So I’m headed on a mission. Not a two year Mormon mission (I already did one of those and it changed me for the better a billion %) but a mission to find a better me. (I need another billion % growth this time around)  Yea I know it’s a very ambiguous statement, but I have been in this crazy, not myself funk for a long, long time, and I need to get out of it.  I don’t know what the deal is so I’m going to go back to the basics and I’m going to add some cool new things to the routine..

Cool new thing #1. Meditation.  Laugh all you want, but unless you have tried it, and I mean really given it a shot you have not clue how cool meditation is. I’m this crazy ADHD, ADD, and any other acronym you can think of for hyperactive, my brain and thoughts NEVER slowing down kind of guy.  Me sitting down for more than 5 minutes is a bloody miracle, but my old assistant (thanks Kate!) got me into it. In fact Kate’s mom walked me through a 20 minute meditation session that was unreal, and got me so hooked. Sitting still for an extended period of time seems a bit stupid, but I swear to you if you man up, check the ego at the door, and get rid of the pretense that you sit there and hum for an hour you will freak out at how amazing it is, and how GREAT YOU FEEL! I’m going to work to meditate every morning for 30 minutes, so if you see me ask me how it was!

Cool new thing #2. I’m going vegan.  I am actually laughing out loud right now after writing that! It just came to my mind and I thought it was funny, but there is not a snowballs chance that I’m giving up my steak!  However I am going to eat better.  I have eaten well in the past for fight training etc, and I always go back to eating like crap but I cant help thinking how good I felt when I was eating fish, veggies, chicken etc.  My diet now consists of Reeces Pieces, Java Chip ice cream, and anything else that has saturated fat, high fructose corn syrup or SUGAR! I’m cutting back, so GET THEE HENSE BAD FOOD!

Cool new thing #3. One book a month.  I love to read and I have put reading on the back burner.  With Facebook and… ummm… ok with just Facebook I have lost desire for reading. That damn site has me looking up things I really dont care about, dont need to know, and frankly are a waste of 20 minutes a few times a day.  Sure it’s fun.  Yes I’m mildly addicted, but the reality is I can post what I ate for breakfast in about 5 seconds then wait until the next bathroom break before I “check in” on what’s happening in the world.  I really love education and I’m excited to dive in and start reading again. In fact I’m starting with ‘Switch” by Dan & Chip Heath.  One special note on this book is the that my youngest son threw the book in the bathtub. Yes the actual book, and yes while I was in the tub.  So it’s a bid warped and wrinkled, but after a month or so it’s dried out. Yea, it was brand new when I got it.

Ok, enough new things for now.  If you see me ask me how the “new things” are going.  If I look totally stoned when you ask me that means I probably have fallen off the ‘new me project’ wagon. If that is the case you are free to kick me in the you know what and remind me to DOMINATE!