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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 – Week of October 26, 2020

26 Monday Oct 2020

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Arthur Ashe, Dedication, Discipline, Do, Drive, Executing, motivation, Planning, Resilience, Start, Use

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

I used to use so many excuses. Why I couldn’t do this or that. Have you ever felt that? If so, use this quote for motivation.

Start where you are. We are all some place. Think about what you want to do this week. Think about how you will accomplish these things. Plan then out, get them on your calendar and execute. Just assume you’ll get them done. If something appears to be too complicated, plan it out, break it down. Maybe you only do one step this week. Next week, you’ll tackle the next step(s).

If you’re a creative and stuck, don’t worry. There are no rules surrounding creativity. Some days you’ll be on fire, other days, you’ll be thinking how to move forward. Just keep thinking and working as best you can. You’ll get there.

This week, I’ll be doing my homework, exercising, doing my spiritual exercises, doing some chores around the house, reading, writing, learning. I’ll do some socializing, now that Michigan is predominantly opened back up. The libraries and coffee shops are open again–Thank God!

Sometimes, when I feel like I’m in a rut, I’ll head out to the library or one of my local coffee shops and work there. This year was tough getting out, but now that things are opening again, I’ll be back at it on a weekly basis.

Mondays for some folks are absolute torture. This used to be the way I felt too, especially when I was still working. How did I turn that around? I began doing the same things every day of the week, other than my “Do Nothing Day.” When I did this, Monday was just another day.

Well, that’s all I got for this week, folks. I hope all of you have a terrific week! Get out there and get at it. You’re the only one that can.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of October 12, 2020

12 Monday Oct 2020

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Cardio, Dedication, Discipline, Drive, gym, Home, Weights, workout

Alright, folks. It’s time to move!

Here’s my exercise routine:

Monday-Saturday:

M – Full Body Weights

T – Cardio

W – Full Body Weights

Th – Cardio

F – Full Body Weights

Sa – Cardio

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of October 12, 2020.

12 Monday Oct 2020

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Action, Ambition, Dedication, Discipline, Drive, Exercising, Learning, motivation, Reading, Writing

After a relaxing week off, I’m back at it.

Here’s my schedule for the week:

Writing/Blogging Daily

Exercise Daily

Spiritual Exercise/Reading Daily

Learning/Coding Daily

Reading Daily

I hope each of you has a great week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of Sep 28, 2020.

28 Monday Sep 2020

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Consistency, dig in, Discipline, Drive, Exercise, Keep going, Music, Push, videos, workout

One of the tricks I use to get pumped up for the gym is to watch a great motivational video or listen to some inspiring music. Attack the week, folks!

My routine this week:

Monday – Saturday:

20 minutes cardio

Upper Body (weights) Lower Body (weights) alternating every day.

Have a great week! Get at it, folks! You got this!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of August 17, 2020.

17 Monday Aug 2020

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Ambition, Consistency, Dedication, Discipline, Drive, motivation

Howdy, folks!

It’s Monday, and it’s time to get at it.

Here’s my schedule for the week:

  • Journaling daily
  • Exercise daily
  • Book work daily (doing research on Afghanistan)
  • print(“Coding work daily”) (This is a little joke. It’s the syntax used to print text to a console.)
  • Classwork daily
  • Post quotes and uplifting articles to my social media
  • Scan the news daily
  • Read daily
  • Spiritual exercise daily

I hope each of you has a terrific week!

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 – Week of August 3, 2020.

03 Monday Aug 2020

Posted by Dave Gardner in Motivation Monday

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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

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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