way too many commas

 I am participating. This is the most engaged I think I have even been in my kung fu, and so far (knock on wood) its amazing, and wonderful, and surprisingly easy.  Between regular classes, the second degree brown belt classes, the I Ho Chuan meetings and classes, training outside of class, working on my requirements, writing in this journal, I am doing so much more kung fu than I even have before, and I simultaneously feel like I am making leaps and bounds more progress than I have in the past, in just this short amount of time since I started all this Year of the Tiger stuff, and also like I have more to learn than ever (in a good way, I am so so so excited about all the avenues of kung fu opening up in my brain that I never though to explore before). I am asking more questions and thinking about things in different ways and just doing more kung fu than I'm used to.  And I think most of why all of this is happening, (besides me finally getting off my butt, I won't compl...

 Last Monday I took part in challenging myself to do 1000 sit-ups in one day and here's what I learned from it. (Gosh that sounds like the intro to a poorly written essay, but this is my casual-writing-style blog, so get off my back "me") 1) it is VERY easy to make goals, but creating a plan to actually achieve those goals can be much harder ("I'm going to do this!" Yea ok, but how?) 2) the speed of progression can have a huge influence on how you look at the goal, and also how you view each individual step (this can be a double edged sword: "oh god I have to do this many", or "oh look how far I am already because of how many I've been doing each time") 3) hyperawareness regarding mediocrity and understanding how not completing this goal now could lead to a mental pattern in which mediocrity is the default setting in your brain (like ruts in a dirt road, the more your wheels drive over it, the harder it will be to drive somewhere els...