Friday, March 19, 2010

organizing my life

SOMETHING I've really been meaning to do for years, and something that I think I(from a neutral viewpoint) KNOW that I would do nothing but benefit from, yet my apathy dictates my incessant rationale that I don't need to do anything of the sort, that I can get wherever I want, essentially from doing things half assedly/lazily.

i would sincerely like to change that, and in this stream, i hope to identify my goals in an organized fashion, the system by which obviously not currently complete, but i feel like that is an acceptable work in progress, as whatever is efficient for me should be fine(am i already contradicting my first statement?? maybe. hahah shrug)

LONG TERM GOALS

Learn a new language

1. Decide which language to learn(Not exactly in a hurry with this goal, but it's something I would like to steadily work toward)
2. Research the history/ workings of this language
3. Spend an hour or so every day working on Rosetta Stone to become fluent in this language
(Currently none of these goals are complete.)
Current off the top of the head choices for languages to learn, possibly with pros and cons

a. Spanish. Pros being that 1.I have a small background in it, knowing quite a few of the mechanics of it, and I've found it was quite simple to learn using Rosetta Stone, the foundation will almost certainly return. 2. One of the most spoken languages in the world, and it will CERTAINLY be practically useful, possibly moreso than any other language. Cons1. I don't inherently like the way it's spoken, or maybe just indifferent to it, not that I especially DISLIKE it. I think that's probably the only con, as I've heard it's also a very easy language to learn, which would be 3 on pros.

b. Hungarian. Pros being that I am Hungarian and it would be really fuckin' cool to know the language. Cons being that it seems really hard and I think I've read a few things saying it's one of the most complex languages

C. Italian. Basically it just sounds cool, haha. Not much thought here.

That's all for off the top of my head, I'll soon do some research into this a bit further.

Become the musician that I want to be
The aspect of this I'm probably closest to achieving.

1. LEARN ALL THE FUCKING NOTES OF THE FRETBOARD. Something I've meant to do since I've started playing, I just need to realize how much of a better player I would be if I knew them, just by touching a fret I should instantly know the note, I can't develop my skills in playing in keys or modes very effectively without doing this, period.

2. PLAY WITH A FUCKING METRONOME.
Not playing with one when I first started(IE: 95 percent of my guitar playing career) has really kind of fucked me and my timing is pretty off, I need to get to the point where I play in time inherently, and not "rush" my speed which makes me sound off kilter. There's this thing this guy said, to play ONLY with a metronome for 21 days at a speed you can comfortably and 100 percent accurately play in. I don't think I could(not to say it's impossible), but I'm pretty sure that would suck the fun out of my playing, as usually i just noodle around in keys while playing the office or something.

3. WRITE. WRITE. WRITE.
My fear of imperfection has so hindered my creativity it's almost scary. I have a song I'm working on a bit right now in my head, so hopefully I can materialize it.

My perfectionism has GREATLY hindered me here, I've been meaning to write songs "when I get better" for about a year, and it was originally supposed to be in a month or 2, now I'm LEAGUES better than I ever was and still haven't written any piece of music. Reasons being, one I'm too obsessed with it being perfect

Start a career/business in internet marketing
1. Basically right now, this seems to be at a standstill. I don't want to earn too much more this month, but when I have the funds I will have to figure out PPC campaigns, niches, do much keyword research, ETC.
Get into fairly decent shape(not exactly buff or stacked or anything, just lean and in good shape)
1. Figure out an exact schedule, rather than half assedly doing shit whenever i feel like it.
2. Eat better, although this can't be much achieved until I get more money.

Expand my vocabulary/ skills as a linguistic writer(one in the same with getting over my aversion of writing)
1. Do freerice.com daily.
2. Write something, even if it's shitty, every day. Starting today, with this.

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