Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday –

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Drive, motivation, You VS You, YouTube

A little motivational video for you to kick off the week strong. Enjoy!

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of August 3, 2020.

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Consistency, Dedication, Drive, Exercise, K.M. Allan, motivation, Reading, rituals, social media, spiritual efforts, Writing

Here’s my schedule for the week:

I’ll be conducting some research on Afghanistan for my book. I’ll be taking three courses (Sociology on Study.com, Sociology course at Grand Canyon University, and Malcolm Gladwell’s writing course on Masterclass). I’ll also continue pushing through my Computer Science course. I’m currently working on a Python project that reinforces the algorithms surrounding various search strategies.

I’ll also continue reading my books. One of them is on politics by Ben Shapiro, the other is a book on Afghanistan for my book research, and the third is a book by one of my favorite new authors (K.M. Allan) who just released book two of her Blackbirch series.

I’ll be jounaling daily, blogging daily, doing my spiritual exercises, spiritual reading, physical exercises (see my workout routine posting), and posting meaningful quotes and other uplifting content to my social media feeds.

Well, that’s it folks. Keep pushing on whatever goals you set for the year. I realize that some of them have probably gotten nixed due to COVID, but do the best you can. I’m rootin’ for ya!

Have a great Monday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – It’s That Time Again

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Drive, motivation, Persistence, Proactive

Here we are again, folks. Another Monday. The start of another week, and another week to excel and succeed. Mondays used to be a drag. I’d have a great weekend, and then, before you know it, it’s time to head to work.

Now that my schedule is more my own, I love Monday. I love starting a new week, and driving through all of my tasks. I guess I’m somewhat addicted to checking things off my daily to-do list.

I hope all of you have a terrific week!

My upcoming week:

Write a paper for school

Write a discussion board posting for school and respond to two others

Work on my book

Work through my Python Course

Work through my writing Course on MasterClass

Exercise daily

Spiritual Exercise/Reading daily

Journaling daily

Post uplifting quotes, poems, and articles to my social media feeds

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of July 20, 2020.

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Abs, Calves, Consistency, Discipline, Hamstrings, Lower Body, motivation, Quads

This week will be another change to my workout routine, just to keep it fresh. This week, I’m going to focus on squats, bridges, and crunches.

Workout (Monday – Friday):

• Squats 3 x 10
• Bridges 3 x 10
• Ab Crunches 3 x 10
• Standing Calf Presses 3 x 10

Get at it, folks! This week will be over before you know it!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Get Going!

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Drive, get going, motivation, Persistence

Hey, folks! It’s Monday and time to get moving!

This week’s schedule:

• Exercise daily
• Work on my book and blog daily
• Journal daily
• Spiritual exercise daily
• Read daily
• Learn daily
• Socialize daily

I hope each of you has a terrific week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of June 22, 2020.

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Consistency, Diet, Discipline, Full-Body Workout, healthy living, persistance, weight lifting

This week we’re going to elevate the intensity of workouts again. Now, we’ll push to a 3-set full-body circuit. That’s doing one exercise for each major and minor muscle group moving from one machine to the next without too much rest (wiping down machines and such). I’ll be doing this three times.

Monday – Saturday Full-body circuit

If your area is still in lockdown or your gym is still closed, continue to push at home. Exercise bands are a great alternative. They helped me tremendously. You can also take walks or runs, stair climbers, or body-weight exercises. Yoga and Pilates are also great options.

Have a great week, folks!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Monday Motivation – Week of June 22, 2020.

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Consistency, Discipline, Drive, Mental, motivation, Persistence, Physical, Social, Spiritual

Well, folks, Father’s Day was a success. Dad got some cards, a few books, multiple phone calls from my Brother, Sister, and the Niece and Nephew. Dad also had steak for dinner. Steak is his favorite. I hope all of you had a good Father’s Day!

This week, we’re back to it. Here’s my schedule:

Physical – Exercise Monday – Saturday (see Workout Routine)

Mental – Coding, Writing, Reading, Online Classes

Social – Post meaningful and positive quotes and articles to my social media feeds, Blog daily, Interact with family and friends whenever I can.

Spiritual – Discourse work, read the Bible, Spiritual Exercises, Gratitude and Dream Journaling

I hope all of you are have a terrific week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Circle of Control

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Consistency, Daily Rituals, Daily Tasks, Discipline, Mental, Motivation Monday, Persistence, Physical, Social, Spiritual

The late Stephen Covey wrote about the Circle of Control in his book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The Circle of Control is what you control entirely. It is your attitude, your belief system, your values, and your actions. The Circle of Control does not depend on anyone or anything else.

What a lot of people worry about is what is called the Circle of Concern. They are concerned about the weather, what another person will do, or what event might happen. Do they have control of any of these things? No. This is why the Circle of Concern if focused on will actually shrink the Circle of Control. Focus on what you can control and you will grow your Circle of Control. Take this little piece of advice into the upcoming week. You’ll be less stressed and more productive.

Here’s my week folks (All tasks listed below are daily tasks (Monday – Saturday):

Physical: (See Workout Routine)

Mental: Reading Star Carrier Series Book 3, Reading my Bible, Computer Science Path on Codecademy, and working on my book, The Forever Soldier.

Spiritual: Reading my Bible, Gratitude and Dream Journaling, Working through my Spiritual discourses, doing my spiritual exercises

Social: Post uplifting quotes and poems, Blogging, staying in contact with my friends and family

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Earn It Every Day.

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Consistency, earn, Goethe, mood swings, random, rollercoaster, unpredictable

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We all ride a rollercoaster. Some days we are at the top of the hill and preparing for the dive; some days we are at the bottom of the hill and climbing to the top. The rollercoaster is a metaphor for your mind and the moods that come along with it.

Do we wake up every day, ready to conquer the world? No. We have some days like this, but the rest are either the exact opposite or somewhere in between. This is being human.

So how do you tackle this challenge, when you have no idea what dice roll you are going to get today? You drive through it. You do the work, regardless of your mood. That’s how you continue and develop habits. You drive through your moods and do the work, anyway.

I think this was the point Goethe was making with this quote. Agree? Disagree? Respond in the comments. I’d like to hear from you.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Obstacles

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Consistency, Goals, Henry Ford, Lessons, Obstacles, Persistence, puddles, road blocks, rocks, self-created

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

Regardless of which path you take in life, you will run across rocks, puddles filled with mud, and other barriers. This is part of life.

When trying something new, most of the obstacles we face are built by us. We think something is too hard. We don’t think we’re good enough. We imagine all of these horrific things happening. In the end, when we’ve walked the path we’ve chosen, we realize that we created most of our problems. In fact, we created all of them.

How can you reframe all of it? Look at obstacles in a different way. Treat each obstacle as a lesson. Treat each obstacle as a stepping stone. Treat each obstacle as a means rather than an impediment. The moment you become detached from the obstacles you face, the less they will bother you.

Everything you face in life can be looked at in two ways. These obstacles can be looked at something that is done to us, or something that is done for us. Change “to” to “for” and the whole context of an obstacle or problem changes.

Deal with obstacles as they arise. Don’t create them in your mind. Trest each obstacle as something to learn from, rather than fret over. Keep your eyes on your goal. The obstacles will be meaningless, when you see the goal on the other side of them.

I hope each of you are progressing toward the goals you set this year. Keep going. You’ll get there. Just keep chipping away at them. If you keep chipping away, you’ll get to the finish line.

Until next time…

Dave