My name is Ceej Walker (pronounced Siege). I'm not a writer, I don't have a English degree, and I'm not the type of person who really has a reason to write. At least, I haven't had a reason up until now. I've heard some really good advice as to why I should write a blog and how to focus it.
So here goes. This is going to be my blog about how I'm trying to fix my life one step at time. Full disclosure: I'm not someone who grew up with nothing, and I'm not someone who is homeless or who hit rock bottom. I'm just an average guy who wants to improve my life in every way.
I want to have it all, the good job, the loving relationship, friends who care about me, excellent credit, and a good relationship with my parents. Now some of these things I already have to some extent. For instance, I already get along pretty well with my parents, but I don't want to lose that as I move forward. Losing my relationship with my parents for a better job, as an example, would be unacceptable.
There ya go, that's my goal with this blog. We know the why, now for the how. I believe heavily in the quantified self. If you don't keep data and track how things are going in your life, then it is a hundred times harder to figure out where the issues are and how to fix them. As I write about my life, I'm going to be keeping track of some measurements as to how my life is at that point. Hopefully with these trackers I will be able to steer my actions into constructive behavior and habits that make me into the man that I want to be. I decided on a blog over just a journal because if there is some kind of social obligation to keep writing maybe I won't just drop this after a couple of posts like I do all of my other writing projects.
Here are the quantifiers that I will be using to track my progress every day.
- Physical (How my body is doing, have I lost weight, is my back hurting, how am I sleeping, etc.)
- Mental (How fast am I thinking, how often do I forget stuff, how distracted am I on a daily basis, etc.)
- Emotional (Am I flying off the handle at people, am I slipping back in to my depression, am I angry at someone, etc.)
- Financial (How is my savings account looking, did I have an unexpected cost like a blown tire, do I have money for the things I want, etc.)
- Spiritual (How close do I feel to the ethereal, do I have a place in the universe, etc.)
- Vocational (How is my job going, am I happy at my job, have I made progress in moving up, am I getting better at it, etc.)
- Educational (Am I continually learning things, am I expanding my world view, do I know the things I need to know, etc.)
- Social (How often do I see/talk with my friends, are my social circles expanding, do I treat my friends well, etc.)
In order to keep track of these, every time I post I'm going to be giving myself a grade of 1 to 10 in each of these areas. For my continued dedication to posting and keeping the blog rolling, as well as to make the math easy, I'm going to give myself an additional 20 points. These numbers will total up into my Self Global Rating. If you interested where I came up with this idea, you can read more at this page.
I think that about wraps it up for today. If you have any questions please feel free to comment below or shoot me a message on Twitter or G+. I will do my best to make this a conversation based blog, and I would love to hear what you think, and for you to tell you friends. I can use all the help I can get with the motivation for writing, so please jump right in.
-Ceej
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