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Member Since: 04/01/10
Last Login: 06/25/10
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Program Progress: Day 38
Member Since: 04/01/10
Last Login: 06/25/10
Viewed: 8342
Program in:
Program Progress: Day 38
Personal Interests:
Music:
I like old school Hip-Hop music or new stuff that still has an old flavor. I love latin music from Cuba, Argentina and Brazil. U2 is my favorite rock band. I love to create customized music stations on Pandora. Old Vocal Jazz like Ella, Billie and Frank. Folk rock like the Indigo Girls or Ben Harper. New artists like Lady Gaga and Janelle Monae. Not a big country music fan, but I do like the Dixie Chicks and Garth Brooks plus a few others.
Books:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Tao of Pooh, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Color Purple, The Tipping Point, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Favorite Places:
Baker Park in Frederick, MD (My "home town"), The outer banks of North Carolina, The Grand Canyon, Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, AZ, Cunningham Falls State Park, The National Mall in Washington, DC, The Roof of The Kennedy Center, Santa Barbara County
I Want To See:
Yosemite, The Giant Redwoods, Yellowstone, A Super Bowl with my Dad, My son's dreams come true, The Great Wall of China, The Great Pyramids, India, The earth from outer space.
Hobbies:
Activities:
Sports:
Movies:
I love all kinds of movies. I have been watching a lot of documentaries lately. I like action flicks, comedies, romantic comedies, mysteries, film noir, indies. Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love Kevin Smith stuff. Super Hero Movies are always fun for me. I love animated films and I see a lot of them with my son.
TV:
I am trying to get away from "programmed" TV and just watch what I can on the internet. I like Parenthood, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, Community, The Office, 30 Rock, The Soup, Ace of Cakes, Better off Ted. Mind you, I catch a lot of these shows at other people's houses.
Heroes:
Einstein, Ghandi, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Bono, Howard Stern, My Brother, Bill Clinton, Steve Wosniak, Rich McDonnough(High School Teacher), Malcolm Gladwell
I Want To Meet:
Tools Goal List:
Areas In My Life I Want To Work On
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I Want To Quit Or Control
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Skills I Am Interested In
- - Goal setting
- - Visualization
- - Focus
- - Management
- - Motivation
I Suffer From
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shadesofdallas's Life List:
| Finish a marathon |
| Spend a week in Yosemite |
| See the giant redwoods in person |
| Become an organic locavore |
| Own a home |
| Host Saturday Night Live |
| Direct a feature length film |
| Voice one or more characters in a major animated feature or series |
| Create an artists' commune |
| Learn to fly a plane or Helicopter |
| Sky dive |
| Go Parasailing |
| Watch the BIG waves roll in |
| Start riding a bicycle regularly |
| Backpack through Europe |
| Visit the great American Northwest |
| Be nominated for a major acting award |
| Attend all major Show Business Award Shows |
| Attend a TED conference |
| Start an acting camp for children |
| Become a Master of my Lodge |
| Re-furbish an old house and live in it |
| Finish my Bachelor's Degree |
| Grow my own vegetables to eat |
| Build Images by Firefly into a $200,000 a year business |
| Have a vacation house in Vermont |
| Own a vineyard and create a wine |
| Own a boat |
| speak a language other than English fluently |
| Go to a Super Bowl with my Dad |
comments
Stay strong!
I don't know how much this will help, but you're really close to the day where Devlyn talks about the big bump, and how people hit a wall and stop, or slip back into their old patterns. I hit my bump a couple Tools days before he went over it, and I didn't sign in for several days. Once I got through that lesson, though, I've been here on a much more regular basis, and I feel like Tools is having more of an impact since I got past that lesson.
Anyway, I know that doesn't offer any help for today, but maybe some hope that there's still more to come that will help with these feelings.
Small things...
Whenever I feel overwhelmed I do really small things and concentrate on doing just one thing at a time. Little things add up and just moving forward and accomplishing things (even if they are small) breaks me out of my "Hole" as I call it. I even recognize it my acknowledging to myself "oops, I'm back in the Hole again, get yourself out" and then I take action. I'm much, much better at getting out and moving forward now, thanks to Tools. Devlyn really does give you the steps to take to keep moving forward. Keep checking in and working on changing your behaviors, it works!
Helpful
Thanks so much for your kind comments. It is very helpful to know that I am not alone in these feelings and that I am moving in the right direction. I feel much better today although I am still a little less than my optimal self. I will keep moving forward and completing TOOLS each day.