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Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Announcements

18 Monday Jan 2021

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ambitious, Determination, Discipline, Drive, habit, motivation, Ritual, Routine, Routines, workout

Hi all! First, it’s Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday today! We in the U.S. declared it a national holiday a while back. This means I get an extra day off this week. That being said, here’s a few announcements:

  1. I’ll continue working through the spiritual laws on Saturday’s posting, but giving myself Saturday or Sunday to put it up.
  2. My workout this week will be the same as the last few weeks as I get this body back into condition after taking the bulk of December off. This week, I’ll be doing a full-body exercise band workout with 3 instead of 2 sets.
  3. I’ll be combining my workout routine and some other things I have scheduled for the week into one posting instead of two. So Motivation Monday will have a great quote, cool video, or something else I find that wakes me up in the morning and continue to pass those off, adding my workout routine and anything else I feel is appropriate for the beginning of the week.

For those of you in the U.S. enjoy the end of your long weekend.

Here’s a Wikipedia article on MLK for your reference, if you are interested in reading about him. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – It’s a New Year

04 Monday Jan 2021

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Achievement, Determination, Goals, Innovation, Learning, lockdowns, motivation, New Year, persistance

I’m back after a nice vacation toward the end of December. I hope all of you had a pleasant time during the holiday season. We had a little get together with my sister and her boyfriend. The meals were terrific.

It’s that time again to list out my goals for the year. Here we go:

Physical

Exercise daily

Learning

Finish Masters in Sociology

Learn Excel

Learn Marketing

Learn Statistics and various diagrams

Learn Digital Advertising

Learn Python

Learn Graphic Design

Financial

Add 1200.00 to my savings by year’s end

Pay off dental bill by year’s end

Spiritual

Finish 12 ECK discourses

Run 9 Book Discussions

Run 1 Sound of Soul event

Develop 1 Digital Report to be used by me for Vahana reports each month

Learn about Facebook advertising and test it in the Thumb area by year’s end

Spiritual Exercise 2x 365 days

Gratitude Journal 365 days

Read Bible 365 days

Reading

Read 60 books in 2021

Writing

Build followers to 1100 by year’s end

Finish and Post 250 Blog Posts

Follow 200 new Blogs this year

Begin a new non-fiction book (fiction writing is on hold for the time being)

Social

Write 52 letters to my wife

Post poetry and Quotes  365 times this year

Interact and make friends playing Call of Duty

Hobbies (Call of Duty Gaming)

Diamond out Submachine guns

Diamond out shotguns

Diamond out launchers

Diamond out knife

Diamond out Sniper Rifles

Diamond out Pistols

Learn Combined Arms Maps

This is my list of goals for the year. Note: I have planned no face-to-face or location goals at all, since it is highly likely intermittent lockdowns will continue, particularly as the COVID virus mutates. There is already a new strain in the US.

Get at it, folks! It’s a new year. You’ll see some new content types this year on my blog. I like changing up this blog from time to time because it makes it interesting for me and I would like to find more ways to entertain and serve you in 2021. We’ll see how it goes.

Have a great year all!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of Nov 9, 2020

09 Monday Nov 2020

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Consistency, Dedication, Determination, Discipline, Do what you love, Focus, Motivation Monday

It’s the beginning of the week, and we’ve got to get moving!

Here’s my routine for the week:

Reading daily; Writing daily; Exercise Daily; Spiritual tasks daily; Learning daily; and Posting quotes/blogging daily.

One of my favorite tasks each day is programming. I am really enjoying Python. I’ve been at it for a year, and now I’m starting to feel some comfort with it. I’ve still got more to learn, but I’m getting there.

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Thankful Thursdays – Setbacks

05 Thursday Nov 2020

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Determination, Failures, Goals, Improving, Investigating, Learning, Mistakes, Persistence, Setbacks, Teaching

Why are setbacks so helpful? Why am I grateful for them? I am grateful for setbacks because they are the best teachers. When you try something that you need to do to finish a goal, most of the time you do not know if it will work. So, you take a swing and miss. You learn what not to do, or you learn that you need to learn more about what you are trying to do. Without the setback, you wouldn’t learn something.

I don’t seek them out. I just try something and see if it works. If it doesn’t I begin the work of finding out what other people do, look for tutorials and things like this, practice a little bit, and then give it another shot.

Setbacks, failures, mistakes occur when we try to do something out of our comfort zone or skill set. I’m not talking about stubbing your toe, or dropping something by accident. I’m talking about trying something that you have never done before, but need to do, in order to accomplish something. One of my goals is to write a book, or even a few books. One thing I learned early on, is that I needed more information. So, I interact with other writers, I take courses, and I practice my writing every day. Setbacks, failures, and mistakes are not something to be afraid of.

So today, I’m grateful for setbacks. They have taught me how to do something better. They have helped me realize I don’t know how to do something. They guide me to changing something.

Have a great Thursday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of November 2, 2020.

02 Monday Nov 2020

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Drive, motivation, Resilience, Resistance, will

Alright! Here we are! It’s Monday and we are facing another week!

Here’s my schedule:

Writing daily (blog, journaling, research, school, and book)

Coding daily (Python Course, Udemy)

Reading daily (Books, nonfiction and fiction)

Socializing daily (Social media, phone calls, Video calls)

Exercising daily (See Workout Routine)

Spirituality daily (discourses, Bible, contemplation)

Entertainment daily (movie, gaming)

That’s all I got for now, folks. Have a great week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Labor Day

07 Monday Sep 2020

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Exercise, Labor Day, motivation, Reading, Social, Spiritual, Writing

Today, I’m relaxing and enjoying Labor Day! So today’s posts will be shorter than normal. Here’s my week!

  • Writing (Journaling, Book Writing, Blogging) daily
  • Learning (History of Maths on Curiosity.com, Codecademy, Sociology on Study.com, Writing Class on Master Class) daily
  • Exercise (20 minutes cardio, exercise bands) daily
  • Spiritual (Reading Bible, Spiritual Exercise) daily
  • Reading (Fiction, Non-fiction) daily
  • Social (posting helpful quotes, connecting with friends, supporting people with pleasant things to say) daily

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of August 31, 2020

31 Monday Aug 2020

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3rd quarter, Assessment, Consistency, Determination, Goals, motivation, Track

Well, folks, we’re in the last week of August 2020. How is your year turning out? I realize this question may seem a bit sarcastic, but what I want to know is how are you doing with achieving your goals. I know some of them had to be put on hold or cancelled. A bunch of my goals were put on hold because the library, coffee shops, and other places I wanted to go for writing sites are still closed. The rest of my goals are on track. 

As we approach the end of the third quarter (end of September), continue to make adjustments to your plans for the goals you have. You can still achieve them, but if you’re a little behind, you’re going to have to kick into high gear to get over the finish line. 

Here is my schedule for the week:

  • Writing Daily (Journaling, Book, Blog, Classes)
  • Learning Daily (Writing Class, History Class, Coding Class, Sociology Class)
  • Spiritual Exercises Daily (Journaling, Meditation, Reading)
  • Exercise Daily (See Workout Routine)
  • Reading Daily (One fiction book, two Non-fiction books)

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday –

10 Monday Aug 2020

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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 – It’s That Time Again

27 Monday Jul 2020

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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 – Motivation Monday – Get Going!

20 Monday Jul 2020

Posted by Dave Gardner in Motivation Monday, Uncategorized

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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

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