Slowing Down, Round 3

Well, I'm 1-0 right now in JUMBO chess against other people for the week.  I won by the hairs of my chin (All 10 of them), but it shouldn't have been that close.  I'm still in the habit of rushing, and the main consequence is that I get very narrow sighted.  It's something I'm working on, but it's a slow process.

I got so excited setting up a move, that when it opened up, I didn't realize that I had moved my queen into a very vulnerable spot.  So, my plan worked!  But, I lost my queen.  Not the smartest move, but I learned.

I have displayed to myself that not rushing is not only possible, but beneficial.  On the way down here, I read the first book in the Incarnations of Immortality series, by Piers Anthony (My favorite author).  It took longer than I normally take to read books (Rushing!), but I can give a synopsis of pretty much each chapter, or at least how the book flows.  I'm going to narrow down to the fact where I had employed a process where I was reviewing what I was reading, even if it was at the end of the chapter.  I added no more than 5 minutes, on top of slowing down the pace of my reading, and I enjoyed this book much more than I did the first time.  I even forgot about half of it happened.

So, all in all, I'm going to make mistakes, but I'm not going to let it get to me.  I can learn from those mistakes, and hopefully become a better person. 

P.S.-  I'm still working on my webcomic.  I've got half of the first frame done.  It's more difficult than I thought.  I thought that by being minimalistic, I wouldn't have to put much emphasis on the visuals.  However, its turning out that with the small amount of visuals, it will be easier to draw, but it means that the visuals are more important.  I'm hoping to have the first one done tomorrow!