Eloy Zuniga Jr. » Life

How to get Anything

eloy — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:30:32 +0000

You can have anything in this world, you just have to give up everything else.

May 4th Celebration

eloy — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:05:03 +0000

Choose your Rabbit Hole

eloy — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:58:52 +0000

Choose your rabbit hole. When I watch TV I have a high likelihood of flipping channels and then watching something else, so on and so forth; by the time I’m out of my trance hours have passed and all I’m left with is guilt.

The same happens with work sometimes. You come into the office, start something and then wander your way into another project, if you’re disciplined you finish at least one project, else you end up starting lots of projects and probably finishing none.

This post has less to do with discipline and more to do with choosing your rabbit hole. By starting at work at least you stayed within the domain of work “hopefully.” So if you want to get something done, choosing a project that is closely related is probably the best way to go if you’re not ready to spear head your project just yet. The likelyhood that you wonder into your project is high and if it isn’t well then you’ve accomplished something else doesn’t include a post guilty party.

Some of the rabbit holes I attempt to choose are personal maintenance, home maintenance [boring; i know], my blog, my side projects, reading books on my list. The idea — once again — is that if you get bored or distracted along the way you’re more likely to wander into something as productive. Reading a book might spawn an idea and end up a post, or writing a post might have me questioning my layout and start tinkering with the design, tinkering the design might give me ideas for my side projects etc …

Rabbit holes to avoid: television, youtube [which is for the most part the same as former], pretty much visiting any site that provides little value.

A person today would have to live 1700 years to watch all YouTube videos currently available – a rabbit hole that will out live you.

Moments

eloy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:50 +0000

Forgive me for sounding spiritual. I’m actually trying to sound logical.

Life. Is made up of moments.

That’s it.

Most of the time we get caught up in responsibilities. We get caught up in those expectations assumed by others.

Showing up to work on time, meeting deadlines, paying bills, budgeting, watching what we eat, going to events that we’re expected to go to, visiting people we’re expected to visit.

Then you wake up and realize you haven’t done any of the things you have want to do.

Only you never bothered deciding what exactly you wanted to do. You never bothered because there wasn’t enough time or there wasn’t enough budget.

Life is about moments. The stuff you do in between are just a vehicle to your next moment.

Try to have more moments and spend less time driving to that moment.