Some while ago Mur from the podcast, I should be writing and author of the book “Playing for Keeps” talked about how talking about a story you where going to write and not writing it is a form of mental masturbation. This concept really stuck with me and it can be extrapolated out well beyond just writing but any thing really or I should say any side project. I’ve applied this same concept which Mur applied to writing to many of my projects. It’s fun to talk about plans and ideas and how everything falls into place in your head but with no action it’s pointless other then feeling good during the recounting of your plans.
A specific example where I’ve applied this to is my when I develop software on my personal time. The thing about software is that you can solve a great many problems with it so it is fun talking about how you would solve that problem better than the current solution available if there is one. It’s akin to talking shop with other developers. However as the saying goes talking is cheap and with no action it is very much just Mental Masturbation. So my take away for this is talk all about the things that you are passionate about but also follow up with action on that passion.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Vacation
After a long pause while I prepped for vacation and was on vacation I’m back. Had a wonderful time to reflect on my life and spend time with my boy. First we went on trip to the Water Park up in Federal Way, WA with our family friends Dusty and her daughters. We had a great time despite the cloudy weather. We left the water park at the perfect time as soon as we left the rain really started coming down. On our way home we stopped at the ape caves and explored it for a bit. Michael really liked it and was fearless, about the cave which was really cool.
Then my boy spent 2 nights out camping with me and we went on a wonderful hike and saw four waterfalls. One of which I had never seen before. Michael was excited about this prospect as he said, ”It’s a once in a life time opportunity!” I found it pretty funny. The second half of the trip, after my son returned to his moms, was much like a sprit walk. I may have the wrong name but it is common practice among Native American cultures for individuals to find them selves by taking a journey in the wilderness. I felt like that and I think it was good for me. I came back feeling recharged. Some times spending a night or two in the woods staring at the fire is good for re-centering ones self.
Then my boy spent 2 nights out camping with me and we went on a wonderful hike and saw four waterfalls. One of which I had never seen before. Michael was excited about this prospect as he said, ”It’s a once in a life time opportunity!” I found it pretty funny. The second half of the trip, after my son returned to his moms, was much like a sprit walk. I may have the wrong name but it is common practice among Native American cultures for individuals to find them selves by taking a journey in the wilderness. I felt like that and I think it was good for me. I came back feeling recharged. Some times spending a night or two in the woods staring at the fire is good for re-centering ones self.
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