Frustration

I'm identifying that I handle frustration in a very ineffective manner.  I find myself getting frustrated, and if I'm being intelligent, I'll remove myself from the task at hand and try working on something else.  I think this would work, as I'm removing myself from the source of frustration. 

However, I'm already in a frustrated place, and it usually affects the task that I've switched to.  I'm finding it normal that I start to get stuck/frustrated with this task (And usually a lot more quickly than I was from the first one).  Then I repeat this cycle, getting a little more frustrated each time, and getting stuck more quickly than the last.  Until I basically blow up and lose focus on everything.

My goal is to try to identify more quickly when I get frustrated, and do what I mentioned yesterday about totally removing myself and taking some deep breathes.  Frustration is what I believe to be the main source of distraction for me.  I hope that removing it will help keep me in a better mood and more productive.

Reminder to myself

So, I've been getting frustrated at work a lot recently.  Normally I just charge through, hoping that I'll make it through the other end.

Hasn't worked.  Time for a change.

As soon as I identify that I'm rushing or that I'm getting frustrated with what I'm working on:  I will make sure I sit down, close my eyes, take 3 deep breathes while clearing my mind, and then focus on what the next thing I need to be working on is. 

Random quote

Quote I like, found today:

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments"

- Jim Rohn

Music Poem!

So, in an effort to start keeping up with my life, I'm going to make a note to tell you guys about the fun time I had at Anime Fusion as staff.  But I'll wait on that until I have more time to give it the effort it deserves.

For now, I wrote a poem.  The first I had in quite a long time.  It's still very rough, but I'm going to share it.  It came to me while I was working the lights at the Rave at Anime Fusion.

(Meant to be spoken out loud, as there is a beat, that increases as read)

The beat... Boom, Boom, Boom, driving each bounce
My heart no longer keeps the tempo of my world.
The filters I apply to my daily life are removed.
The music is permeating into my very core.
Spinning, Twirling, stomping, moving... moving.. moving
Each pulse a signal all the way to my muscles, not letting me stand still
Not only does it set my pace, it is the source of my existance.
The speed increases, and so do I
Each beat, making me feel so alive.
The music, crescendos.  My movements, grow wilder.
The end, is coming.  I feel it.  The music, it peaks as I flourish and freeze.

Until the next song

Any comments?  I'd very much like to polish this up and put it in my beginning collection.

Fortune Cookie

I found this hilarious.  Normally, I'm quite adverse to fortune cookies.  I'm not exactly sure what, but I think it has to do with the fact that its random chance.  I think my mind has changed.  Not only did I get this fortune cookie, but I got it at a time that I needed it most.

Here's a note:  I totally dismissed this fortune cookie when I got it the first time.  But on my way to bed last night, I found this fortune cookie.  I didn't even make note of it then.  I just set it on my desk and went to sleep.  I had a great sleep.  I woke up, read it, and I'm going to keep this momentum moving.

"It's time to complete some unfinished business"

Remember...

Just remember...

"Past performance is not an indicator of future results."  It doesn't matter what you have done in the past.  You can always change your future.  Even if you never exercised, or did something you've always been meaning to do, doesn't mean you are bound to keep not doing it.

That's all.

Random Fortune cookie of the Day

One person with a passion is worth 99 people with only an interest. 

Do what you love, love what you do.