-O.S.W.G-

 

Hello, it's been a long time.
I know I very rarely post on a weekend, but this one will help explain tomorrows post.

Every monday I'll be running my new system named "O.S.W.G" (organized, structured weekly goals)
And on the Monday post, I will post a list of my weekly goals, what they are and through the week see if I achieve them, for a week I have to have a minimum of 7 goals.
But before that, I better explain where I have been.

Since I've last posted an update this has happened:

-I had more tooth trouble and at one point had 72 hours without sleep.

-Was given Dihydrocodeine (amazing painkiller),

-Decided to move to London, and will be very soon.

-Recently had my last wisdom tooth give me problems (should have been called pain teeth, not wisdom... mind you probably wise to not ever have them, so it could be a inverse statement) and needs removing soon.

-Worked on re-localization of my buisness model.

-Sadly had a family member pass away.

-Put on a little weight (6-7 lbs)

-Tried a good amount of new products to review.

-Re-Reviewed my strategy for this project "Evolve".

-My Girlfriend started her new job, so been helping her in any way I can.

-Procrastinating whenever I can.

-Had depression (Not really all that sure why) and Grew a long beard.

-Cut off that stupid beard.

-On the mend, but more importantly, for once, optimistic about the next few months!!

So as you can see it's been a very busy period and seemed like it was forever since I posted. I didn't have anything worth saying, and I think a blog should be informative and not just a run down of my day, I don't get pleasure from the self indulgence of writing about my day to day life, just information that might help others.

Anyway today is the post to tell you my absence, and how it was not like the other gaps in posting which where to bad time management.

So, the thing I bring to the table today, is a strategy to help people start their own changes (whatever they might be) and how to ease yourself into those changes.

INTRODUCING THE WEEK PLANNER V2.0    -O.S.W.G-

V 1.0 was writing what I did each day.

V 1.5 was writing what I did and what diet I had.

V 2.0 is a new system, where each week I set goals to achieve and update progress on them as the week progresses!! 

SECTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS!!

 A task involving achieving something, could be learning a new launguage or a high score on a game, very open-ended task.

 When a Task or section  is confusing this will be used when referencing it.

A Task involving making a defence against a possible problem, for example, learning to save often when using software to defend against lost data.

When a task is not completed or too difficult to complete I become defeated.

Tasks involving Diet and nutrition.
  

When a task has a high difficulty I might talk about it in this section header.

 Any task to do with gaining money, saving money or dealing with money.

 Any Task involving learning something new.

A task that has been a consistent problem to me.

When I have a question that needs an answer it's a question task.

Any task involving running or cardiovascular exercise.

A task involving learning a new skill.

 When a task is successfully completed!

A task involving vanity, an example would be trying new clothing.

When a task is completed above the standard expected!

 When I have an idea or tool to help with a task.

Anything to do with my weight.

A task that involves and adventure.

Status update on any on-going tasks worth mentioning.

Tasks relating to self defence, this could be physical, mental or health related.

Tasks referencing to anything strength related, physical strength and resistance training.
  

Tactics can be relate to most things, from tips and tricks to almost any problem in any field.

Any task that relates directly to my work, paid work.

    

When a task is to do with any of the projects I have running, it falls under this section.

24 Sections, it seems a lot, but the flexibility is needed.


Tomorrows post will go as normal, but at the end of the post will be this weeks goals!

I have to go now, let me know in feedback if you like or dislike the idea and I look forward to smashing these weekly tasks!!

Coffee post... makes no sense.

Today in between working I've been working more on my game!
For those of you unaware I've been slowly working on my own retro RPG game for the last...7 odd years 0_0.
I only just realised how long this has been going on for... wow...
Not sever years solid, on and off, flowing with the tides of life, if I'm too busy then it sits on the back burner.

It's been a long time, and its not really even fully ready for its initial demo. But once all the initial problems have been ironed out its just a case of adding content, and that is my strong point!

I'm not sure why I've filed this under adventure... but it is.

You might note that this post is around the 1:20am mark, and might be thinking that I forgot to post today, well I didn't I just posted late and I'll explain why.
The last week or so I've been finding sleep hard, not the act of sleeping, I fall asleep easily. But what I'm really struggling with is waking up!!

This morning was the last straw, I went to sleep at 2am  (a normal time for me) and I normally expect to wake at around 9-10.
I've been waking at 2. That's a 12 hour sleep! the last few days have been about 11 hours sleep and this is massively unhealthy for the brain and body.
I've decided to actually pull and all nighter and not sleep tonight. Instead I'll work on my game, watch a few films and drink coffee.
Come tomorrow night (or tonight technically) at around 11 I'll go to sleep and set an alarm for 8-9.

I'm also booking an appointment with my GP to see what the sleep problem might be, as well as finally sort my tooth ache out that I've had since September...

So tomorrow is a general body repairs day.

looked through and tweaked my original marketing strategy, looking at improved ways of making this business work, it can be done but I'm not expecting miracles, I'm expecting millions! (got to stay positive)

Another thing I've be looking at is my costings, since I started this project in early august the financial climate has changed drastically and learning where I stand in it today is going to provide vital information in correctly assessing and delegating funds. 

WHOOO (sorry that coffee was good)

I can't function to write anymore... its 2am!? where did 30 minuites go!?

Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye :D

Late night RUMBLE!

Went to bed a bit earlier yesterday, to try and wake up at a normal time. over the last week I've been finding it very hard to wake up even after 10 hours sleep!!

Tomorrow I'm going to book an appointment with my GP, it might be from cutting my food intake down is causing me to become more tired.

Got a hold of multivitamins again to take with the ginseng and B12, also come Omega 3.

Cut my food intake as I've started "cutting" which is a process of increased cardio with less carbs, effectively cutting weight.

Had these a few days back, saw them in Tesco, and did the obvious idiotic thing and bought them for being pretty.

As you will know, producers make something look pretty for a reason, to sell it to dumb people like me, I checked the stats and it was not too bad, about 16% of your RDA in fat, for instant noodles is pretty good.

Anyway Once I got it home and opened it I noticed something, obsessive packaging!!

Once you open the box it peels away revealing another tub, with logo and same style inside, the outer packaging is pointless, you get a plastic fork with it, and the flavour powder and noodles.

When i added the boiling water to it I won't lie it smelt delicious, but this is not a positive review.

It only smelt good, it had no flavour, I mean that, none. It was so promising but it was just watery noodles.

In summery, nice design, pretty packaging, but ultimately a massive let down. I've only tried the Chilli beef flavour (what a joke... flavour). So I can't vouch for the other flavours in the range.

Taste: 0  Smell: 8  Texture: 5  *total* 13/30  (BONUS HEALTH: 4/10) *Bonus total* 4/10

RESULT: TERRIBAD

Been Working hard on making sure the products are as strong as possible, I need to go over al lthe organising and workflow systems as well as get my stock sheet up to date. as a Treat here is a teaser of one of the Designs:

Note the word "FATAL", some people did not notice at first.

These guys, at 6 pack short cuts are not always that good, and this video will only apply to people that want to lift weights and not do so much cardio.

The thing to remember is that abdominal muscles will never appear as long as there is a layer of fat on top of it. You need to lose the weight through cardio and once you get to the 10% body fat range you'll start to notice them.

Belly fat is the first area of fat to appear and the last to go, so don't get discouraged if you don't have the perfect abs, it takes time, and dedication.

That is all the time I have tonight, sorry it's a late night post, good luck you beautiful, beautiful readers.

Short and sweet (and savoury)

Today has been mostly spent in the office, made a new design, got a large amount of the websites images processed and today has been good for productivity.

I'm looking forward to the day off the launch, I'm sure I'll have a big post about it trying to purswade people to buy my products etc.

Today, like the last few days I've just been reducing the amount I eat and increasing fluid intake.

Went for a run Sunday night, I had no idea how cold it was and with each breath the freezing air was tearing apart my lungs, when I got home I found myself coughing a lot and now have a sore throat. I'm going to have to look up tips in running in cold weather.

When I'm posting short blogs like these I'll  try and have something useful at the end so as to not waste your time.

Taken from /fit/ this is a simple list of some quality foods in each category! 

I'm sorry today's blog is so short, but I won't just not post, because if there is even one thing you can take away form this that benefits you, then my work is done!

Back from the dead.

Yesterday I was pretty ill, and bedridden all day (hence no post).
The last time I was even slightly ill was at least 4-5 years ago and as a result I don't cope well with normal illness!

I was making crazy combos to try and not feel ill, I had a sore throat, so first port of call, a pint glass of hot water, 4 slices of lemon, some manuka honey and green tea bag.
It helped with the sore throat, and tasted ok too, for me I just wanted to get as much fluid into me as possible, and sleep whenever I could.

I then had a fever and went from hot to cold very rapidly making sleep impossible, coupled with painful joints so I took a punt and ran a pretty cold bath, with bath salts etc.
once in the bath I'd constantly, but slowly raise the waters temperature until I was pretty sure I was bathing in lava. For me this removed my fever, could be just luck, but just saying for me it worked out ok.

Analyze by heyjellybear

Jellybear is one of my current favourite artists, originally going as Ridorii, this artist makes happy chip tune music and I'm lucky to say he has provided music for my business!!
This guy is amazing and I wanted to share his latest song with you, because I can.

I hope this guy go's far, I also hope to work with him further in the future

I've not had much fun in the last day and a bit, illness has bed ridden me and having little to do other than focusing on not throwing up all I had left was sleep, which yielded some strange dreams.

Firstly, living in the place I do, I really miss my parents cats, when I lived there they seem part of the furniture but in reality pets are really therapy.

I think all types of people prefer different types of pets and require different types of interaction between them.

Mini Canon - Video humour

Ok that's all I can do today because to be honest I've done next to nothing today, thanks for reading and hopefully I'll be well and back on track for tomorrows post!!

Peace.

Skip to the end for useful bits...

Today has been uneventful, I need to get my sleep pattern on track and sort through work that needs finishing and more importantly, prioritise what needs doing.

I awoke very late today, couldn't sleep and finally got to sleep at around 5am, too many things rattling around my head.
There has been very little in the terms of life development today, spent most of the day thinking about what my available actions are, what I can and cannot do, and in hindsight been stressing on how one decision has caused me to waste so much time, but ultimately, regardless of decisions past made, I have to look forward.

It's easy to get bogged down in what you could or should have done in the past, but the only way to achieve any results is to look forwards, I guess in some ways I'm lucky, because no matter what happens with the buisness here, it is transferable to where ever I move to which is looking to be London.
And while I might not have the buisness up and running just yet, I can do so in London as well as have a pool of work for some side cash to help propel the business where it needs to be as well as work on the new projects.

Lucky I still have these to keep bolstering my happiness, I think today only seems so extreme as a result of forgetting to take some in the morning after food.

I don't have much time for games any more, not digital ones anyway, but I promised myself that today I would focus on cheering myself up, because no matter what I do, if I'm not in the right mental state, then I'll make mistakes and not be as effective as I know I can be, So tonight I will play a few games.

• Titan Quest
• BattleField 2
• Monster hunter Tri
• Stepmania
• Minecraft

This will be my list I'll play from, as well as maybe watching a film also.

So until I stop feeling like this:

 I'll try my hardest to get back on track for tomorrows update, my apologies, anyway... I need to have some reason for you to read this so here it is:

A 9 week plan to get ANYONE up to speed with running!

Running provides an amazing cardiovascular workout and will shed weight at pronominal speeds, but for some the idea of running might seem daunting so here is a foolproof plan to getting you up to speed gradually over 9 weeks, after 9 weeks you will be able to run for 30 minutes solid!

This is a 9 week program to helping ANYONE with cardiovascular exercises, in this case running.

If you follow this plan you will be up and running solid at a strong level in 9 weeks no matter what your fitness level.

Ok, that is all I can provide for today, I need to go shift this mood, thanks for reading!! peace!

A Vacant Mess.

Got a sub project under way, I want to pour out the details, but much like my buisness, I hope to get the concept solid enough to market and as a result cannot mention much here.

I can mention that this is a boardgame, and I can mention that nothing like this has been made before, why? well I think it's because making something like this is very complex but after a long day of brainstorming with people we have a system that will simplify everything while giving depth, fun and most importantly, unlike most boardgames, will reward the player.

This will be known as "Project Burst" from here onwards.

Parts of Project "Asphalt Wave" are on hold still, and the same for the business, I'm not happy about it but I cannot do anything about this just yet, but might have to make serious backup measures. 

I'll talk about more of Burst when I get more to reveal.

Was cooked Won ton soup today, stuffed chicken and spring onion won tons in a mix of my chicken stock and my new mushroom stock, complete with noodles, it was a delicious soup and reminded me why Chinese soups are amazing!  

They contain a lot of water, this hydrates you and fills you up all at once, the stocks taste amazing and its a cost effective way to use a old chicken carcass, just put what is left into boiling water (bones and everything) into a pan and boil away for a few hours, drain through a sieve and store the fluid, easy.

Also a great bonus of this is that you can make a soup base, freeze it in a big batch and then defrost and add ingredients (meat, veg, noodles) to the dish and you have a cost effective , healthy meal that's quick to make.

Friends come and go in life, some longer than others, but at some point in life we have all be faced with a common dilemma.

You have a friend, and other people tell you things about this person that you never see, things that might be out of character.

Well as a friend you should initially dismiss these things as hearsay or at least look for evidence, but there is nothing worse than discovering what people have been telling you is true, you lose face and in turn have not believed the people that warned you.

I believe in life we have to just make judgements for ourselves, if somebody is worth sharing your time with then you should do just that, I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes, our friends are not always the people we want them to be, or think they should be.

To be a true friend you have to learn to accept their flaws as much as they accept your own, if not then it's best parting ways.

Do I speak from experience?

Not really, I've build a good rapport with my friends and believe that I know their strengths and weaknesses., sometimes it's hard to accept elements, sometimes it's not.

Yesterday I took a visit onto Wii Fit, not my idea of a gym but it can be a fun way to preform some menial exercises.

Firstly it was rude to me about my weight, but I had anticipated this from the Christmas binge.

So it got me thinking, what time of day do people prefer to exercise?

For me, back when I had a Gym membership I used to love hitting the gym for around midday.

It seems mid day wast the quietest time of the gym, I had free roam of equipment and didn't have to wait to use any equipment.

If I run I prefer to run at night, around 10pm, because the town is empty and again I have a free roam, maybe it's just me being unsociable, but when I exercise I want to do just that, for me its not a time for socialising.

My Weight bench is in my room / office, and it gives me the chance to drop some reps whenever I get free time, also have a standing punch tower for when I feel that's needed also.

Since I've got plenty of weight to convert into muscle I've started a process called Cutting, its when you have the bulk to convert into muscle you then beginning to cut, by cutting you eat less calories and eat less in general but maintaining a high protein diet, this way you protect your muscle development, you will however lose a little muscle mass, nothing you can do about it but the gains will far outweigh it.

So for me this means more fluidly foods, and better hydration.

Soups, lean steak, chicken, eggs, spinich, broccoli etc.

I found a really nice recipie for people looking for high protein that looked tasty, low calories and above all good for you:

It is basically a baked, stuffed chicken, and it looks tasty, I'm going to try this recipe in a few days but I'm going to upgrade it with some egg white and broccoli!!

Tettix is a Chiptune artist that I'm currently enjoying, coming with a similar sound of anamanaguchi who recently got famous for doing the OST of scott pilgrim.

Anyway that is all for today!

Good luck with your own personal health goals and see you tomorrow beautiful readers!!