[{"content":"Psalm 106:6-12; Matthew 19:13-15; Matthew 19:21-26 Psalm 106:6-12 6 We have sinned with our fathers,\nWe have committed iniquity,\nWe have done wickedly.\n7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;\nThey did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,\nBut rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,\nThat He might make His mighty power known.\n9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;\nSo He led them through the depths,\nAs through the wilderness.\n10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,\nAnd redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.\n11 The waters covered their enemies;\nThere was not one of them left.\n12 Then they believed His words;\nThey sang His praise.\nMatthew 19:13-15 Jesus Blesses Little Children 13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.\nMatthew 19:21-26 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”\n22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.\nWith God All Things Are Possible 23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”\n25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”\n26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”\nThoughts The verse that sticks out to me today is Matthew 19:25. The fact that the disciples themselves were astonished and wondered how anyone could be saved after seeing the rich young ruler giving up on following Jesus.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/bible/2026-05-02/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"psalm-1066-12-matthew-1913-15-matthew-1921-26\"\u003ePsalm 106:6-12; Matthew 19:13-15; Matthew 19:21-26\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"psalm-1066-12\"\u003ePsalm 106:6-12\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 We have sinned with our fathers,\u003cbr\u003e\nWe have committed iniquity,\u003cbr\u003e\nWe have done wickedly.\u003cbr\u003e\n7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;\u003cbr\u003e\nThey did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,\u003cbr\u003e\nBut rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.\n8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,\u003cbr\u003e\nThat He might make His mighty power known.\u003cbr\u003e\n9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;\u003cbr\u003e\nSo He led them through the depths,\u003cbr\u003e\nAs through the wilderness.\u003cbr\u003e\n10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated \u003cem\u003ethem,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\n11 The waters covered their enemies;\u003cbr\u003e\nThere was not one of them left.\u003cbr\u003e\n12 Then they believed His words;\u003cbr\u003e\nThey sang His praise.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"May 2, 2026"},{"content":"OK, here\u0026rsquo;s something new. If you know me, you know that I am not a big fan of driving. For one thing, I consider myself a below average driver, so if a competent driver would volunteer to tote me around I would be overjoyed.\nBut since that doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to be happening any time soon, I try to find things to keep myself awake and engage while driving. Long drives are a different animal, but the daily commute is a, well, daily challenge.\nThe radio doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem as effective as I\u0026rsquo;d like, although I seem to doze less than when I just sit in silence, I am trying a car cast which is just me rambling on as I tootle off to work.\nWell let\u0026rsquo;s see if this even works:\nHere\u0026rsquo;s a direct link to the audio:\nKelsey Car Cast Episode 001\nAnd here\u0026rsquo;s an alternate way to stream it while on this page:\n(It\u0026rsquo;s not working, yet\u0026hellip;) [sc_embed_player fileurl=\u0026ldquo;https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx5DoI3VgbiybnZtMTllQUduQzQ\u0026amp;type=.mp3\u0026rdquo;]\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/another-experiment-the-car-cast/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOK, here\u0026rsquo;s something new.  If you know me, you know that I am not a big fan of driving.  For one thing, I consider myself a below average driver, so if a competent driver would volunteer to tote me around I would be overjoyed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut since that doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to be happening any time soon, I try to find things to keep myself awake and engage while driving.  Long drives are a different animal, but the daily commute is a, well, daily challenge.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Another Experiment: The Car Cast"},{"content":"For years I\u0026rsquo;ve been looking for easy ways to get thoughts and ideas out onto a web page. Yeah, most people call that blogging. Consistency is always a big hurdle for me. This blog is a testament to that fact.\nI couple months ago I found a service that would connect with Evernote and allow me to automatically post things I wrote in there. Well it got a little flaky and it didn\u0026rsquo;t have some of the functionality I wanted. So I decided to just get back over here and use this old site as a proving ground and slowly fix it up as I have ideas, opportunity, and inspiration.\nBut what do I do with those original posts? I could just copy them over here in one lump. Since blogs are dated (like a journal or log, hence the name), I could back date them and fit them into the time stream as they originally came out. But that seems like cheating somehow. Creating an alternate history. So here\u0026rsquo;s my idea. I will repost them with a little introduction and that way they\u0026rsquo;ll be inserted here organically and they won\u0026rsquo;t be lost (not that they\u0026rsquo;re any great treasure of wisdom, only of effort). And I\u0026rsquo;ll be able to get into the swing of doing things the \u0026ldquo;hard\u0026rdquo; way by posting directly to the admin side of the blog.\nNow if only I could get motivated to update the fonts and graphics around here\u0026hellip; hmm, not really my thing.\nUpdate: So one thing to fix is the time stamps. This had me posting an hour earlier than I did. Silly daylight savings. How much daylight do you have in your savings? Let me know.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/blogging-does-it-have-to-be-so-hard/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eFor years I\u0026rsquo;ve been looking for easy ways to get thoughts and ideas out onto a web page.  Yeah, most people call that blogging.  Consistency is always a big hurdle for me.  This blog is a testament to that fact.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI couple months ago I found a service that would connect with Evernote and allow me to automatically post things I wrote in there.  Well it got a little flaky and it didn\u0026rsquo;t have some of the functionality I wanted.  So I decided to just get back over here and use this old site as a proving ground and slowly fix it up as I have ideas, opportunity, and inspiration.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Blogging - does it have to be so hard?"},{"content":"I love a good series. Back and forth. I didn\u0026rsquo;t grow up a basketball fan. In fact, I was resentful when a coach sought me out and asked me to try out for a team. \u0026ldquo;You only want me to play because I\u0026rsquo;m tall.\u0026rdquo; I was young and foolish - being tall\u0026rsquo;s a real advantage on the court.\nBut in the finals of \u0026lsquo;93 with the Suns vs. the Bulls I finally developed an appreciation for the game. Granted, I\u0026rsquo;m a fair weather fan and only get interested towards the end of the season. I used to complain that it seemed like all the action happened in the last 3 minutes of the game. Why not just skip to that and just play an intense 3 minute game. You could play two or three a day! Much more exciting\u0026hellip;\nI then realized something. You had to attain a certain level, you had to persevere to a certain point to be \u0026ldquo;in the hunt\u0026rdquo; for those final three minutes to matter. When two teams qualified to battle it out for those last 3 minutes - then it finally became the game within the game. But you had to be worthy to make it to that place.\nWe have to qualify, we have to do the work, we have to take the action to be able to be there for those final seconds where so much drama and so much potential for victory or defeat are put before us. Do the small things that will get you there, I\u0026rsquo;ll endeavor to do the same - and in the end we can leave it all on the court and be satisfied with that.\nThis year we lost, but you can\u0026rsquo;t say we didn\u0026rsquo;t fight hard.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/watching-the-nba-finals-so-close/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI love a good series.  Back and forth.  I didn\u0026rsquo;t grow up a basketball fan.  In fact, I was resentful when a coach sought me out and asked me to try out for a team.  \u0026ldquo;You only want me to play because I\u0026rsquo;m tall.\u0026rdquo;  I was young and foolish - being tall\u0026rsquo;s a real advantage on the court.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut in the finals of \u0026lsquo;93 with the Suns vs. the Bulls I finally developed an appreciation for the game.  Granted, I\u0026rsquo;m a fair weather fan and only get interested towards the end of the season.  I used to complain that it seemed like all the action happened in the last 3 minutes of the game.  Why not just skip to that and just play an intense 3 minute game.  You could play two or three a day!  Much more exciting\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Watching the NBA Finals, So Close"},{"content":"It seems like one of the biggest excuses, at least in my circles, is being too busy. Busy or not, we all have the same amount of time in our day. We get to choose to fill it up with busy activities or to relax, or to just be a bump on a log. But we choose busy because we think busy gets us where we want to be. Most of us don\u0026rsquo;t know where that is. So as I have heard said before, \u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t know where I\u0026rsquo;m headed - but I\u0026rsquo;m making good time.\u0026rdquo;\nActivity isn\u0026rsquo;t achievement. We have to put some thought into where it is we want to be in order to have our busyness count for something. For it to be effective in moving us in that direction.\nSome of this busyness we bring on ourselves, but some of it is just a fact of life in our modern world. I guess I\u0026rsquo;m saying you may be able to reduce it, but I am skeptical that, short of heading off to live in the woods, you won\u0026rsquo;t be able to eliminate it.\nSo the key will be to reduce where you can and rise above where you can\u0026rsquo;t. Accept that you will have some measure of busyness and you still need to do something to move in the right direction.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/everyday-is-a-busy-day/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eIt seems like one of the biggest excuses, at least in my circles, is being too busy.  Busy or not, we all have the same amount of time in our day.  We get to choose to fill it up with busy activities or to relax, or to just be a bump on a log.  But we choose busy because we think busy gets us where we want to be.  Most of us don\u0026rsquo;t know where that is.  So as I have heard said before, \u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t know where I\u0026rsquo;m headed - but I\u0026rsquo;m making good time.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Everyday is a Busy Day"},{"content":"A post a day for 5,000 days. That\u0026rsquo;s an achievement. I can\u0026rsquo;t even keep up with a weekly post. The problem is looking over his posts - they are short and sweet. This 5,000th post was back on June 5th. Here is a link to Seth Godin\u0026rsquo;s 5,000th post.\nAnd here is my takeaway quote from that little post: Showing up daily isn\u0026rsquo;t my challenge\u0026ndash;it\u0026rsquo;s learning to live with the fact that I can\u0026rsquo;t say everything I want in a single post, that the trade-off of reaching people easily is that you can also lose people easily. I would like to take up that challenge, because writing too much - too many words for the thought I want to convey is a problem of mine. Pithy I\u0026rsquo;m not. But a challenge like that brings up in me fears of not being able to succeed like few things I\u0026rsquo;m currently aware of. More than public speaking. And the excuses start pouring out, \u0026ldquo;Which blog would I put it on?\u0026rdquo; I have about 8 dead blogs to choose from. :-D\nWell, I put this one here. That\u0026rsquo;s enough inspiration for now.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/inspired-by-soth-godins-5000-blog-posts/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eA post a day for 5,000 days. That\u0026rsquo;s an achievement. I can\u0026rsquo;t even keep up with a weekly post. The problem is looking over his posts - they are short and sweet.  This 5,000th post was back on June 5th.  Here is a link to \u003ca href=\"http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/the-5000th-post.html\"\u003eSeth Godin\u0026rsquo;s 5,000th post\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd here is my takeaway quote from that little post:\nShowing up daily isn\u0026rsquo;t my challenge\u0026ndash;it\u0026rsquo;s learning to live with the fact that I can\u0026rsquo;t say everything I want in a single post, that the trade-off of reaching people easily is that you can also lose people easily.\nI would like to take up that challenge, because writing too much - too many words for the thought I want to convey is a problem of mine.  Pithy I\u0026rsquo;m not.  But a challenge like that brings up in me fears of not being able to succeed like few things I\u0026rsquo;m currently aware of.  More than public speaking.  And the excuses start pouring out, \u0026ldquo;Which blog would I put it on?\u0026rdquo;  I have about 8 dead blogs to choose from.  :-D\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Inspired by Soth Godin's 5,000+ Blog Posts"},{"content":"OK, not much to add today. It was a long one. This morning started out with a cranky review of some software. After that the rest of the day was just recovering from that.\nThen after work I had some phone calls to take in the car and then a meeting with some high school buddies about some web endeavors we are trying to start up.\nAnd after getting home around 9pm - I have some things I wanted to start in December. I\u0026rsquo;m trying to develop some plans and habits for 2012. So the month of December will be a test case. I\u0026rsquo;m starting a Bible study online. People can follow along as we go if they want through the year. So even though 2012 is a whole month away. I\u0026rsquo;m trying to set out a line in the sand to make sure that I\u0026rsquo;m well into the habit by the time the new year comes around.\nWhat do you think? You want to get involved? Leave me a comment or find me on Facebook or somewhere and tell me you want to participate.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/a-long-day-has-ended/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOK, not much to add today.  It was a long one.  This morning started out with a cranky review of some software.  After that the rest of the day was just recovering from that.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen after work I had some phone calls to take in the car and then a meeting with some high school buddies about some web endeavors we are trying to start up.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd after getting home around 9pm - I have some things I wanted to start in December.  I\u0026rsquo;m trying to develop some plans and habits for 2012.  So the month of December will be a test case.  I\u0026rsquo;m starting a Bible study online.  People can follow along as we go if they want through the year.  So even though 2012 is a whole month away.  I\u0026rsquo;m trying to set out a line in the sand to make sure that I\u0026rsquo;m well into the habit by the time the new year comes around.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"A Long Day Has Ended"},{"content":"The house is now back to it\u0026rsquo;s currently regular occupants. It\u0026rsquo;s time to get back into the swing of things. I haven\u0026rsquo;t left myself much time to write. But it\u0026rsquo;s not about the time or the amount - it\u0026rsquo;s about the habit\u0026hellip; the doing it.\nSo I\u0026rsquo;m back. Let me ask you - how do you handle a backlog? What do you do when commitments and tasks has piled up on you and there\u0026rsquo;s really more than what you can do?\nHere\u0026rsquo;s what I\u0026rsquo;m trying. It\u0026rsquo;s a simple 3 step process.\nKeep your head and stop the madness. Drop the hatchet. There is what needs to be done today, and there\u0026rsquo;s all that piled up stuff. Put the piled up stuff in a pile (or in my case, in a plastic bin). Make sure you are keeping up with the things that need to be done today. For me\u0026hellip; today\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;day job\u0026rdquo; is going to be a thriller with 2 meetings in the morning and a continued investigation of a bug in production. I found it but my boss wants to know what it does, when it got introduced, and why wasn\u0026rsquo;t it caught in testing? To answer all these questions is taking time. Time that could be spent moving forward - but hey, I do what I\u0026rsquo;m asked to do. If I wanted to work on a CSI team, I would\u0026rsquo;ve signed up for it. But it pays the bills. Plus I have a meeting over lunch regarding a church meeting coming up this weekend. And then tonight I have a meeting to possible bring in some side business. (However I think that will fall through because I\u0026rsquo;m going to be asked to do somethings that aren\u0026rsquo;t my specialty. Just because they would pay me to drive a race car, should I? I don\u0026rsquo;t think I\u0026rsquo;d be good at it - so an offer shouldn\u0026rsquo;t always be accepted just because it\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;there\u0026rdquo;\u0026hellip; word to the wise).\nMake \u0026ldquo;working the backlog\u0026rdquo; one of your tasks and take it on as you can. It will get smaller and you wont break anything due today that will eventually get you back on track.\nBe ready for explosions and handle them expeditiously. Some of the things in your back log pile will have due dates that slip past (like a birthday card being sent out? oops). Handle them the best you can\u0026hellip; move them to the top of the pile when you work on it. And be flexible.\nIt works better for me than just lining everything up chronologically and being \u0026ldquo;behind\u0026rdquo; on everything for a couple of days to a couple of weeks.\nWould it work for you? How do you deal with these things?\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/ok-back-from-the-break/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe house is now back to it\u0026rsquo;s currently regular occupants.  It\u0026rsquo;s time to get back into the swing of things.  I haven\u0026rsquo;t left myself much time to write.  But it\u0026rsquo;s not about the time or the amount - it\u0026rsquo;s about the habit\u0026hellip; the doing it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo I\u0026rsquo;m back.  Let me ask you - how do \u003cstrong\u003eyou\u003c/strong\u003e handle a backlog?  What do you do when commitments and tasks has piled up on you and there\u0026rsquo;s really more than what you can do?\u003c/p\u003e","title":"OK, Back From the Break"},{"content":"Today is my last day of work before getting some time off over Thanksgiving. I have a lot of things I need to do at home and in side projects, it makes it very tough to follow through with my \u0026ldquo;day job\u0026rdquo;. But I do want to keep my commitment to write here. So I\u0026rsquo;m simply going to put down a \u0026ldquo;Will Do\u0026rdquo; and see what happens there.\nToday\u0026rsquo;s Will-Do list:\nI will write a revision of the magazine article I will get a typist to cover my for my sermon Those are the only time pressing issues - I think. Those are the urgent, the important list is waay longer. TTFN\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/in-the-swirl-of-events/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eToday is my last day of work before getting some time off over Thanksgiving. I have a lot of things I need to do at home and in side projects, it makes it very tough to follow through with my \u0026ldquo;day job\u0026rdquo;. But I do want to keep my commitment to write here. So I\u0026rsquo;m simply going to put down a \u0026ldquo;Will Do\u0026rdquo; and see what happens there.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday\u0026rsquo;s Will-Do list:\u003c/p\u003e","title":"In the Swirl of Events"},{"content":"No, this isn\u0026rsquo;t the beginning of a series on my critical need for some kind of physical fitness routine. This is about conflicting priorities.\nI have to write an article for our church\u0026rsquo;s magazine. The deadline is looming and I have to determine if I should be pumping out words here or there? This goes back to what I just posted the other day. There are times when you make a conscious choice to skip, to take a break, to be inconsistent. As long as you are consistent about your reasoning, right? Am I wrong on this? Make up your own mind.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/gonna-run/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eNo, this isn\u0026rsquo;t the beginning of a series on my critical need for some kind of physical fitness routine.  This is about conflicting priorities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have to write an article for our church\u0026rsquo;s magazine.  The deadline is looming and I have to determine if I should be pumping out words here or there?  This goes back to what I just posted the other day.  There are times when you make a conscious choice to skip, to take a break, to be inconsistent.  As long as you are consistent about your reasoning, right?  Am I wrong on this?  Make up your own mind.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Gonna Run"},{"content":"I was sure I\u0026rsquo;ve talked about this before - - some things are just worth repeating.\nOne of the things I\u0026rsquo;m considering using this blog for is my \u0026ldquo;Will Do\u0026rdquo; list. Now why a WillDo and not a ToDo? Maybe you can think of it as a MustDo list. These concepts and lists have different purposes.\nFor example, in the time management system called \u0026ldquo;Getting Things Done\u0026rdquo; (GTD by devoted fans, and the rest of us\u0026hellip;) the idea is to put everything on your list to get it out of your head and on to paper. Then you spend your time prioritizing and deciding whether that was hair brained, an errant dream, or a vital task that must be accomplished.\nI\u0026rsquo;m not looking for something like that. That is an all encompassing tool. I would like a comprehensive system. But there is no system that works if you don\u0026rsquo;t run it. And for me, consistency is lacking so any system will fail when you don\u0026rsquo;t crank the handle.\nHowever, I do still have things that need to be accomplished in my life. Hmm, authorizing my newly issued debit card is on the list since the gas station doesn\u0026rsquo;t believe me when I say I have the new one while I\u0026rsquo;m trying to convince them to \u0026ldquo;just use the old, expired one for now.\u0026rdquo; There\u0026rsquo;s also that little issue with one of the taxing authorities, they\u0026rsquo;re looking for about a hundred bucks and some form from 3rd quarter of 2010. And they probably won\u0026rsquo;t wait forever\u0026hellip; Things still need to get done.\nEnter the \u0026ldquo;will do\u0026rdquo; list. It is a list that contains items that must be done today for the day to be considered a success. So how would this list work?\nIt would have to be a short list. You couldn't put everything that pops into your head on this list, there are only so many hours in a day. It would have to be specific. \u0026quot;Work on my book\u0026quot; doesn't fly, \u0026quot;write 200 words\u0026quot; would, or \u0026quot;review chapter structure\u0026quot; would if even just a cursory glance is enough. (Helpful tip, sometimes even just saying \u0026quot;open and review outline\u0026quot; sounds simple and an easy throw away task. But once you've gone to the trouble of opening it, you might as well work on it for a little while. It's a great way to trick yourself out of procrastination. Or, as I like to call it, overcoming static friction. Inertia works both ways, staying at rest *AND* remaining in motion. I know that's hard to believe with our friend friction around, but it's true! It has to be a closed list. This means you have to predetermine what's on there. You have the list laid out and you say \u0026quot;Go!\u0026quot; It has to be reviewed. Now there is an amazing phenomenon that just putting the list down and never reviewing it will get at least 60 - 70% of it completed - that's been my experience at least! Could this be the \u0026quot;Law of Attraction\u0026quot; at work? Don't get me started... another time. But \u0026quot;testin' and trackin'\u0026quot; is the only way to incremental improvement. If you don't review, that percentage will remain at it's 2/3 success rate (not bad, but lots of room to improve. It\u0026rsquo;s that last point that this blog might come in handy for. It would be the accountability that pushes for a review. Of course this may mean that there has to be two posts - one for the list and one for it\u0026rsquo;s review. Is that really true? Could I just post that the last WillDo list has been reviewed and that be enough? I\u0026rsquo;m still thinking about this one. How can a blog be used as an accountability partner or tool? Have you got ideas on this?\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/a-will-do-list/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI was sure I\u0026rsquo;ve talked about this before - - some things are just worth repeating.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the things I\u0026rsquo;m considering using this blog for is my \u0026ldquo;Will Do\u0026rdquo; list. Now why a WillDo and not a ToDo? Maybe you can think of it as a MustDo list. These concepts and lists have different purposes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, in the time management system called \u0026ldquo;Getting Things Done\u0026rdquo; (GTD by devoted fans, and the rest of us\u0026hellip;) the idea is to put \u003cstrong\u003eeverything\u003c/strong\u003e on your list to get it out of your head and on to paper. Then you spend your time prioritizing and deciding whether that was hair brained, an errant dream, or a vital task that must be accomplished.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"A Will-Do List"},{"content":"So now the weekend is here. I have family visiting, this is a busy, packed day ahead. All good reasons to take a break - or set a standard for a periodic Sabbatical.\nThe rules are - there are no rules. Hmm, that seems scary or intimidating to me.\nIn trying to develop foundational habits, when do you make an exception? I can think of two times. 1) When you must and 2)When you decide it\u0026rsquo;s OK to.\nDon\u0026rsquo;t get so wound up in trying to start something that it becomes an obsession. For some an obsession is good - they might call it a passion, or even a hobby. But I have a compulsive nature, obsessions can steal away from essentials in life and also create an imbalance. Gaining a balance in life is important to me and so I temper my desire to \u0026ldquo;get up and going\u0026rdquo; with something with the desire not to destroy current initiatives or even relationships. On the other hand, there needs to be a big enough desire, a big enough push to overcome the inertia of doing nothing that there should be no, er, few exceptions to the rule. The question has to be asked, \u0026ldquo;Are these circumstances that cause me to miss doing what, when I step back and think it through, I really want to be doing? Or, it this life\u0026rsquo;s surf crashing against my plans and I need to decide if my plans are valuable enough to build up a resistance?\u0026rdquo;\nWell right now, I have a wee bit of momentum - for today, my Scriptures are read, oh - I still have some writing to do\u0026hellip; I did leave that undone, but my lesson for latter this morning is prepared, and I\u0026rsquo;m blogging now. So this will be one wave resisted.\nThere are some habits that must be done to avoid physical ramifications (like eating and good breathing, and believe it or not regular vigorous exercise\u0026hellip; we\u0026rsquo;ll tackle that one soon enough), and there are others that have embarrassment as a result - like deciding it\u0026rsquo;s not worth it to get dressed before heading out for the day. This might not only be embarrassing, but it might end up with civil penalties on most parts of the world. While all that is true, there are some habits that it may never matter if you take them up or not. Writing is a great example. Many people don\u0026rsquo;t write. In fact many people give up reading anything longer than the first couple paragraphs of a news story or even street signs once they get away from any formal education. So taking up writing as a habit is definitely not necessary. You won\u0026rsquo;t physically suffer, you won\u0026rsquo;t even be embarrassed (unless, of course you\u0026rsquo;ve gone and told everybody that your novel is coming out soon and they start asking probing questions about the plot, the character, and how your spending that big advance from the publisher - making up fanciful stories to impress your friends is a habit you should get rid of. I\u0026rsquo;m talking about building habits, not removing them. Some other time).\nThese \u0026ldquo;non-essential\u0026rdquo; habits can make huge differences in your life though. They can break up monotony, they can be a foundation for new achievements and enable you to reach places you couldn\u0026rsquo;t otherwise (these are the kinds of habits I\u0026rsquo;m looking to build up here).\nThese are the habits that might go unnoticed if you don\u0026rsquo;t start them, but that people will surely notice once they\u0026rsquo;re established. So can you decide to take a break from them? At your peril! Well, let me back off from that a bit. It\u0026rsquo;s good to know you can take a break and get back to it. That\u0026rsquo;s a sign that the habit is engrained and you have developed a patter of behavior or skill. But the danger is the ease at which a building habit can be abandoned.\nI guess I\u0026rsquo;m talking in theory here, but you should be able to hold your plans loosely enough that you aren\u0026rsquo;t reduced to a pile of tears and disappointment if you miss a day or an opportunity to continue your habit. I\u0026rsquo;m not there yet. So I will soldier on with today\u0026rsquo;s entry.\nHmm, can you till it was later in the morning and I was trying to hold two conversations while composing this? I can. See you tomorrow.\nTomorrow I want to talk about \u0026ldquo;To Do\u0026rsquo;s\u0026rdquo; vs. \u0026ldquo;Will Do\u0026rsquo;s\u0026rdquo;\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/what-makes-a-habit/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eSo now the weekend is here.  I have family visiting, this is a busy, packed day ahead.  All good reasons to take a break - or set a standard for a periodic Sabbatical.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rules are - there are no rules.  Hmm, that seems scary or intimidating to me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn trying to develop foundational habits, when do you make an exception?  I can think of two times.  1) When you must and 2)When you decide it\u0026rsquo;s OK to.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What Makes A Habit"},{"content":"A few questions for myself. If asked:\nDo you pray? Answer: Yes, I pray often. Do you study the Bible? Answer: Yes, yes I do.\nOh, that sounds wonderful. But let\u0026rsquo;s go a little deeper\u0026hellip;\nDo you pray and study the Bible consistently?? Oh, well, uh, er. Easier said than done.\nI mean, I go on weekend retreats where I\u0026rsquo;m expending tons of mental energy. I have visits with family that make a normal routine impossible. With meetings and activities that I\u0026rsquo;ve signed up to participate in, life gets very busy. And I have a personality that tends to be easily distracted.\nWhat does that sound like to you? Reasoning? Rationalization? Excuses? Maybe a few more questions would be helpful. Do you clothe yourself regularly? Yes, definitely, without exception. Do you brush your teeth each day? Sometimes more than once! Do you shower daily? With a few exceptions, but I would say for the vast majority, yes, regularly. And do you regularly have a meal? Um, check my waistline, I am not deprived - I make it to the table \u0026hellip; regularly.\nSo the question isn\u0026rsquo;t whether a devotional life can be done, or if the busyness of life can be accounted for. The question is on which list do these activities rest? So reasoning aside. Let\u0026rsquo;s get to taking action!\nI have been using Professor Grant Horner\u0026rsquo;s Bible Reading Method since January of 2011. I liked the nerdiness of it. For me it required a spreadsheet to keep track. You read 10 chapters a day from 10 different lists. The goal isn\u0026rsquo;t to deeply meditate on the word, but to read it through and soak it in. Let familiarity grow and gain insight from the ever changing combination of the chapters as they juxtapose themselves in the daily readings.\nThis method can take 45 minutes. The goal is to get through, not to stop and think. That is what made it difficult. Not to mention my sporadic participation. So I fell behind, and what seemed like a good system - and one that has worked better for me than any I\u0026rsquo;ve yet encountered (or so I thought)\u0026hellip; Became a drudgery.\nThen I had another epiphany. A cousin of mine (once removed, technically) started posting on Facebook that he was reading a daily reading from YouVersion.com I went and checked it out. It\u0026rsquo;s pretty nice. It has online Bibles and reading plans and it encourages you to share what your doing through Facebook or Twitter. It\u0026rsquo;s not quite there yet, it takes about 5 clicks on their site to get to where I\u0026rsquo;m ready to read. But it\u0026rsquo;s worth supporting (I gave them a link, as you see).\nI found old Prof. Horner\u0026rsquo;s reading plan there. So I signed up and got started. I didn\u0026rsquo;t make it too far, maybe a week? Before seeing that a new tool doesn\u0026rsquo;t make a habit happen - the activity does. A new pen, or a new laptop, doesn\u0026rsquo;t make you a writer - writing does. That sage advice aside, I wanted a plan that was not fighting against me. I wanted to study God\u0026rsquo;s word, not just read it. So I started looking at other plans.\nAnd that\u0026rsquo;s how I got to this post this morning. I came across a devotional plan that I was introduced to back in 2003, or was it 2005? I\u0026rsquo;m not sure (I should probably research that for my future biographers\u0026hellip;). But I remember Pastor Dean sharing his discovery with the elders. It is the Life Journal Reading Plan from Pastor Wayne Cordeiro (he\u0026rsquo;s in Hawaii, how can you not praise God when you pastor there??). But I\u0026rsquo;m on the plan and I want to share it with you - or at least share what I like about it:\nIt is a plan for study, there is a daily reading assignment. From the reading you focus in on a verse or passage - called a **S**cripture. Then you write out an **O**bservation and an **A**pplication of that scripture. And finally you have a **P**rayer regarding what you've studied (and you write those four segments in a \u0026quot;Life Journal\u0026quot; S.O.A.P. There are only 4-5, or so chapters each day. Much smaller and manageable. The plan completes the Bible in a year, so you don't get the variety. An a given date you will always be reading the same grouping of chapters. But that gives an advantage too... It's something you can share! You can do together! If, for some reason, you decided to join me - we would be reading the same verses each day. If you saw me today you could say, \u0026quot;Ah Paul really polished it off there at the end of 2nd Corinthians, didn't he?\u0026quot; We'd smile, we'd wink, and maybe we'd talk about what impressed us today. We could even share our journal entries and have a little impromptu study... I really like that possibility. So with those reasons, I\u0026rsquo;m chugging ahead. Join me if you like. Who knows, I may even get a paper Journal and write with ink or something. Now I\u0026rsquo;d have to be pretty inspired to try some kind of craziness like that!\nWhat do you think? Join me? Not joining me? Skeptical that I\u0026rsquo;ll keep up? Tell me so in the comments - I love being motivated to create life changing habits \u0026hellip; and when I\u0026rsquo;ve made it we can look back and comment that \u0026ldquo;I did it all \u0026hellip; just to spite you!\u0026rdquo; \u0026laquo; that\u0026rsquo;ll be a post for another time.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/a-devotional-life-sets-the-tone/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eA few questions for myself. If asked:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you pray? Answer: Yes, I pray often.\nDo you study the Bible? Answer: Yes, yes I do.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOh, that sounds wonderful. But let\u0026rsquo;s go a little deeper\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you pray and study the Bible \u003cem\u003econsistently??\u003c/em\u003e  Oh, well, uh, er.  Easier said than done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI mean, I go on weekend retreats where I\u0026rsquo;m expending tons of mental energy.  I have visits with family that make a normal routine impossible.  With meetings and activities that I\u0026rsquo;ve signed up to participate in, life gets very busy.  And I have a personality that tends to be easily distracted.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"A Devotional Life Sets the Tone"},{"content":"This site has been left to it\u0026rsquo;s own devices since I was in the hospital a year and a half ago. I\u0026rsquo;m thinking about re-branding this place, adding some curtains and changing the direction.\nI need a place on the web to just splatter random thoughts. A public-private partnership (that just sounds so good\u0026hellip; I think every endeavor should have a public-private partnership. It just would be so integrated) between hopes and dreams and actions and plans. The name is snappy, the URL is short. It definitely doesn\u0026rsquo;t roll off the tongue. It\u0026rsquo;s also not something you could give a shout out to on radio or in a podcast (hint, hint). But that\u0026rsquo;s not the intention. This is a place that you either \u0026ldquo;run into\u0026rdquo; by searching for all kinds of weirdness - or I let it slip to you that it even exists.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s an illusion hiding right in front of your face. It\u0026rsquo;s there in your browser, just one click away. Well, that\u0026rsquo;s the big idea.\nSo what kind of things am I expecting to go here?\nAccountability I know that it\u0026rsquo;s always easier to have someone else hold you accountable, in fact that the way it should be. I just don\u0026rsquo;t have anyone who\u0026rsquo;s applied for that job at the moment. So this would be the place. I will make statements here, I will lay down markers here. And as they are reviewed - either commenters will hold me to account, or I\u0026rsquo;ll do it myself in some sort of review process. )\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/reviving-an-abandoned-outpost/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThis site has been left to it\u0026rsquo;s own devices since I was in the hospital a year and a half ago.  I\u0026rsquo;m thinking about re-branding this place, adding some curtains and changing the direction.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI need a place on the web to just splatter random thoughts.  A public-private partnership (that just sounds so good\u0026hellip; I think every endeavor should have a public-private partnership.  It just would be so \u003cem\u003eintegrated\u003c/em\u003e) between hopes and dreams and actions and plans.  The name is snappy, the URL is short.  It definitely doesn\u0026rsquo;t roll off the tongue.  It\u0026rsquo;s also not something you could give a shout out to on radio or in a podcast (hint, hint).  But that\u0026rsquo;s not the intention.  This is a place that you either \u0026ldquo;run into\u0026rdquo; by searching for all kinds of weirdness - or I let it slip to you that it even exists.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Reviving an Abandoned Outpost"},{"content":" I\u0026rsquo;m too groggy to have the good sense to get my good side. But my new glasses are lookin\u0026rsquo; sharp :)\nPosted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/looking-for-a-profile-pic/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/myklkelsey/lpcn4iLR1py9d03e0OZby5BU9mTZ59EoGDIegfs1OKPDwPU055yi8klEfXmK/2010-03-23_15.38.09-1.jpg.scaled.500.jpg\"\u003e\nI\u0026rsquo;m too groggy to have the good sense to get my good side. But my new glasses are lookin\u0026rsquo; sharp :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/looking-for-a-profile-pic\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Looking for a profile pic"},{"content":"OK, so I wasn\u0026rsquo;t super productive this morning. But I did sleep an extra hour or so. That\u0026rsquo;s a great thing all in itself! And I\u0026rsquo;ve been able to catch up on some news items and listen to two podcasts. But now I\u0026rsquo;m a little late for work. Gonna have to hustle. But even in this compressed time, I\u0026rsquo;ve been able to have some quality thoughts. One of the podcasts hits directly at my new web venture. I\u0026rsquo;m thinking about linking to it for my inaugural post - not sure about that yet. I\u0026rsquo;ll have to decide in about 2-3 days though! :) The sun\u0026rsquo;s coming up, it\u0026rsquo;s frosty out there. Gotta get moving. My shoulder was feeling good when I got up. But a little time in front of the desk, and it\u0026rsquo;s tightening up. We\u0026rsquo;ll see what the day brings. Moving out into it. One week down. Posted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/making-the-best-of-what-is/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOK, so I wasn\u0026rsquo;t super productive this morning. But I did sleep an extra hour or so. That\u0026rsquo;s a great thing all in itself! And I\u0026rsquo;ve been able to catch up on some news items and listen to two podcasts. But now I\u0026rsquo;m a little late for work. Gonna have to hustle. But even in this compressed time, I\u0026rsquo;ve been able to have some quality thoughts. One of the podcasts hits directly at my new web venture. I\u0026rsquo;m thinking about linking to it for my inaugural post - not sure about that yet. I\u0026rsquo;ll have to decide in about 2-3 days though! :)\nThe sun\u0026rsquo;s coming up, it\u0026rsquo;s frosty out there. Gotta get moving. My shoulder was feeling good when I got up. But a little time in front of the desk, and it\u0026rsquo;s tightening up. We\u0026rsquo;ll see what the day brings. Moving out into it. One week down.   \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/making-the-best-of-what-is\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Making the Best of What Is"},{"content":"Oh, I was going to send this off this morning - but I was actually working on one of my scheduled blogs. It took a lot longer than I thought. Going after these one after the other may be a bit more than I can manage. I\u0026rsquo;m still on top of things so far though. Is this going to just be a post about how I was late in posting? No, I\u0026rsquo;ll add some news. I actually got my first check that isn\u0026rsquo;t directly tied to my working hourly - it\u0026rsquo;s tied to business and profit and percentages and such. It\u0026rsquo;s not enough to quite my day job but it\u0026rsquo;s a start and it\u0026rsquo;s something I want to build on. I want my whole income to be derived from sources such as this. I\u0026rsquo;ll continue to chip away at that little by little. I posted what I have for an action plan in a forum that I\u0026rsquo;m a member of. No responses back yet. I sure hope someone does a critique, I could sure use the help. And that\u0026rsquo;s one thing I love about commenting online. I can benefit directly, but then a number of other people can also benefit by seeing what I did and didn\u0026rsquo;t do correctly and listening in on the criticism and encouragement I receive. It\u0026rsquo;s till a little bit too spectator for me, but a lot of people learn that way. We\u0026rsquo;ll see what happens there. One more day and this week will be completed. I have another doctor\u0026rsquo;s visit over lunch today for the shoulder. Eight or so more on the outside before I have my surgery. I can make it that long, I think. I\u0026rsquo;ll write more in just a few hours. I\u0026rsquo;m going to do a little exercise before going to bed - very little. Posted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/oops-missed-a-morning-but-not-a-day/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOh, I was going to send this off this morning - but I was actually working on one of my scheduled blogs. It took a lot longer than I thought. Going after these one after the other may be a bit more than I can manage. I\u0026rsquo;m still on top of things so far though. Is this going to just be a post about how I was late in posting?\nNo, I\u0026rsquo;ll add some news. I actually got my first check that isn\u0026rsquo;t directly tied to my working hourly - it\u0026rsquo;s tied to business and profit and percentages and such. It\u0026rsquo;s not enough to quite my day job but it\u0026rsquo;s a start and it\u0026rsquo;s something I want to build on. I want my whole income to be derived from sources such as this. I\u0026rsquo;ll continue to chip away at that little by little.\nI posted what I have for an action plan in a forum that I\u0026rsquo;m a member of. No responses back yet. I sure hope someone does a critique, I could sure use the help. And that\u0026rsquo;s one thing I love about commenting online. I can benefit directly, but then a number of other people can also benefit by seeing what I did and didn\u0026rsquo;t do correctly and listening in on the criticism and encouragement I receive. It\u0026rsquo;s till a little bit too spectator for me, but a lot of people learn that way. We\u0026rsquo;ll see what happens there.\nOne more day and this week will be completed. I have another doctor\u0026rsquo;s visit over lunch today for the shoulder. Eight or so more on the outside before I have my surgery. I can make it that long, I think. I\u0026rsquo;ll write more in just a few hours.\nI\u0026rsquo;m going to do a little exercise before going to bed - very little.   \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/oops-missed-a-morning-but-not-a-day\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Oops missed a morning, but not a day"},{"content":"There is a sense of vertigo that I get whenever events seem to squeeze in on me. There seems to be a lot of action and motion going on and I stand in the middle of it. The question is - is this the coming together of many streams in my life into a confluence of purpose and meaning? Or is it a wave of fire sweeping up to me to leave me as a pile of ash. The only way to know is to wait and see. I had a terrible day at work yesterday. The project was to end and be completed now has 2-3 major bugs that have to be investigated, uncovered, and rectified. It was quite a setback, emotionally as well as professionally. So I will have to be putting more mental energy there. However at the same time I\u0026rsquo;ve been trying to get on top of some consistency in putting up content to the Internet and build a legitimate presence there (er, here?). I have a calendar that I\u0026rsquo;m holding myself to. I am talking to another netizen who is traveling a similar path about holding one another accountable. And I\u0026rsquo;m putting web parts and pieces together to provide a stable platform to build a community, or a tribe, upon. I\u0026rsquo;m getting some structure to my mornings, which are my big productivity hours before I have to run off to my j-o-b. As usual (for me) too many ideas, not enough action. But this year starts the new era of action. Not starting with a burst out of the gates, but more of the measured stride of the marathon runner. But I see the motion around me, and in me, so I\u0026rsquo;m turning a rough day around to a positive starting place. Posted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/mounting-pressure-confluence-or-conflagration/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a sense of vertigo that I get whenever events seem to squeeze in on me. There seems to be a lot of action and motion going on and I stand in the middle of it. The question is - is this the coming together of many streams in my life into a confluence of purpose and meaning? Or is it a wave of fire sweeping up to me to leave me as a pile of ash. The only way to know is to wait and see.\nI had a terrible day at work yesterday. The project was to end and be completed now has 2-3 major bugs that have to be investigated, uncovered, and rectified. It was quite a setback, emotionally as well as professionally. So I will have to be putting more mental energy there. However at the same time I\u0026rsquo;ve been trying to get on top of some consistency in putting up content to the Internet and build a legitimate presence there (er, here?). I have a calendar that I\u0026rsquo;m holding myself to. I am talking to another netizen who is traveling a similar path about holding one another accountable. And I\u0026rsquo;m putting web parts and pieces together to provide a stable platform to build a community, or a tribe, upon.\nI\u0026rsquo;m getting some structure to my mornings, which are my big productivity hours before I have to run off to my j-o-b. As usual (for me) too many ideas, not enough action. But this year starts the new era of action. Not starting with a burst out of the gates, but more of the measured stride of the marathon runner. But I see the motion around me, and in me, so I\u0026rsquo;m turning a rough day around to a positive starting place.   \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/mounting-pressure-confluence-or-conflagration\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Mounting Pressure - Confluence or Conflagration?"},{"content":"This morning I was able to start working on my Google Reader account. I was looking at Ed\u0026rsquo;s list of things for going into 2010. He talked about needing fuel for content. And if I\u0026rsquo;m going to make this blog calendar thing work - I\u0026rsquo;m going to definitely need some fuel. So I did started looking for places to get some fuel for content. I\u0026rsquo;m sure I could make some adjustments, but I already found two articles that caught my fancy - and that was just while setting the feeds up! I also listened to a 48 Days podcast talking about whether or not it was Godly or a lack of faith to set personal goals. That could be a discussion or a blog post for sure. I wonder if people would take sides on an issue like that? I also listened to some more audio on podcasting and trying to get that under my belt. Tonight I have a Skype call with someone who may partner up with me for accountability. I know I could sure use it. And I think I\u0026rsquo;m capable of giving as good as I get. We\u0026rsquo;ll see about that\u0026hellip; Until tomorrow. Posted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/managed-a-few-steps-in-the-morning/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThis morning I was able to start working on my Google Reader account. I was looking at Ed\u0026rsquo;s list of things for going into 2010. He talked about needing fuel for content. And if I\u0026rsquo;m going to make this blog calendar thing work - I\u0026rsquo;m going to definitely need some fuel. So I did started looking for places to get some fuel for content. I\u0026rsquo;m sure I could make some adjustments, but I already found two articles that caught my fancy - and that was just while setting the feeds up!\nI also listened to a 48 Days podcast talking about whether or not it was Godly or a lack of faith to set personal goals. That could be a discussion or a blog post for sure. I wonder if people would take sides on an issue like that? I also listened to some more audio on podcasting and trying to get that under my belt.\nTonight I have a Skype call with someone who may partner up with me for accountability. I know I could sure use it. And I think I\u0026rsquo;m capable of giving as good as I get. We\u0026rsquo;ll see about that\u0026hellip; Until tomorrow.   \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/managed-a-few-steps-in-the-morning\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Managed a Few Steps in the Morning"},{"content":"Time to try something new. Time to see about making things stick. Time to inaugurate a new ritual. Time to make the power of habits work for me instead of against me. Time to get going. It would seem that 2009 was a bad year for writing to this blog. I stopped at the end of \u0026lsquo;08 and now it\u0026rsquo;s late February in 2010! I haven\u0026rsquo;t decided if it matters much that I have older posts on here from my attempts at getting started as an Internet marketer. I think it\u0026rsquo;s quaint and if you see the history there - then you know I haven\u0026rsquo;t decided to nuke them. Those old posts will stay for now mainly because I want this site to be a bit messy. I don\u0026rsquo;t want to get all up tight because it isn\u0026rsquo;t perfect, because I\u0026rsquo;m not perfect and I don\u0026rsquo;t want any of my internally voiced excuses to pull me down. It is what it is and I\u0026rsquo;m going to make incremental changes and improvements instead of trying to \u0026ldquo;unveil a masterpiece.\u0026rdquo; I have created a blogging schedule and we\u0026rsquo;ll see how it maps out. Basically I\u0026rsquo;ll be writing something to publish on Thurs - Sun. So Mon - Wed is idea generation time and preparation time. It may be too big of a bite to handle. Maybe I should start small and master just one post a week for a while. Maybe I should get some momentum going. Or maybe it\u0026rsquo;s just time to take action, to get started, maybe it is time to try something new. Posted via email from Mykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-week-of-blogging/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eTime to try something new. Time to see about making things stick. Time to inaugurate a new ritual. Time to make the power of habits work for me instead of against me. Time to get going.\nIt would seem that 2009 was a bad year for writing to this blog. I stopped at the end of \u0026lsquo;08 and now it\u0026rsquo;s late February in 2010! I haven\u0026rsquo;t decided if it matters much that I have older posts on here from my attempts at getting started as an Internet marketer. I think it\u0026rsquo;s quaint and if you see the history there - then you know I haven\u0026rsquo;t decided to nuke them.\nThose old posts will stay for now mainly because I want this site to be a bit messy. I don\u0026rsquo;t want to get all up tight because it isn\u0026rsquo;t perfect, because I\u0026rsquo;m not perfect and I don\u0026rsquo;t want any of my internally voiced excuses to pull me down. It is what it is and I\u0026rsquo;m going to make incremental changes and improvements instead of trying to \u0026ldquo;unveil a masterpiece.\u0026rdquo;\nI have created a blogging schedule and we\u0026rsquo;ll see how it maps out. Basically I\u0026rsquo;ll be writing something to publish on Thurs - Sun. So Mon - Wed is idea generation time and preparation time. It may be too big of a bite to handle. Maybe I should start small and master just one post a week for a while. Maybe I should get some momentum going.\nOr maybe it\u0026rsquo;s just time to take action, to get started, maybe it is time to try something new.   \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://posterous.com\"\u003ePosted via email\u003c/a\u003e   from \u003ca href=\"http://myklkelsey.posterous.com/the-week-of-blogging\"\u003eMykl Kelsey\u0026rsquo;s posterous\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Week of Blogging"},{"content":"Well I\u0026rsquo;ve been at this for a coulpe of days now off and on. I\u0026rsquo;ve tried getting things running from the basement because that\u0026rsquo;s where I have all the lights and fewer people walking around talking on the phone or watching the television while I\u0026rsquo;m trying to record.\nHere: I made a little video as a test run for Ustream tech support: [flv:/wp-content/vids/sample.flv 400 300] I\u0026rsquo;d be interested in some feedback, specifically from those of you who know what I\u0026rsquo;m missing.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/trying-to-get-going-on-ustream/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWell I\u0026rsquo;ve been at this for a coulpe of days now off and on.  I\u0026rsquo;ve tried getting things running from the basement because that\u0026rsquo;s where I have all the lights and fewer people walking around talking on the phone or watching the television while I\u0026rsquo;m trying to record.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere: I made a little video as a test run for Ustream tech support:\n[flv:/wp-content/vids/sample.flv 400 300]\nI\u0026rsquo;d be interested in some feedback, specifically from those of you who know what I\u0026rsquo;m missing.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Trying to get going on Ustream"},{"content":"@CaroMcC You can count to a million, but you\u0026rsquo;ll keep cool. Because you ARE cool ;) #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-12-11-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@CaroMcC You can count to a million, but you\u0026rsquo;ll keep cool.  Because you ARE cool ;) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/1050703859\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-12-11 from Twitter"},{"content":"OK, here we go - or is it here we go again? I have been simmering on some seemingly random thoughts lately and I\u0026rsquo;ve wanted to put them down someplace. This site is dedicated to my silly, undisciplined thoughts and ideas. So, this may be just the place to go.\nI\u0026rsquo;ve been thinking about where I want to go with my business ideas and how the gap between where I am and where I see myself appears just too far to jump across. But I read in e-zines and different articles on the Internet that this very gap is not nearly as far as it seems - so take a run at it! OK, I\u0026rsquo;m hearing that. But just like jumping into a pool for those of us with sensitive nerve endings, there is a little bit of courage that must be screwed up first. To be honest, this journey began for me in December of 1999\u0026hellip; it\u0026rsquo;s almost 2009! I mean jump or else head on down the same drudgery road your on!\nSo maybe with that introduction, you are in the same place that I am. This brings me to the tip of the spear, or \u0026ldquo;what\u0026rsquo;s the point?\u0026rdquo; Why, exactly, am I wanting to start these ventures? Or why should I buy one more \u0026ldquo;program\u0026rdquo; (for between $17 and $497) that is going to put the last piece of the puzzle in place? I obviously don\u0026rsquo;t have a big enough \u0026ldquo;why\u0026rdquo; in my mind. So here\u0026rsquo;s the \u0026ldquo;why\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;m operating under:\n\u0026ldquo;I want to be able to have a venture that can sustain my family, that can give me time freedom to pursue passions and ministries that may not have a financial reward, and to build a legacy of action and a pathway that my children and others who are interested can follow.\u0026rdquo;\nNow there may be some logical and motivational holes in that proposition. For instance, maybe I should find a way to turn those passions and ministries into the sustaining venture. Ok, point taken. This is where I am right now. I\u0026rsquo;m needing to see some sort of financial recompense to help me see through the hype. (Don\u0026rsquo;t you think a decade of hype is long enough?) I\u0026rsquo;ve seen enough plans that for just a few hundred bucks they can get me around that corner. Um, to borrow a movie phrase, \u0026ldquo;Show me the money.\u0026rdquo; As opposed to \u0026ldquo;here is my money.\u0026rdquo;\nSo I have set out my why as the tip of the spear, now the forces behind that would include areas of emphasis - these may not make sense to you, dear reader, but they do to me so skip this list if you like\u0026hellip; Family \u0026amp; FriendsReconciliationThe sailing catch-allLocal ministryThese sum up my entire on-line empire as I envision it. I have started on 1 \u0026amp; 2, I have big ideas for 3, and I am holding my own on 4. I need to get a ground game to push these ahead. So here is another list that I\u0026rsquo;ve been holding in my brain for weeks and haven\u0026rsquo;t recorded anywhere - this one may interest more casual observers. I call it \u0026ldquo;steps to conquer\u0026rdquo;. Monetization foundation (i.e. getting my PayPal accounts straightened out)Correspondence funnel (e.g. response channels, e-news formats and frameworks)Established sites (I have 3/4 of this done or, well, established at least)Find the right help (I may have to hold this one off until further down the line)Churn, churn, churn. (i.e. Taking bold and unequivocal action!! The biggie. Does this post count?)Get the word out ( this is where the iMarketing world finally makes sense)Wow, staring me in the face I feel like there should be 10-15 steps that I\u0026rsquo;ve forgotten. That looks pretty short. This is exactly why writing out your goals, dreams, and ideas comes so highly recommended.\nWell, my goal was to just get it out of my head and recorded. If you read this post by accident, I\u0026rsquo;m afraid your insurance won\u0026rsquo;t cover you. But stay tuned, because this is where the \u0026ldquo;change\u0026rdquo; will be recorded.\nOh! That reminds me! Speaking of change. I have set myself a goal to have this online endeavor earning me a 5-figure income by Nov. of 2012. If I can make that kind of shift in these kind of times\u0026hellip; well, let\u0026rsquo;s just say there\u0026rsquo;s a story in there somewhere.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-tip-of-the-spear/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOK, here we go - or is it here we go again?  I have been simmering on some seemingly random thoughts lately and I\u0026rsquo;ve wanted to put them down someplace.  This site is dedicated to my silly, undisciplined thoughts and ideas.  So, this may be just the place to go.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve been thinking about where I want to go with my business ideas and how the gap between where I am and where I see myself appears just too far to jump across.  But I read in e-zines and different articles on the Internet that this very gap is not nearly as far as it seems - so take a run at it!  OK, I\u0026rsquo;m hearing that.  But just like jumping into a pool for those of us with sensitive nerve endings, there is a little bit of courage that must be screwed up first.  To be honest, this journey began for me in December of 1999\u0026hellip;  it\u0026rsquo;s almost 2009!  I mean jump or else head on down the same drudgery road your on!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Tip of The Spear"},{"content":"Notice I didn\u0026rsquo;t say the crash of 2008, because that\u0026rsquo;s a different topic. One thing I\u0026rsquo;ve picked up recently - the way people are acting about this latest crash, tells me very clearly that trickle down economics works. People complain that improvements in the economy cannot come from freeing up those at the top to achieve.\nBut when times are bad, people sure complain that the pain is coming from those at the top. The shortages and pain sure trickle down. So it would seem that the trickle down philosophy does match the reality as people see it.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/heading-into-the-fall-of-2008/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eNotice I didn\u0026rsquo;t say the crash of 2008, because that\u0026rsquo;s a different topic.  One thing I\u0026rsquo;ve picked up recently - the way people are acting about this latest crash, tells me very clearly that trickle down economics works.  People complain that improvements in the economy cannot come from freeing up those at the top to achieve.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when times are bad, people sure complain that the pain is coming from those at the top.  The shortages and pain sure trickle down.  So it would seem that the trickle down philosophy does match the reality as people see it.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Heading Into the Fall of 2008"},{"content":"Today was my 15,000th day since being born. It\u0026rsquo;s a great time to ask, \u0026ldquo;And what have you done with 15,000 chances?\u0026rdquo;\nI have decided that taking action is what needs to be done in the next 15,000 days. So stay tuned to see just what\u0026rsquo;s going to happen. (Sounds mysterious, doesn\u0026rsquo;t it?)\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/15000-days/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eToday was my 15,000th day since being born.  It\u0026rsquo;s a great time to ask, \u0026ldquo;And what have you done with 15,000 chances?\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have decided that taking action is what needs to be done in the next 15,000 days.  So stay tuned to see just what\u0026rsquo;s going to happen.  (Sounds mysterious, doesn\u0026rsquo;t it?)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"15,000 days"},{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;m trying to get a web site up and going. It has the potential to have definite social networking component to it. It\u0026rsquo;s running under Joomla! 1.5.7 (for now) and I\u0026rsquo;m looking for some extensions to really allow for interactivity.\nEveryone recommends Community Builder. I guess I never figured that thing out. It just looks like a really fancy way to enhance user profiles. And without giving you extended group and private groups and all the things I wish Joomla! gave you out of the box. Maybe it does and I am a neophyte in the ways of CB. Then on top of that I guess I need to add FireBoard, something for media sharing, and something like GroupJive I guess for teams and such.\nI have also tried to integrate with KickApps. It looked promising, except that would be splashing adds on my site. Not the end of the world, but not really desirable either. Plus I could never quite get the single sign on module to work. Again, I don\u0026rsquo;t think I understand how that is supposed to work. You have your users browsing back and forth between your site and the KickApps site.\nMaybe I should just try to grow my community on Facebook or FriendFeed or Twitter or something\u0026hellip; I just found out about a new alternative coming out from rmcStudio - it seems rather new and untested though.\nMaybe there is something better suited out there. If I were really motivated, I could look into writing or contributing to an Open Source project to achieve this goal myself. I am not motivated.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/i-want-to-have-a-social-network-using-joomla/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m trying to get a web site up and going.  It has the potential to have definite social networking component to it.  It\u0026rsquo;s running under Joomla! 1.5.7 (for now) and I\u0026rsquo;m looking for some extensions to really allow for interactivity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone recommends Community Builder.  I guess I never figured that thing out.  It just looks like a really fancy way to enhance user profiles.  And without giving you extended group and private groups and all the things I wish Joomla! gave you out of the box.  Maybe it does and I am a neophyte in the ways of CB.  Then on top of that I guess I need to add FireBoard, something for media sharing, and something like GroupJive I guess for teams and such.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"I want to have a social network using Joomla!"},{"content":"My last #30dc blog post for 2008 - check it \u0026ndash;\u0026gt; http://tinyurl.com/5pamvh #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-27-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eMy last #30dc blog post for 2008 - check it \u0026ndash;\u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/5pamvh\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/5pamvh\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/900341171\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-27 from Twitter"},{"content":"Waiting for Ed to go live on the 30DC super Q\u0026amp;A from America TV show in the Internet! #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-22-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWaiting for Ed to go live on the 30DC super Q\u0026amp;A from America TV show in the Internet! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/894958878\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-22 from Twitter"},{"content":"Getting ready to watch USA vs. China in the Olympics!!! (you time zone people - don\u0026rsquo;t spoil it for me :) # uh - I was talking about basketball - can\u0026rsquo;t type and work the remote at the same time :$ # That was an exciting and fun basketball game. The olympics are a-rockin\u0026rsquo;! #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-10-from-twitter-2/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGetting ready to watch USA vs. China in the Olympics!!! (you time zone people - don\u0026rsquo;t spoil it for me :) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/883269968\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nuh - I was talking about basketball - can\u0026rsquo;t type and work the remote at the same time :$ \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/883270442\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nThat was an exciting and fun basketball game.  The olympics are a-rockin\u0026rsquo;! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/883350631\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-10 from Twitter"},{"content":"I am getting into gear, I have my niche set, I have made an entry, and I\u0026rsquo;ve done some social posting. Next I will need to join some forums and keep pounding my site. I\u0026rsquo;m looking to get those 200 views. Slipperiness isn\u0026rsquo;t a concern for me right now.\nI\u0026rsquo;ve even made a video for YouTube to post - it\u0026rsquo;s not finished uploading just yet. Although I\u0026rsquo;m tired, I feel like I\u0026rsquo;m really making progress. I don\u0026rsquo;t have anything profound other than this status report to share.\nIn keeping up with my \u0026lsquo;unforgettable five\u0026rsquo; I missed my blog post for Friday - but other than that I\u0026rsquo;m on track. That is good. I\u0026rsquo;m waiting for these things to become habit. I\u0026rsquo;ll be curious to see when or if that ever comes to pass.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/technically-its-month-491-day-9-for-me/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI am getting into gear, I have my niche set, I have made an entry, and I\u0026rsquo;ve done some social posting.  Next I will need to join some forums and keep pounding my site.  I\u0026rsquo;m looking to get those 200 views.  Slipperiness isn\u0026rsquo;t a concern for me right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve even made a video for YouTube to post - it\u0026rsquo;s not finished uploading just yet.  Although I\u0026rsquo;m tired, I feel like I\u0026rsquo;m really making progress.  I don\u0026rsquo;t have anything profound other than this status report to share.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Technically it's month 491, day 9 for me"},{"content":"@Ed_Dale Having a sample like this really helps the learning! You are ranked at #70 \u0026amp; #71 right now with some indented listing\u0026hellip;?? #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-08-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@Ed_Dale Having a sample like this really helps the learning!  You are ranked at #70 \u0026amp; #71 right now with some indented listing\u0026hellip;?? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/881353008\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-08 from Twitter"},{"content":"Tweeting as a Cross Training experiment. This should be good enough - let\u0026rsquo;s see when you try it what happens? # @gurubob - RE: adding words to a keyphrase in a URL are the same. Is this true for all on page? eg \u0026ldquo;the movies\u0026rdquo; = \u0026ldquo;crazy for the movies\u0026rdquo;? # @DanRaine Could you setfocus() to Password when logged out of 30DC? T\u0026rsquo;would save me from having to reach for the mouse. Not a big change..? #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-07-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eTweeting as a Cross Training experiment.  This should be good enough - let\u0026rsquo;s see when you try it what happens? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/880512771\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@gurubob - RE: adding words to a keyphrase in a URL are the same. Is this true for all on page? eg \u0026ldquo;the movies\u0026rdquo; = \u0026ldquo;crazy for the movies\u0026rdquo;? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/880614946\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@DanRaine Could you setfocus() to Password when logged out of 30DC? T\u0026rsquo;would save me from having to reach for the mouse.  Not a big change..? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/880812170\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-07 from Twitter"},{"content":"I got off to a good start this morning, but I just had too many things on my list to do today. I did get two blogs up. But only one has decent content on it. And I have some footage of video for the other one - but that will take some editing.\nI got my unforgettable five done with this post. Tomorrow I start my new contract job. So I\u0026rsquo;ll start earning money again. This will make my family very happy.\nSo I\u0026rsquo;m off to bed. I seem to be much more of a morning person - I\u0026rsquo;m so foggy headed right now. How about you? When do you think the clearest? When should your best work be done?\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/month-491-day-7/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI got off to a good start this morning, but I just had too many things on my list to do today.  I did get two blogs up.  But only one has decent content on it.  And I have some footage of video for the other one - but that will take some editing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI got my unforgettable five done with this post.  Tomorrow I start my new contract job.  So I\u0026rsquo;ll start earning money again.  This will make my family very happy.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Month 491, Day 7"},{"content":"@Ed_Dale analyze this! http://tinyurl.com/6oq3r4 # @Ed_Dale oh, good. Then I have time to go to the bathroom !! 8) # @AndrewNez That seems to happen every single night! How come the politicians don\u0026rsquo;t do something about THAT! # I am at the door of the Sunset Hills Bread Co looking for 30dc people. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-06-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@Ed_Dale analyze this! \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/6oq3r4\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/6oq3r4\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/878821392\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@Ed_Dale oh, good.  Then I have time to go to the bathroom !! 8) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/879323162\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@AndrewNez That seems to happen every single night!  How come the politicians don\u0026rsquo;t do something about THAT! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/879365998\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nI am at the door of the Sunset Hills Bread Co looking  for 30dc people. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/879826271\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-06 from Twitter"},{"content":"Well here\u0026rsquo;s the end of day 6 and I\u0026rsquo;ve fallen off my plan. I only completed 20% of my plans. I got thrown off by having my swimming exercise canceled and I didn\u0026rsquo;t get thing rectified before going to bed. And today was just crazy trying to do the 30dc and getting a blog together. Here we are at the end of day 6 and not much is completed.\nThere were some things accomplished today, however. For one thing, I have confirmed that I do have a work contract that starts up soon. So I will start getting paid again. Getting paid is a good plan to tide me over until I get my Internet empire rolling ;)\nAnd I did go to a 30dc meet-up tonight. It went very well and I think there will be opportunities to help each other from meeting.\nSee you on day 7.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/it-was-bound-to-happen/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWell here\u0026rsquo;s the end of day 6 and I\u0026rsquo;ve fallen off my plan.  I only completed 20% of my plans.  I got thrown off by having my swimming exercise canceled and I didn\u0026rsquo;t get thing rectified before going to bed.  And today was just crazy trying to do the 30dc and getting a blog together.  Here we are at the end of day 6 and not much is completed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were some things accomplished today, however.  For one thing, I have confirmed that I do have a work contract that starts up soon.  So I will start getting paid again.  Getting paid is a good plan to tide me over until I get my Internet empire rolling ;)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"It was bound to happen..."},{"content":"I posted my niche competition for the #30DC on my blog, http://tinyurl.com/5e5rjk feedback anyone? # @mikemindel Isn\u0026rsquo;t that what they call slipperyness and \u0026ldquo;testin\u0026rsquo; and trackin\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;? Don\u0026rsquo;t jump on a jet to Beijing and expect to just play. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-05-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI posted my niche competition for the #30DC on my blog, \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/5e5rjk\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/5e5rjk\u003c/a\u003e feedback anyone? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/877967442\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@mikemindel Isn\u0026rsquo;t that what they call slipperyness and \u0026ldquo;testin\u0026rsquo; and trackin\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;?  Don\u0026rsquo;t jump on a jet to Beijing and expect to just play. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/878189803\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-05 from Twitter"},{"content":"@ronlabeau No, but close - I live in Florissant # Getting ansy waiting for Day 4 of the 30DC to be released\u0026hellip; It\u0026rsquo;s 8:52 EDT - so are we literally on EST? Am I 8 minutes away?? # @athomemom MSN Messenger just can\u0026rsquo;t stay connected :( # @athomemom Hey, do you have Skype? Can we chat on there? #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-04-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@ronlabeau No, but close - I live in Florissant \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/877143145\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nGetting ansy waiting for Day 4 of the 30DC to be released\u0026hellip; It\u0026rsquo;s 8:52 EDT - so are we literally on EST?  Am I 8 minutes away?? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/877175992\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@athomemom MSN Messenger just can\u0026rsquo;t stay connected :( \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/877220713\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@athomemom Hey, do you have Skype?  Can we chat on there? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/877223713\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-04 from Twitter"},{"content":"OK, Day 4 of the Thirty Day Challenge is well done and over. I\u0026rsquo;ve done my \u0026ldquo;unforgettable five\u0026rdquo; as soon as I complete this post. We tarried long after the swimming lesson and I didn\u0026rsquo;t get to see if my niche competition got critiqued.\nI have to say that I\u0026rsquo;m a bit worried about that. After watching other people getting analyzed I realized that maybe I\u0026rsquo;m hosed because of page rank. Here have a look for yourself\u0026hellip; My biggest concern is that all the top six are page ranked at 3, 4, or 5. But it doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like there\u0026rsquo;s been much optimization until you get to number 6.\nI would sure appreciate any seasoned appraisal. You can catch me here, or on FriendFeed, Twitter, or just about anything else as MyklK (On the 30DC I\u0026rsquo;m just Mykl).\nI still need to get over to the 30DC Cross Training room for some accountability. But I\u0026rsquo;m running out of steam for tonight. I\u0026rsquo;ll just Tweet about this post and call it a night.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/i-wonder-if-anyone-would-take-a-gander/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOK, Day 4 of the Thirty Day Challenge is well done and over.  I\u0026rsquo;ve done my \u0026ldquo;unforgettable five\u0026rdquo; as soon as I complete this post.  We tarried long after the swimming lesson and I didn\u0026rsquo;t get to see if my niche competition got critiqued.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have to say that I\u0026rsquo;m a bit worried about that.  After watching other people getting analyzed I realized that maybe I\u0026rsquo;m hosed because of page rank.  Here have a look for yourself\u0026hellip;\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2733975479_425fd6684e.jpg\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"I Wonder If Anyone Would Take a Gander"},{"content":"Doing something practical for exerciseI\u0026rsquo;m trying to consistently exercise through the month of August to get a good habit started. Since I\u0026rsquo;m taking swimming lessons with my kids - I\u0026rsquo;m counting a few extra laps as my exercise for those days. And I got tired of messing with a lawn mower that I\u0026rsquo;m not capable of fixing or maintaining, so I bought an old timey drum blade push mower. No gas, just muscle power. Is that a work out or what!\nHow\u0026rsquo;s the Thirty Day Challenge coming along?I have been keeping up so far with the 30DC. I\u0026rsquo;ve tried a few niches. I\u0026rsquo;ll be interested in submitting mine for critique. I just have to keep my eyes peeled for the instructions. There is a new analysis tool for this year called the Market Samurai. It\u0026rsquo;s a little complicated, and it\u0026rsquo;s slow gathering results. Of course it\u0026rsquo;s doing a lot of queries under the covers, so it might be understandable that it\u0026rsquo;s going to take a little time to process.\nI\u0026rsquo;m hopeful that this year will be more productive for me than last year. I\u0026rsquo;d sure like to quiet the nay sayers\u0026hellip; Both internal and external.\nIn other newsI am unemployed until at least Wednesday and maybe until next week. I have to wait and see if the company I made a proposal to actually decides to take up the offer. They said they would, but I don\u0026rsquo;t count on anything until I have a signed contract.\nWell, this completes my \u0026lsquo;unforgettable five\u0026rsquo; activities for today! Yahoo! 3 days in a row. See you again tomorrow.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/wow-busy-weekend/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDoing something practical for exerciseI\u0026rsquo;m trying to consistently exercise through the month of August to get a good habit started.  Since I\u0026rsquo;m taking swimming lessons with my kids - I\u0026rsquo;m counting a few extra laps as my exercise for those days.  And I got tired of messing with a lawn mower that I\u0026rsquo;m not capable of fixing or maintaining, so I bought an old timey drum blade push mower.  No gas, just muscle power.  Is that a work out or what!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Wow, busy weekend."},{"content":"Wow, I\u0026rsquo;m working late trying to master the Samurai and day 2 just slipped by. It\u0026rsquo;s the third by my clock. So does this still count for the 2nd? I\u0026rsquo;m counting it because I\u0026rsquo;m tired and I\u0026rsquo;ll write more tomorrow.\nMSamurai has me overwhelmed - still not striking gold, but I\u0026rsquo;m still prospecting. g\u0026rsquo;night.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/day-2-came-and-went/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWow, I\u0026rsquo;m working late trying to master the Samurai and day 2 just slipped by.  It\u0026rsquo;s the third by my clock.  So does this still count for the 2nd?  I\u0026rsquo;m counting it because I\u0026rsquo;m tired and I\u0026rsquo;ll write more tomorrow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMSamurai has me overwhelmed - still not striking gold, but I\u0026rsquo;m still prospecting. g\u0026rsquo;night.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Day 2 came and went!"},{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;ve started my 30DC voyage! #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-08-01-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve started my 30DC voyage! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/874623043\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-08-01 from Twitter"},{"content":"So it has begun. The challenge is under way.\nAnd Ed leads off with one of his big ideas, the symphony of 4 parts\nResearch Traffic Conversion Product This is the big picture view of a business, whether online or not. Starting at the very beginning is market research. Why have a company that produces something that nobody is looking for. Why not find a market - meaning a group of people who all have something in common; be it a need, or an interest, or perspective on something. If you identify that group, you have a market you can offer something to.\nThis group/market can be rather small - as long as they are well defined and maybe at least a little passionate about their issue.\nToday we are supposed to come up with a list of 5-10 of these in the form of simple ideas. That is the goal for today. Cross Training For today I have done my exercise (and obviously my writing). I did my 30DC videos this morning, and I will make my list out right after this post (I promise). Later tonight I will cover my spiritual bases. If I don\u0026rsquo;t I\u0026rsquo;ll surely report on it tomorrow.\nNow if you have read this far, and you plan to follow my friend feed path through these 30 days with cross training, maybe you would like to open the spreadsheet and add your name and your cross training activity and we\u0026rsquo;ll hold one another accountable throughout the whole month. Take a chance and actually act - lets see what a difference it makes.\nI want to encourage you to step out and take action, even just a little change in your normal routine can bring about corollary changes like ripples in the waters. Take the plunge and just try!\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/30dc4-day-1/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eSo it has begun.  The challenge is under way.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Ed leads off with one of his big ideas, the symphony of 4 parts\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003eResearch\nTraffic\nConversion\nProduct\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the big picture view of a business, whether online or not.  Starting at the very beginning is market research.  Why have a company that produces something that nobody is looking for.  Why not find a market - meaning a group of people who all have something in common; be it a need, or an interest, or perspective on something.  If you identify that group, you have a market you can offer something to.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Month 491, Day 1: The Thirty Day Challenge"},{"content":"@Ed_Dale Ed! You\u0026rsquo;re crazy! You\u0026rsquo;re going 16:9?? I\u0026rsquo;m so jealous! Hey, what\u0026rsquo;s that checkmark that says \u0026ldquo;Also send@reply\u0026rdquo; hmm - I\u0026rsquo;ll try it. # Ok, gonna try this blogging thing again\u0026hellip; http://tinyurl.com/66kzqe #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-31-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@Ed_Dale Ed!  You\u0026rsquo;re crazy!  You\u0026rsquo;re going 16:9??  I\u0026rsquo;m so jealous!  Hey, what\u0026rsquo;s that checkmark that says \u0026ldquo;Also send@reply\u0026rdquo; hmm - I\u0026rsquo;ll try it. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/873476052\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nOk, gonna try this blogging thing again\u0026hellip; \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/66kzqe\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/66kzqe\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/873538274\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-31 from Twitter"},{"content":"One of the \u0026ldquo;Unforgettable Five\u0026rdquo; for me is writing (the index finger in fact). So? I write a bunch! I comment on FriendFeed, I contribute to my team in Facebook. I send e-mails. I write in my Google Notebook. Isn\u0026rsquo;t that enough? Won\u0026rsquo;t that count for my 30DC Cross Training?\nIt probably could and my conscience would be clear. However\u0026hellip;\nIs it trackable? Is it testable? Not that easy.\nSo I\u0026rsquo;ve decided that I\u0026rsquo;m going to post here as a record of my progress. Technically the challenge starts tomorrow, but since Ed leaked the first video (gasp!) I\u0026rsquo;ll start now too.\nFor today I have my spiritual little two fingers done and as soon as this is done I\u0026rsquo;ll do my exercise. That leaves the thumb. I\u0026rsquo;ve already watched the first video and been out doing 30DC stuff. So that will count for today as well.\nUnlike many other blogs\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;m not going to recap the content of the 30DC. I will focus on how I am being impacted by the process. It may not be as interesting. But it will be more personal for me and it\u0026rsquo;s all about keeping my interest - right? What? It\u0026rsquo;s not all about me? That\u0026rsquo;s right it\u0026rsquo;s not. But if I want to succeed I have to want to. And so I\u0026rsquo;m building my want to by taking a different angle on commentary. This is a big lesson for me - instead of stewing over it and analyzing. Just get up and do it! Figure things out on the fly! That\u0026rsquo;s what I\u0026rsquo;m trying to learn. Take action and some things will fail, this is true. But there is also a chance that something will succeed. Taking no action, guarantees there will be no success. It guarantees it people!\nOk, I\u0026rsquo;m ready. That\u0026rsquo;s enough for this morning. Gotta\u0026rsquo; leave time for exercise. And I have to get to work, only today and tomorrow and I\u0026rsquo;m out of work - again! Gotta make these days count.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/ok-here-we-go-for-2008/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the \u0026ldquo;Unforgettable Five\u0026rdquo; for me is writing (the index finger in fact).  So?  I write a bunch!  I comment on FriendFeed, I contribute to my team in Facebook.  I send e-mails.  I write in my Google Notebook.  Isn\u0026rsquo;t that enough?  Won\u0026rsquo;t that count for my 30DC Cross Training?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt probably could and my conscience would be clear.  However\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs it trackable?  Is it testable?  Not that easy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo I\u0026rsquo;ve decided that I\u0026rsquo;m going to post here as a record of my progress.  Technically the challenge starts tomorrow, but since Ed leaked the first video (gasp!) I\u0026rsquo;ll start now too.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Ok, Here we go for 2008"},{"content":"@Ed_Dale I am uploading my video!! It\u0026rsquo;s 11:53 local time. Hope it\u0026rsquo;s still \u0026ldquo;the end of the weekend.\u0026rdquo; I\u0026rsquo;ll send a link when I get one. # @CaroMcC I\u0026rsquo;m TRYING to upload my video too! I\u0026rsquo;m trying for that free year of the Edge :D # @Ed_Dale I couldn\u0026rsquo;t get YouTube to work, so I went to Revver. Video ID:1068983 It has to be approved by a human though. Gettin\u0026rsquo; there. # IT WORKED!! #30dc video http://tinyurl.com/5ev7op uploaded to YouTube! I\u0026rsquo;m just stunned (and tired). # I learned that you can make your own custom tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc Not extreme in shortness, but it isn\u0026rsquo;t gobbledy-gook. # @CaroMcC I had to go to bed (it was storming and I couldn\u0026rsquo;t get the video uploaded) worked this morning! http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc # @Ed_Dale It was storming last night - so I tried again this morning, and it worked! My #30dc Video \u0026ndash;\u0026gt; http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-28-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@Ed_Dale I am uploading my video!!  It\u0026rsquo;s 11:53 local time.  Hope it\u0026rsquo;s still \u0026ldquo;the end of the weekend.\u0026rdquo;  I\u0026rsquo;ll send a link when I get one. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870265944\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@CaroMcC I\u0026rsquo;m TRYING to upload my video too!  I\u0026rsquo;m trying for that free year of the Edge :D \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870269286\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@Ed_Dale I couldn\u0026rsquo;t get YouTube to work, so I went to Revver. Video ID:1068983  It has to be approved by a human though.  Gettin\u0026rsquo; there. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870275560\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nIT WORKED!! #30dc video \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/5ev7op\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/5ev7op\u003c/a\u003e uploaded to YouTube!  I\u0026rsquo;m just stunned (and tired). \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870453044\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nI learned that you can make your own custom tiny URL: \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\u003c/a\u003e  Not extreme in shortness, but it isn\u0026rsquo;t gobbledy-gook. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870455049\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@CaroMcC  I had to go to bed (it was storming and I couldn\u0026rsquo;t get the video uploaded) worked this morning! \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870455770\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@Ed_Dale It was storming last night - so I tried again this morning, and it worked!  My #30dc Video \u0026ndash;\u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\"\u003ehttp://tinyurl.com/WhatIs30dc\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/870456245\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-28 from Twitter"},{"content":"@AndrewNez Just wanted to remind you to check your \u0026lsquo;Dent\u0026rsquo; PM\u0026rsquo;s and let me know about that component for User Access that you looked at. # @athomemom Chopin - he was a technical girly swot ;) # Tried to upload my son\u0026rsquo;s video \u0026ldquo;Laser Gun - The Video Game\u0026rdquo; but it\u0026rsquo;s too big - I\u0026rsquo;ll have to edit it for file size. # Looking for a web location for housing some information in preparation for #30dc Cross Training\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;m thinking I\u0026rsquo;ll use an unused domain. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-21-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@AndrewNez Just wanted to remind you to check your \u0026lsquo;Dent\u0026rsquo; PM\u0026rsquo;s and let me know about that component for User Access that you looked at. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/864092727\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@athomemom Chopin - he was a technical girly swot ;) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/864093584\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nTried to upload my son\u0026rsquo;s video \u0026ldquo;Laser Gun - The Video Game\u0026rdquo; but it\u0026rsquo;s too big - I\u0026rsquo;ll have to edit it for file size. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/864100535\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nLooking for a web location for housing some information in preparation for #30dc Cross Training\u0026hellip;  I\u0026rsquo;m thinking I\u0026rsquo;ll use an unused domain. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/864101642\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-21 from Twitter"},{"content":"Thanks to \u0026lsquo;Google Reader\u0026rsquo;, I just wiped out a backlog of 700 or so items in under two days (I got a little crazy this morning!) #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-18-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThanks to \u0026lsquo;Google Reader\u0026rsquo;, I just wiped out a backlog of 700 or so items in under two days (I got a little crazy this morning!) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/861757325\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-18 from Twitter"},{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;m trying to set up Twitter so my Tweets will show up in the 30DC Cross Training room. This would be considered test number 1. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-17-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m trying to set up Twitter so my Tweets will show up in the 30DC Cross Training room.  This would be considered test number 1. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/860769638\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-17 from Twitter"},{"content":"I have been thinking about the idea of daily disciplines for some time. And I\u0026rsquo;ve even thought up a little handy todo list you can always take with you. Take the fingers on your hand. You always have them around as a reminder. So I thought about using my fingers as a way of reminding myself of things that I really wanted to accomplish each day. And you can use them as a guide to accomplishing these little tasks that need to be done to push you from the rut you find yourself in, to the path you want to be on.\nMaybe an example would be helpful. I\u0026rsquo;ll take myself. For my unforgettable five I start with my little finger and move across to my thumb. Your \u0026ldquo;pinky\u0026rdquo; finger and your \u0026ldquo;ring\u0026rdquo; finger. The two furthest from your thumb form the foundation of your hand. They are the two weakest fingers, but they are stabilizers. These are my foundational things I want to accomplish daily. For me, a spiritual foundation is key. So these represent prayer time and time studying the Bible. These are mine, they might not be something you would want to do. Feel free to apply the idea and not get all freaked out because the guy reads his Bible. Call me old fashioned. Do I seem defensive, or overly sensitive? I\u0026rsquo;m just so used to putting out disclaimer in our politically correct world because we have become such a tolerant people. Ok, I\u0026rsquo;m getting off the topic.\nNext is my middle finger. It\u0026rsquo;s the longest finger. So I think about longevity. I\u0026rsquo;m not getting any younger, and I hate to tell you neither are you. Birthdays are a sure fire antidote to mortality. The more you have, the longer you live. It\u0026rsquo;s a proven fact. So I want to not only live longer, I also want to reduce the \u0026lsquo;aching\u0026rsquo; and the \u0026lsquo;paining\u0026rsquo; as much as I can. This means I need to do something active every day.\nOk, two more to go. The next finger, which I would call my \u0026ldquo;index\u0026rdquo; finger, is the one used in my country to point with. In sports arenas it is often used to indicate primacy. You know, as in \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re number one!\u0026rdquo; So this is the number one activity that I do that isn\u0026rsquo;t necessary today, but will give me leverage. If you are a Steven Covey fan, this could be considered the \u0026ldquo;first things first\u0026rdquo; activity. For me right now, almost everything I want to achieve in my life includes some element of writing. But I suffer from writer\u0026rsquo;s block, the inability to put a thought down in an orderly way (I ramble. Now how\u0026rsquo;s that work with writer\u0026rsquo;s block? Frankly I don\u0026rsquo;t know.), and nearly fatal procrastination. So with this reminding finger I remind myself to write something down somewhere each day. Whether it\u0026rsquo;s an e-mail, a blog\u0026hellip; something.\nAnd finally I come to the thumb. This is the strongest finger and this is the one that makes the whole thing work. This represents to me the one task I need to get done today. Most days have something on the agenda that I need to accomplish before the day\u0026rsquo;s over. What is that one thing? It may be simple, or it may be accomplishing a piece of a larger project. Unlike all the others that remain constant, this item commonly changes from day to day.\nThere you have it. That is my unforgettable five that I carry with me every day. And completing these daily tasks, I believe, will change the balance of my life in incredible ways. I\u0026rsquo;ll expand more on that another time. But for now, I just wanted to share that and see if it\u0026rsquo;s helpful to anybody else. Would having that little list with you throughout the day be helpful? Or would it just be a constant nag on your brain? Speak up about it.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-unforgettable-five/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI have been thinking about the idea of daily disciplines for some time.  And I\u0026rsquo;ve even thought up a little handy todo list you can always take with you.   Take the fingers on your hand.  You always have them around as a reminder.  So I thought about using my fingers as a way of reminding myself of things that I really wanted to accomplish each day.  And you can use them as a guide to accomplishing these little tasks that need to be done to push you from the rut you find yourself in, to the path you want to be on.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Unforgettable Five"},{"content":"I have had this blog since last year at the end of the 30DC III (2007). I learned how to use WordPress and since then this blog has basically been a personal \u0026ldquo;ToDo\u0026rdquo; list or place to just babble about musings and hopes and dreams.\nBut this morning I committed to doing something different. I wrote a post to the Thirty Day Challenge Forum to start a different kind of team for this year\u0026rsquo;s challenge. You can see the original posted thread here.\nI was a little vague in my forum post. But I didn\u0026rsquo;t want to run all my content in the forum and have nothing to say here!\nI want to be more consistent in some of the little disciplines in my life. I\u0026rsquo;ve gotten a pretty good start with my new contract (which started Monday). I started doing some things so I would be back in some form when the job started. But last year I was very faithful in following and trying to implement the 30DC the whole month. And that experience had residual effects all the way to this year\u0026rsquo;s challenge. So with a little effort I figure we could each establish new habits that we\u0026rsquo;ve thought about but haven\u0026rsquo;t acted. It\u0026rsquo;s the impetus to act that I\u0026rsquo;m interested in.\nI also want to encourage people in their 30DC experience. And since I don\u0026rsquo;t have a team (yet) this is my best hope of doing that.\nSo for starters, I want you to think about why you would want to join this team. What is it that you want to commit to along with your 30DC efforts? I\u0026rsquo;ll compile the list and figure out a way to share it so we can mutually encourage one another.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/what-is-the-30dc-cross-training-team/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI have had this blog since last year at the end of the 30DC III (2007).  I learned how to use WordPress and since then this blog has basically been a personal \u0026ldquo;ToDo\u0026rdquo; list or place to just babble about musings and hopes and dreams.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this morning I committed to doing something different.  I wrote a post to the Thirty Day Challenge Forum to start a different kind of team for this year\u0026rsquo;s challenge.  You can see \u003ca href=\"http://friendfeed.com/rooms/30dc-cross-training\"\u003ethe original posted thread here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What is the 30DC Cross Training Team"},{"content":"Starting at a new client site today. This is going to be a fast three weeks. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-14-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eStarting at a new client site today. This is going to be a fast three weeks. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/858219246\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-14 from Twitter"},{"content":"@Ed_Dale in pre-season my Flock has dropped for the 3rd time, evil PC ? Should there be a Firefox alternative before August? Just in case? # @CaroMcC If your site is anything like your forum prowess - it will be fantastic. Still remember your 30DC III insigts\u0026hellip; You go girl! # I have a new contract (job) starting Monday (07/14/08). I didn\u0026rsquo;t even have to interview! I\u0026rsquo;m either real good, or they\u0026rsquo;re real desperate ;) #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/tweets-on-2008-07-08-from-twitter/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e@Ed_Dale in pre-season  my Flock has dropped for the 3rd time, evil PC ?  Should there be a Firefox alternative before August? Just in case? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/852771261\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\n@CaroMcC If your site is anything like your forum prowess - it will be fantastic.  Still remember your 30DC III insigts\u0026hellip;  You go girl! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/852772613\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nI have a new contract (job) starting Monday (07/14/08).  I didn\u0026rsquo;t even have to interview! I\u0026rsquo;m either real good, or they\u0026rsquo;re real desperate ;) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/852830193\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Tweets on 2008-07-08 from Twitter"},{"content":"Today, was a holiday in the U.S. - Independence Day. But even among the celebrating with a big dinner and talking about what a great privilege it is to be a citizen of this country I was still able to get some things done.\nI finished reading \u0026quot;Feminists Say the Darndest Things\u0026quot; by Mike Adams. A little raunchy because of the topics important to radical feminists, but dripping with sarcasm. Too bawdy to recommend, but the kids kept wanting to know what I was laughing at.I added all the church images I could find to the church web site. I started Hannah on her first book report for pay. I took the three oldest to the park. Then I went on with the older boys to the high school and the track. I ate too much dinner, including corn on the cob, macaroni salad and dessert, and had a good nap! I got the lyrics for Laura's penultimate quarter teaching Cradle Roll typed up. I kept working on my Set of Sail web site layout. Over dinner we peppered the kids with American history questions - they did pretty good.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/well-done-on-month-490-day-4-independence-day/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eToday, was a holiday in the U.S. - Independence Day.  But even among the celebrating with a big dinner and talking about what a great privilege it is to be a citizen of this country I was still able to get some things done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003eI finished reading \u0026quot;Feminists Say the Darndest Things\u0026quot; by Mike Adams.  A little raunchy because of the topics important to radical feminists, but dripping with sarcasm.  Too bawdy to recommend, but the kids kept wanting to know what I was laughing at.I added all the church images I could find to the church web site.\nI started Hannah on her first book report for pay.\nI took the three oldest to the park.  Then I went on with the older boys to the high school and the track.\nI ate too much dinner, including corn on the cob, macaroni salad and dessert, and had a good nap!\nI got the lyrics for Laura's penultimate quarter teaching Cradle Roll typed up.\nI kept working on my Set of Sail web site layout.\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver dinner we peppered the kids with American history questions - they did pretty good.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Well done on Month 490, Day 4 (Independence Day)"},{"content":"Yesterday I updated this site and some of the associated components. This includes the component that integrates with Twitter. It seems that it isn\u0026rsquo;t working as I expected. In addition to the tasks I wanted recorded from that system, I wanted to also record some of the other things I completed yesterday.\nI put Laura's VBS signs back out. I didn't have the key to the church so I just used the bent posts we already had. At least the signs are back up and we can replace the posts as needed. I mailed out my last two mentored Peacemaker cases, since the e-mail versions are having a hard time getting through. I went to the server location and inventoried supplies for my business partner. I updated the church web site to include rotating pictures - finally. This required that I load the demo template using WAMP and then see how they did things in the demo. Pastor has been waiting a long time for this. If the Twitter report doesn\u0026rsquo;t come back, I\u0026rsquo;ll have to amend this with entries from there manually. Automation is so cool when it actually works.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/things-done-well-for-month-490-day-3/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eYesterday I updated this site and some of the associated components.  This includes the component that integrates with Twitter.  It seems that it isn\u0026rsquo;t working as I expected.  In addition to the tasks I wanted recorded from that system, I wanted to also record some of the other things I completed yesterday.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003eI put Laura's VBS signs back out.  I didn't have the key to the church so I just used the bent posts we already had.  At least the signs are back up and we can replace the posts as needed.\nI mailed out my last two mentored Peacemaker cases, since the e-mail versions are having a hard time getting through.\nI went to the server location and inventoried supplies for my business partner.\nI updated the church web site to include rotating pictures - finally.  This required that I load the demo template using WAMP and then see how they did things in the demo.  Pastor has been waiting a long time for this.\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the Twitter report doesn\u0026rsquo;t come back, I\u0026rsquo;ll have to amend this with entries from there manually.  Automation is so cool when it actually works.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Things Done Well for Month 490, Day 3"},{"content":"My server has been hacked - some doofus from Texas is sending spam from MY SERVER! :( #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n(Update - I wasn\u0026rsquo;t hacked. I talked to my server management at Rose Hosting and they explained that there would be outbound spam in my mail que if that were the case. Spammers don\u0026rsquo;t mind bringing a mail server to its knees, because there are so many out there unattended. But someone had logged in. So I changed all the passwords on the system and we were back in business a day or two later. I didn\u0026rsquo;t want this misconception left out there without a follow-up. 7-4-08)\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/twitter-updates-for-2008-04-25/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eMy server has been hacked - some doofus from Texas is sending spam from MY SERVER! :( \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/796652633\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Update - I wasn\u0026rsquo;t hacked.  I talked to my server management at Rose Hosting and they explained that there would be outbound spam in my mail que if that were the case.  Spammers don\u0026rsquo;t mind bringing a mail server to its knees, because there are so many out there unattended.  But someone had logged in.  So I changed all the passwords on the system and we were back in business a day or two later.  I didn\u0026rsquo;t want this misconception left out there without a follow-up. 7-4-08)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Twitter Updates for 2008-04-25"},{"content":"Wow! I just experienced my first earthquake EVER! St. Louis MO doesn\u0026rsquo;t get many of those babies!! #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/twitter-updates-for-2008-04-18/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWow!  I just experienced my first earthquake EVER!  St. Louis MO doesn\u0026rsquo;t get many of those babies!! \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/791723891\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Twitter Updates for 2008-04-18"},{"content":"I read an article this morning about how there are macro (100,000 year, 41,000 year, and 23,000 year) temperature cycles based on our planets orbital irregularities. And that there are also micro (1,500 year) cycles based on variations in the sun\u0026rsquo;s - a.k.a. the \u0026lsquo;ultimate\u0026rsquo; cause of all global warming - cycles of activity.\nThere was also a little bit about the famous \u0026ldquo;hockey stick\u0026rdquo; of a long period of tame temperatures and then a big spike at the end proposed by a Dr. Mann. And how his poor statistical analysis makes even random numbers introduced into his calculations come up with this kind of alarming curve.\nThis is all well and good. I tend to think global warming is overblown. If it\u0026rsquo;s true, I\u0026rsquo;m looking forward to milder winters and hot summers aren\u0026rsquo;t so bad. I just haven\u0026rsquo;t been convinced by hysteria that man is what\u0026rsquo;s causing it and that if we wold just breath less - or eliminate others who keep exhaling these toxic fumes like Carbon Dioxide - we would save the world.\nThe article is here if you want to read it yourself\u0026hellip;\nSouthCoastToday.com: CONSERVATIVE CORNER: Global warming \u0026ldquo;” right on schedule\nWhat did catch my attention was a statement made about Greenland and it\u0026rsquo;s example of these mini temperature cycles - here\u0026rsquo;s a quote: Greenland (aptly named at the time it was settled by Eric the Red) became a thriving Viking colony, known for its fertile coastal farmland and bountiful ice-free waters — that is until the Little Ice Age turned it into an ice-covered wasteland, surrounded by pack ice. Yet Greenland\u0026rsquo;s ongoing recovery from the Little Ice Age is treated as an enigma today.Now this is **not **what I was taught in elementary school! I was taught that those tricky Vickings didn\u0026rsquo;t want to share the good stuff with everyone so they named Greenland because it was all icy and they named Iceland to keep people away from the little paradise they had discovered.\nNow I\u0026rsquo;m reading that Greenland was green before this \u0026ldquo;little ice age\u0026rdquo; between 1300 and 1850. What are the facts?\nMy point is this: we need to be very careful about what we believe just because we are told it. Or at the very least we need to keep in mind that we could always be wrong. Not only does this keep us humble, it also keeps us from looking like a fool when the rest of the data comes rolling in to contradict what we so vehemently defended.\nDoes this mean we should never stand for anything? Of course not! Just be willing to look like a fool for doing it. And that\u0026rsquo;s alright by me!\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/global-warming-and-what-is-truth/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI read an article this morning about how there are macro (100,000 year, 41,000 year, and 23,000 year) temperature cycles based on our planets orbital irregularities.  And that there are also micro (1,500 year) cycles based on variations in the sun\u0026rsquo;s - a.k.a. the \u0026lsquo;ultimate\u0026rsquo; cause of all global warming - cycles of activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was also a little bit about the famous \u0026ldquo;hockey stick\u0026rdquo; of a long period of tame temperatures and then a big spike at the end proposed by a Dr. Mann.  And how his poor statistical analysis makes even random numbers introduced into his calculations come up with this kind of alarming curve.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Global Warming and What is Truth?"},{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;ve been preparing the outline of my book. I have given myself the deadline of 3/31 to complete it. As I have been looking at topics I want to include and that I want to exclude, I keep coming back to these small daily disciplines, or habits, or rituals. They seem to be the key in my thinking.\nI was thinking the other day that I would like to be in such a place that no one could ever come to me and ask, \u0026ldquo;So, Jonah, what\u0026rsquo;s the word?\u0026rdquo; (Sorry, an allusion to VeggieTales Jonah\u0026hellip;) In other words, I would like to always be ready to tell something I\u0026rsquo;ve been learning from God\u0026rsquo;s word lately. To do this I must regularly be in the word of God.\nI have also wanted to gather the pieces of wisdom from Jim Rohn\u0026rsquo;s book \u0026ldquo;Leading an Inspired Life.\u0026rdquo; There is a point in there that the difference between success and failure is small disciplines faithfully repeated or small errors in judgment allowed to accumulate.\nAnd then yesterday I was reading Og Mandino\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;The Greatest Salesman in the World\u0026rdquo; and the first scroll talks about how we are slave to our habits. But we get to determine those very habits that are our masters. So if we establish good habits (or disciplines - I need to settle on a term I that is meaningful to me\u0026hellip;) then we will begin to see a change in the course or trajectory of our lives.\nI have come up with my basic habits. I use my fingers to illustrate for me 5 foundational daily disciplines. I\u0026rsquo;m a lefty so on my left hand I start with my pinky and ring finger as Bible study and prayer. These fingers form the foundation of the hand. They are the least active, but they offer stability to the others. Next is my longest finger, and for longevity physical fitness is the key. Next is my pointing finger and right now every direction I want to turn in life (coaching, counseling, authoring, web development) all involve writing of some kind.\nThen there is the opposable thumb. This is where the focus of balance is, this would be my daily focus of activity. Mark Forster calls it the \u0026ldquo;current initiative.\u0026rdquo; This will always be changing, but the point is to get to it every day. Knock it out; make progress until it\u0026rsquo;s done. This takes focus and it give the grip to taking hold in life.\nThere are my thoughts, as scattered as they are. So today I have already accomplished my Bible reading, my prayer, and my writing. I will now move on to exercise before I get ready for work. I just have to decide on my current initiative. Here are some possibilities: Getting organized, desk, schedule, finances, book, life coaching business, ministry, family relationships, and so on (pretty big one)Peacemaker Certification (probably could fall under getting organized) Getting ready for the next Peacemaker seminar we will do (this too could be consider getting organized!)Hmm so maybe getting organized should be my first current initiative - I just need to organize how, exactly, I\u0026rsquo;m going to get organized!\nAny ideas?\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/being-faithful-in-a-few-things/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve been preparing the outline of my book.  I have given myself the deadline of 3/31 to complete it.  As I have been looking at topics I want to include and that I want to exclude, I keep coming back to these small daily disciplines, or habits, or rituals.  They seem to be the key in my thinking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was thinking the other day that I would like to be in such a place that no one could ever come to me and ask, \u0026ldquo;So, Jonah, what\u0026rsquo;s the word?\u0026rdquo; (Sorry, an allusion to VeggieTales Jonah\u0026hellip;)  In other words, I would like to always be ready to tell something I\u0026rsquo;ve been learning from God\u0026rsquo;s word lately.  To do this I must regularly be in the word of God.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Being faithful in a few things"},{"content":"I haven\u0026rsquo;t posted at all through December. But I don\u0026rsquo;t want the current to slip by without making some mention of where I\u0026rsquo;m going. My last post mentioned some musings I was having about direction. I\u0026rsquo;m settling down to something more concrete. For one thing I\u0026rsquo;ve decided on just one book to work on for starters. Focus\u0026hellip; focus. The working title is Set of Sail.\nI\u0026rsquo;m working on consolidating some other goals. I currently have a list of 12 for 2008. I\u0026rsquo;m trying to decide if I can live with such a deluge or whether I should try for 10, 7, 5, or maybe just 3. You\u0026rsquo;ll know in just a few days - because I will post back here before the end of the year (this is why I added the Will Do category to this post).\nI\u0026rsquo;m also getting some experience with audio and video on blogs from our family blog over at thekelseys. Hopefully this will translate into a more media savvy web presence in general and ultimately a stream of income from putting together an audio or video package of helpful information.\nLaura\u0026rsquo;s headed off to the grocery store and I better get ready for my last day of \u0026ldquo;in the office\u0026rdquo; work this year (tomorrow is my last \u0026ldquo;work from home\u0026rdquo; day for the year).\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/set-of-sail-towards-2008/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI haven\u0026rsquo;t posted at all through December.  But I don\u0026rsquo;t want the current to slip by without making some mention of where I\u0026rsquo;m going.  My last post mentioned some musings I was having about direction.  I\u0026rsquo;m settling down to something more concrete.  For one thing I\u0026rsquo;ve decided on just one book to work on for starters.  Focus\u0026hellip; focus.  The working title is \u003cem\u003eSet of Sail\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m working on consolidating some other goals.  I currently have a list of 12 for 2008.  I\u0026rsquo;m trying to decide if I can live with such a deluge or whether  I should try for 10, 7, 5, or maybe just 3.  You\u0026rsquo;ll know in just a few days - because I will post back here before the end of the year (this is why I added the Will Do category to this post).\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Set of Sail towards 2008"},{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;ve been putting some time into thinking about setting some goals for next year. I\u0026rsquo;ve been concentrating pretty hard on my \u0026ldquo;day job\u0026rdquo; as we head into testing and prepare for an impending release - ready or not. As an aside, software development schedules are so ridiculous - with all these smart people, you would think that common sense would enter in somewhere.\nAnyway, enough about them; let\u0026rsquo;s talk about me.\nTake the technical trek?\nOne of the biggest issues I\u0026rsquo;m working through is what kind of projects I want to concentrate on over the coming months. I really want to put together a book. In fact I have two and a half ideas for content. One on a religious topic and one and a half on life skills and personal improvement topics. I thought I would do the religious one first - but now I\u0026rsquo;m thinking that one would not provide the benefit for the effort extended. Most of the concepts I would cover are already adequately addressed elsewhere. Do I really need to have the same thing only my way?\nThat brings me to the second (and a half) book(s). Here again, I wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be presenting anything shockingly new. However, I am going after a different audience and I will be packaging the information in a new and, hopefully, meaningful way. So I think I\u0026rsquo;ll put my effort there. More on this soon. I want to break this task down into manageable bite sized pieces. Well see what happens.\nWith respect to software development - I don\u0026rsquo;t believe this is part of my long term vision for my life. But to transition out will take some serious planning and commitment. I am able to support my whole family from my current arrangement. If I\u0026rsquo;m going to replace that, I\u0026rsquo;m going to have to really get creative. If this is indeed my decision, I am going to lay out a ten year transition plan to make the switch. What? Is ten years too long? Should I shoot for five, or three? I\u0026rsquo;m not that confident yet - so I\u0026rsquo;m more comfortable with ten.\nIf that is my direction, I am not going to be able to dig into PHP and frameworks and try to become a web development guru. It\u0026rsquo;s not my path, it\u0026rsquo;s not really my passion, and it\u0026rsquo;s a diversion of tons of time and thought. In my line of work there is always the \u0026ldquo;build versus buy\u0026rdquo; decision. I\u0026rsquo;m deciding to buy instead of build. What are the ramifications of this?\nI'll have to depend on others to get the results I want. I may even have to pay for something I could \u0026quot;just do myself.\u0026quot; I'll have to collaborate, share, and work with others more. The 'Lone Ranger' strategy isn't a winner here. I'll have to give up on trying to solve technical issues myself as my knowledge becomes more generalized. Those will be some things will take some swallowing. On the other hand, what technical knowledge I do keep up with will have to relate to my current \u0026ldquo;hold the fort\u0026rdquo; work.\nAligning with a vocation\nSo if I\u0026rsquo;m not going to be a technical nerd - what am I going to do?\nConflict resolution, mediation, coach counselor Life coach Financial counselor Author Web site manager eMarketer Tutor / teacher / educator Minister How do I take those options and coalesce them into one direction? They all generally relation to teaching or counseling others. The eMarketing comes in with including the Web as a venue for activity. Helping people in their situations, financial, relational, or spiritual are all underlying motivations. This needs more definition, but it also need some sort of monetization model. Do I write materials or a book and offer that as a product? Do I sell my time for coaching or to give presentations? I don\u0026rsquo;t want to sell time - that\u0026rsquo;s what I\u0026rsquo;m currently doing. There has to be a better way.\nShoring up the underpinnings.\nI also want to focus on the fundamentals. My physical improvement, my mental growth, strengthening my family, and becoming organized and proactive. These are all areas that can only improve by small incremental victories gained over a sustained period of time. But without a plan, these little victories aren\u0026rsquo;t planned or won. Here are some areas that I would like to focus on:\nFamily relationships - making plans as a family. Becoming the best family we can be. Setting complementary goals. Physical exercise - not to reach a weight, but to gain energy and improve my quality of life as I age. Financial tracking - testing and tracking personal and business accounts is the baseline for improvement. Processing information once, whether paper or electronic. Putting things in their proper place. I know many of these things are pretty vague - but I still have some time to further define these things. I\u0026rsquo;m just putting these here so they are somewhere. If you would like to add your thoughts or reflections - feel free!\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/thoughts-toward-annual-goals-2008/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve been putting some time into thinking about setting some goals for next year.  I\u0026rsquo;ve been concentrating pretty hard on my \u0026ldquo;day job\u0026rdquo; as we head into testing and prepare for an impending release - ready or not.  As an aside, software development schedules are so ridiculous - with all these smart people, you would think that common sense would enter in somewhere.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyway, enough about them; let\u0026rsquo;s talk about me.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Thoughts toward annual goals - 2008"},{"content":"These next 3-4 weeks will be pretty stressful for me. I\u0026rsquo;m in the process of having some software tested and released. Why is this stressful? It\u0026rsquo;s not complete to my satisfaction!\nHere is a thought about projects. I\u0026rsquo;ve used it in the software arena, but it may be helpful to you in other areas of your life.\nThere are only three things you can change to get a project completed. You can change the due date and give yourself more time to reach completion (the most sane option in my opinion).You can get help! Have people join in. For complicated projects, there will be a ramp up cost. Don\u0026rsquo;t forget that.You can sacrifice quality and just \u0026ldquo;deliver something.\u0026ldquo;It has been the story of my life that I am rarely brave enough to use #1, I\u0026rsquo;ve never been wise enough to try #2 (although I\u0026rsquo;m eying that option very carefully), and I find myself time and again facing #3.\nBut the way I\u0026rsquo;ve handled things in the past is that I would rather just miss a deadline and not turn out anything, than the turn out something I\u0026rsquo;m not satisfied with. This could tend toward perfectionism. This may be why I haven\u0026rsquo;t blogged so consistently.. I want to have quality things to say.\nI\u0026rsquo;m just wondering, but maybe life is better when you \u0026ldquo;just get something out there.\u0026rdquo; Let it face criticism and then hone and revise. This would lead toward a satisfactory product instead of striving for something flawless out of the gate.\nSomething to consider - what do you think? Are these the only three options for a project, or are there others? Are you a perfectionist? What do you think about the draft - revision cycle? Is that how you really work? What works for you and what are you doing currently? Are they the same thing?\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/running-the-gauntlet/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese next 3-4 weeks will be pretty stressful for me.  I\u0026rsquo;m in the process of having some software tested and released.  Why is this stressful?  It\u0026rsquo;s not complete to my satisfaction!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a thought about projects.  I\u0026rsquo;ve used it in the software arena, but it may be helpful to you in other areas of your life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are only three things you can change to get a project completed.\nYou can change the due date and give yourself more time to reach completion (the most sane option in my opinion).You can get help!  Have people join in.  For complicated projects, there will be a ramp up cost.  Don\u0026rsquo;t forget that.You can sacrifice quality and just \u0026ldquo;deliver something.\u0026ldquo;It has been the story of my life that I am rarely brave enough to use #1, I\u0026rsquo;ve never been wise enough to try #2 (although I\u0026rsquo;m eying that option very carefully), and I find myself time and again facing #3.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Running the gauntlet"},{"content":"I was encouraged by a little nudge from Aaron over at Personal Development Partners to report on my progress from a committed goal of getting back to regular exercise in November. Although the topic over there is very interesting, I would like to say a few words about the value of web communities.\nPeople might wonder, \u0026ldquo;Why would I sit online and type short messages to people I may have never even met?\u0026rdquo; Ok, for most other people they would be short messages - I don\u0026rsquo;t seem able to do that. That\u0026rsquo;s neither here nor there; it\u0026rsquo;s not my point. My point is that many people don\u0026rsquo;t see the point. Get my point?\nSo I want to give you a few reasons why I feel that it is beneficial to find a community that you can join - and contribute to. Just going and reading forums can be addictive - there\u0026rsquo;s a voyeuristic quality to it. That\u0026rsquo;s why they call it \u0026ldquo;lurking,\u0026rdquo; as in lurking in the shadows. So why participate in these communities. Oh, oh, I feel a list coming on\u0026hellip; You get to meet distant people. Sure you can meet people in real life. But from Australia? From Guatemala (or Canada ;) )? Not much of that happening pretty much in the populational and geographical center of the ole\u0026rsquo; U.S. of A. (actually that center is about 2 hours south and west of here, but close enough.)You can find people with similar interests. This beats bar hopping! I know people who have had romantic involvements with people that went really bad. \u0026ldquo;Why did this happen to me?\u0026rdquo; they moan. Well what did you have in common? You both were willing to troll around in a smoky bar looking for love in all the wrong places. Why not go where you can find people with the same mindset and interests as yourself. I also know people who have met online and gotten married (well, only two off the top of my head - but that\u0026rsquo;s not insignificant!). They knew (and loved) each other from the inside out. Which brings me to my next point.You get to know people by their character and their thoughts and opinions - not just their looks. One of the big advantages to online communities is you don\u0026rsquo;t have the problem of judging the book by the cover. You are forced to at least skim the contents. I\u0026rsquo;ve had the opportunity to be a part of an online community and then have a party were members came from near (mostly near - this was college days\u0026hellip;) and far (like states away\u0026hellip;) to meet in person. It is a huge shock! There was one guy who was a close friend online, but when I met him I thought, \u0026ldquo;If I saw him coming down the street my way, I\u0026rsquo;d cross to the other side for safety!\u0026rdquo; Hey, King Zombie, if you\u0026rsquo;re out there drop me a line\u0026hellip; I haven\u0026rsquo;t heard from you for forever! \u0026ndash; Elias (sorry about that, but you never know what Google will dredge up\u0026hellip;?)You get to have your own thoughts and assumptions about life challenged and stretched. You can do this in person as well, but with such a high concentration of activity online - it is magnified and intensified. There\u0026rsquo;s nothing like an advanced course in multiple perspectives that will open your eyes to how small your world view has been.Oh, come on, there\u0026rsquo;s got to be at least 5 reasons!! Oh here\u0026rsquo;s one, \u0026ldquo;they\u0026rsquo;re always there for you.\u0026rdquo; No not in the sense of emotional support, although that\u0026rsquo;s available in many places. I mean that it\u0026rsquo;s a place that\u0026rsquo;s jumpin\u0026rsquo; in all 24 time zones. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t matter when your where you are - you can hop online and engage with others.Well that\u0026rsquo;s a little starter for reasons to participate with others online. Now I\u0026rsquo;m still learning all this social networking stuff (is that the same as Web 2.0? I don\u0026rsquo;t really think so\u0026hellip; Ok, don\u0026rsquo;t drift off - stay on target\u0026hellip;). So I\u0026rsquo;m going to take this opportunity to try to link this post over to the community mention in the title up there. I\u0026rsquo;m also going to do what I see at the end of so many other blog posts - let\u0026rsquo;s see how this works\u0026hellip;\nSo, how about you? Do you participate in online communities? Why or why not? Do you have other reasons why you do(n\u0026rsquo;t)? Leave a comment here and tell me, er I mean us, about it.\n(not too cheesy was it? I sure hope I have my comments functionality properly enabled. That would be embarrassing wouldn\u0026rsquo;t it? I probably should\u0026rsquo;ve checked before I posted. No time now, if I don\u0026rsquo;t go exercise I\u0026rsquo;ll miss my window of opportunity and have to go on to work!)\nDiscuss this post at Personal Development Partners\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/personal-development-partners/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI was encouraged by a little nudge from Aaron over at \u003ca href=\"http://www.personaldevelopmentpartners.com/showthread.php?p=2135\"\u003ePersonal Development Partners\u003c/a\u003e to report on my progress from a committed goal of getting back to regular exercise in November.  Although the topic over there is very interesting, I would like to say a few words about the value of web communities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople might wonder, \u0026ldquo;Why would I sit online and type short messages to people I may have never even met?\u0026rdquo;  Ok, for most \u003cem\u003eother\u003c/em\u003e people they would be short messages - I don\u0026rsquo;t seem able to do that.  That\u0026rsquo;s neither here nor there; it\u0026rsquo;s not my point.  My point is that many people don\u0026rsquo;t see the point.  Get my point?\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Personal Development Partners"},{"content":"As October crawls into the past, things seem as hectic as ever. I\u0026rsquo;ve neglected chronicling my antics as I geared up for the Iowa-Missouri Peacemaker Retreat that my wife and I presented. It went very well and I think a handful of people are motivated to make changes in their homes and communities. The week before we were at a church presenting on the same topic. So the last half of this month has been dedicated to Biblical conflict resolution and interpersonal reconciliation.\nSo what of November? I would like to see November become a month of shoring up bookkeeping, for the business, for the home, and for my personal projects. I also expect to get some web content/applications moved, updated, and created. And lastly, I want to make some measurable strides in getting at least one of the three books in my head out into electronic form. This has already begun, but the expectation is measurable progress through November.\nOn the family front, we\u0026rsquo;ll have a visit from my Mom for about 20% of the month (almost a week). I\u0026rsquo;ve taken each of the older kids out for time with dad. But I\u0026rsquo;d like to find some projects around the house to do together. There needs to be some more effort in this department. What could November contribute?\nThat should make month #482 a valuable month. I still have a couple of days for planning and I hope to take advantage of that. Getting up too early this morning has contributed to that goal, however.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/october-draws-to-a-close/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eAs October crawls into the past, things seem as hectic as ever.  I\u0026rsquo;ve neglected chronicling my antics as I geared up for the \u003cem\u003eIowa-Missouri Peacemaker Retreat\u003c/em\u003e that my wife and I presented.  It went very well and I think a handful of people are motivated to make changes in their homes and communities.  The week before we were at a church presenting on the same topic.  So the last half of this month has been dedicated to Biblical conflict resolution and interpersonal reconciliation.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"October draws to a close"},{"content":"A new project deadline! We are now shooting for 12/10. Any takers on how long that will last? #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/twitter-updates-for-2007-10-25/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eA new project deadline! We are now shooting for 12/10. Any takers on how long that will last? \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/363484042\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Twitter Updates for 2007-10-25"},{"content":"For me, I am a list person. And I\u0026rsquo;m not.\nI like making lists. It can actually feel the items dripping out of my brain and onto the list. I then have space to add new things to my mental memory banks.\nBut there\u0026rsquo;s the problem I see in many places. I don\u0026rsquo;t have a good name for it though. Well, when you don\u0026rsquo;t have a good name for something you give it a little description and call it a \u0026ldquo;syndrome.\u0026rdquo; So this is \u0026ldquo;I declared it, so it\u0026rsquo;s done\u0026rdquo; syndrome.\nI sit in meetings where we discuss a course of action. The discussion can get elevated and when we come to a decision, it feels like we really did something. But we didn\u0026rsquo;t do anything! We decided to do something. That\u0026rsquo;s not the same as carrying out the decision - I have to keep reminding myself of this, because I suffer from this syndrome.\nSo when I make a \u0026ldquo;to do\u0026rdquo; list (or a \u0026ldquo;will do\u0026rdquo; list, or a \u0026ldquo;wish to do\u0026rdquo; list, or a \u0026ldquo;should do\u0026rdquo; list, or now a \u0026ldquo;do do\u0026rdquo; list\u0026hellip;), I think that putting it on the list accomplishes something. I think that is because I feel the dripping out sensation. I think what I need to find is the feeling of accomplishment.\nThis leads me to a life coaching question, \u0026ldquo;What have you done well, lately?\u0026rdquo; This could be refined to yesterday, or even so far today. This question puts aside the nice feeling you get from \u0026ldquo;I declared it, so it\u0026rsquo;s done\u0026rdquo; syndrome, and actually asks you to dig in and recognize actual accomplishments.\nThen as a follow up, you just ask clarifying questions. \u0026ldquo;How do you plan to continue doing this?\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;What else could you do to build on this?\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;How did you feel when you recognized you achieved this accomplishment?\u0026rdquo;\nThis is a great self-coaching session you can have with yourself whenever you need to step it up a notch and actually accomplish what\u0026rsquo;s on your list and not just be a list maker.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/are-you-a-list-person/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eFor me, I am a list person.  And I\u0026rsquo;m not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like making lists.  It can actually feel the items dripping out of my brain and onto the list.  I then have space to add new things to my mental memory banks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there\u0026rsquo;s the problem I see in many places.  I don\u0026rsquo;t have a good name for it though.  Well, when you don\u0026rsquo;t have a good name for something you give it a little description and call it a \u0026ldquo;syndrome.\u0026rdquo;  So this is \u0026ldquo;I declared it, so it\u0026rsquo;s done\u0026rdquo; syndrome.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Are you a list person?"},{"content":"Wow, it\u0026rsquo;s been almost a week since I posted. I read an entry on another blog that you should only write a blog post 2-3 times a week. You will wear people out with all your drivel otherwise. To each their own. If I was blogging for them, I might take that advice. But at this point - I\u0026rsquo;m blogging purely for myself, so\u0026hellip;\nI just read this morning about two things to do to conquer procrastination: Break it up - look at tasks you are putting off in small, manageable, bite-sized pieces.Write it down - writing goals is great, but to help with this problem you need to log what you\u0026rsquo;re doing so you can look at it with honesty and see where you are wasting your time.I think I\u0026rsquo;m up for this. As a major procrastinator, I want to find something that works. Because my whole goal in the \u0026ldquo;SetOfSail\u0026rdquo; thing is to find things that work and share them with \u0026ldquo;the rest of us.\u0026rdquo;\nSo how do I achieve that? Do I use my Palm and put entries in DayNotez? Do I put entries in Twitter (which will be rebounded back to here)? Nope - nixing that one up front. Could use AirSet\u0026hellip; that\u0026rsquo;s a possibility. Or could use my text TODO trick\u0026hellip; I hate having so many options! Just kidding. Options are a good thing - when you take one.\nSo my Will Do list today consists of: Decide how to track my procrastination list (I\u0026rsquo;ll call this my \u0026ldquo;Do Do\u0026rdquo; list ;)At work - try to understand the CAL since I\u0026rsquo;ll be working on it for a few days :(Have an outline for this weekends Sabbath School lesson (handouts would be good)Let\u0026rsquo;s not get carried away. This is plenty.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/month-481-day-17/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWow, it\u0026rsquo;s been almost a week since I posted.  I read an entry on another blog that you should only write a blog post 2-3 times a week.  You will wear people out with all your drivel otherwise.  To each their own.  If I was blogging for them, I might take that advice.  But at this point - I\u0026rsquo;m blogging purely for myself, so\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI just read this morning about two things to do to conquer procrastination:\nBreak it up - look at tasks you are putting off in small, manageable, bite-sized pieces.Write it down - writing goals is great, but to help with this problem you need to log what you\u0026rsquo;re doing so you can look at it with honesty and see where you are wasting your time.I think I\u0026rsquo;m up for this.  As a major procrastinator, I want to find something that works.  Because my whole goal in the \u0026ldquo;SetOfSail\u0026rdquo; thing is to find things that work and share them with \u0026ldquo;the rest of us.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Month 481, Day 17"},{"content":"So what should be done today? I\u0026rsquo;ve already had some time reading about building an extraordinary life, specifically about the influence of friends and peers in our choices and outcomes. I\u0026rsquo;ve also cleared out my e-mail (I get about 2,000 e-mails a day, 1,980 of them are junk! Maybe I should but getting a better spam filter as a task to accomplish!).\nI got an e-mail from a friend about their support of Ron Paul for president in 2008, I went and looked at his positions. I strongly agree with all of them except two, so does that mean I should support him? Something to think about\u0026hellip; I enjoy watching and learning about politics. I happen to live in a country where I actually have an option to participate.\nSo that\u0026rsquo;s quite a bit accomplish and it\u0026rsquo;s not even 7 am. So what will I commit to do today?\nFinish my sermon (no option there). I think that\u0026rsquo;s all I\u0026rsquo;m going to commit to today. The rest will just be a bonus. Hurray!\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/month-481-day-12/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eSo what should be done today?  I\u0026rsquo;ve already had some time reading about building an extraordinary life, specifically about the influence of friends and peers in our choices and outcomes.  I\u0026rsquo;ve also cleared out my e-mail (I get about 2,000 e-mails a day, 1,980 of them are junk!  Maybe I should but getting a better spam filter as a task to accomplish!).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI got an e-mail from a friend about their support of Ron Paul for president in 2008, I went and looked at his positions.  I strongly agree with all of them except two, so does that mean I should support him?  Something to think about\u0026hellip;  I enjoy watching and learning about politics.  I happen to live in a country where I actually have an option to participate.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Month 481, Day 12"},{"content":"I have made my phone call (denied!) and I have about 30 minutes left on my last goal for tonight :) # Finishing my 40 minutes towards paperwork and going to bed at a decent hour - night all! 2 out of 3 for the first day\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;ll take it. # Ok, Ajax is going to work. That\u0026rsquo;s comforting. I got the trim. I will start on the sermon. So all the will do\u0026rsquo;s for today are now done. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/twitter-updates-for-2007-10-11/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI have made my phone call (denied!) and I have about 30 minutes left on my last goal for tonight :) \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/326888842\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nFinishing my 40 minutes towards paperwork and going to bed at a decent hour - night all!  2 out of 3 for the first day\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;ll take it. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/326960212\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\nOk, Ajax is going to work.  That\u0026rsquo;s comforting.  I got the trim.  I will start on the sermon.  So all the will do\u0026rsquo;s for today are now done. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/329278992\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Twitter Updates for 2007-10-11"},{"content":"Andrew was a veteran at the Thirty Day Challenge. And he has decided to pursue an online career. He gave this video as a rationalization for why. This is really something to think about.\nI added this article thinking that you\u0026rsquo;d be able to see the video here, but I guess you would have to leave the site by clicking on \u0026ldquo;read more\u0026rdquo; below\u0026hellip; I would like a better solution.\nread more | digg story\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/andrew-nez-gives-his-reason-for-quitting-education-and-moving-to-ibusiness/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eAndrew was a veteran at the Thirty Day Challenge.  And he has decided to pursue an online career.  He gave this video as a rationalization for why.  This is really something to think about.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI added this article thinking that you\u0026rsquo;d be able to see the video here, but I guess you would have to leave the site by clicking on \u0026ldquo;read more\u0026rdquo; below\u0026hellip;  I would like a better solution.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Andrew Nez gives his reason for quitting education and moving to iBusiness"},{"content":"What did we learn from yesterday? For one thing, the Twitter Tool doesn\u0026rsquo;t update late at night, so all my updates on meeting my commitments weren\u0026rsquo;t logged yesterday. No big deal. And I missed one item on my list of three things - terrible? Maybe, but we won\u0026rsquo;t look back. It\u0026rsquo;s hard to drive by steering through the rear view mirror.\nFor today I have a few things that I will do:\nGet a haircut Start on my sermon (for work) Have a determination on whether Ajax will work for me - or decide on an alternative. Very simple.\nSomething else I thought about (showers are great places for ideas!). At the end of the day I\u0026rsquo;ll have questions such as, \u0026ldquo;Did it make a difference that you were a father today?\u0026rdquo; Well, should it? If it didn\u0026rsquo;t what needs to change? You can use that for any area of your life.\nI watched some videos this morning about setting up an on-line business. I think I\u0026rsquo;m making this thing way to complicated. I\u0026rsquo;m sitting on the shore in the morning watching the sailboats launching out and mourning the fact that I don\u0026rsquo;t have anywhere to go\u0026hellip;\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/month-481-day-11-still-correcting/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did we learn from yesterday?  For one thing, the Twitter Tool doesn\u0026rsquo;t update late at night, so all my updates on meeting my commitments weren\u0026rsquo;t logged yesterday.  No big deal.  And I missed one item on my list of three things - terrible?  Maybe, but we won\u0026rsquo;t look back.  It\u0026rsquo;s hard to drive by steering through the rear view mirror.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor today I have a few things that I will do:\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Month 481, Day 11 - Still correcting"},{"content":"Leaving work. Did not get Price Sharing done. I worked on AJAX all day. #\nPowered by Twitter Tools.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/twitter-updates-for-2007-10-10/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eLeaving work.  Did not get Price Sharing done.  I worked on AJAX all day. \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/MyklK/statuses/326533062\"\u003e#\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by \u003ca href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\"\u003eTwitter Tools\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Twitter Updates for 2007-10-10"},{"content":"So, this morning I\u0026rsquo;m going to list out just the simple things I\u0026rsquo;m going to accomplish. This is not a \u0026ldquo;To Do\u0026rdquo; list. Whenever I see ToDo, I think of DoDo, am I the only one? And your mind can run wild with what you would do with a list of DoDo items. I\u0026rsquo;m not looking to dribble on with all the things that need to be addressed in my life (I do have a day job to go to you know). But this is about making a commitment. So I\u0026rsquo;ll start small and make commitments I can keep and build up goal-setting muscle. Ok, here goes.\nToday, I\u0026rsquo;m going to make a phone call to a friend about a testimony to be made this weekend as part of my sermon.I\u0026rsquo;m going to spend 40 minutes on my Certification paperwork.(And one more for my day job) I\u0026rsquo;ll complete data access for Price Sharing (I know this means nothing to you, but this isn\u0026rsquo;t your list now - is it?).So, how am I going to accomplish this? I\u0026rsquo;ll make a priority and decide it \u0026ldquo;will be done.\u0026rdquo; I don\u0026rsquo;t know - it\u0026rsquo;s worth a try. And the only thing worse than failing is not trying. So let\u0026rsquo;s see if I fail - I\u0026rsquo;m already trying, so I\u0026rsquo;m working my way up toward success. See how easy that is?\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/will-do-for-month-481-day-10/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eSo, this morning I\u0026rsquo;m going to list out just the simple things I\u0026rsquo;m going to accomplish.  This is not a \u0026ldquo;To Do\u0026rdquo; list.  Whenever I see ToDo, I think of DoDo, am I the only one?  And your mind can run wild with what you would do with a list of DoDo items.  I\u0026rsquo;m not looking to dribble on with all the things that need to be addressed in my life (I do have a day job to go to you know).  But this is about making a commitment.  So I\u0026rsquo;ll start small and make commitments I can keep and build up goal-setting muscle.  Ok, here goes.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Will Do for Month 481, Day 10"},{"content":"I have had two months now\u0026hellip;\nAugust was when I pushed everything off my desk and focused on learning about Internet Marketing. I made it through and learned enough to know that I could turn the rudder of my life and head in that direction, but also that it isn\u0026rsquo;t quite me. However, the lessons and friends I picked up are highly valuable. These are resources for moving forward in my journey.\nSeptember was recovery month. I had a conference to attend, family coming in from out of town, and a pile of responsibilities that I had shirked. In comparison to this, turning 40 was practically overlooked.\nSo now it\u0026rsquo;s October. This month is all about commitments. I have major commitments I\u0026rsquo;ve made for each weekend for the rest of the month (and for the first weekend of November, but since it fits in with the theme - we\u0026rsquo;ll pull that one in with October - do you mind?). And I have a big milestone looming at work - so it\u0026rsquo;s not like I can slack there to prepare for the weekend events.\nAll that just to say that I am really looking at the nooks and crannies of my day to find time to \u0026ldquo;get things done.\u0026rdquo; The typical solution to this problem is to let go of things, get rid of the excess baggage to make room. But in this situation that doesn\u0026rsquo;t seem to be an option - each day is filled with important things. So what do you do when this happens to you. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t happen to me often, and maybe I should try it more, but my choice, my turning point / fork in the road, is to turn up the heat. If you\u0026rsquo;re following along (which no one is at the moment, so I feel pretty safe in trying\u0026hellip;), then this will be the place where I\u0026rsquo;m holding accountability court.\nI\u0026rsquo;ll start with some other posts and we\u0026rsquo;ll see how it turns out.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/turning-fork-a-decision-point-in-the-road-where-a-change-can-be-made/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI have had two months now\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust was when I pushed everything off my desk and focused on learning about Internet Marketing.  I made it through and learned enough to know that I could turn the rudder of my life and head in that direction, but also that it isn\u0026rsquo;t quite \u003cem\u003eme\u003c/em\u003e.  However, the lessons and friends I picked up are highly valuable.  These are resources for moving forward in my journey.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Turning Fork: A decision point in the road where a change can be made."},{"content":"I just got back from a conference last night. I\u0026rsquo;ve been gone for a week. This is the first time my wife and I have been able to get away, just the two of us, for years - yes, years. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll talk more about that another time.\nRight now I want to say a few things about what I\u0026rsquo;m facing now. I have e-mails, voice mails, things on my calendar that I put off until \u0026ldquo;after the conference,\u0026rdquo; and all the projects that I need to pick back up. Where do I start? This morning I read a chapter in a book about this very idea of focus.\nThe basic tenant is to be where you are when you\u0026rsquo;re there. If you are playing with your children, don\u0026rsquo;t be thinking about your appointments or what you are going to do regarding projects you have going. Don\u0026rsquo;t plan your work day at home, plan it at work. When you sit down to work deal with it then. This was a big one for me: don\u0026rsquo;t plan your day while commuting. While you are commuting, you should be concentrating on commuting! It\u0026rsquo;s a concrete jungle out there, and that intentional focus will actually increase your chances for arriving at work or at home. Be intentional and train your brain to focus on the task or the person at hand.\nThe biggest focus killer for many is worry. I\u0026rsquo;m not much of a worrier. I have my moments, but usually I\u0026rsquo;m to ignorant of the future to let it get to me. But I know for many people this is a constant boat anchor on their ability to focus. You can\u0026rsquo;t think about two things at once. If this were true we would not say, \u0026ldquo;My mind was wandering\u0026rdquo; when we are trying to focus on a task and our thoughts are elsewhere. Worry is a form of mind wandering. You cannot worry and practice mental focus at the same time. So try to increase your ability to focus. I\u0026rsquo;ve heard people say, \u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t have time to worry.\u0026rdquo; You can make this true for you as well. Learn the discipline of focus.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-discipline-of-focus/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI just got back from a conference last night.  I\u0026rsquo;ve been gone for a week.  This is the first time my wife and I have been able to get away, just the two of us, for years - yes, years.  Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll talk more about that another time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRight now I want to say a few things about what I\u0026rsquo;m facing now.  I have e-mails, voice mails, things on my calendar that I put off until \u0026ldquo;after the conference,\u0026rdquo; and all the projects that I need to pick back up.  Where do I start?  This morning I read a chapter in a book about this very idea of focus.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The discipline of focus"},{"content":"I was in the first grade at Brier Crest Elementary school. Our school had three stories and the stair wells were in the center of the building with sky lights letting the bright sunshine to diffuse down and reflect off the white tiles. I was headed back to my class after lunch and from the top floor one of the 6th graders looked down the stairs and saw me.\n\u0026ldquo;Hey kid!\u0026rdquo; he shouted, \u0026ldquo;you wanna learn something to make you real smart?\u0026rdquo;\n\u0026ldquo;Sure!\u0026rdquo; I yelled.\n\u0026ldquo;Pie times diameter equals circumference! Remember that and you\u0026rsquo;ll be real smart!\u0026rdquo;\nI repeated it back to myself a couple of times until I knew I wouldn\u0026rsquo;t forget it. What a great day! Just out of nowhere this gem of wisdom comes floating down from those great elementary school titans - the 6th graders. I just couldn\u0026rsquo;t wait until I could achieve the 6th grade. And with my new found key to the storehouse of knowledge I would be unstoppable! If only I could get to the 6th grade, I\u0026rsquo;d be happy then!\nThen when I got to 6th grade I learned about the Jr. high kids and how they got to go to different classes. When I could take more of my favorite classes and have more than one teacher, then I\u0026rsquo;d be happy.\nAnd then in Jr. High I went over to my friend Jamie\u0026rsquo;s house. His older brothers were in high school. They had these cool jackets with our school colors on them. Wow, when I got to high school, I\u0026rsquo;d be happy then.\nIn high school I was one of the first to get my drivers\u0026rsquo; license, due to the fact that my birthday is in the fall. As soon as I got my license and could drive, I\u0026rsquo;d surely be happy then.\nI got my car, and in a few years I was a senior in high school. But there were so many rules. I would really be happy when I got to college and on my own.\nAfter college and my friends were all getting married - I\u0026rsquo;d be happy when I got married.\nAnd after I got married everyone asked, when I\u0026rsquo;d have kids. I\u0026rsquo;d be happy when I had a family.\nNow my kids are growing up so fast, I\u0026rsquo;ll finally be happy when they are older and we can do more things as a family. If only that would happen, then I\u0026rsquo;d be happy.\nWhere does this end? I keep waiting for that day I\u0026rsquo;ll be happy!\nMaybe I better stop looking for happiness then, and see about happiness now\u0026hellip;\nWhat about you? Are you saying \u0026ldquo;If only\u0026hellip; then I\u0026rsquo;d be happy?\u0026rdquo;\nHappiness is a choice, not unlike contentment. We can be happy in some pretty miserable circumstances. I remember being very happy one summer afternoon while dancing and goofing off with friends during a terrible summer storm. We could be grouchy that we were soaked, or we could have some fun. We were a little too old for that, but other people were crouched in business doorways and under trees. We were out in the streets having fun! Same circumstances, different choices.\nYou have to decide what your happiness is. You can have it today, you won\u0026rsquo;t have to wait. You just need to decide what it is!\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/if-only-then-id-be-happy/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI was in the first grade at Brier Crest Elementary school.  Our school had three stories and the stair wells were in the center of the building with sky lights letting the bright sunshine to diffuse down and reflect off the white tiles.  I was headed back to my class after lunch and from the top floor one of the 6th graders looked down the stairs and saw me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Hey kid!\u0026rdquo; he shouted, \u0026ldquo;you wanna learn something to make you real smart?\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e","title":"If only... ...then I'd be happy."},{"content":"Here is some good copy - nothing to sell, but it draws you in. I used Mike Mindel\u0026rsquo;s flickr tricks to do this article. The copy came in junk mail from family - (if it\u0026rsquo;s from family, can you really call it junk?). But I pulled the images into flickr and used them for linking\u0026hellip; That and ScribeFire made it pretty easy to pull together.\nSo does this copy effect you? For what purpose? Does it bring with it a call to action? To have a better day? To forward it to all your friends and family? What do you think? Comment and let me know your thoughts.\nPuppy Size\nThis is one of the neatest stories you will ever hear. You will know precisely what this little girl is talking about at the end (you\u0026rsquo;ll want to share this one with your loved ones and special friends)!\n\u0026ldquo;Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We\u0026rsquo;ve been back to this animal shelter at least five times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,\u0026rdquo; the mother told the volunteer.\n\u0026ldquo;What is it she keeps asking for?\u0026rdquo; the volunteer asked.\n\u0026ldquo;Puppy size!\u0026rdquo; replied the mother.\n\u0026ldquo;Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that\u0026rsquo;s what she\u0026rsquo;s looking for.\u0026rdquo;\n\u0026ldquo;I know\u0026hellip;we have seen most of them,\u0026rdquo; the mom said in frustration\u0026hellip;\nJust then Danielle came walking in to the office\n\u0026ldquo;Well, did you find one?\u0026rdquo; asked her mom. \u0026ldquo;No, not this time,\u0026rdquo; Danielle said with sadness in her voice. \u0026ldquo;Can we come back on the weekend?\u0026rdquo;\nThe two women looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed\n\u0026ldquo;You never know when we will get more dogs. Unfortunately, there\u0026rsquo;s always a supply,\u0026rdquo; the volunteer said.\nDanielle took her mother by the hand and headed to the door. \u0026ldquo;Don\u0026rsquo;t worry, I\u0026rsquo;ll find one this weekend,\u0026rdquo; she said.\nOver the next few days both mom and dad had long conversations with her.\nThey both felt she was being too particular. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s this weekend or we\u0026rsquo;re not looking any more,\u0026rdquo; Dad finally said in frustration.\n\u0026ldquo;We don\u0026rsquo;t want to hear anything more about puppy size either,\u0026rdquo; Mom added.\nSure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on Saturday morning. By now Danielle knew her way around, so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs.\nTired of the routine, mom sat in the small waiting room at the end of the first row of cages. There was an observation window so you could see the animals during times when visitors weren\u0026rsquo;t permitted.\nDanielle walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs were brought out and she held each one.\nOne by one she said, \u0026ldquo;Sorry, you\u0026rsquo;re not the one.\u0026rdquo;\nIt was the last cage on this last day in search of the perfect pup.\nThe volunteer opened the cage door and the child carefully picked up the dog and held it closely. This time she took a little longer.\n\u0026ldquo;Mom, that\u0026rsquo;s it! I found the right puppy! He\u0026rsquo;s the one! I know it!\u0026rdquo; she screamed with joy. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s the puppy size!\u0026rdquo;\n\u0026ldquo;But it\u0026rsquo;s the same size as all the other puppies you held over the last few weeks,\u0026rdquo; Mom said.\n\u0026ldquo;No, not size\u0026hellip; the sighs. When I held him in my arms, he sighed,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;Don\u0026rsquo;t you remember?\nWhen I asked you one day what love is, you told me love depends on the sighs of your heart. The more you love, the bigger the sigh!\u0026rdquo;\nThe two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom didn\u0026rsquo;t know whether to laugh or cry. As she stooped down to hug the child, she did a little of both.\n\u0026ldquo;Mom, every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and Daddy come home from work and hug each other, you both sigh. I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held it in my arms,\u0026rdquo; she said.\nThen holding the puppy up close to her face she said, \u0026ldquo;Mom, he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart!\u0026rdquo;\nClose your eyes for a moment and think about the love that makes you sigh. I not only find it in the arms of my loved ones, but in the caress of a sunset, the kiss of the moonlight and the gentle brush of cool air on a hot day.\nThey are the sighs of God. Take the time to stop and listen; you will be surprised at what you hear. \u0026ldquo;Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.\u0026rdquo;\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/good-copy-evokes-emotion/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eHere is some good copy - nothing to sell, but it draws you in.  I used Mike Mindel\u0026rsquo;s flickr tricks to do this article.  The copy came in junk mail from family - (if it\u0026rsquo;s from family, can you really call it junk?).  But I pulled the images into flickr and used them for linking\u0026hellip;  That and ScribeFire made it pretty easy to pull together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo does this copy effect you?  For what purpose?  Does it bring with it a call to action?  To have a better day?  To forward it to all your friends and family?  What do you think?  Comment and let me know your thoughts.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Good Copy Evokes Emotion"},{"content":"I am convinced that books are the key to success. They have no power in themselves. Even the great holy books from antiquity are merely ink and paper of some sort. Their power lies in the fact that books are vessels. Vessels of knowledge. Through books we can talk with predecessors long after they\u0026rsquo;re gone. We can interact and learn from those who would be far too busy to take the time to teach us these same lessons.\nI have developed a love of learning through the medium of books, and I would like to find a way to share that with anyone who is following my blog. I\u0026rsquo;m going to read through and comment on a book, and I\u0026rsquo;d invite you to participate by reading along and adding comments as we go. By sharing our ideas that we receive from reading books, we can get more from it than simply reading and reflecting alone.\nStay tuned and I\u0026rsquo;ll let everyone know which book we\u0026rsquo;ll start with and how you can best follow along.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-power-in-a-book/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI am convinced that books are the key to success.  They have no power in themselves.  Even the great holy books from antiquity are merely ink and paper of some sort.  Their power lies in the fact that books are vessels.  Vessels of knowledge.  Through books we can talk with predecessors long after they\u0026rsquo;re gone.  We can interact and learn from those who would be far too busy to take the time to teach us these same lessons.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Power in a Book"},{"content":"What is a disciple? No, it\u0026rsquo;s not some one dressed up in a saffron sarong trying to get you to buy a daisy at your local airport. A disciple is simple a person who chooses to conform to a discipline. Isn\u0026rsquo;t that a circular definition? What\u0026rsquo;s a discipline then, something a disciple does? Well yes, but there\u0026rsquo;s a bigger and better answer to that.\nFor some time I have been toying with a concept of how to live a life that mattered, hmm you could say a life of significance. I even tried to set up a web site around the theme. Something that I discovered was that there are small things you do that make your life very efficient and powerful. These are routine things, like getting ready for work. You have a number of tasks to complete: getting out of bed, getting something to eat, taking care of morning things around the house - maybe some chores, some reading, some quiet meditation time, getting cleaned up, picking clothes, getting dressed, and getting out the door to probably got entangled in traffic. Whatever your routine, you complete it with efficiency and in a short period of time. Well, unless you are constantly having your pay docked, or you are getting fired for never making it into work until lunch time\u0026hellip; in which case you have other problems we should discuss. If you actually stopped and took time to really ponder and think through what you do in your morning routine - it very well could take you until lunch time to get out the door.\nBut you don\u0026rsquo;t. You get all that done and get on to work. What is it that makes you move through all that without even thinking about it. Is it the fact that it\u0026rsquo;s become routine? Often while all these events take place you have time to listen to the news, chat with family members, or let your mind wander.\nIf you stop and think about it, you have a ton of these little micro routines in your every day life. I was calling them micro rituals for a time, but I think the term discipline is more appropriate.\nIt is these little disciplines that can make a huge difference in your life. So become a disciple, be a person that submits to discipline. Much more on this later.\nPowered by ScribeFire.\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/the-challenge-of-being-a-disciple/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a disciple?  No, it\u0026rsquo;s not some one dressed up in a saffron sarong trying to get you to buy a daisy at your local airport.  A disciple is simple a person who chooses to conform to a discipline.  Isn\u0026rsquo;t that a circular definition?  What\u0026rsquo;s a discipline then, something a disciple does?  Well yes, but there\u0026rsquo;s a bigger and better answer to that.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor some time I have been toying with a concept of how to live a life that mattered, hmm you could say a life of significance.  I even tried to set up a web site around the theme.  Something that I discovered was that there are small things you do that make your life very efficient and powerful. \u003c/p\u003e","title":"The challenge of being a disciple"},{"content":"Everything that does start has to start some time. And so this is the beginning of a journey. It is my intention that if you come along with me, you\u0026rsquo;ll learn, grow, and change. It may be together with me, or it may be in opposition to me - but that you aren\u0026rsquo;t the same for having spent time here with me, that\u0026rsquo;s my goal.\nSo let\u0026rsquo;s see what happens!\n","permalink":"https://myklk.com/posts/an-inaugural-address/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eEverything that does start has to start some time.  And so this is the beginning of a journey.  It is my intention that if you come along with me, you\u0026rsquo;ll learn, grow, and change.  It may be together with me, or it may be in opposition to me - but that you aren\u0026rsquo;t the same for having spent time here with me, that\u0026rsquo;s my goal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo let\u0026rsquo;s see what happens!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"An Inaugural Address"}]