Happy Mani’s Day
Journal Entry:
The moment this post goes active, there will be a WordPress notification that tells me this is a streak of 365 days – 1 year. Tomorrow will be the one-year birthday celebration and I will talk about that in more detail then. But for today, I want to take a deep breath and enjoy the fact that a finish line was crossed. Something I set out to do was completed and quite frankly right now I could use the win.
In the ‘A Skald’s Life’ posts this week I will be focusing on the principles of each virtue. The virtue is the idea, the principle is the beginning plan of action to make it happen. A guiding idea that takes each virtue and puts it into practice.
Honor:
“Honor is the feeling of inner value and worth from which one knows that one is noble of being, and the desire to show respect for this quality when it is found in the world”
Principle – To possess a feeling of inner value about myself and my future with a desire to find the same in others.
Goal: Maintain a daily blog streak of one post per day for an entire year (365 days). (achieved)
Bucket List: Hike the Northern Lakeshore Trail along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by March 2024.
Honor is one of the most tricky virtues of them all. I have worked hard to shuck off the past and live in the present moment. One can only take one’s honor at the present moment and build it and that comes from a sense of personal pride. I still struggle here for myself but note people who are honorable and people who are not.
Goal achieved today.
Courage:
“Courage is the bravery to do what is right always.”
Principle – Act with Courage at the right time.
Goal: Cross one thing off bucket list every year. Deadline March 31st.
Bucket List: Go Back to Budapest, Hungary for a vacation by March 2029.
What specifically is the right thing to do is often self-evident for me. The tricky part is to act on it at the right time. If there is one specific thing that happened recently it was to take the plunge and be a writer first and whatever second. That said now finding a better job may be in focus, but given the situation at my current work, I just don’t feel that is my avenue to find a better job. Time to search for something better with more energy and act with courage.
Truth:
“Truth is the willingness, to be honest, and to say what one knows to be true and right. It is often better to not say anything at all if one cannot be honest.”
Principle – To Be Honest, and Speak Truth to Myself and Others. To Be Silent in the presence of Fools.
Goal: To Write a Non-Fiction Book by March 31st, 2020
Bucket List: Learn Latin by March 31st, 2021 to the point I can take a test and show my self proficient.
I am not sure honesty serves me well in all things, but I guess given my personality I would rather fail and maintain truth than succeed with a lie. My personality would never see this as a liability as INFJs are idealistic as fuck and here I am. I find myself quiet a lot these days. I simply don’t think most of humanity is ready for the truth because it is uncomfortable. I would rather stay quiet than engage the comforting lies most people tell themselves.
Higher Virtue: Love:
The struggle between the love of myself and the love of others continues. The warnings I have gotten from studying my personality and my counselors over the years echo in my head – ‘You need to remember to take care of yourself. It’s something you are going to struggle with, so remember to do it.” Yeah, I know. I just keep running into a wall about it.
Morning Routine:
- Review Nine Noble Virtues (NNV), Principles, Goals and Bucket List
- Meditation – 3 min.
- Check Communications and Email.
- Paper Journal: Create a Daily Log and To-Do List.
- Stretching / Yoga
- Shower and Personal Hygiene
- Get Dressed for the Day
Better, but needs to be complete.
I remain.
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
The Grey Wayfarer 