Happy Tyr’s Day
Journal Entry:
With the Crossing Off of another goal, it is time to list off the remaining ones and has some thoughts about them. This week A Skald’s Life is all about considering my goals so let’s first consider the remaining ones as a group.
- Find a new, better paying job by March 2020.
- Cross one thing off bucket list every year. Deadline March 31st.
- To Write a Non-Fiction Book by March 31st, 2020
- To engage in an exercise program that involves weightlifting, hiking/walking, and stretching/ yoga an average of three days a week from April 1st, 2019 to March 31st, 2020
- To be following a full Paleo Diet by March 31, 2020.
# 1 – I continue to look and I am getting anxious about this, I am hoping the new support group connection will help there as they do offer career change aid, for those that qualify.
#2 – Once I have the new job or my tax return comes in I am going to get the tattoo on my bucket list so that it will be crossed off.
#3- what I am doing as regards to NaNoWriMo and using it to write my first Non-Fiction Book, number 3 might be off this list fairly soon. Like December at the latest.
#4 – I need only to make one alteration which is to shift my walking. hiking indoors for the winter.
# 5 – I am also getting closer to being fully Paleo but I am having thoughts in March and I may merge the ideas of Paleo and Keto at that time.
If I get the new job and the tattoo and finish my non-fiction book by December, then all that will remain to do is finish to March with Paleo and Exercise. It gets nice as you cross goals off the list because you can put more concentration on a smaller list.
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.
Goal Achieved
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.
Like I said the most likely candidate for this goal is my tattoo.
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: Read 52 books (one per week) in the year 2020.
NaNoWriMo being used instead to write my non-fiction book is working OK. I need to catch up a little at the time of this writing. Days off will be critical to doing this. I am kind of focusing on this goal and getting a job right now. The rest of my goals are more long term so this one is next as far as an early cross off along with getting a better job.
Higher Virtue: Love:
This renewed focus on goals is necessary right now. It takes my mind off of other more destructive thoughts to self-love. Goals do that for me, along with discipline.
Morning Routine:
- Stretching / Yoga
- Shower, Personal Hygiene. Morning Meds.
- Review Nine Noble Virtues (NNV), Principles, Goals and Bucket List
- Meditation – 5 min.
- Check Communications and Email.
- Paper Journal: Create a Daily Log and To-Do List.
- Get Dressed for the Day
This working really well, but would probably work better if I had my meditation place and altar. Both are a work in progress. I am also thinking of writing out nine meditations so I focus on the important parts of each virtue.
I remain.
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
The Grey Wayfarer 