Are You Better Than Yesterday?

Three things:


"Either way I was learning the lesson - the one that's not supposed to hold true. The one that goes against everything they teach us as kids about being careful, acting deliberately, cautiously - that little's ever lost in impulsiveness, and often much gained. That the meanest regrets in life are all born of hesitation. Of thinking when you should have been acting." - Philalawyer

I have been trying to live in accordance with this lesson for the past few years and I feel like I have accomplished much, specifically in the romantic realm. I often look at the prospect of death as a motivator for actions. Tucker Max is one guy who kind of epitomizes, personifies this way. "I want to emphasize one thing I said: Everything counts. This is your life, you only have about 80 years if you are lucky, and everything you do counts. Even practice counts. Why? Because you are practing for something that does matter: A game."

Another gem by Tucker: "Some people can't handle this. They'd rather talk about what they could have won rather than risk losing to actually win it. Personally, I don't get that attitude. I'd rather try my best and fail, then risk nothing, but gain nothing."

Could'a Would'a Should've...Shove'em up the tooth fairy's ass.

Second, I was reading a guest post by Chad Fowler on Tim Ferriss' blog. The main point and the title of the post was 'Are you are better than yesterday.'

"Make a list of the difficult, complex personal or professional improvements you’d like to make. It’s OK if you have a fairly long list. Now, for each item in the list, think about what you could do today to make yourself or that item better than yesterday. Tomorrow, look at the list again.

Was yesterday better than the day before? How can you make today better? Do it again the next day. Put it on your calendar. Spend two minutes thinking about this each morning.

One of the great things about this simple maxim is that it can apply to very tactical goals, such as finishing a project or cleaning up a piece of software, or it can apply to the very highest level goals you might have. How have you taken better action today for improving your career than you did yesterday? Make one more contact, submit a patch to an open source project, write a thoughtful post and publish it on your weblog. Help one more person on a technical forum in your area of expertise than you did yesterday. If you every day you do a little better than yesterday toward improving yourself, you’ll find that the otherwise ocean-sized proposition of building a remarkable career becomes more tractable."

Very Inspirational.

Third. I went out with Bailey for frozen yogurt at Yogi Berri. It was nice. A mini date. We talked for about an hour, maybe longer. I felt that Bailey was really nervous. A good nervousness I thought. She kept rubbing her legs, twisting her hair. We hugged. No kiss. No need to. I may surprise her tomorrow with a little venture to the local park. Rekindle childhood. If that doesn't work out, we are still going to go to the Gibson when both of us come back from our trips home.

Bailey seems very innocent. A girl who I will need to go slow with. The good thing is that I respect her, unlike a lot of the girls i have hooked up with in the past. The only thing I am worried about is the length of time I will have to wait until we fuck. I don't want to ruin this due to my lecherousness. I feel bad just saying it, but its true. We will have to see.

Next post on lust.