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Road Trip Discussed: 4 Days and Counting!!!

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When it came time to plan out this trip I had many options. I could have went to the west coast and visited some friends or even took a road trip on the Pacific Hwy (would have taken forever, but who cares), take an exotic trip to a beach town in Mexico, trip to Canada or visit some friends in Austin, and so on. Something about the east coast intrigued me and now, just 4 days away, will be my reality.

I still have much planning to do. I have to get my rental car situation figured out, determine the gear that is going with me and what is staying behind, figure out what I will be wearing, who numbers I have to gather for emergency purposes, and what I’ll be doing in New York. I have time to ponder those concerns.

This trip is to be planned out more than I would like to. I realized that by talking to a couple of friends and girlfriend this past weekend. This convention goes against my ‘winging-it’ ways, but will be good and prudent for a change. The reason why there is more planning is due to the constant movement I have to do, in order to reach my final destination that is 6-700 miles away.

The breakdown of the trip:

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The Art of Becoming: There is a Path for Everyone.

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My Writing…

My writing is getting better: I’m writing everyday, and reading. To become a writer I have to tackle all things: all that I’m reasonable at and all that I’m shitty at (which is a lot). I have a friend who turned me on to Merriam Dictionary Word of the Day. I needed it so so badly, as you can see my words are basic. I have found out that learning new words helps me express myself more and specifically. Now it is time to take my diction and whatever else that I learn along the way to a new destination.

Always Trying to Improve

So far, most of the things I write about are what I see around me and have gone through in my life. There isn’t a problem with that, I just need to find a better way of expressing myself to the readers who read my stuff. Whenever I do things, I tend to go to the extreme.

Earlier this month I sporadically started reading Urban Dictionary. As the month kept moving along I viewed the site more and more, and then I wanted to see if they had a book on Amazon. I read many reviews of other books in the same category, and made the quick decision to order, Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures. I also bought Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. Continue reading →

Follow Up of Going Cold Turkey: 2 Weeks….of No Internet!

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It has been well over 2 weeks since I have written a blog post. For the past couple of weeks I have been offline doing other things. For instance, watching photography videos, taking random photos with the skills I learned, reading a couple of books (The Road and Shortcomings), starting my novel, spending more time with friends, family, and girlfriend, watching a couple of movies, getting myself better due to the flu or whatever it was I got a couple of weeks ago, finish writing my life business plan, and thinking of where my life is at the moment. To some what I have done doesn’t amount to much, but I have done all of this while not being online. Also, when I was at work I limited my internet use as much as possible.

Things Realized About Myself

I have come to realize with the observation of my girlfriend are that I am an extremist. Looking back at this challenge I could have done it with ease, whenever I do anything I don’t ever have a problem of not completing it. Whether it be me being on the internet as much as possible and checking my email 20 plus times a day, to putting an excess amount of nasal drops in my nose only to cause a headache, being able to workout 5 days a week without any problem, going vegetarian for two weeks, watching a very small amount of television, and this latest installment of extreme behaviors of being without the internet for 2 whole weeks. This is one thing I am going to work on and will have to bring balance to my life as much as possible in order to live a productive, but not to one-sided lifestyle.

So What Did I Really Give Up

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