Sunday, November 4, 2012
Excellence
Well that was fun.
Too bad school is tomorrow.
Anyway, on to cool things.
I have two quotes that hang on the wall beside my bed. I read them every night before I sleep, and every night before I wake up.
"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard" -Tim Notke
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle.
With some more research into quotes I want to hang beside my bed I found the real Aristotle quote. Well, maybe not the real, but the full version;
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle.
So what is excellence?
I think that it is up to each individual to determine what it means to them.
I just thought I would share that with you.
Day 4 comin' on day 5 for the movember stache. She's a beauty already!
I'll post a photo after this post.
Anyway, I hope everyones weekend was just wonderful.
A
Too bad school is tomorrow.
Anyway, on to cool things.
I have two quotes that hang on the wall beside my bed. I read them every night before I sleep, and every night before I wake up.
"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard" -Tim Notke
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle.
With some more research into quotes I want to hang beside my bed I found the real Aristotle quote. Well, maybe not the real, but the full version;
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle.
So what is excellence?
I think that it is up to each individual to determine what it means to them.
I just thought I would share that with you.
Day 4 comin' on day 5 for the movember stache. She's a beauty already!
I'll post a photo after this post.
Anyway, I hope everyones weekend was just wonderful.
A
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Weekends
Man am I ever excited that it's the weekend.
My original plan for the weekend was to attempt to make it low-key. But being 20 years old, that is nearly impossible. Yesterday my brothers girlfriend, Chelsey, graduated from Mount Royal University with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. A huge congratulations! We then had the wonderful opportunity of spending the remainder of the day and evening with her lovely family. We went out for dinner to a beautiful restaurant on Stephen Ave. called Centini. I had a spectacular Bison steak with a fried egg on top. It was probably the best meal I have ever eaten in my life. Aside from Mom's turkey dinners of course:)
Well I am sitting on my bed surrounded by laundry that is ready to fold, and a room that is ready to be organized. Then I will delve into the lovely, complicated, and stupidly awesome world of human physiology. It's funny how the class I am doing the worst in is my favourite.
Mike sent us a cool article a psychologist wrote about what makes world class performers (not just athletes), world class performers.
Here's the link!
http://www.leadersinperformance.com/the-leader/simon-hartley-what-really-differentiates-world-class-performers/#.UI69_RFrx44.twitter
Make sure to check it out. It's a quick read and interesting. Maybe it'll help you understand what I do everyday ;)
Anyway I hope every one has a wonderful weekend.
PS! Don't forget to set those clocks back tonight
A
My original plan for the weekend was to attempt to make it low-key. But being 20 years old, that is nearly impossible. Yesterday my brothers girlfriend, Chelsey, graduated from Mount Royal University with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. A huge congratulations! We then had the wonderful opportunity of spending the remainder of the day and evening with her lovely family. We went out for dinner to a beautiful restaurant on Stephen Ave. called Centini. I had a spectacular Bison steak with a fried egg on top. It was probably the best meal I have ever eaten in my life. Aside from Mom's turkey dinners of course:)
Well I am sitting on my bed surrounded by laundry that is ready to fold, and a room that is ready to be organized. Then I will delve into the lovely, complicated, and stupidly awesome world of human physiology. It's funny how the class I am doing the worst in is my favourite.
Mike sent us a cool article a psychologist wrote about what makes world class performers (not just athletes), world class performers.
Here's the link!
http://www.leadersinperformance.com/the-leader/simon-hartley-what-really-differentiates-world-class-performers/#.UI69_RFrx44.twitter
Make sure to check it out. It's a quick read and interesting. Maybe it'll help you understand what I do everyday ;)
Anyway I hope every one has a wonderful weekend.
PS! Don't forget to set those clocks back tonight
A
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Back into it
Hey everyone!
Wow what a week. Started out pretty stressful and ended on a positive note.
I wish you could all meet my Human Physiology lab professor, she is a serious riot.
I'll try and elaborate.
Imagine a middle aged, red headed, joyful, South African woman who is extremely sarcastic and is always eager to help students. Before our group presentations a couple of weeks ago, to test the speakers for any movies we were playing she put on the new hit single from PSY called "Gangnam Style". It was blasted and she was dancing.
Hilarity Ensued.
I'll post a youtube link so you guys can check it out.
At the end of all of my weeks her lab is the last class I have and I never dread it!
With great classmates and a wonderful instructor, makes for an easy three hours, no matter how annoying and tedious a lab can be.
It's teachers like her, that I know, are going to make my life easier.
I got my second Human Physiology mid term back and I was extremely disappointed, yet again, with how poorly I did.
I'm meeting with my instructor tomorrow morning to review the test and go over some material we are covering now. I still can't get over the fact that I am actually almost failing a class. I slacked off more in high school and was able to pull of 70's easily. Now I'm busting my butt and barely pulling a 50.
It's pretty funny actually.
But don't worry, with a quick chat from Papa bear I had my head on straight, and was keen to jump back into the books and keep working harder. If I learned anything this summer is this;
If you are working hard, great. Work harder.
I feel like I'm talking Roxanne Esch's words out of her mouth.
I've been doing some climbing with Logan these days (well we actually haven't been in a couple weeks) but it's been nice to go back to my athletic roots and remember why I love sports.
Obviously I train everyday, but doing something like that with a good friend always rings the bells.
Anyway, I'm off to go peddle a stationary for too long.
Have a great night!
Oh heres the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
A
Wow what a week. Started out pretty stressful and ended on a positive note.
I wish you could all meet my Human Physiology lab professor, she is a serious riot.
I'll try and elaborate.
Imagine a middle aged, red headed, joyful, South African woman who is extremely sarcastic and is always eager to help students. Before our group presentations a couple of weeks ago, to test the speakers for any movies we were playing she put on the new hit single from PSY called "Gangnam Style". It was blasted and she was dancing.
Hilarity Ensued.
I'll post a youtube link so you guys can check it out.
At the end of all of my weeks her lab is the last class I have and I never dread it!
With great classmates and a wonderful instructor, makes for an easy three hours, no matter how annoying and tedious a lab can be.
It's teachers like her, that I know, are going to make my life easier.
I got my second Human Physiology mid term back and I was extremely disappointed, yet again, with how poorly I did.
I'm meeting with my instructor tomorrow morning to review the test and go over some material we are covering now. I still can't get over the fact that I am actually almost failing a class. I slacked off more in high school and was able to pull of 70's easily. Now I'm busting my butt and barely pulling a 50.
It's pretty funny actually.
But don't worry, with a quick chat from Papa bear I had my head on straight, and was keen to jump back into the books and keep working harder. If I learned anything this summer is this;
If you are working hard, great. Work harder.
I feel like I'm talking Roxanne Esch's words out of her mouth.
I've been doing some climbing with Logan these days (well we actually haven't been in a couple weeks) but it's been nice to go back to my athletic roots and remember why I love sports.
Obviously I train everyday, but doing something like that with a good friend always rings the bells.
Anyway, I'm off to go peddle a stationary for too long.
Have a great night!
Oh heres the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
A
Monday, October 29, 2012
New Blog Template
Hey guys!
I'm just trying out a new blog template here.
If it's too confusing gimme a holler and I'll figure something out more simple.
Or, if you like it, still let me know!
I like hearing from everyone.
Anyway, time for class.
Aj
I'm just trying out a new blog template here.
If it's too confusing gimme a holler and I'll figure something out more simple.
Or, if you like it, still let me know!
I like hearing from everyone.
Anyway, time for class.
Aj
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Goodbye Facebook
Hey guys!
For the third time in my life I am deactivating my Facebook account. I think it has become too much of a distraction from my studies.
It also makes me feel like there isn't enough good secrets in the world. At any given time, you can find someones name from anywhere, type it in there search bar and if they don't have good enough security settings you can find out everything about them. What party they were at last week, who they are dating, who they have dated, what their political views are, what their religious views are and so much more. You can find all this information out, without even meeting them. But trust me, the reason for my deactivation isn't because I fear for my safety. I just want to try and live without Facebook until christmas. This is my goal! I really do want to try and keep this goal. So for my social networking dose I will keep my twitter account activated and I'll get this blog going again :)
Well I guess that's all for now.
Until next time
Aj
For the third time in my life I am deactivating my Facebook account. I think it has become too much of a distraction from my studies.
It also makes me feel like there isn't enough good secrets in the world. At any given time, you can find someones name from anywhere, type it in there search bar and if they don't have good enough security settings you can find out everything about them. What party they were at last week, who they are dating, who they have dated, what their political views are, what their religious views are and so much more. You can find all this information out, without even meeting them. But trust me, the reason for my deactivation isn't because I fear for my safety. I just want to try and live without Facebook until christmas. This is my goal! I really do want to try and keep this goal. So for my social networking dose I will keep my twitter account activated and I'll get this blog going again :)
Well I guess that's all for now.
Until next time
Aj
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Wow
Hey Everyone
It has come to my understanding that although I have few readers, the people who do read matter the most to me.
So here I am back, with a new promise;
I'm not going to post everyday, I'm not going to post every week but I will post at least every month.
Recently my good friend Peter Thompson passed away while on a paddling trip.
I've had a serious week of ups and downs between writing midterms, getting midterm marks, and of course struggling with the struggles every 20 year-old faces on a daily basis.
I've had unsurmountable support from friends, family, Dill's girlfriend, and even people in the paddling community I haven't met.
When I first heard the news I was in a bit of a mix up. It was last week at the Harvie Passage just before the race so I guess you could kind of imagine the mind set I was in.
Amazingly, I was able to paddle one of the best races I have ever paddled. It's funny how I always seem to paddle the best under the most silly circumstances.
After the race I was able to go home and do some thinking. I sat on the phone for quite sometime chatting with friends and checking in on everyone.
One conversation with a friend really sticks out for me though. She was the first one who really just let me sit and say nothing. She did a lot of talking and didn't ask me much. She knew what I was going through, and all she did was give me a few words of comfort and of course reminded me I wasn't alone.
It was hard.
I always thought I would be prepared for something like this. After watching my brother go through his horrid loss, I always thought I would be okay.
Well, of course, I wasn't and still not really okay.
Between this time I received a failing mid term mark, wrote a midterm, and studied for another mid term that I later learned isn't until next week.
But finally, I was able to get a short and rather lame text message conversation in with Roxanne. I really wish it was over the phone but it was better then nothing.
She reminded me to not mourn Peter. He would be furious if he found out I was this upset and stressed out about it all. He would only want me to sit and remember all the good times we had.
It's funny when I think about it, but I truly only ever had good times with Peter. There was never a moment of dispute or argument between us. We never put each other down, even in the friendly sarcastic way that friends do. He always had a smile on his face and never had a bad thing to say about anyone. He was the type of friend you could always count on, no matter the situation.
He was also the friend that if you called him to go paddle, bike, hike, climb, ski, hang out, go for a beer, get some food, or anything he would be there in a heartbeat.
Today Mom and I are driving up to Camp Chief Hector for his memorial service. I'm not sure what to expect.
I'm expecting to see a number of friendly faces of all the people Peter touched in his life. Trust me, if you are one of those people, I personally would consider yourself lucky.
I guess what I am getting at with this post is, there isn't enough time in life to neglect the things you love. Whether it's your family, friends, photography, guitar, video games, or anything like that. Always do what makes you happy. If there is anything Peter taught me, it's that.
So, I am going to write more because I do enjoy it. I'm going to get back to making little videos, I'm going to work harder on the water, and off. I owe it to Peter.
If their's a will, their's a way. Peter lived his life that way, and I intend to try.
My heart goes to his family.
I saw someone post on Peter's wall and I really liked what he said. Don't rest in peace Peter, keep charging hard wherever you are and find your own peace.
Rest well my friend.
It has come to my understanding that although I have few readers, the people who do read matter the most to me.
So here I am back, with a new promise;
I'm not going to post everyday, I'm not going to post every week but I will post at least every month.
Recently my good friend Peter Thompson passed away while on a paddling trip.
I've had a serious week of ups and downs between writing midterms, getting midterm marks, and of course struggling with the struggles every 20 year-old faces on a daily basis.
I've had unsurmountable support from friends, family, Dill's girlfriend, and even people in the paddling community I haven't met.
When I first heard the news I was in a bit of a mix up. It was last week at the Harvie Passage just before the race so I guess you could kind of imagine the mind set I was in.
Amazingly, I was able to paddle one of the best races I have ever paddled. It's funny how I always seem to paddle the best under the most silly circumstances.
After the race I was able to go home and do some thinking. I sat on the phone for quite sometime chatting with friends and checking in on everyone.
One conversation with a friend really sticks out for me though. She was the first one who really just let me sit and say nothing. She did a lot of talking and didn't ask me much. She knew what I was going through, and all she did was give me a few words of comfort and of course reminded me I wasn't alone.
It was hard.
I always thought I would be prepared for something like this. After watching my brother go through his horrid loss, I always thought I would be okay.
Well, of course, I wasn't and still not really okay.
Between this time I received a failing mid term mark, wrote a midterm, and studied for another mid term that I later learned isn't until next week.
But finally, I was able to get a short and rather lame text message conversation in with Roxanne. I really wish it was over the phone but it was better then nothing.
She reminded me to not mourn Peter. He would be furious if he found out I was this upset and stressed out about it all. He would only want me to sit and remember all the good times we had.
It's funny when I think about it, but I truly only ever had good times with Peter. There was never a moment of dispute or argument between us. We never put each other down, even in the friendly sarcastic way that friends do. He always had a smile on his face and never had a bad thing to say about anyone. He was the type of friend you could always count on, no matter the situation.
He was also the friend that if you called him to go paddle, bike, hike, climb, ski, hang out, go for a beer, get some food, or anything he would be there in a heartbeat.
Today Mom and I are driving up to Camp Chief Hector for his memorial service. I'm not sure what to expect.
I'm expecting to see a number of friendly faces of all the people Peter touched in his life. Trust me, if you are one of those people, I personally would consider yourself lucky.
I guess what I am getting at with this post is, there isn't enough time in life to neglect the things you love. Whether it's your family, friends, photography, guitar, video games, or anything like that. Always do what makes you happy. If there is anything Peter taught me, it's that.
So, I am going to write more because I do enjoy it. I'm going to get back to making little videos, I'm going to work harder on the water, and off. I owe it to Peter.
If their's a will, their's a way. Peter lived his life that way, and I intend to try.
My heart goes to his family.
I saw someone post on Peter's wall and I really liked what he said. Don't rest in peace Peter, keep charging hard wherever you are and find your own peace.
Rest well my friend.
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