All right, so my blogging has been pretty consistent, the podcast has been pretty consistent, so I want to share what else is in the works.
The Flow Talk series is pretty inconsistent at this point. ?I posted a couple of really short episodes, but I wanted to make them longer, which I filmed last week but still haven’t edited and posted yet.
Will I do it this week?
I’m already pretty busy, but here are my “to-do’s”
For one, I want to make an easier to see goal chart. ?I used to use a chart called my Daily Accountability Chart (DAC) that is really easy to use and visually see whether I’m hitting my daily and weekly goals.
This has my most important daily activities so that I remember to do them and I can check them off which makes me feel pretty awesome and proud of myself.
I used to have a big binder on my desk and I would have my DAC in it, but why not go digital? ?It will save trees, plus because its on Google Drive I can do it pretty much anywhere and you can follow along if you like.
Here is the link for your convenience:?https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WhVWsc68c6N6IczfJg-o7gcgVSNrIvoN3ccfeU7cx88/edit?usp=sharing
All right, one more big piece of news…
I am seriously thinking about competing in an upcoming jiu-jitsu tournament. ?It’s April 3rd. ?So, ideally, from the perspective of this blog, I would commit to doing the tournament, then post everything I am doing to prepare and flow up to the day of the tournament, and then see how I do.
So what do you say? ?Sound interesting? ?Watch your buddy Winston prepare to fight in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament?
But wait Winston, aren’t you all ‘peace and love’ and hippy and what-not?
Yeah, and to be honest, I’m not particularly competitive, so the idea of going to a competition doesn’t really appeal to me. ?EXCEPT…
What does appeal to me is this idea that the words “jiu-jitsu” translate to “the gentle way.”
So, if I approach it from a self-defense perspective, going in to mitigate threats against me, could I use what I’ve learned to protect myself against an attack without hurting the attacker?
Could I have fun doing it? ?Could I use my flowing style jiu-jitsu effectively or is it just pretend? ?Is it too “fancy” and fake?
Only one way to figure out really.
I have to get permission from my professor, Regis Lebre first before I would even be allowed to compete, but I’m definitely considering it. ?Stay tuned…