These are my books.
My boss bought them for me. He decides I need to learn something, so he buys me a book about it. These are all the books he's bought me since I started in September of last year. That's about a book a month, which is quite an accomplishment, considering the thickness of the books and the fact that I'm a ridiculously slow reader.
This time last year, I was all about reinventing myself. I had my new creed (which I still live by), and I had concrete expectations for what the following 52 weeks would look like. Around February I started realizing just how hard that creed was to live by; by June I'd stopped taking my daily pictures for Project 365, and in August I was faced with the startling realization that I hadn't really learned anything or grown at all that year.
Well, it's round 2 and I feel like I'm being catapulted into 2011 with tons of momentum and more ammunition than I know what to do with.
I'm plowing through a book that is giving me a fresh set of eyes for studying the Word.
I'm in the process of shifting to a new paradigm that will allow me to absorb insane amounts of written information in minutes.
I'm forcing myself to be okay with waking up insanely early to make time for things that are (or should be) important.
I'm going through a process of re-learning everything I (think I) already know, and keeping a beginner's mind about everything.
I am learning how to view the world with a "soft focus," which widens my field of view and allows me to be more alert to my physical surroundings.
I am studying how to be more in-tune to the needs of my wife.
Last year I took this so seriously that I ran it into the ground. One common element I'm finding in all of these new concepts is a playful sense of curiosity. This is truly where exploration meets revelation.
So am I going to totally reinvent myself and try to become the best version of myself possible? No. I'm going to learn to practice humility and discipline and reconnect with my Father.
This is all for now.
-R
1 comment:
I like this list. It's a good list. Don't forget to document the struggles and triumphs.
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