinisikan sebagai latar sosial 9-5! Memang benar bahwa kantor – dan kamar saham di Walmart – adalah setting kerja yang “biasa”. Tapi orang autistik tidaklah biasa. Mereka juga tidak biasa bagi karir dimana mereka telah menjadi kandidat yang baik.

Mereka Suka Melihat Pohon daripada Hutannya:
Ini merupakan ciri umum di antara orang-orang autistik: mereka melihat bagian-bagiannya (detailnya) bukan keseluruhan. Ini merupakan masalah di beberapa tempat kerja, tapi merupakan atribut yang luar biasa jika Anda mencari … detail ruang anomaly yang luar biasa (sebagai astronom), sel-sel yang unik (sebagai teknisi laboratorium), perbedaan-perbedaan di antara spesies (sebagai peneliti biologis), karakteristik suara yang dihasilkan instumen musik (sebagai musikus atau music arranger), berbagai kelemahan dalam rangka dan hitungan permesinan (sebagai engineer), sifat-sifat khusus benda (sebagai gemologist, juru taksir barang-barang antik, atau sejarawan seni).

Keluarga adalah Satu-satunya Temannya:
Ciri ini mungkin saja tak bisa dibawa ke tempat kerja professional. Namun ini merupakan atribut yang penting jika Anda mencari… seorang penjaga hutan; seorang penulis atau seniman; seorang estate caretaker; seorang horticulturalist; atau bahkan seorang ahli paleontolog. Namun demikian, kurangnya minat kepada orang lain tidak menunjukkan kurangnya minat atau kemampuan untuk mengelola barang, hewan, atau sistem. Dan tidak mudah menemukan orang yang memenuhi syarat dan bersedia menghabiskan waktu yang lama dalam rangka mengerjakan tugas dalam kesendirian.

Mereka hanya suka melakukan… [isilah tanda kurung ini]:
Jika Anda pernah bekerja di museum, laboratorium atau universitas, Anda akan menemukan dunia yang penuh keikhlasan, orang-orang yang penuh gairah. Untuk seorang akademisi, minat mereka, tidak peduli seberapa kecil, adalah sangat menarik. Hal yang sama juga berlaku bagi profesional museum dan arkeolog, yang menghabiskan hidup mereka mempelajari artefak, tulang atau tekstil.

Memikirkan Gambar, Tapi Susah Memahami Percakapan: Beberapa orang autistik orang dapat dengan mudah membayangkan suatu gambar 2-dimensi sebagai objek 3-dimensi. Dengan pelatihan yang sesuai, orang-orang ini bisa menjadi calon ideal untuk pekerjaan dalam bidang-bidang seperti CAD (computer aided design), konstruksi model arsitektur, desain industri, menunjukkan prototipe, dan banyak lagi. Kuncinya adalah menemukan dan mendukung pelatihan yang dapat menyebabkan karier tersebut.

Sangat Rule-Oriented yang Dapat Membuat Orang Jadi Gila!
Dalam tempat kerja yang khusus, kebanyakan orang melanggar peraturan, hal yang sangat sulit dilakukan orang autistik, yang butuh dan merespon struktur. Tapi ada banyak tempat kerja di mana aturan-aturan yang mutlak–untuk semua orang. Seperti pada dunia militer, keamanan negara, administrasi negara, rumah sakit dan laboratorium, peraturan tidak hanya penting–tetapi sangat sangat penting.

Lebih Suka Hewan Daripada Manusia
Tak mudah menjadi dokter hewan. Tapi bisa juga dipertimbangkan karir lain yang animal-oriented seperti merawat kuda peternakan, kandang atau pacuan kuda. Zookeeper atau curator hewan di kebun binatang atau peternakan. Menjadi seorang naturalist atau pakar penangkaran hewan. Naturalis atau ahli peternakan di museum atau akuarium. Bisa juga bekerja pada toko hewan peliharaan. Teknisi areal praktek dokter hewan. Dan banyak lagi yang lain. Daftarnya bisa ditambah terus menerus.
Selalu Open-Minded:

Siapa yang ada di luar sana? Apa yang mereka kerjakan? Dan banyak pertanyaan lainnya. Bagi orang-orang dengan spectrum autis, jawabannya haruslah seluas mungkin. Banyak karir yang pas untuk tipe in, perhatikan hobby, kemampuan dan kebutuhan anak-anak Anda, mungkin saja mereka termasuk di dalamnya.

Avance I am yours

Y encima dice ser toda nuestra. Beyoncé Knowles no tiene límites y parece que nunca será lo suficientemente famosa. Es insaciable, y por eso acaba de lanzar un concierto íntimo (obviemos el hecho de que utilice bases del cd) para demostrar que es tan diosa que podría ponerse a cantar en medio de la calle con una flauta y un perro y aun así sería puro espectáculo.

En el concierto se revuelca por el suelo, grita, llora, baila, hace alarde de su éxito e incluso cuenta la historia de Destiny’s Child (cuando a nosotros la versión que nos gustaría oir es la de Latavia Robertson). El show se convierte en un musical narrado por la protagonista del drama (meta-musical), pero como no hay nada que un buen sample no pueda remediar, Crazy in love rompe con ese grupo de perdedoras e inicia un repaso por la espectacular carrera en solitario de Sasha Fierce.

El concierto ofrece versiones íntimas, versiones swing, versiones soul, versiones pista de cd… todo lo que podamos imaginar. Y ella como siempre está impresionante. Es demasiado buena.

El lunes volveremos con la crítica detallada del show, hasta entonces, vamos a ponernos un poco tontorrones que hace frío y la mamarrachada de Sweet dreams ha resultado tener una letra y melodía preciosas.

¡Tú sí que eres un sueño reina!

Buen fin de semana, zorras.

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Somehow I keep coming across posts, people traveling to or just arriving from India… which is making me think that I missed the memo on the newest craze! Luckily, I just happen to be travelling to this “mysterious” and “exotic” locale in December.

While I am definitely looking forward to the trip, my first real vacation in almost a decade (as a self- confessed workaholic I have a really hard time justifying a trio that does not have anything to do with business), I am also apprehensive. As someone who has never travelled to Asia, this is definitely going to be a new experience for me.  As a black woman from a privileged nation as well, I know that my experience is going to be a unique one.  Beyond the knowledge that i will be buying lots of jewellery, scarves and at least one custom-made leather piece, I have no idea what to expect!

To get some insight I’ve been religiously following the Matt and Nat travel diaries on Karmacake to see what the intrepid adventurers have been up to.  They are travelling all over so are giving me some idea of what to expect- at least in Mumbai and Goa. I’ve also been speaking to Anita Clarke of IwantIgot, since she was recently in India for the first time, seeing a very different side of the nation (she was there on business).

Of course I’ll be keeping you in the loop of the entire  experience, stop overs and all!

Stay tuned…

When I do my daily work schedule, being a workaholic, sometimes you are not aware of when to stop and start your family or social life. It is very important to make boundaries in your life that when your work day is over, it is over and you “change” directions to the “non-working part of your day.

Here is an interesting video from a counselor that talks about the boundaries of work and “other than work” life.

Ein ganzes Wochenende vorm PC verbracht und geackert. Der Kaffee ist alle, die Luft auch und mein Hintern tut weh. Aber was macht man nicht alles, um sich eine Zukunft zu schaffen? Mein Ich aus der Zukunft wirds mir danken.

What is the difference between working hard and being a workaholic?

The Boston Globe once mentioned that companies with 20 or fewer employees represent nearly 90% of all U.S. businesses. A survey of 300 executives at these companies (the survey was done by Staples, Inc.) showed that:

• 51% work on holidays
• 49% work while driving
• 21% work while eating dinner at least 4-5 times per week
• 37% could not readily remember their last vacation
• 18% admit to reading work-related emails and documents while in the bathroom
• 68% work on days off, checking email, voicemail, or making work-related calls
• 66% work after hours and at night
• 47% work during what is supposed to be family time

Are we becoming a bunch of workaholics?

Work is important — to make a living, to have identity, to feel satisfaction, achievement and success. But what we often fail to realize is that play is every bit as important. Play allows you to use your imagination, be creative, experience fun and pleasure and to de-stress. Down time is necessary to spend time nurturing relationships and to spend time with yourself to do things like thinking, reading and relaxing.

In this digital day and age of email and cell phones, we have gained the ability to work from anywhere and make increased use of our time. The problem is, yes, we can work from anywhere — home, vacation, even the bathroom is no longer off limits!

This means that you or your spouse has to be the one to set the limit. It is no longer, “I can’t work.” It has to be, “I will not work now.” People who are anxious about their performance and highly competitive may have a lot of trouble doing this.

There is a difference between working hard and being a workaholic. The workaholic really can’t stop without feeling anxious and continues to work despite the toll it is taking on them and those around them. They have lost touch with their own feelings and those of their loved ones. They work even when it isn’t necessary and it takes away from time they could otherwise spend with their family.

What a workaholic often fails to realize (and you can help them realize) is that the time they lose with their spouse and children cannot be retrieved, and they will likely regret it. They lose what really matters to them in life, like joy, contentment and love. They also create workaholism in their children who will likely model them and grow up to do the same thing.

Talk to your spouse about the importance of play for all of you. Help him or her list his priorities and set a better example for your children. Talk to him about building in times when work is simply off limits and how much it matters to you and your children.

Out From: Paradigm – Valarie Phillips

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Details at www.itsonthegrid.com.

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Genre: Rom Com

Page Count: 108

Locale: Present day Manahattan, 1950s small town USA

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Logline:

A workaholic woman is transported back in time to a small town in the 1950s where she comes to realize that friends and family are what matter most.

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Synopsis:

CALLY, a Madison Avenue advertising exec, starts her day at 5am with a teleconference from her apartment. She skillfully sells a group of Japanese businessmen on a campaign featuring good old-fashioned values and 1950s nostalgia. Cally, clad in a designer suit, heads to work, completely oblivious to those around her as she checks her blackberry. A call from her pregnant sister JANIE reminds her not to miss her father’s upcoming surprise party.  But when the boss, HENDRICKSON, asks her to attend a meeting on the same day, Cally doesn’t hesitate, taking the place of her colleague, JIM, who has to attend his son’s baseball game. Cally practices her pitch employing a nostalgic idealism that she clearly doesn’t believe in. When her assistant LAYLA gives Cally a message from a guy asking about a second date, Cally describes the slippery slope of relationships and family that sent her mentor from shark to guppy. The next morning on route to the meeting, Cally looks up from the blackberry only when the car gets a flat tire. While the mechanic checks the car, Cally heads to a nearby diner, hoping for cell phone reception. Cally reaches Layla who can’t hear her over the jukebox. As Cally goes to unplug it, she collides with a waitress and gets dowsed in Coke. The jukebox’s electric current courses through her and she blacks out.

Cally wakes up dressed in a 1950s carhop uniform, complete with roller skates. Soon it’s clear that she has been transported back in time to the 1950s. Jane, who treats Cally like an old friend, takes Cally home, reassuring her that she’s just suffered a bump on the head along with the distress of a recent breakup. Cally tries unsuccessfully to negotiate 1950s America including the milkman and the telephone operator. Unable to bring herself to wear Jane’s ruffled pink 1950s garb, she borrows men’s attire from MAX, Jane’s likely gay brother, and convinces him to drive her to the closest thing the small town has to the Internet: Gimble’s General Store. Cally asks JACK, who works at Gimble’s, if he carries any books on time travel. Cally tells him that she lives in Manhattan and he offers to give her a ride to the city. Hoping that only this town is stuck in the past, Cally accepts the ride only to find Manhattan transformed as well. They return to the small town and Jane’s house where Cally joins Jane’s perfect family for dinner and finally succumbs to temptation and has a piece of pie. It’s amazing. The next day, Jane drags Cally to work at the diner where Cally struggles to stay upright on her skates much less keep up with the orders. Thinking it might be the way home, Cally suggests that DAN, the diner owner, get a jukebox. Dan lets the girls off work early to attend the fair where Cally bumps into Jack, who drives Cally home. On the way, he takes her to the airport hanger where he reveals his dream of becoming a pilot. But his parents needed help at their store and he had to put his dreams on hold. The next morning, after pouring through dozens of catalogues to find the right one, Cally shows Dan the exact model of jukebox that she saw at Dan’s Jukebox Heaven in the present. After she leaves Dan places an order. Meanwhile, Cally starts to get the hang of roller-skating and waitressing. But when she notices a job listing in the newspaper for an Ad Man, Cally sneaks out to send a letter to Lifestyle Advertising in Manhattan. After work, the girls learn that MARIE, the pie baker, has been left by her husband. To make extra income, Cally suggests Marie turn her pie making into a business. Drawing on the skills of all of the women, they make plans for what will become Marie Callendar’s pies. Next, Cally uses her advertising sensibilities to help Jane’s mom with her Tupperware party. Later, Jack joins Cally and the girls at the beach. He gives her a book on time travel, but caught up in the fun she’s having and the great company, Cally isn’t too interested in the book. Later, Cally indulges Jane’s wedding fantasies when they duck into a bridal shop to try on dresses. Cally is surprise that she’s enjoying herself and is even a bit emotional. Max asks Cally to join his dance act for an upcoming contest. Unable to do the 1950s dance moves, Cally offers to teach them some moves of her own. Jack takes Cally to the movies and she’s clearly falling for him. But when Cally receives a letter from the Ad company offering her a job in Manhattan, she sneaks away early in the morning leaving only a note.

Although they aren’t sure that a woman is up to the job, the Ad Men welcome Cally into the company. She’s able to recall the popular slogans that made brands like Pillsbury and M&M so famous, but that are unknown in the 1950s. But Cally is turned off by the misogynistic culture and, when she’s invited out for business drinks with a sleazy colleague, she realizes that her small town experience has changed her. In the powder room, a woman tells her that she can have it all. She just needs to know what she wants and go get it. Cally hurries back to the small town just in time for the Fourth of July celebration. She finds Jack and tries to tell him that she’s learned the error of her ways, but he isn’t sure. Not wanting to let Max down as well, Cally joins him and Jane onstage for the competition where they dance Cally’s choreographed number to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” Max wins the competition and a trip to New York with singer (also likely gay) Buddy Holloway. Even Jack is impressed and asks Cally to dance. He takes her to the airport and together they watch the fireworks from an airplane, piloted by Jack. They return to Dan’s Diner, where Marie has sold out of her pies. Dan has another surprise: the jukebox has arrived. Cally isn’t sure that she wants to go but Dan tells her it’s time. Back in the present, George drives Cally to the business meeting. Cally uses her colleague Jim’s proposals and tells the client that Jim wanted to be there, but had a family obligation. After she lands the account, Cally resigns. George drops her off at her father’s birthday party but no one is home. Everyone is at the hospital where her sister Janie is giving birth. Cally arrives just in time and we realize that all of the familiar faces from the 1950s are members of Cally’s family, except Jack who is noticeably absent. But when Cally goes to a nearby deli, she bumps into old classmate Jack. And Cally realizes she really can have it all. Now, working from home, Cally skypes with shark-turned-guppy and former mentor DOMINIQUE (also the woman from the powder room) before emerging from the back office into her Pie Shop.

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Verdict: Skip it.

Get the script here.

I just exchanged emails with a broker friend of mine who arranges financing for some of our clients, and he had just heard back from a lender this afternoon and wanted to get me the good news.

I responded of course, and in the communication, he mentioned how impressed he was that the man was working on Sunday afternoon as if it were a regular work day….getting things done. Cool.

It did not sit right with me and I responded back immediately, “no not cool”, “In fact not only am I not impressed, I am distressed.” I no longer trust him or his judgment. I thought about it for a moment or two and then went on saying, that if his business is so needy that he must work 24/7, and if he has not yet figured out how to expand without working 24/7, then he lacks serious management skills and thus I question his entire context and skill level, ability, likelihood for success.

I am running a rapidly growing business doing significant revenue and I spend my weekends with my family. Most evening are with my wife although I do allow for necessary meetings and outings of various matters regarding business during the early evening hours during the week and have a busy schedule for certain. I am successful. I do not have to ‘work’ 24/7. I do not make non-emergency client calls on Sunday afternoon as if it were business as usual. My business is under control.

My brokers lenders business is not under control, or why would he be making normal business calls on a Sunday afternoon? Check it out, the answer to your success is NOT locked into a 24/7 schedule…at all.

No, no, no, you are either escaping, avoiding reality, hiding, concentrating on ‘the work’ to numb the fear, maybe all the above, thinking that such a herculean effort will result in success and besides it is your standard, yourself expectation to fight to the last breath.

Spare me, can we do this a little more intelligently then that and with little less emotion? Lets create a plan and implement a successful mission.

Working 24/7 is an indication of a runaway, out of control train, a wreck about to happen, a cry for help, a clear need for intervention. No plan at all. This does not mean you cannot think about your business during off hours, of course you can and will, as do I.

If this is you, breathe and ask yourself… What are you doing? What is your plan?, How are you going to implement? Do you have the cash requirements?

Then proceed…and go home for dinner….and yes think.

No, I am not a workaholic.

It’s just that ever since the internal battle to get rid of “the boy” began, I try to avoid “packets of free time.” Yes, the agonizing minutes and hours of useless musings about the nameless nemesis. For someone like me who’s trying to avoid a certain individual, free time is the greatest enemy. I have a very active mind, and minutes without much action would result in deep pondering and inquiring.

It just so happened that my way of filling these “packets of free time” is income generating as well. My schedule sounds really crazy and the physical stress is truly intense. However, no amount of physical stress could surpass the emotional torture that constant pondering and questioning bring. For now, I’ll go for the latter (physical stress) and hope that weekend massages, exercise, vitamins and other R&R would do the trick.

With what’s happening recently, I’ll actually be forced to rearrange my schedule…probably my life as well (laughs).

I’m a little worried about spontaneity though. Yes, I now have this habit of keeping an eye on time. But I don’t want to think about it. For now, I’ll just roll with the punches and keep everything on the dot.

Busy professionals who work on the road report lack of facilities and space as some of the primary reasons they do not get enough exercise. It is no coincidence that this same group often experiences increased rates of health problems. Those who travel frequently demonstrate higher levels of absenteeism and tardiness, and cost company health insurance policies more money.

At the heart of the problem is too much time in meetings interrupted only by unhealthy dinners at restaurants. At the end of the day, many traveling employees wind down simply by watching television in their hotel rooms. Without space or facilities to work out in, it is no wonder these employees are less healthy than their counterparts. To curb this problem, workers need to take the time to exercise, even when they’re on the road.

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Believe it or not, there is a benefit to being a workholic when making more spare time money. Since we workaholics can often multi-task, be ready to take on more than more than one job to supplement your current income.

Now most reports on workaholics state that we work just to be “busy,” there are so many of us that work and can churn out a lot of productive work. I speak to the productive workaholics out there! I admit to being one of the productive workaholics who enjoys short deadlines, working on more than one project at a time, and still getting my breaks throughout the day!

As I mentioned in previous posts about working effiiciently, as long as you keep on track to finish what you intended on doing for that day, you are managing your time in the most productive way possible. I still use the scratch pad and pen system with a short “to-do” list on my desk to make sure I got done what I had intended.

The workplace has changed forever since the recession of 2008-2009.  Our country lost millions of jobs and most likely will not be replaced. Latest reports have stated that since corporations of all sizes have dramatically cut their labor forces, productivity and profitibility have soared. The current workforce is  wearing more “hats” and doing more duties than ever before. Quite few number of them fear for their job security so they do not grumble and resign to the fact that they have to take on those extra duties that in years past, meant a raise in pay because of taking on those extra duties. No more!

So, workaholics, be strong and be aware that you will have to take on more than one job if you are to survive monetarily through this very tough economy.

Peace and Love,

Bruce

It’s often hard for me to shut down at the end of a work day or even for breaks–to just walk away from my desk. It’s uncomfortable to leave a project unfinished; my reaction to this discomfort is often anxiety: I fear that I won’t be able to remember what I was doing, or that it will take a long time to get my momentum back. I fear that I’ll never finish it. I fear that others will think less of me.

So I guess I’m “driven” and have a tendency to be a “workaholic”. I experience what we in RI would call “impulses”. And I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say this is a type of addiction or to call it workaholism.

This may have come about because, even though I long ago resigned myself to being the sort of person who has lots of unfinished projects in my life, a few years back I decided to get more “closure“, meaning actually finishing more things. That’s healthy, right? I’m starting to wonder if it always is , especially if achieving it causes temper.

Leaving something unfinished at the end of a work day gives me an opportunity to practise Recovery techniques, especially bearing discomfort and remembering to  endorse for the effort. I need to spot my fearful temper (worry, anxiety, embarrassment, inadequacy) so I can regain and retain my balance.

If my supreme value is my mental health and everything needs to be placed in this context, then I need to strive for balance, not extremism, in how I use my time. I need to see when I’m being exceptional (“look at all I get done and how well I do it!”) and accept a philosophy of averageness.

I have to have the courage to make a mistake at work–while being conscientious enough, but not too conscientious about my responsibilities as an employee. Dr. Low wrote: “I wish that my patients were a trifle less concerned about their ethics and morals and legality. They are far too concerned about these matters. Instead of having an average concern they have an extreme concern about them.” (MFMA, p. 65-66)

There won’t be an easy fix for me, but I do have several opportunities a day–two breaks, lunch, and the end of the day–to practise my Recovery techniques and work towards my goal of inner peace.

In the winter of 94-95, I lived at a very remote, off-the grid center for agroforestry in Belize. I was there to slow down, to stop being a workaholic, and try to figure out the rest of my life. (I also signed up to help with fundraising for the center, but that never panned out.) Just months before, I had quit a job running an international environmental network out of Ann Arbor, MI. And I was extremely confused and wounded and Belize called to me. So I went. I lived for most of three months there with others in a large thatched roof, open air lodge with no glass windows, screens or walls, practically, and bunkbeds on the 2nd floor. Once the day was over, candles or flashlights were how one read at night. And to not use up my batteries in the flashlight, candles were the best option. This being the tropics, all sorts of fantastic night flying insects flitted around and occasionally a moth came too close to the flame. Hence this poem… from 1995.

Oh Moth

Oh moth – you have waxed your wings

one last time in the candle I lit for

reading

But now I read

your pain

instead

Is this the cost

of my savoring a few more pages of tale

and you

no more flit

you sacrifice wing and flight

and life

What other deaths,

what other loss

to create that candle, that wick,

the flame

is this nothing

must there always be this cost and I

TAKE

Would it be better

for the costs of light to be

unknown distant

irradiated fish miles from

my lamp

poisoned mountains of coal tailings

so far that no one

watches seedlings struggle

and fail to take root

people and plants

fingerlings fried before ever being lifted

from a stream bed

massive river obstructions -

dammed

salmon crying in

frustration

as they try to leap,

to taste their home,

and spend a final spawn

in peace

should we not call it

the grid of unconscious,

a constricting net of electrical lines,

choking the biodiverse

to homogenize

the land

will we wake to life of living

web of connections and tugs at my heart

strings in this moment of you, oh moth, your death

in my light

I choose to close

my book for the toll

taken

Jan, 1995 (rev 11/09)

belize

mare cromwell

He tenido unos imprevistos con el server que me hacia stremeables los mp3`s. Gracias por avisar, y ya se esta arreglando. Tambien vendran varios downloads pronto, so stay tuned Kids!

I`ve had quite a few glitches with the server wich holded the mp3`s in this page. They just stopped working. So I started working fixin`this issue. In the new version, the allready available mp3`s will be downloadable, and they will be full of new goodies, such as Downlodable Live sets. So stay Tuned!

Sei lá porque desse título, deu vontade de postar com esse nome hehe…

To aqui curtindo esse som, que é da lighthouse family – forever you and me, do refrão veio o título do post, que ainda to explicando pra encher linguiça porque não sei direito o que falar ainda

Dia corrido hoje! Santo Cristo! Se todos dias fossem assim eu ia pirar, mas pirar feliz hehehe… Sabe  quando você tem uma sensação de que tudo caminha para o melhor, tudo mesmo, sei lá, dos problemas as coisas boas, tudo se resolvendo! Queria eu que o dia tivesse umas 30 horas, caraca eu já estaria bilionário famoso e fodão uahuahuahauhauhaauahuau

Opa, changing the music, now on vinisauro radio: CELEBRATION! Uhulles! Haha quem ler isso vai pensar que eu to fumado aqui viajando legal, não to fumado, mas to viajando! hahaha

Na real quero adiantar um bom final de semana a todos, pah amanhã é aquele dia cão que passo inteiro na escola, não que não seja bom, mas já foi melhor, hoje em dia tá no mínimo um saco! Mas tem coisa boa também, descobri uma escola aqui perto de piano, yeeeah piano! Ta aí uma coisa que eu curto e tenho boa vontade pra aprender, ou pelo menos penso que tenho boa vontade, nas aulas eu posso descobrir o contrário hahaha

Ah, mais uma novidade, escutem “Don’t let me down”, música nova da Leona Lewis com o Justin Timberlake…

Bom é isso, já enchi linguiça o suficiente, na real esse é um dos posts que queria desabafar mas perdi o tesão, então falei bosta pra matar o tempo hahaha sorry, depois dessa vou ser mais odiado ainda 

Bom final de semana a todos!

Scheduling is, admittedly, not something I am good at. I have a mix of spontaneity, rebelliousness, and anxious perfectionism that causes me to make elaborate work schedules and then completely ignore them. This is my current schedule (that I am completely ignoring):

Schedules like this help a little in that they make sure I’m not trying to do anything blatantly impossible (like work 120 hours a week), and making schedules relieves my occasional problems with anxiety. But following them doesn’t help me be more productive; it just makes me restless and procrastinate which in turns makes me stressed out and crazy. I’ve spent a lot of time figuring out what DOES make me more productive, and what makes me productive AND sane. Here are some things I’ve learned:

1. Don’t go it alone. Find other creative people in your area. Meet up with friends that are also artists or writers. Being with other people that are excited and committed to creative work is incredibly enriching. It’s reassuring to know you’re not the only person who cares about creative work (whether that be comics, or art, or writing…) It doesn’t have to be a group for critiques. For me friends that just hang out and work on projects together is enough, and I actually find that groups specifically geared towards critique can hurt rather than help my creative process.

2. Get out of the house. Go outside, walk around. Work in a coffee/tea shop for a while, or go to a friend’s house and work there. Working somewhere else for a while can help keep things from getting boring and keep you motivated. And, going back to point 1, working around other people will make you stay focused.

3. Keep track of your hours. Set a goal every month for how many hours you’d like to work and record your progress. This keeps you in the mindset of “I need to work on art now” without being too restrictive like a schedule. It’s also satisfying to be able to tell exactly how much work you’re putting into your projects so you don’t get caught in a “why aren’t I more productive ahhh!’ tailspin.

4. Share your work. Seriously, get it out there. I know it’s not perfect yet, but sharing is the best way to get over performance anxiety and realize that “perfect” isn’t the goal with art (or with anything).

5. Know what’s reasonable. This is a tough one. I always feel the drive to do more than is actually possible (remember what I said earlier about working a hundred hours a week? Yeah…) But figuring out what can reasonably be accomplished is tricky and can mostly be found out by lots of trial and error. My rule of thumb is: figure out the MOST you could possibly do, and then try to do no more than 80% of that. If I THINK I can draw ten pages this week, I try to draw eight. If there’s time left over, I take a break or do something unrelated to my creative work. If I can’t get that done then I know I’ve overestimated myself and try for a smaller goal next time. Accept that you are human and there are limits to what you can do. I find that when I work within my limits I get more done than when I’m trying to be superwoman.

6. Take at least one day off each week. Rest, read a book, go for walks, hang out with friends, clean your house. If you must do anything creative, just doodle or write some silly poetry. One thing about working from home is that you can never get away from work, so forcing yourself to take a day off is very important to avoid burn out. This particular piece of advice, by the way, is the one I’m worst at following myself.

There are other things you can do too, of course. These are just the ones I follow, that seem to work for me. Does anyone else have any good advice for working creatively and staying sane?

PS.  I know it’s been forever since I last blogged here guys, but twitter is actually helping me get more into the blogging groove.  Weird, since everyone acts like twitter is somehow going to destroy longer blogs.