Run 100

I'm thinking about a new goal for the month of September. It's gonna be pretty extreme seeing as how it will be double the activity I've been doing the past two months. 

I only recommend getting on board with this if you have been doing a fair amount of consistent running (or jogging, really).

It all kinda centers on the Nike+ app. 

I am going to call it "100 September." Basically the goal is to run 100 miles in the month of September. 

If you're interested in joining me, download the app, request me, and I'll place the invite on tomorrow night. 

Hope to see you there!

Another assessment

I actually feel like I'm running out of things to say.  Plus I feel strangely torn in a dozen different directions as to why I even wanted to start a blog.  I like inspiring people.  I like making people laugh with my words.  I like showing and telling things that I've experienced.  I like the idea of promoting myself (ain't gonna lie).  I like seeing readership.  I do I honestly do.  I think that if anyone said they don't like that part even a little bit, that they'd be lying.  But I do, I like seeing readership. 

I like talking about me, something I don't do very often in spoken word.  I like feeling the challenge of saying what needs to be said while at the same time saying it in a way that is not going to push people away--which out of all of this roughshod list, that's probably the one I have the most improvement yet to achieve.

Here's what I'm thinking, though.  I attempt do that everyday via tweets and status updates.  Sometimes in thinking about this blog I can't see it any other way than for just an extra "click" that someone has to do to simply see a little bit longer of a status update or tweet.

Not sure what I'm going to end up doing, but just wanted to talk about it a bit.

Word to the wise

I'm reading two books at the same time now. One is called Hung By The Tongue and the other is called...well, the other one is Think and Grow Rich which I'm not really reading as much as I'm listening to.  And it's not the first time, but rather I finished it and went right back to the beginning.

What's interesting is that I'm at a part that really grabbed my attention this time around.  And it has tied into the entire message of Tongue.

It's this idea of not being too vocal about your plans and the dreams that are in your head.  It's not an entirely new concept.  It's along the same lines as that one quote that I have heard for years that says, "I'd rather be silent and have people wonder if I'm a fool than speak and remove all doubt." - (or something like that.)

But the spin on where I'm at in the books is slightly different.  It's concerning partly the things you have in your mind to achieve.  It's actually really important to not blurt it out every chance you get.  It's gotta kinda be like Gandalf says to Bilbo:

"Is it secret?  Is it safe?"

Granted he was talking about the ring of power which was the representation of everything evil, but I think it still applies to your dreams sufficiently.