HONING YOUR CRAFT

STRAIGHT TO IT!!! BASICALLY WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT. YOU ARE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO MAKE YOURSELF GOOD AT WHATEVER YOURE GOOD AT. YOURE THE ONE THAT DID THAT, NO ONE ELSE CAN PRACTICE FOR YOU OR JUST GIVE YOU THE SKILLS. YOU WORK LONG AND HARD DOING WHATEVER IT IS OVER AND OVER TO GET YOURSELF TO THAT LEVEL THAT NO ONE ELSE IS EXCEPT YOU. YOU ARE GOOD AT THAT THING. EVERYONE IS GOOD AT SOMETHING, AND THAT THING IS YOUR CRAFT. I DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR CRAFT IS BUT THINK ABOUT IT HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU PUT IN? HOW MUCH EFFORT DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE? WHERE YOU WANT TO BE? IT ALL ADDS UP TO YOU BEING WHERE YOU ARE AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. NOT TO BRAG BUT I HAVE THINGS IM GOOD AT, THINGS I DO BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I PRACTICE, I TRAIN, I SWEAT, TO BE GOOD AT IT. IT IS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE ELSE. I SEE TONS OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN SKILLS BUT SOMETIMES I QUESTION THEM... HOW IS THAT REALLY GOING TO HELP YOU? YOURE GOOD AT IT BUT DOES THAT SOMETHING EVEN REALLY MATTER? WHATS THE POINT OF BEING REALLY GOOD AT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY USELESS? THAT WOULD HAVE JUST MEANT THAT YOU WASTED YOUR TIME... I GUESS TO THEM THEY DONT SEE IT AS A WASTE OF TIME, OR THAT IT IS USELESS. IT MIGHT SEEM SO FOR YOU, BUT IT MIGHT MEAN THE WORLD TO THEM. SOME PEOPLE SHOULD JUST STOP, TURN AWAY FROM IT AND NEVER LOOK BACK. THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE ARE THOSE CRAFTS THAT IMPRESS YOU, THEY ASTOUND YOU, YOU ARE AMAZED AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE JEALOUS... WHO KNOWS? THOSE ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT WORKED HARD AT IT. RECENTLY I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOMETHING OUT AND IT WAS WAY HARDER THAN IT ACTUALLY SEEMS. IT SURPRISED ME HOW MUCH SKILL IT ACTUALLY NEEDED. MY ADVICE, FIND SOMETHING YOURE GOOD AT, MAKE YOURSELF THE BEST AT THAT THING. WHETHER OR NOT THAT THING YOU ARE GOOD AT MEANS ANYTHING, ONLY YOU CAN TELL.

IVE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL LATELY. WORKS BEEN GOING GREAT, FINALLY FINISHED THE LAST OF ALL MY MEETINGS YESTERDAY. WHICH MEANS HERE COMES EVEN MORE MEETINGS THAT I CAN START PREPARING FOR. HAD A NICE WEEKEND, DIDNT DO MUCH, JUST RELAXED AND CAUGHT UP ON MY OWN STUFF. ITS A LONG WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND AND LOTS TO DO. BY THAT I MEAN ERRANDS TO RUN HAHA. PROBABLY HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AS WELL. A MUCH NEEDED LITTLE BREAK. HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE WEEKEND.

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GIVING ADVICE... TAKING ADVICE...

ADVICE IS A FUNNY THING... WE GIVE IT AND WE TAKE IT... USUALLY WE TAKE ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WITH MORE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OR SOMEONE WHOS A PROFESSIONAL OR JUST SOMEONE THAT JUST KNOWS MORE THAN YOU AND KNOWS WHAT THEYRE TALKING ABOUT. WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD ACT OR REACT TO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF IT. WE ALSO GIVE ADVICE BASED ON OUR OWN EXPERIENCES OR OUR OWN EXPERTISE. THE ISSUE IS... WHY IS IT ALSO SO MUCH EASIER TO GIVE THE ADVICE THAN TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE... ITS ALWAYS LIKE THAT EH... WE GIVE ADVICE AND PEOPLE GIVE US ADVICE... BUT WE NEVER REALLY LISTEN TO OURSELVES OR OTHERS... I MEAN WE WILL LISTEN AND CONSIDER IT AND GATHER THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT IN THE END WE USUALLY JUST END UP DOING WHAT WE WANT. GRANTED... SOMETIMES WE DO LISTEN BUT IF WE DONT LIKE WHAT WE HEAR WE JUST END UP SAYING: "SCREW IT" AND DO WHAT WE WANT... I GUESS ITS JUST NATURAL... GIVING ADVICE DOESNT HURT US, AND IT HELPS OTHERS. WHEN TAKING ADVICE IT CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT HOW SOMETHING WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE ALL JUST WANT THE BEST FOR OURSELVES AND NOT TO GET HURT AND THATS WHY WE ALWAYS OVER THINK THINGS AND NOT DOING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING... ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING GIVEN ADVICE ABOUT THE SITUATION... EVEN WHEN THE ADVICE IS RIGHT... ITS A HARD THING TO CHANGE... THE WORST PART IS WHEN WE END UP DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND EVERYTHING GOES SOUTH, WE END UP REALIZING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE JUST DONE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE... WHICH WAS LISTEN TO THE ADVICE THAT WAS GIVEN... AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE US THE ADVICE IN THE FIRST PLACE WILL GIVE US THE GOOD OLD: "I TOLD YOU SO" YAY........... WELL I GUESS IF WE DONT LISTEN THEN THATS A MISTAKE WE WERE WILLING TO MAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE... ITS NOT LIKE ANYONE WANTS TO HURT YOU WITH THEIR ADVICE... ITS NOT LIKE YOU DONT BELIEVE THEY ARE RIGHT... ITS JUST THAT......... YOU WERE ALWAYS GOING TO END UP DOING WHAT YOU WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO ANYWAYS... AT THE END OF THE DAY WHETHER YOU LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OR NOT, AS LONG AS YOU LEARNED SOMETHING OUT OF IT, AND YOU LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOUR MISTAKE, THEN SOMETHING GOOD WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF IT, AND ITS NOT A TOTAL LOSS. THATS MY ADVICE :)

WOOOO PREPPING UP FOR FOOTBALL SEASON IS AWESOME!!! OUR FOOTBALL HANDEGG TEAM IS STACKED!!! WE ARE SO READY!!! SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP HAVING A COACH FOR THE TEAM NOW AND WE ARE MOST DEFINITIVELY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. I CANT WAIT TIL THE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS NEXT MONTH!!! ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!! SPEAKING OF WHICH... FOOTBALL SOCCER SEASON JUST STARTED THE PAST WEEK AND WOW... I AM OUT OF SHAPE... I MEAN I CAN PLAY FOOTBALL NO PROBLEM BUT SOCCER... WOW I JUST GOT GASSED LIKE HELL!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS RAINING LIKE MAD AND THE WIND WAS CRAZY HARD... WE WERE ALL DRENCHED PLAYING... WELL IT WAS ONLY THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON SO THATS OK, PLUS AS USUAL PART OF THE TEAM IS NEW SO GETTING TO GEL WITH EVERYONE TAKES A BIT OF TIME. ALSO SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP PLAYING THE WRONG TEAM... SO THAT WAS A WASH LOL. WE LOST THAT GAME BUT MEH. PLAYING FOOTBALL IM FINE WITH CAUSE ITS THERES A BIT OF BREAK BETWEEN PLAYS BUT IN SOCCER ITS JUST NONSTOP, AND WHEN YOU CHASE THE BALL DOWN AND NOTHING COMES OF IT THEN YOU JUST WASTED YOUR ENERGY... FOOTBALL HOWEVER ITS JUST SHORT BLASTS OF ENERGY AND THEN BREAK AND AGAIN FOR A FEW MORE DOWNS. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IM GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO PLAY BOTH... SINCE BOTH FOOTBALL AND SOCCER ARE BOTH ON SUNDAY... FOOTBALL GAMES ARE MORNING AND AFTERNOONS WHILE SOCCER IS EVENING AND LATE NIGHT... WOW... I AM GOING TO BE HELLA TIRED ON MONDAY MORNINGS... LOL... PLAYING ALL SORTS OF FOOTBALL HAHA. OH OH OH AND I GOT NEW GEAR :) NEW FOOTBALL RECEIVER GLOVES AND NEW FOOTBALL SOCCER SOCKS :) NOT SURE IF I SAID THAT... IM PRETTY SURE I DID BUT OH WELL :) ANDDDDDDDDDD WORK IS WORK... BUSY AS USUAL... OT... PAPERWORK... REPORTS... CALLS... EMAILS... WHAT ELSE IS NEW... RIGHT................. AND NOW IM OFF. UNTIL NEXT WEEK. STAY CLASSY~

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