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Break-a-thon: Bruised Pinkies and Realizations

Tonight was the break-a-thon for us and I have so many thoughts and feelings swirling around inside me so I'm writing this blog as a way to get some of them out, and because I think these thoughts could be important to look back on.  I am currently typing this with bruised knuckles and swollen pinkies alternating the ice-pack as I gather my thoughts.  nervous. I felt very nervous going into the break-a-thon. Between trying to organize the lion building project, getting year of the dragon stuff prepared, and a few crazy busy weeks at work, amidst everything I let the break-a-thon slide under the radar. For some reason I thought we might not be doing breaks in the blackbelt class, so it wasn't until a couple hours before class started that I tried to piece together some combinations and techniques I wanted to use. This paired with what I noticed while I was running the warm up for the level II's the other night did not bode well for my mental state going into tonight; I had r...

When Did My Screwdriver Turn Into a Hammer?

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I have not written a blog in quite some time. Not counting the lion building post (which I really only posted as a blog for ease of access), or a numbers update blog, the last true blog I wrote was September 8th?! Over a month and a half ago and it simply slipped my mind. "I'm too busy this week" "I'll do it my next day off when I can really write a proper one" "it hasn't been that long and I've wrote plenty of extras this year right?" "I've got lots of ideas, so it's basically half written right?" So many excuses some old and familiar, some new, but none of them valid, because I forgot something foundational to the blogging requirement.  It is not only about writing deep meaningful and insightful entries cataloging the year. The blogging requirement is a powerful tool that teaches us about consistency in our effort, and accountability to our team. Somewhere along the way I had warped it in my mind and (as it was put in...

The Great Lion Building Project

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 I have created a master document for the Lion Building project to live on, the link is here: The Great Lion Building Project - Year of the Rabbit Team Please have a look at it, and continue checking in as the project moves forward, the more people commenting, coming up with ideas, and discussing the whole thing the better it will be!  Let me know if anyone has issues viewing/editing anything! (I'm also going to count this as a blog, I'm in a bit of a rush finishing this up, but I don't want to set a bad precedent for myself by not including my numbers as per the new requirement, but I haven't had a chance to transfer my September numbers to my master excel sheet so these will be inaccurate, but there nonetheless!)