Making common sense into common practice

Sigh...

Yes, this is perhaps my toughest challenge so far.

Hey, I can get people, many first timers even, to donate blood, but this, making common sense into common practice I am struggling.

Sometimes I think that people are too stupid. Because, they wait for instructions. Else, not much initiatives to get things done, using simple common sense.

Where did I learn how to do this?

I think from school days. In my time, when we saw a piece of sweet wrapper on the ground, we pick it up and throw it inside a bin.

I don't know what's the correlation, but I figured that much for myself.

In the meantime, I pray for patience, else, yes, I have been thinking of grievous body harm!

Luckily I have a new ally, and a new devoted partner in my endeavours, let's just call her Missy, whom I spoke to this morning and she offered some perspective from her point of view.

'You're a perfectionist, Riyaz', she said. Adding 'But some of your clients are not ready to play at that level, so you should't be too hard on yourself'.

Good feedback.

So, I'll go with the flow, for now.

But sooner or later, things have to step up, else we'll all be same-old-same-old.

Isn't that a scary thought?

June is indeed the 'Half' month.

What's with the month of June and half?

I first wrote an article on June 1 that Half the year is gone.

On June 8, my birthday, I wrote 'It's half time'

Now I am attending a program by Half Acre (Harv Eker, actually, but half acre has more ring to it!)

Hopefully, it's not half-past-six. I'll keep you posted!

ps - This half-acre program is on for three days. I took today off from the program owing to work commitments. Half-time!! Resume tomorrow!!

Half time!

It's June 8 today.

It's now 40 years of me existing in this planet.

Yes, many happy returns were received via Facebook and by text messages. Many say life begins at 40!

Just thinking, if indeed the life expectancy of a modern-day man was 72 as it is widely published, then this is beyond half-time.

If this was a game of football, then it's half-time, where all players go back into the dressing room, take time to have a breather, and then return, in most cases 15-minutes later to resume the game.

Though life is not a game, but it will be good to take some time off, and to have a breather.

Someone (presumably a wealthy bloke) did say over a dinner a year ago, that at 40, if anyone is anyone, then you would have enough resources to sustain day-to-day living to take a year off to reflect your life and set new goals.

I like that! The questions is a million-dollar one: do I have enough resources to take this time off?

Perhaps not for that long of a duration.

But a 10-days holiday in Perth is very timely, as a result of my spare time last week to look into the Malaysia Airlines website.

You know what, I am tired. Don't know why but this year 2009, I have been run down earlier than in most previous years. Too much of stress, and even unnecessary rubbish going on, which I got myself tangled into.

Slowly untangling, mentally as well as literally, it's now time to unwind.

A physical examination is also in the cards, as I can feel my body speaking to me to re-align.

But, a holiday to Perth, and in particular to watch the whales migrate (normally from July to October) is definitely appealing.

So, Perth, here I come (depending on the availability of cheaper flights...)

Half the year is gone, man!

Yes, it's already June, and half the year would have passed come this 30th.

So, it's time to take stock of:

1. What have I achieved from what I have planned (hopefully a plan was in place earlier, like when the year started?)
2. Am I closer to my goals, or on neutral grounds still or have in fact, drifted away from it.

For me, June is always special, partly because it is my birthday month.

And the birthday month of my wife as well.

But this time round, I have to confront the brutal truth about my half-year status in terms of achievement as to what was planned.

But brutal truth, I will confront.

In the meantime, for my birthday, I do not need anymore neckties, rather I need a necktie hangers!