Oh where oh where did this blogger go oh where oh where can it be

I can't believe it's been a month since I posted to this blog. I'm sure many of you have forgotten about me at this point but alas. Hope springs eternal. So I'll do a quick wrap up of the previous task and then propose a new one for the next 30 days. First a disclaimer

DISCLAIMER: The writer of this blog apologizes for his long absence. He did a two week retreat and then went home for another two weeks. Yes he could have found time to write this blog, but he didn't he wiled away his time watching voyager and spending time with family. He drank too many carbonated beverages and thought to many cynical thoughts but now he is back ready to begin anew this task of tasks called personal growth please forgive him his humanity.

So how did week four go

1. File letter with DHS
2. Work on proposal for Discernment committee.
3. Call Angela
4. Start Exercising again (I did good last week, but this one <---SLACKER)
5. Make Jogen A DVD of Talk
6. Post Week 3 Summary Blog
7. work on Dharma School version of Wagon Wheel
8. work on case for DDLL
9. make list of intentions for next retreat
10. clean up older stuff from my computer as prep for sale
11. clean up my cube
12. start smiling practice again

This is what the list looks like. As you can see I did ok as I finished 7 tasks so technically I did finish one for each day of that week.

I really enjoyed doing this task and was happy to get this done, but the challenge is that I have to make the list and post it. I need to keep it somewhere where I can refer to it often and up date it often.

It really poses the question to me of what kind of person do I want to be. A person who uses the 24 hours of the day or a person who is used by the 24 hours of the day. I know that if I use this technique and something called the pomodoro method I do get more things done. But of course this is because on some level I don't have the type of self discipline to focus on things in this formal way. Alas it takes self discipline to make this list. So my weakness amplifies itself but if I can do the list then I my strength will amplify itself. I vow to do my best to keep doing this task for the next month. I'll let you know how it goes but I won't be updating you on my progress.

My next task

Deepening and strengthening personal relationships. More on that later