Why do things take so bloody long

I can never work out why so many things happen so quickly but the things you really want always take along time to occur.

Anyway its been a long time since I blogged I haven't set any goals and I haven't achieved any goals. I wouldn't say I have wasted the time however as I have had some cracker weekends, weekdays have been uniformally terrible but I guess that's why we have to wait for all the good thing to happen.

Hopefully something more exciting than the weekends will happen soon.

Yay I cooked something

Well I finally managed to get the oven to cook something without either severely burning it or leaving it raw in the middle. Whilst it was a packet cake and lacked flavour it at least was edible.

I also bought 2 books today one fiction and one non fiction. The non fiction book being "a Clockwork Orange" which so far is quite difficult to read so hopefully the non-fiction book Black Swan is a bit easier.

I haven't blogged for a while either not because I haven't had much to say it's just that I've been doing things which require recovery time including excellent weekends having the opportunity to remain in the same city for multiple weekends has been a blessing (I do enjoy go back to the Riverland however so don't get me wrong).

I suppose I should also mention that we lost the 2nd test in a very very average display of cricket. I can't even hide the loss with the Crows because they managed to lose as well.

The best part of this blog is knowing I am 9 working days away from taking 2 weeks leave!

Cricket

Whilst i am a massive fan of cricket, watching the current test team reminds me of watching the Redbacks since 1994. Glimpses of talent followed my hours of mediocre cricket.

I'm struggling to work out some short term goals at the moment. I still haven't done the wine course I wanted to, learning a language is probably still out of the question (i'm now thinking mandarin).

The most urgent short term goal is getting a new job, one that provides a real challenge and the ability to learn and develop instead of doing tasks and having to deal with selfishness.

Opportunities but at what cost

Life is a series of opportunities, some minor and some major. Whilst some people tend to dwell on missed opportunities as opportunities lost, should we just see them as an opportunity not taken because another was more important or the cost was too high for it to be taken?

When faced with the opportunity of a life time, some people take it some people don't. The results can be varied life; long regrets or other opportunities taken. A once in a life time opportunity doesn't always yield positive results, whilst in 10 years time we will dismiss our experience as just that... experience, was it one that had to happen? When looked at in daylight wrong decisions are wrong decisions regardless of the experienced gain especially if by all other measures is a wrong move.

The most difficult part of calling a wrong decision a wrong decision before it has been made is the realisation that it is a once in a life time opportunity never again will it occur or come close to occurring, luckily there will be other opportunities and looking back you can see that there is nothing to regret because the right decision was made regardless of the opportunity that presented it self. People often forget the expensive costs involved which would be utilised on things which are much more important than a whim or a chance opportunity and I'm not just talking money.

As they say, when one door closes another opens. It may not be the once in a lifetime opportunity but it may be one that gives much more than a once in a lifetime opportunity could ever offer.

Good Food and Good learnings

Well for starters the way to end a day is clearly with a good meal, so getting home to some homemade pie (queue south park reference) from D's extraordinary cooking ability it rounds the day out perfectly!!

Another good thing about a day is achieving a goal that you didn't realise you had, today I had one of those realisations which make your future clearer and gives you a better understanding of yourself, they don't happen often but when they do its a great moment which stops you becoming the next William Foster (thats right...google it).

In other events I went to see Transformers, 150 minutes destruction (with a few bizzare attempts at a romance story) whilst these movies are never as good as the original they do give you a massive out of reality, I wish my car turned into a 5 metre robot.

Exciting Weekends

Weekend are funny things they are not only a chance to get away from depressive places like work but a chance to catch up with people and do all the things you should have done whilst working (a haircut is high on the list of priorities at the moment).

my weekend was extremely diverse from 70+ yr olds punching it up over cards, going to a nightclub seeing the people dancing to "old School music" which was 90's music making me feel extremely old to attending a 40th Birthday party which made me feel the exact opposite!

All these things make up a great relaxing weekend, even cleaning the house on a Sunday morning doesn't detract from the fact that I'm not at work.

I'm hoping to enjoy the rest of the day and the clock counts down to another 5 day slog.

Hello Mum Dad and Ainsley!!

Well my Mum, Dad and sister came home from a UK and American trip the lucky buggers.

The best part being that they brought milk duds home. Milk duds are in my opinion the greatest candy to ever be made.

nothing much else happened today of any significance...... I'm going to look at a wine appreciation course so my blog may start having a wine influence soon.

Onto my goals, I've set a medium term goal, become a Business Banker and win the top achievers award which gets me a D a trip overseas. This one is going to be difficult but hopefully achievable.