Personal Recap: Feb 2010
Those of you that have read my blog for a while remember a recurring feature I had called the DCO Reader. In each of the Readers I tried to share some interesting posts from around the web on all the topics I find interesting. It started as weekly, then monthly, then got kind of sporadic, then just disappeared. I’ve actually just removed all the Readers from the blog too. While most of what I included was interesting, it always felt like a shortcut to adding content on the site and I really wasn’t doing anything you all could do with an Internet connection and a well crafted search.
My recent post on rethinking and refocusing on how I wanted to approach this blog has reinvigorated me. I also appreciate the wisdom of fellow blogger John Ettorre when he speaks to the tapping into the “authentic you” when writing. I totally agree with John when he says writing from the authentic you is important because:
Nothing else is very interesting, and readers pick up on when you’re not being yourself.
Personally, I’ve definitely felt more passion lately when it comes to writing. Writing from your heart and your passions has so many benefits, not the least of which is joy. So with this post I thought I’d start a more personal series, sort of a monthly recap on what I’m up to with respect to my personal passions and what I learned throughout the month. I’ll be posting these recaps over the weekend, so feel free to ignore them if you’re just not that interested in what I’m up to. Really – you won’t hurt my feelings. I’ll be sticking to the “Personal Recap:” text in the title so it should be pretty easy to filter them out of your E-Mail if you want (at least in Outlook; I haven’t figured out filtering yet for Mail on Mac – anyone?)
I’m going to keep it short with this kickoff post (especially since we’re already a week into March), with a lead-in for what is sure to be an interesting recap for March.
Combining my ever-present need to be inspired/challenged by crazy goals with the book Born to Run that I just finished (and am writing about), I’ve set upon the goal of transforming myself from a short to middle distance runner into a long distance runner. I’ll talk a bit more about this next month, but I’ve set myself two goals:
- Run 15 miles in one outing by the end of 2010
- Run a 30 mile race (or outing) by the end of 2011
Since we’re already one week into March I’ll cheat a bit and tell you things have been going well, but I can say it is a completely different feeling running longer and more consistently than my normal 3 miles, 3 or 4 times a week.
I’ve also just received the book Fascinate by Sally Hogshead, and if I get it finished in March, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on it.
That’s it for now – should be an interesting update for March. Talk to you then.
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Amen, brother.