I Had an Actual Idea

Stop the press! I had a thought! An actual coherent idea! This is a new experience that I could get used to.

A long while ago I told myself that I needed to do something every day that would push me along towards the made up finish that doesn’t actually exist. If I did just one thing that will amount to 365 things I did each year that will benefit my career and subsequent life. 365.

I would say my tally of things done in 2010 is somewhere in the 100 region. 365 – 100 = 265. That means that I wasted 265 days of the last year. If you recall (not that you will but I do) I once wrote that I want to be accountable. Well here I am. Standing to be counted as lazy and inefficient. I did compete this year but I could have done better. Somewhere along the way I forgot about this whole one thing a day idea. I probably had laundry to do or a lawn to cut. Thank God I don’t take prescription meds. Or have pets. Or kids.

So, new feature to be added to InvertedJourney.com is the “What did I do today” window. Each day I will update this window with that day’s accomplishment. There will be a running tally of the number of things I did so we can keep track. We = me and those of you playing along at home. There may be some days where multiple things happen but SOMETHING has to happen everyday. I should probably tell my web guy about this. This is GREAT. Updating the website will not count as doing something.

To get the ball rolling (these will not count in the official tally) I will sum up yesterday and today.

Yesterday: Called Greg Koontz in Alabama to discuss heading down there in January or February. I want to learn from the Jedi Master of Decathlons. Great guy, cant wait. This will be the topic of one, or many future posts.

Today: Followed up with Mike Goulian. I emailed him awhile back about airshow flying and he invited me up to see him once the airshow season is over. The season is over but it isn’t seeing as the ICAS convention is coming up shortly and everyone is hustling to get ready for that.

Ready? Go!