It gives me an insight on thoughts that I forget as time passes. Not much to say here besides that.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Storytime
I once had a conversation with an old friend. It didn't last long, but it ended with me telling him that I would become a millionaire by the age of 20. It was based off an idea a person had implemented in me a while back; while I was in a class with a tutor. Some time as passed since then, and I am 19; still not a millionaire. I don't know if it was me being naive, or just idealistic of the world around me. However, I'm sure of one thing, and that one thing is i'm a man of words, not action. I rarely take the action required to complete my goals in life. Recently, I started to take actions towards my monthly goal. The goal itself is not important, so I will not mention it. These successes have been limited, but I consider it progress. I will continue to complete my goals, no matter how long they take.
Now I am going to rewrite this post with all of the details that would otherwise be missing in a "high quality" post.
The truth is I really did have a conversation with my friend. Before you continue reading, I know some people would assume the friend I was referring to was someone I had stopped talking to for over a year, and just caught up. That's not the truth. The friend that I referred to in this post has been friends with me for several years now — since 2009 to be exact. We talk almost everyday about random stuff. Like the young adults we are, we discuss many things, from people to events to ideas. Obviously, the conversation I had with him was just one other conversation. The conversation itself was not important to this post, but I had to give it some context. I did have the conversation several times though.
The idea of being a millionaire by 20 didn't seem unreasonable at the time. I honestly thought I would be able to do that, or at the very least $100,000, had I changed and did some things different. Obviously I had confidence issues — at least until I learnt to not give a fuck. The main issue I had was not lack of confidence, but rather, lack of content to talk about. I've questioned it time and time again, and I still do not have an answer that makes me want to stop asking. To answer your question: Yes, Some guy actually came into my tutor and talked to the class about life. It was awesome.
Though it is true that I am mainly a man of words, I do enjoy taking action nowadays, even if taking action nowadays means taking action once a blue moon. When I mentioned I take more action now than I have before, I actually mean it. To put it in context though, I complete one action a week. Realistically, in the past fortnight, I've done two things. Much less than most sucessful people who do one new thing a day.
Yeah the quality of this post really dropped. It's late, and i'm tired.
Now I am going to rewrite this post with all of the details that would otherwise be missing in a "high quality" post.
The truth is I really did have a conversation with my friend. Before you continue reading, I know some people would assume the friend I was referring to was someone I had stopped talking to for over a year, and just caught up. That's not the truth. The friend that I referred to in this post has been friends with me for several years now — since 2009 to be exact. We talk almost everyday about random stuff. Like the young adults we are, we discuss many things, from people to events to ideas. Obviously, the conversation I had with him was just one other conversation. The conversation itself was not important to this post, but I had to give it some context. I did have the conversation several times though.
The idea of being a millionaire by 20 didn't seem unreasonable at the time. I honestly thought I would be able to do that, or at the very least $100,000, had I changed and did some things different. Obviously I had confidence issues — at least until I learnt to not give a fuck. The main issue I had was not lack of confidence, but rather, lack of content to talk about. I've questioned it time and time again, and I still do not have an answer that makes me want to stop asking. To answer your question: Yes, Some guy actually came into my tutor and talked to the class about life. It was awesome.
Though it is true that I am mainly a man of words, I do enjoy taking action nowadays, even if taking action nowadays means taking action once a blue moon. When I mentioned I take more action now than I have before, I actually mean it. To put it in context though, I complete one action a week. Realistically, in the past fortnight, I've done two things. Much less than most sucessful people who do one new thing a day.
Yeah the quality of this post really dropped. It's late, and i'm tired.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
30 things to ask people(So you can get rejected)
Instructions: Put the word "ask" In front of every number so it makes sense. It saves me from repeating Ask 30 times. Note: Some of these are weird.
Ask ____________
Another Note: 1-14 are related to females. 15-30 are general. Ones that are bold must be repeated to a different person -- if the first person you asked said yes. The ones that are crossed out are the ones that have been completed.
Ask ____________
For her number.- To hold that person's hand.
- If you can motorboat her.
- For a date.
- For a kiss.
- To hang out on valentines day.
- For a one minute hug
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- To touch their face.
- If they want to see a random dance. Do the dance if they say yes.
- For 100 dollars.
- To shoot the ball if you see a group of people playing sports.
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
- a
Another Note: 1-14 are related to females. 15-30 are general. Ones that are bold must be repeated to a different person -- if the first person you asked said yes. The ones that are crossed out are the ones that have been completed.
I don't know if i'm getting old or...
Today I had a strange thought. I wanted to take a girl to go slow dancing. Maybe it was the music telling me otherwise. Maybe it's because i'm getting older. I'm strangely relaxed today. Not sure why. Had to make a short post about it.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Long time no blog.
So recently, I finally finsihed the basic development stage of my program. Link to the page below. Instructions and everything is also on there, if you have any issues, leave a comment here. I'll reply to it within one month max.
http://nowye.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/success.html
http://nowye.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/success.html
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Conundrum
Once again, I am writing this at 4am. I think I need to remove this habit.
Today I realised I had a problem. I was doing nothing with my life. How I realised this was simple. I once applied for an internship at a company. In my opinion, it went really well. The problem with what happened is that I did not follow it up yet. It has been over 1 month and I didn't email them back about what kind of position I would want. Now, I know some of you guys would be thinking "Omg! What the hell man ??!?! Work for yourself! Take risks, challenge yourself, etc." I would normally agree with you, but honestly, with the lack of experience that I have, I don't think taking risks is appropriate at this stage in my life. I just don't have the knowledge to talk to people. To convince them to do things. I know the best way to do this is to just try to lead a team. However, the team itself needs to be willing to stick with you to the end. Off topic, but I am a really indecisive person.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I lack the followup. I can start something so well, but once it hits mid-game, i stop. Not bothering to improve any further. I'm not sure if it's me thinking: "I shouldn't be wasting my time with this. I should be doing something to improve my job aspects."
At least I have overcome my gaming addiction/compulsion. The last time I played a game for 8 hours straight was last year.
Side note: I fucking hate this laptop :/. No secondary/right mouse click button(right click exists, but it's so hard to use) and the touch pad is just painful to use. This laptop copies Macs too much. I'll give you guys the model name tomorrow when I check the box. Edit: Laptop was a HP Envy
Today I realised I had a problem. I was doing nothing with my life. How I realised this was simple. I once applied for an internship at a company. In my opinion, it went really well. The problem with what happened is that I did not follow it up yet. It has been over 1 month and I didn't email them back about what kind of position I would want. Now, I know some of you guys would be thinking "Omg! What the hell man ??!?! Work for yourself! Take risks, challenge yourself, etc." I would normally agree with you, but honestly, with the lack of experience that I have, I don't think taking risks is appropriate at this stage in my life. I just don't have the knowledge to talk to people. To convince them to do things. I know the best way to do this is to just try to lead a team. However, the team itself needs to be willing to stick with you to the end. Off topic, but I am a really indecisive person.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I lack the followup. I can start something so well, but once it hits mid-game, i stop. Not bothering to improve any further. I'm not sure if it's me thinking: "I shouldn't be wasting my time with this. I should be doing something to improve my job aspects."
At least I have overcome my gaming addiction/compulsion. The last time I played a game for 8 hours straight was last year.
Side note: I fucking hate this laptop :/. No secondary/right mouse click button(right click exists, but it's so hard to use) and the touch pad is just painful to use. This laptop copies Macs too much. I'll give you guys the model name tomorrow when I check the box. Edit: Laptop was a HP Envy
Friday, December 27, 2013
Fail-safe environment
Can't think of a better name for this, but, that's the name as of currently. I might change it later.
Today I had an interesting idea. The idea is simple. Have an environment (not necessarily physically) where you can fail one million times, and still feel like they're inching towards their goals. Something where you don't feel pressured to have to succeed. Success should come naturally through hard work and dedication. I feel like this environment would be better suited for when you are trying to learn new skills, or gain new knowledge, etc. Take any exams or assignments in most first world countries. You learn content for one term or one semester, and you take a test or do an assignment based off what you've learnt. Seems like an okay concept. The problem is teachers only go over this content once. The rest is expected from the student to study -- even if the student does not understand or know where to look for the answer. Going over content once is fine. Just... it just needs to be executed right. e.g. not going too fast or not emphasising important information enough.
I would also like to add that this includes environments where people can avoid that awkward feeling. Much like how you feel when you're doing something weird around a friend. You just don't feel it.
Why did I come up with this idea?
Initially, I started talking to a friend. I explained a study1. I blanked out half way and stopped talking because I realised was talking. I don't talk much in case anyone is wondering. For most people, the 'I just realised I was talking, and now it is dead silent.' would be awkward, if you are talking to someone you recently met or do not know too well. My knowledge, from watching many videos, and reading material about confidence, lead me to just push on and not say "Shit. I forgot what I was going to say next." Instead, I just took a moment to regain my composure and continued talking. Happened twice. Once with someone I just met, and recently with a friend.
As mentioned above, this can be kind of awkward. However, because I was with a friend, I realised that I can make mistakes and that person would not give a fuck.
If you didn't get the point, then it basically means: That's where I got the idea from. Without the feeling of awkwardness, a lot can be learnt. I just put it into a different frame/context for more people to understand it.
To summarise, the idea is to have an environment -- not necessarily a physical one -- that can accommodate (if that's even the right word) growth. This all needs to happen without the feeling of restrictions; namely: awkwardness, and pressure. 1 If you google 'The Negative Effects of Income Inequality' you should find a web page with a picture of a monopoly board on it. Other pages also have similar information... but I haven't checked those ones yet. You have been warned.
Today I had an interesting idea. The idea is simple. Have an environment (not necessarily physically) where you can fail one million times, and still feel like they're inching towards their goals. Something where you don't feel pressured to have to succeed. Success should come naturally through hard work and dedication. I feel like this environment would be better suited for when you are trying to learn new skills, or gain new knowledge, etc. Take any exams or assignments in most first world countries. You learn content for one term or one semester, and you take a test or do an assignment based off what you've learnt. Seems like an okay concept. The problem is teachers only go over this content once. The rest is expected from the student to study -- even if the student does not understand or know where to look for the answer. Going over content once is fine. Just... it just needs to be executed right. e.g. not going too fast or not emphasising important information enough.
I would also like to add that this includes environments where people can avoid that awkward feeling. Much like how you feel when you're doing something weird around a friend. You just don't feel it.
Why did I come up with this idea?
Initially, I started talking to a friend. I explained a study1. I blanked out half way and stopped talking because I realised was talking. I don't talk much in case anyone is wondering. For most people, the 'I just realised I was talking, and now it is dead silent.' would be awkward, if you are talking to someone you recently met or do not know too well. My knowledge, from watching many videos, and reading material about confidence, lead me to just push on and not say "Shit. I forgot what I was going to say next." Instead, I just took a moment to regain my composure and continued talking. Happened twice. Once with someone I just met, and recently with a friend.
As mentioned above, this can be kind of awkward. However, because I was with a friend, I realised that I can make mistakes and that person would not give a fuck.
If you didn't get the point, then it basically means: That's where I got the idea from. Without the feeling of awkwardness, a lot can be learnt. I just put it into a different frame/context for more people to understand it.
To summarise, the idea is to have an environment -- not necessarily a physical one -- that can accommodate (if that's even the right word) growth. This all needs to happen without the feeling of restrictions; namely: awkwardness, and pressure. 1 If you google 'The Negative Effects of Income Inequality' you should find a web page with a picture of a monopoly board on it. Other pages also have similar information... but I haven't checked those ones yet. You have been warned.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
SO MUCH RELIEF!
Update: I just realised I didn't add much information onto this
post. I'm rewriting this whole post. Original post at the bottom in
italics.
On the day of when the exam result came out, I was shocked; It was unexpected. I passed by -0.5%. Yes, you read it right, negative zero point five percent. Basically, my friend told me a few days after that it was a considered pass. I initially thought it was rounding up but I could be wrong. Either way, pass ftw. Anyways, my reaction to this was ecstatic. I was literally fist pumping, jumping in the air, smiling like child who had just received a really REALLY REALLY large lollipop. (I didn't use other adjectives because I believed it didn't emphasise it enough.)
Initially, I thought I would fail the subject -- by approximately 3-6%. I actually thought I would fail two of my subjects, but the focus really is on this one subject since it was a freaking -0.5% pass. The main reason to why I thought this, is that I was doing very poorly. I was skipping tests, (Not intentionally, I didn't know they were on.) did poorly on the ones I actually attended, did extremely poorly on the in class exams. I think it was the group assignment that got me 98/100 was the thing that pushed me up to the pass. Thank you older female(I will not name her because I don't know if she wants to be named or not.) that did most of the work. I should have put 31% for her part of the work when we did a peer assessment and everyone else 23%.
Original post
I just.. I'm so happy right now. I PASSED A SUBJECT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FAIL!! LIKE OMFG. DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY I FEEL RIGHT NOW?!
On the day of when the exam result came out, I was shocked; It was unexpected. I passed by -0.5%. Yes, you read it right, negative zero point five percent. Basically, my friend told me a few days after that it was a considered pass. I initially thought it was rounding up but I could be wrong. Either way, pass ftw. Anyways, my reaction to this was ecstatic. I was literally fist pumping, jumping in the air, smiling like child who had just received a really REALLY REALLY large lollipop. (I didn't use other adjectives because I believed it didn't emphasise it enough.)
Initially, I thought I would fail the subject -- by approximately 3-6%. I actually thought I would fail two of my subjects, but the focus really is on this one subject since it was a freaking -0.5% pass. The main reason to why I thought this, is that I was doing very poorly. I was skipping tests, (Not intentionally, I didn't know they were on.) did poorly on the ones I actually attended, did extremely poorly on the in class exams. I think it was the group assignment that got me 98/100 was the thing that pushed me up to the pass. Thank you older female(I will not name her because I don't know if she wants to be named or not.) that did most of the work. I should have put 31% for her part of the work when we did a peer assessment and everyone else 23%.
Original post
I just.. I'm so happy right now. I PASSED A SUBJECT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FAIL!! LIKE OMFG. DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY I FEEL RIGHT NOW?!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Hate and Growth
First off, the title is misleading. This usually is associated with "Hate fuels growth." This isn't the case with this particular post. So onto the real post.
In the past, I used to hate mainstream song, because other people hated it. I guess I was a sheep. I started liking some mainstream songs again, realising that I actually like some of them. Though I don't listen to them much, for the reason of not supporting massive companies. Here's how I realised. Everyone remember the song Friday? The song that everyone hates? Yeah. That one. I hated it too. Gosh that was bad. I still dislike it but I just kind of ignore it now, since it doesn't really affect me in any way. Also, If I don't like the song, i'm not obliged to listen to it. Well... She released a new song called Saturday. Now don't think this was an unoriginal song. It was funny as hell if you got most of/all the jokes. This new song was to mock the song Friday. Many people did not understand this. Roughly 40% if you looked at the dislike bar, and quite a number of people if you read the comments.
That dislike bar says a lot about people. Most of them actually came from Friday(For future readers, Friday was released about 2 years ago when she released Saturday). However, on the flip side, you can see about 60% of people actually have brains, and understand the jokes.
Anyways, I got off track there. So basically, after realising that I had a hate that was cultured from society, I stopped hating and grew. I started thinking for myself a bit more. It was a lot more difficult to how I made it sound in this post, but that's the general idea. So I guess my message to you is to have your own brain and don't follow bandwagons. I can think of other bandwagons too. Think of Amanda Todd. She died because of bullying. There was an uproar about her. A lot of other people have suicided due to bullying as well. Did they get the attention they need? No. Will bullying stop? No. Obviously I can keep on going to things like deaths in Africa due to starvation/malnutrition, but i'm not going to.
My point is, don't follow bandwagons or ideas because they are popular and you just want to follow the crowd. Follow an idea or a reason based on your beliefs. If you currently don't have any, like I did, just take a few moments -- whether minutes, or hours, or even days -- to think about whether you want to follow this idea. Even if that idea might be a bandwagon. Learn from your hate and mistakes, and take them as a lesson for future usage. Well... this took a dark turn.
Yeah. Still sort of working on my grammar. Sort of.
In the past, I used to hate mainstream song, because other people hated it. I guess I was a sheep. I started liking some mainstream songs again, realising that I actually like some of them. Though I don't listen to them much, for the reason of not supporting massive companies. Here's how I realised. Everyone remember the song Friday? The song that everyone hates? Yeah. That one. I hated it too. Gosh that was bad. I still dislike it but I just kind of ignore it now, since it doesn't really affect me in any way. Also, If I don't like the song, i'm not obliged to listen to it. Well... She released a new song called Saturday. Now don't think this was an unoriginal song. It was funny as hell if you got most of/all the jokes. This new song was to mock the song Friday. Many people did not understand this. Roughly 40% if you looked at the dislike bar, and quite a number of people if you read the comments.
That dislike bar says a lot about people. Most of them actually came from Friday(For future readers, Friday was released about 2 years ago when she released Saturday). However, on the flip side, you can see about 60% of people actually have brains, and understand the jokes.
Anyways, I got off track there. So basically, after realising that I had a hate that was cultured from society, I stopped hating and grew. I started thinking for myself a bit more. It was a lot more difficult to how I made it sound in this post, but that's the general idea. So I guess my message to you is to have your own brain and don't follow bandwagons. I can think of other bandwagons too. Think of Amanda Todd. She died because of bullying. There was an uproar about her. A lot of other people have suicided due to bullying as well. Did they get the attention they need? No. Will bullying stop? No. Obviously I can keep on going to things like deaths in Africa due to starvation/malnutrition, but i'm not going to.
My point is, don't follow bandwagons or ideas because they are popular and you just want to follow the crowd. Follow an idea or a reason based on your beliefs. If you currently don't have any, like I did, just take a few moments -- whether minutes, or hours, or even days -- to think about whether you want to follow this idea. Even if that idea might be a bandwagon. Learn from your hate and mistakes, and take them as a lesson for future usage. Well... this took a dark turn.
Yeah. Still sort of working on my grammar. Sort of.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Not knowing much about life.
So there is lots that I don't know. Recently, I found out that I have a poor understanding of the world. This has been proven time and time again, by several people. Some a CEO of a company, some friends of an online game. I tend to not listen to my parents, because I just don't like to. Not a very good reason, but you know... it's a reason built into my brain.
An example that happened just a few minutes ago, was me understanding the trading post of the Guild Wars 2 game. Obviously, most of these insights I already knew from reading about. There was lots of conflicting arguments, and well, we agreed that we had our methods. I just ended up saying my method was the lazy method(Since I don't really want to spend more than 5-10 minutes on the trading post daily). During this moment in time, people form my guild told me things about economics and the stock market(because I brought up the topic of learning stock market and economics). One member warned me that some guy lost 2 million dollars(real life cash) in playing the stock market, and he is addicted to it. His dad doesn't care because he is rich. Someone else did say to me, long term investments are fine. This topic went on for about another minute or two.
This made me realise that I don't actually understand much about how the world works, and the dangers associated with it. Much like my misconceptions about the stock market, I should be cautious of any new ideas I may have.
An example that happened just a few minutes ago, was me understanding the trading post of the Guild Wars 2 game. Obviously, most of these insights I already knew from reading about. There was lots of conflicting arguments, and well, we agreed that we had our methods. I just ended up saying my method was the lazy method(Since I don't really want to spend more than 5-10 minutes on the trading post daily). During this moment in time, people form my guild told me things about economics and the stock market(because I brought up the topic of learning stock market and economics). One member warned me that some guy lost 2 million dollars(real life cash) in playing the stock market, and he is addicted to it. His dad doesn't care because he is rich. Someone else did say to me, long term investments are fine. This topic went on for about another minute or two.
This made me realise that I don't actually understand much about how the world works, and the dangers associated with it. Much like my misconceptions about the stock market, I should be cautious of any new ideas I may have.
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