Ever since I have moved to the apartment more than 2 months ago I have been cleaning and clearing up stuff I don’t use much or not at all. I have gotten rid of clothes, paper just lying around, or things that I have transfered over to the apartment because it was mine. Now that I am almost finish with clearing up as much as I can I can truly say that I feel refreshed mentally and physically. Nothing beats coming home to a room and apartment that has less crap just sitting around or being in the way.

Why am I doing this?

There is one reason why I have started this and it is because of my trip to Japan last July. I traveled around Japan for 2 weeks with just a small luggage and a backpack and had the best time of my life. I realized that I was attached to too many things and I promised myself to get rid of junk/clutter and only get things that will help me enjoy my life to the fullest. Notice I didn’t say get things to be happy, the excitement will only last for so long and you will have to live with the consequences.

Major things that I got rid of…

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I write this now because it could end today. It could have ended a week ago or whenever or it could continue also. The streak I am talking about is the Rocket’s 21 game winning streak. I do hope it continues and do wish I had tickets to the game. But it doesn’t matter I will be watching this game from start to finish and just enjoying it for the epic battle that it is hyped to be. Who would have thought a team that when they won 2 games in a row was 10th in the Western Conference would be tied for 1st place? I don’t think the Rocket’s thought that either and they just took each day and each game one step at a time. I am pretty sure they looked ahead here and there, but they focused on the game at hand and treated each game like it was there last. It was if somebody told them that this is the last time that they will be able to play basketball at such a high level that they are used and the next day their skills will not be what they were. But it seems like they are getting stronger as a team. The coach’s way on offense is to utilize everyones strength and get them the ball accordingly. That type of playing requires time, passions, and trust and when it works as you have seen through the 21 games it is really magical to see people not thinking and just playing.

Like I said the streak can end today and what a great run it has been if it does, but I think the true test is if they do lose today how will they bounce back? How will they take defeat when they haven’t witnessed it in such some time? I am pretty sure the crowds will be less to cheer them on for the rest of the season, but if I was the Houston Rockets I would treat this game and all the other games after this great battle as if it was there last one. There last game…playing like you did the first time you ever picked up a basketball…when money wasn’t an issue…when you didn’t look at the clock to see how much time you had left…but just play.

Of all the goals this month that I plan to finish the most important one is an eye opener one. Yes having my life missions and vision done is important, but that shouldn’t be written in stone because life throws you a curve ball and you have to decide which direction you want to go in. Some of my goals are for fun and to push my creativeness for instance to write 10 post in a month. I don’t think I have ever done that much and would be cool to see what I come up with for topics.

Others are just been lingering for too much time, like reading 2 books that I am half done with that I didn’t quite finish last year. They are good books, but with the move, going back to the office, and me just being not so much in the reading mode things like that fall by the side. And also to decrease clutter is a task that I have been doing since the beginning of the year which is actually coming together really well. But the goal that just won’t leave my mind and that I think about constantly is my passion. I have wrote about my passion before, I like other people have many passions, but there is always that one that is your baby and what drives you to wake up everyday which puts a smile on your face. Yes work is important, but it isn’t my life and I want my passion to be what I get paid from. This is by far what I think is one of life’s greatest gift, to get paid for something you truly love to do. Oh course travel and meeting different people and so on is another great gift, but not alot of people get fulfillment for what they do majority of the time during the week.

So what if you don’t complete this goal?

If I don’t complete this goal in particular then that is it. I will go on with something else that I feel driven to do. I will totally be disappointed because I thought this and didn’t do that for something I “thought” I loved. It is another way of me being honest with myself with action. It really is that simple and I will report back about all of my goals and how many of them I have completed and what not. The goal that I am talking about is goal #4:

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