Stats
Cash: 10.9%
Core: 78.8%
Explore: 10.3%
Workout: 30min dog walk
Alcohol: New Belgium Fat Tire
Sleep: 12:30am to 8:00am, broken, 5 year old woke up at 3am and 6:45am
Deep Thoughts
I used to write a lot. In 2004 I made a conscious effort to write one page in a journal every day. It looked exactly like this:
If I missed a day, I would go back and fill in the missing page as best I could remember from the day in question. Thoughts, feelings, introspection, mundane details. . . I even pasted in photos and mementos from my daily life and travels. It did this for 2 solid years and ended up with a couple of handsome and well-worn tomes of my life.
And then I burned them.
A reassessment of my life prompted me to look through the pages of these journals, and I realized that there was excessive personal detail and counterproductive negativity. If I read the words, I would be self-critical. If someone else read the words, they would be uncomfortable and I would be embarrassed. It didn't make sense for such a thing to exist if it served no positive purpose whatsoever. So I destroyed it.
Well, it wasn't all negative. . . my penmanship improved dramatically!
When I started journaling again this year, I made a conscious decision to put the words out for all the world to see. This serves two purposes:
- I find a voice that is both honest and positive.
- Others can derive some benefit from my experiences.
In the future I can look back on these words and assess the journey of my life without dwelling negatively on the past. A little perspective goes a long way :)
Meat Thoughts
My wife says my food photography leaves much to be desired, so I've been working on my angles and lighting a bit. First things first. . . today I smoked a 3lb boneless chuck on the BGE at 250 for 5 hours + 1.5 hours of rest (basically followed this recipe). Salted and sitting at room temp:
After the first turn on the grill during the initial smoke:
After the full cook in foil:
Pulled and ready to eat:
My wife will be enjoying this while I'm off on SF for the next couple days, looking forward to another exciting trip!
494, 53!
I totally relate to the bit about writing a diary. I tried to maintain a diary as well where I would write every mundane event of the day right at the day's end. And if I didn't get to do it that day, I would do it the next day and recollect the events to the best of my memory. I only did this for a few months though. I lost motivation and it served no purpose other than feeling like I'm maintaining a habit and being consistent, with a conventionally "good" habit of diary writing. Eventually I just tore it up, poured ink over it and discarded it. Diary writing should be about the important stuff in a positive light. It shouldn't be self-depreciating. That's quite damaging in the long run. Good luck to you for maintaining it henceforth!
Thank you for the thoughtful response, I'll try to maintain my positive voice!
More power to you! Writing a diary requires a delicate balance in the tone and content in other for it to be productive and beneficial. Loved the food pictures, by the way :D
How much experience you have made over the last 2 years and why you should burn all the books you have made for 2 years, it's amazing, I really admire you .. The meat your wife makes looks very delicious ,, I also really like the meat. ..
that's good, we should be able to assess ourselves honestly, so we can make ourselves better in the future
Cant stop thinking this beef, look so delicious,,
So lucky if a get one bite hehe
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Its makemu hungry, look so dilicious
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