Update: 06.09.09
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on June 9th, 2009
Still on the move. However, it is looking more likely that I will not meet my goal of taking the BCMSN exam in mid-July. I’m fine with that. In the past month I have come to see that for the last year and a half, I have been devoting way too much time on my study pursuit – starting from CCNA to my current status. There have been many things that occurred in the past year that allowed me to realize that I really need to slow it down one more notch. In a way, forces of nature made me come to this. Starting from the birth of my second child, then my mom becoming seriously ill, and now a heightened consciousness towards keeping my health in check.
I’m not stopping though. I just need to make sure that I continue to find that balance. Making sure that I continue spending that extra hour or two after work towards family time. In previous times, that was usually spent on reading, blogging, or labbing.
With my mom’s illness, I needed to make sure that I make that hour-long trip 3 times a week to spend 2-3 hours with my mom in the hospital. This has really taken a lot of time and patience on my part, but it is something that I gotta do. Seeing my mom in her present condition takes a lot of strength out of me and sucks out some of my mojo (lack of a better term). But this is also a time that tells me that I have to dig deeper inside and learn to fight through adversity. At least for my mom, if not for myself.
Lastly, I have taken on another challenge. Some of you who follow me on twitter know that I have been doing P90X. It’s an exercise program designed for coolness. So yeah, I’m trying to gain back coolness I sort of used to have in my earlier days. I call them my glory days – when I used to have a four-pack abs; or used to be able to almost dunk a basketball on an 8′ rim in my neighbors driveway; or pop a wheelie on my bmx bike for a cool 2 1/2 seconds. Coolness… here I come.
Next few posts will be blog notes relating to EtherChannel technology.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Thanks for stopping by on my blog. I’m sorry for your mom illness, which is defiantly more important than this. I had a motivation problem but now I am ready for the BCMSN. My target is also mid-July
June 9th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
When I started studying my husband got sick (heart attack he is better though) I learned during that process to have a solid balance for studying. Do what you can do studying wise but take of family first, cause when it boils down to it they were always in your corner especially your mother from day one.
As far as P90X I have been doing it now for 40 days and I LOVE IT…from where I started to where I am at now I am so much better off from a health perspective…I absolutely love the Kenpo X program.
God Bless you and your family during these trying times
June 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
@Newton: Good luck on your target date. Good to see you’ve updated your blog.
@Erica: Thanks for sharing. I’m glad your husband is better now.
I’m still struggling for the right balance, but hopefully I’ll get it right soon enough. Cool, you like P90x too. I haven’t tried Kenpo X yet but I’m a fan of martial arts so I’ll probably like it too.
God bless you too and your family…
June 10th, 2009 at 10:40 am
haaaha power 90x yeah I have been doing the sparat 300 system with arnel
and Iwantsixpackabs.com….I love going thru each exercise fast..it is great and feels great to get back in shape yep the mind, body and spirit seems to be
the balance….;) you are way young G and just keep pluggin you will get there me too..i have to write down what makes me happen and stuff like that and ask myself questions as to how much is enough? and where I want to be and what steps it will take and being happy to on the way to where I am going kind of thing!
-robert
Also, I think the good Lord some how keeps us in check when we chase after things too much that puts us out of balance and the more we try to obsess over something we love that takes away from the devince balance (ie family, health, friends, family ) he some how helps us remind ourselves that we need to balance and rest in him tooo not just in our great abilities that he has given us if you know what I mean my brother……