This Japanese term means continuous improvement, and I’ve decided to adopt it as a way of being in the now and next. I want to be able to look at myself each day at the end of the day and say how I’ve gotten a little bit better.
Getting better is more than a New Year’s resolution. It is a definite need for me, as I am an individual who has become stagnant in more ways than I can imagine. I am surrounded by stagnancy and likely bring many of the people around me down. I sink to the lowest possible level, like a sponge soaking up all the suck, swallowing it and wallowing in it. I need to tell myself to get better. I need to make those around me better vs. worse. This is my task.
Kaizen:
- I recognized that I have to get better ever day. Knowing is half the battle. The other half is hard ass work.
Some Thoughts:
- I’ll mess with that format. It is likely the Kaizen will become a part of some thoughts.
- My mom showed up. This is not a simple ‘oh she walked or drove across town.” No, she flew across the country during Covid. Popped in for business, and briefly stopped by the house to say hello. Unannounced. I cannot make this shit up… and I’m a fiction writer.
- Jr. Talislegger #2 is back in the football game and that means that I need to rise early in order to get the kid to practice on Sundays. Yay.
- These blogs are getting later and later and about less and less… That is never a good sign.
- Coffee talk: While I have a love for large cups of coffee a la Gilmore Girls, I find that a smaller cup holds more heat and thus flavor.
- I enjoy these short thoughts… especially when I have little to say.
- I will say that I am increasingly aware that I am falling ill. Not quite sure what it is. It does not match up with Covid, which is good.