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Simon Ponder: Haikus, Thoughts, Lomography and Games with a dash of ADD

Thoughts

Goals Checkin for The First Quarter

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I am a little behind on this blog post, but I am excited to be making it.

My goals are on track, although I did slack on a few of them due to being buried during Open Cloud Academy. I am proud of the things I have done and earning both certificates and a new position was no easy feat.

Goal 1: Get outside more

I have not had as many hiking trips this year as I would have liked, but now that OCA is no more, we have already started planning hiking and kayaking trips.

Goal 2: Read a New Book

This one I have been enjoying. I have read a couple of new books this year, and I have a stack I rewarded myself with right after I graduated from OCA. That was my first trip: half priced books. Picked up some hopefully gems.

Goals 3 and 4

These got side tracked. I have not documented with a picture every day or a haiku. Now that it is all calmed down. I am hoping I can get back into the swing of things.

Multi-Month Checkin thing

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Oh My goodness that got away from me super quickly.

Like for real.

I have been bad about exercise. I was going strong, but then I really got into the meat of OCA and everything fell by the wayside.

Rookie O Graduation with OCA grads

It is done. I earned both my RHSCA and my Network+ and before I was done with the program I had earned a position at Rackspace in the cloud office division.

It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks wrapping up the program, taking my final tests and starting a new job. It has been crazy busy. But it is done.

Now it is time to take a breath, get into the groove of the new job and then start learning new skills.

And also get back to the gym.

Weekly Checkin 1/13/2019

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I am a little behind on this. Like super behind on this. I started OCA this week and it has consumed me.

Last week was good. I got in two really solid runs. Some of the best runs I have gotten since I started doing couch to 5k again. I did not get in all 3 runs.

I did however get in 10k steps each day and hit the distance goal for Pokemon Go.

I have also been doing really well on my sleep patterns which had been lacking.



Month in Haiku’s – December, 2018

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December 1, 2018
Photos with Santa
Cousins wedding reception
Board games with Ariel

December 2, 2018
Breakfast with Ariel
Walking for Pokemon day
Gather stored items

December 3, 2018
Notes sent overseas
Raid bus tickets are for sale
Write essay for Quest

December 4, 2018
Prepare documents
Assessment meeting with quest
Discuss funding me

December 5, 2018
Observe the new pups
Visit parents for dinner
Stroll along the lake

December 6, 2018
Deliver banner Downtown
for work on projects
Run at woodlawn lake

December 7, 2018
grant organizer call
Failed to eat a healthy lunch
Late night GameStop shift

December 8, 2018
Adoption event
Help mom move heavy items
Blog and clean the house

December 9, 2018
Wake up for bus photo
Clean home and setup home office
Ready for new year

December 10, 2018
Finalize design
Schedule plans with project quest
Frito pie dinner

December 11, 2018
Certification
Meet with project quest advisor
Potential future.

December 12, 2018
Mail package to friend
Lose water bottle during
Consult board game store

December 13, 2018
Surprise lunch with friends
Christmas party for district
Celebrate funding

December 14, 2018
Joy filled walk to work
Pizza and walk for quick lunch
Fermented Friday

December 15, 2018
Waiting for email
Dressed as Santa for rescue
Worked late at GameStop

December 16, 2018
Slept in to mid day
Spicy noodles with Ariel
Relaxing sunday

December 17, 2018
Wrote the big letter,
Completed a final project
The year winds down now

December 18, 2018
Removed the band aid
Informed boss of future plans
Hot cocoA after

December 19, 2018
Up early today
Email confirmation today
PoGo tournament

December 20, 2018
Worked from bosses home
Ran errands and discussed work
Home to clean the house

December 21, 2018
Run Errands today
Visit Game Workshop for toy
Late to evening work

December 22, 2018
Friendly 5k race
Double Christmas parties kept me
Out late in the night

December 23, 2018
Up late for noodles
Last minute Christmas shopping
Game stop shift tonight

December 24, 2018
Red dawn light through glass
Christmas Eve shopping
followed By family joy

December 25, 2018
Christmas gifts for all
Sausage balls hot from the oven
Playtime with the kids

December 26, 2018
Dog sitting for friends
Work downtown setting up computer
Family time after

December 27, 2018
Up early for dogs
Lunch stroll to find warm pizza
Closing shift tonight

December 28, 2018
Gather bus supplies,
Babysitting friends dogs
Final days of work

December 29, 2018
Sleep late, tend devil dogs
Laundry and chores with parents
Relax in the night

December 30, 2018
Full day retail work.
Fajita tacos for sup
End dog sitting trip

December 31, 2018
Finish the year strong
Prepare challenges ahead
Celebrate the day

1Sec Everyday for 2018

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I actually really enjoyed this little project. I started this New Years Eve of last year. I was dog sitting for a friend and scrolling through blogs and I saw people posting about their 1Sec Everyday videos, and was like…I want to make one!

And so I did. I took a lot of videos of my cat. I also shot a large number of vertical videos and a handful of still photos on the days when I forgot to take a video.

This was fun, and something I am going to repeat in 2019.

Weekly Checkin 12/30/2018

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This week has been another garbage week. Thanks to work and holidays they have upset my balance. I did get some long walks in which was excellent, but not nearly enough to get to the walking goal required by Pokemon Go.

Running starts again tomorrow, that will put me back on track to hitting my goals much quicker.

Additionally, starting tomorrow there will be no more eating out at restaurants and no more sodas. That should reduce my caloric intake significantly and help me get on the right track as quickly as humanly possible.

Once things calm down, this will be back on track.