Archive for May, 2008
Do you want me to get over my need for privacy?
You know, one of the things I’ve found important in the past has been maintaining a sense of privacy about the intimate moments of my life, for myself and for those who are involved in it. However, I’m thinking that this desire for privacy is holding me back from writing some of the stuff I really want to write.
So I thought I might ask you, the readers, the fans of this blog that have been around for a while. Do you want me to write more about my life in an intimate fashion? Do you want to know more about what I do, who I do it with, and how I feel about it?
Or do you want me to keep it all private, and if I have to write about it, then do so elsewhere with an anonymous blog that you don’t have to read?
Dyno Day
I went to a Dyno Day to get my car’s power output tested. Being a turbo-charged vehicle, I thought it would be a good idea to find out what it puts out. While I was there, I took some photos of a lot of other really hot cars. Enjoy.
My car ended up putting out 206rwkw. It gives me a base to work with when I start doing upgrades in future.
Why Twitter?
Twitter first started in 2006, and now, in 2008, I’m playing around with it and enjoying it. I’ve known about it since 2006, but why didn’t I start using it back then?
There’s a number of reasons, but the main one was that I didn’t understand its value. And if you’re not using it right now, you probably don’t too. That’s ok, because apparently it’s not for everyone. (Well, what is?) But if you’re curious and want to learn a bit more about it, there’s a good article here that I’ve found. I’ll summarise a few interesting points from it below.
Make the right friends
Twitter allows you to make friends by ‘following’ them. Lots of friends. So many of them, in fact, that you might get overwhelmed with messages that become meaningless to you. You might want to consider following only those you know, or those that are presenting information and updates that’s actually of interest to you. Are they providing you with value? That’s what you need to ask yourself.
Feel the pain
It’s common knowledge that if something physically hurts you, then it’s telling you to avoid it. A hot stove plate causes pain? Stay away from it. Sharp knives cut? Be careful with them. Falling off cliffs kill? Don’t get close to the edge.
It can be easily seen that what hurts us is what we try to avoid.
But what about emotional pain?
I find that when I’m experiencing some form of pain in my life that’s based on the interactions I have with other people, then I’m doing something wrong.
Our emotional reaction signals us the same way our physical reactions do. If it feels good, keep doing it. If it causes pain, stop. Pain is telling us that we shouldn’t doing whatever it is that’s causing pain, because it’s hurting us. If we feel bad about something – or someone – around us, it’s because we’re doing something wrong, and it’s a definite sign to start changing what we’re doing.
How you feel about it isn’t going to change it
Something goes wrong in your life, and you get angry, sad or frustrated. These are emotions based on what? An inability to do anything about it. The funny thing is, how you feel about something isn’t going to change what that something was. It’s not going to change what the results were.
How you feel about it isn’t going to change it. Whatever it is.
So if how you feel isn’t going to change it, then really – does it matter what you feel? No, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is what you do, and while this is often inspired by your feelings, if what you feel won’t change it, then don’t worry about it. Whatever it is.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
- The Serenity Prayer
