June 11, 2016

Okay, so I have to finish my part of my team's capstone 1 analysis.

We're basically done a rough draft of what we're ready to hand in. But we need to check, check, and check it up just to refine it.

I didn't get a chance to finish that summary of points that CFE gold medalists, so I'll do that afterwards.

I've begun to understand that motivation is VERY important.

It's like the ingredients of a recipe. I think I'm going to start my day's with what's motivating me. I think we as individuals forget to ask ourselves the purpose of our journey either before, or during the process of preparation.

I watched a scene from my recent favorite anime, Slam Dunk, where there are three team members from a certain club are sitting down inside a subway train talking about how they're fine with their performance, because they're trying their best to win. All of a sudden, a member of the basketball club walks up to them, and shows them a notebook he was writing in while he was travelling, and says "How can you say you're trying your best, when you've just been sitting!"

I like the level of determination in that basketball club member, and I'm going to try and emulate it! Taking breaks is great. And it's probably essential. But the CFE will be tough. And unless I can truly say I've tried my best, I won't feel good about writing it.

The CFE is 3 months away. So I hope I can make ample use of my time. The competition is stiff, and I'll need to if not crush, at least match it.

More on the show I'm watching: In the middle of the 2nd half of a basketball game, one of the players on bench says: "Wooow, that guy has an amazing talent for shooting". You can hear the coach thinking: "Talent? He had nothing when he first started. I didn't think he was good at all. But he practiced a lot. He practiced three pointers 500 times a day. A good shooter is made through extensive practicing" blah blah blah. You get the point! You need to practice a lot to create a consistent skill!

Wow. Even after trying so hard, the team lost.I sound like I'm digressing here. But a game is a game. You can try your best and not make it. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You've gotta prepare under super hard circumstances. That way you'll CRUSH your goals instead of barely meeting them. If you want a better idea of what I'm talking about, watch this (You don't have to watch the whole thing, but read what I wrote below it):
Samuri Jack- Jack Learn to jump good from Ben Riegle on Vimeo.

This is a prime example of training hard to crush your goals. At 2:37, Jack can't jump into the portal that Aku is holding. He meets some tribe people that can "jump good" and he does some intense training (13:30) where he wears a giant stone on his back and practices jumping. 21:34 - Aku is shocked that Jack can reach his goal. This is exactly what I think a CFE writer will have to do. Train hard (and smart!) that passing is expected!

Just enjoyed a bowl of All-Bran cereal + Grinded almonds & walnuts + raisins + water (I don't drink milk; it's for cow babies). Then while I ate my cereal I watched some eye-opening real life anime. This episode focused on how the main character made a stupid mistake during a game; he passed the ball to the opposing team. The main character was overly depressed about his mistake. It sounds odd, but in the long-run, it's actually very important to overlook mistakes. If you don't do that, you could lose a lot of time that would've been used for productive behavior. ANYWAYS haha eating good food and watching a cartoon gives me the feeling that I've enjoyed myself. I'll now trade in that enjoyment time for some learning time! I spent roughly 30 minutes. So If I can study for 1 to 2 hours. I've transformed my fun time into work time 2 to 4 fold!

BRB!!! Gonna study for a while!


SWEEEEEEET This actually works! I ended up studying for 2 hours and a half. It was mostly work on my Capstone 1 project, but technically that's day 1 of the CFE so no harm done. Having a blog is great! :) It's nothing new I'm doing here (I've read the blogs of CMA's before), but actually typing out what your goal is can really help sometimes. It gives you a good form of commitment. And talking it out, and starting a blog keeps you focused on your goal!

Okay, so I ended up eating a lot of vector cereal today. I'm trying to stay away from random meat I find in my fridge. Although Vector is mostly carbs, it's delicious! And there's still 1/6th of protein inside... I should brush my teeth, since carbs = sugar. I'll do that soon. I have the person I'm tutoring coming in tomorrow. And my love will be here in an hour. It's hard to say I'm trying my best. So I might actually study when she gets here.