Why not today?

Sometimes, we set some objectives for next days when we will have more time and we end up by never having time to do these...

Why this?
Generally, we are focused in our regular tasks and any changes on the program of the day can seem to be difficult to manage as it is unexpected BUT by doing it right now, we do not waste time with any doubts.

What I like is the word crazy: just forget about what you should do "normally" according to your way of thinking BUT focus on the specificity of this day. Could it be the opportunity to... talk to these people I am passing by who have problems with their scooter? to... this guy doing the auto stop expecting for a car to take him? to... suggest an idea during a meeting which could be interesting to share?
Actually, break the habits can have good impacts instead of feeling the day has gone and we just have done our tasks mechanically.

Let's re-organize your day depending on new opportunities and new ideas in order to change it with new objectives and new tasks to accomplish just now!

A day on the scope

So many things can happen during a single day and we can try to add diversity to it.

• Waking up

Starting with the waking up, the day begins and it's now time to do the correct actions!
- drink water and breath fresh air: the body needs them as it spent so much time at rest
- some muscle training for the body in order to help it to wake up
- a cold shower to feel fresh and ready for a new day
- a big breakfast to have full energy! You will need for sure if you want to do weird things.

So, besides the above must do, you can plan other stuff like:
- listening talks either about the world news or about a subject you like such as psychology or soccer
- prepare the take away of the day if you are planning to do some sport or some other activities
- find some goals you could set for this day and schedule them: go by bike to work and exit home at 8am? Learn 10 new words in Chinese at 1pm? Have a coffee break with your colleagues at 4pm? Go to cinema with your girlfriend at 7:30pm?, ...
- keep motivated and think about the wonderful things you will do on this day! I will change the world! I will give the best on the job/studies I am doing! I will be the ideal partner for my girlfriend/boyfriend!, ...

• During the day

During the day, while you are doing great stuff or by accomplishing your goals, you can be happy and you can show it! "Yes!", "mission completed!", "I am the best!", ...

You can then be kind with you and allow you some time for the stuff you like.

The day is going but you need to keep focused on your goals but also on new opportunities you did not plan!

By being opened to new opportunities, you can find new ways to make your day more interesting.

For example, you meet a guy near the coffee machine and he is beginning to speak about object recognition technics: in this case, you can make the new unplanned goal to discuss with him and know more somebody who shares the same passion as you: the object recognition.

For sure, sometimes, we can be in a hurry and we don't spend time to keep an eye on what it is happening around us... But, by wasting a little of our time, this day could enable us to discover a new way to enrich our life!

So, what I recommend along the day is the following:

- show to you your success on goals' or great tasks' achievement and reward you,

- stay focused on the objectives you planned by waking up

- but stay at the same time opened to new opportunities for the set of new objectives

• Before to sleep

By the end of the day, you are tired and you want to rest.

You can do a balance of your day and check what you liked and what you could have done better in order to enhance your objectives for the next days.

You can even start to think about what you plan to do the day of tomorrow: by doing it, you can be better ready for the waking up.

In fact, the three last tasks mentionned in the waking up section can be prepared already by the evening:

- prepare the take away of the day

- find some goals you could set for this day and schedule them

- keep motivated and think about the wonderful things you will do

It can even help you sleeping by enjoying the wonderful day of tomorrow!

This preparation can even been done while nearly sleeping: your creativity could be enhanced as you are at rest!

Then, in order to ease our body to go to dream world and to feel then fine the day of tomorrow, I recommend:

- to eat lightly

- to drink a herbal tea or at least something hot

- to read a physical book or an eBook at bed

• In all cases

For all three sections, you can plan other scheduled activities depending on your long term goals such as muscle training or language learning.

In order to be efficient in daily activities, you need to be regular and to avoid any kind of exception.

These daily activities can be scheduled at a specific time of the day or triggered after or before another activity. By scheduling precisely your activity, you will be more ready to do it and then, you will have more opportunity to do it!

Life and goals

As part of life, for sure, there is no explicit goal we have to reach but we need to set them.

But, how to know them...

It is like a circle, life allows us to have new experiences and to have new ideas about what goals we want to set and these goals can then orientate our life.

So it is very important to have a lot of new experiences and to not be blocked before wondering "what are my goals in life?" like what I do generally!

So sometimes, I guess we need to live just without thinking about the reason of why we are doing this or that. We are like explorers in a dark jungle where we completely don't know where we are going but we still are going in order to find new markers, new points of interest we could base our exploration.
Then, we can finally have enough experience to begin to build our life. Sometimes, I feel like the usual way is:
- get married
- buy a house
- have children
but in fact, there are so many other weird goals...

Motivation is something we lose so many times by saying:
I cannot do it, I will not have enough time, somebody else has already
 done it or will do it, I am so tired, ...
Whereas, by believing each day to our goals, we can keep so much motivation.
Doing the same thing a small amount of time each day can help us to feel more confident on our goals.

If you set some goals you feel they are crazy:
- firstly, you can divide them in smaller ones in order to make them clearer
- secondly, the fact they are crazy, it is cool as it can be so exciting while succeeding to accomplish them!

To conclude, my recommendations:
- be open in our activities in life in order to find worderful goals!
- split goals in smaller ones in order to make them as clear steps
- be crazy and regular in our goals' work

First try

Hello,

First post from me.

Reason of why I am beginning to write this blog: the need to express to other people
Who I am: a guy working in IT business as computing engineer
What I look like: a guy with a goatee, brown hair and brown eyes
What I like: biking, walking, hiking, running, swimming, skiing, visiting, reading
What I am interested in: psychology, physics of the universe, paranormal, image recognition, artificial intelligence
What I studied: engineering with focus on robotics and computer science
What my love stories are: for privacy concerns, I cannot add them here because of NSA

I think this presentation is enough big to start with :).

I add a small video I posted on Youtube in order for you to have a quick view about the daily tasks of a logical programmer like me.
As you can see, by the time, I did not have a goatee...

See you on next posts if you are ok to go for a trip on the other side of the wall.