Personal predictions and a message for 2011

January 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

So what am I hoping will happen to me in 2011? I’ve looked at the three main areas that interest me and will form the bulk of this blog’s niche, however I’ll also be using the blog, as I have done before, to share some personal thoughts and goals.

First off I’d like to make it to 2012. So I’ll be adopting a much healthier outlook on life. Something happens when you reach a certain age. You begin to think about your mortality. Below this age you think you’ll live forever, but at some point, and it varies for everyone, you begin to see that isn’t so. So in will come Lose Weight Exercise and a careful watch on what I am eating. (Actually this started at the end of last year, so it will be a continuation.)

Secondly I’ll be re-launching !maginality. It is going to be a fun place to help anyone interested in being creative. I got into a rut over the last few years with the site and so I’ve been thinking about how to liven it up a little. So look out toward the end of January for some fun, creative inspiration.

Thirdly I will be getting my music out into the wide world. No more hanging around and waiting for the right time and the right equipment. It is all go in 2011 and I’ll be posting here when the first bits are available.

But…

… most of all I hope that 2011 is good for you. I hope it is filled with health and happiness, with the bizarre and the beautiful, with creativity and creations, with moments and eternities, with stories and revelations, with love and joy and a little pinch of amazingness. Live long and prosper; create and be fulfilled.

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Quick monthly review

October 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A very brief update. I’m already a week late, although the reason for that was a really great trip to Northern Ireland to promote the new book series to some schools.

  1. Spend 10 minutes meditating on my mission statement – I am back on track here and extending it a little to seek direction
  2. Record 10 pieces of music for distribution – I’ve been playing with a few online resources to begin to arrange the songs I have in preparation for recording
  3. Lose 10lbs in Lose Weight Exercise – Still no comment
  4. Write 10 posts – this is moving and I will be relaunching !maginality very soon
  5. Create 10 images – been busy this last month and it is the art that has suffered. However, I have managed to create a couple of digital images
  6. Identify 10 people for an influential network – ongoing and slowly being built
  7. Have 10 minutes Lose Weight Exercise per day – well I did manage it for at least one day
  8. Increase web traffic by 10% – need to post more, but traffice is increasing
  9. Scan RSS reader for 10 minutes per day – still going strong. To see how I do it, you can read my guide to taming your RSS reader here
  10. Practice twitter in 10 minutes -  this is now second nature… almost

So all going well. If I can begin the Lose Weight Exercise, I may be able to rid the board of any red. If!

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Looking for my voice

September 15, 2010 By 4 Comments

Bloggers are supposed to have a voice. It’s a kind of unwritten rule. You have a blog and you should post to it in a certain style with a certain language. And I’ve been wondering, what is my voice?

There are two options:

  1. Be yourself
  2. Adopt a persona

This is a personal blog, so the solution is quite simple. I need to be myself. But that is also the problem. Is my voice the current me or the me I want, and strive, to be?

It’s a question of authenticity, as much as identity. And that’s the answer. I should post as myself, and as myself now. If I do something wrong, or slip up then that shows what sort of person I am, the real me. There’s nothing wrong with aspiring to improve or to be a better person. In fact that forms a central premise of my existence as I follow my spiritual call.

But I am also just like everyone else. I am a work in progress. I am sarcastic, I am irreverent, I am emotional, I am… I am…

Hopefully the positives outweigh the negatives, we’ll see.

I tie myself up in thoughts like this but then I’m not the first. So perhaps it is time for a musical interlude. Here are the Pet Shop Boys making the point that they (me) are a collection of personas in their song Too Many people.

You can listen to it here, or if you have spotify here.

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