Going on Vacation
Going on vacation for a few weeks. Noticed lots of typos in my last few posts, but was too mentally tired to fix them.
Ironically, since I started doing translating and editing professionally, it seems it took most of my mental energy and so I had little left for my own hobbies. Even though I was only working part-time, but perhaps the difficulty of making plans outside of the "common ken" is what really wore me down.
Being a metakoder, though, I developed a system for that, so in this new year, not before February, knock on wood, you might see me post more about that and also release some e-book-lets on those sort of techniques. I was hoping to just point to some common school or something, but my cursory glance tells me the only thing that even looks legit is like $200 US for the course, and as much as I love you guys, I'm not going to bother with it just to see if it is worthwhile.
Meanwhile, I would recommand three or four books for reference, they are all old but own them and find I refer to them alot. YMMV as always:
Anyhow, the story for Persona 3 is better to me. I haven't played all of it as yet... technical difficulties, but I played most and read up on it a bit. The movies are coming out now, and an anime series and other stuff (fighting game with extended story mode considered canon) are still pouring along but I'll only recommend what I actually own and enjoy... like the story for Persona 2 might be good but I didn't enjoy the system enough to play it much.
Hopefully, this year will be good for all of us. Already the seeds of ethical, compassional prosperity are blooming, and it is still winter time. Well, great things (smartphoens, Linux kernel) came out of winter, so we don't have to worry too much about the bankrupcy of our dreams. After all, we can turn the world upside down. Or flip the world as we work on our tables. Selah.
Thank you for all of your support over time, even those who are gone (e.g. kitten, owlex, many others who just stopped posting on LJ or closed their accounts or went off for whatever reason), everything has over time been profitable (even the temporary conflicts in my less mature days).
Ironically, since I started doing translating and editing professionally, it seems it took most of my mental energy and so I had little left for my own hobbies. Even though I was only working part-time, but perhaps the difficulty of making plans outside of the "common ken" is what really wore me down.
Being a metakoder, though, I developed a system for that, so in this new year, not before February, knock on wood, you might see me post more about that and also release some e-book-lets on those sort of techniques. I was hoping to just point to some common school or something, but my cursory glance tells me the only thing that even looks legit is like $200 US for the course, and as much as I love you guys, I'm not going to bother with it just to see if it is worthwhile.
Meanwhile, I would recommand three or four books for reference, they are all old but own them and find I refer to them alot. YMMV as always:
- The Mastery of Love, by Miguel Ruiz. He also wrote "The Four Agreements" and "Voice of Reasons", but if you just get one books, I would recommend "The Mastery of Love", because we could all use more and better quality love in our lives and relationships. It is not limited to romance and includes stuff to help with cultivating self-respect, self-love, and an unselfish way of putting yourself first.
- The Magic Of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwarts, Ph.D -- a classic which was written eons ago, and ocontinues to be revised and re-written. The copy I have is a softcover that fell apart almost as soon as I bought it, but that seems to be the order of books nowadays, I suppose I need to find a book-binder to rebind it. The actual content and size of text is updated and improved from the older copy which I had years before, having inherited it from flatmates, or something.
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad. by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A.; it iis also good to check out other stuff by both authors. Although the focus is on financial intelligence and money management, it also contains many concepts which will aid a more holistic way of developing, including the attitude of learning multiple paradigms and tactics to frame and address situations which you want to perceive clearly, or change to your benefit.
- The Joy of Thinking, by me.... I haven't finished writing this one yet but I'll post it here in parts, over time.
Anyhow, the story for Persona 3 is better to me. I haven't played all of it as yet... technical difficulties, but I played most and read up on it a bit. The movies are coming out now, and an anime series and other stuff (fighting game with extended story mode considered canon) are still pouring along but I'll only recommend what I actually own and enjoy... like the story for Persona 2 might be good but I didn't enjoy the system enough to play it much.
Hopefully, this year will be good for all of us. Already the seeds of ethical, compassional prosperity are blooming, and it is still winter time. Well, great things (smartphoens, Linux kernel) came out of winter, so we don't have to worry too much about the bankrupcy of our dreams. After all, we can turn the world upside down. Or flip the world as we work on our tables. Selah.
Thank you for all of your support over time, even those who are gone (e.g. kitten, owlex, many others who just stopped posting on LJ or closed their accounts or went off for whatever reason), everything has over time been profitable (even the temporary conflicts in my less mature days).