A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle...

Here are a collection of thoughts and things I have learned from ''A New Earth'' by Eckhart Tolle... it also reinforced a few things that I'd learned before.

-Drop the fucking ego.
-Come from a place of self-esteem and Being.
-Accept things EXACTLY how they are.
-Come from a place of ABUNDANCE.
-OFFER VALUE.... What are you offering? Whatever you offer you will get back.
-Be AWARE of your state.
-Stop trying to IDENTIFY with shit and seeking external validation. The only validation you require is by simply being.
-NON-JUDGEMENTAL acceptance.
-Thinking is bad.
-What people think of you doesn't even fucking matter.... it's none of your business.
-Be unreactive to external factors such as people and the environment around you.
-Do not become a participant in human drama.
-All limitations are imagined.
-Surrender to the present moment, there is only *NOW*.
-Live your life, assume absolutley nothing.
-If you need others to *fail* so that your life has meaning... you are relying on a person, or possibly even thousands or millions not to make it, in order for your life to have meaning. Not very good huh? Don't compare yourself or your success with others.

In the words of Tyler Durden, it's only after we've lost everything, we're free to do anything.

-Michael

Crafting Discipline

Inspired by something I've just read I'm going to take on a 21 day challenge with the aim of creating some disciplined behaviour in my life.

1. No complaining for 21days about anything.
2.75press ups and 25 stomach crunches upon waking up.
3. 40 Kettlebell swings before bed.
4. Take a fish-oil tablet straight after morning exercise.
4.Read a minimum of 50pages a day.
5. The hand is banned.


See how this goes, I'll blog my results.

Wooohooo aka going for glory

I'm getting sooo close to ripped abs, it's unreal... I can feel them bursting out. So long fat you fought a good fight.

From now on, this is the turning point, I'm gonna get in the best shape of my life ever, so I look and feel like a fucking Olympic athlete every-morning when I wake up, and get laid like a fucking rock-star everynight I go to bed, with the stamina of like Ronaldinho.

I am gonna live every day with an unrivalled zest and passion.

I want so much in life... I want to be super good-looking, I want to be able to run 12miles in about 2and a half hours. I want an awesome body, sexy muscles, I want my pick of the hotties woooo. I'm aware this all sounds very egotistical heh.

But as a man, I've always believed it is important to have and achieve goals... I also believe what one man can do, another can do. I can't remember who said this, but getting something is as simple as 'knowing what you want, and being able to pay the price.'

As far as I'm concerned, if you're gonna aim for something. Aim all out, aim to be a fucking champ.




P.s. I also have to remember to chew more slowly, take smaller bites.

P.s.s. Get some fish oil.

SHIT

Ugh... went out tonight with the intention of having a few drinks and going home. Night culminated in me standing behind my once lost love Lotte and some chode in the taxi que, me amogging the chode, and then going home and singing some shit down her fucking answering machine.

I am a fucking douche.

I will adequately punish myself for this retarded shit in the morning. I sound like an Opus Dei freak or something. WTF am I writing?

I seriously should never ever fucking drink urgh. End of.

Shaping Up...

Wow! That just motivates me soo fucking much.

Daniel Craig is just awesome.

For the past few months I've been obsessively trying to get a six pack... and I'm finally starting to get there. It's been long and arduous, and I've tried lots and lots of things. I want a body I can totally be proud of. This is exciting to me as I've been pretty much a fat fuck all of my life.

Lately I've started doing a lot of high rep stuff.

Plus...I really really really have to remember to do the following...

Drink a GALLON of water a day.

Eat smaller meals.

Get a gram of protein for every pound of body weight.

Shouldn't be long 'til I achieve my goal now. There's no turning back now. I'm in it 'til it's over.

I want to look like a fucking killer by October 15th.

So if that means

100+ crunches a day
75 press-ups.
50 hindu sqauts.
50 chin ups.
50 dips.
50 burpees.
50 star jumps.
Bicep curls every three days.
Shoulder presses deluxe.
Regular squats and lunges.
Lateral raises.
Kettlebell work.
Bench-pressing over my own body-weight.
Running an under 8minute mile.
And boxing.

Then that's what I'll do.

-Michael

True Economy

In my seemingly never-ending quest to improve myself... I've been scrutinising all of the areas I really have to improve upon in order to get a healthier balance in my life.

In the past five months with the help of Myfooddiary.com, my gym membership, a bike, and some serious fucking motivation. I've managed to drop around 14llbs, and down to about 12%? body-fat, anyway, I'll probably post more on this later.

One of the things that I really have to start thinking MORE about is economy, making and maintaining a steady stream of money.

I work at most about 20 hours a week, I really really have fallen out of the habit of working hard, I scrape by. Thing is, I waste a lot of money on shit I don't need. I really shouldn't spend so much on drinking and stuff like that, so I've decided to enforce some boundaries upon myself.

I mean, I've read Sex Money Kiss by Gene Simmons in the past, and I think I will use some of that kind of greedy discipline he has when it comes to money. For the next FOUR months, I will buy ONLY things I truly NEED. I have enough books to keep me going until around christmas now [god forbid] my current rate of reading is truly truly appaling.

I will most definitely try and cut down on alcohol.

And the only mode of transport I will use will be my bike... unless I can freeload lifts. Hah.

I will also do a bit more at work, in order to bolster my monthly wage, and also look after the pennies.

Maybes I could also sell some of the pointless shit I have lying around aswell on eBay or something... I'll have a look-see and see if I can find where to start.

Definitely no more BUYING on eBay or Amazon.

So hopefully this will go well and I can be back in the black very very soon.

If I have anymore ideas on improving my money-situation, I shall surely post them here.

-Michael