Still here

Yes I'm still here.  I know it has been longer than I would have liked.  My new work schedule and I are still getting acquainted with one another.  Working 1400-2200 hours is a nice refreshing change of pace and I enjoy the fact I can stay up late and sleep in, however there are things I need to be doing/get back to doing.  That requires discipline which something I have often lacked in my life.  I start out hard and strong and anything I set out to do and usually within a few weeks or months I burn out and fade away with only half or partial results.  It is something I have been trying to instill into myself for a very long time.  Which I think is way I have always been fascinated by the Samurai life style or perhaps the life style of martial artist in general.  They have a level of discipline I would love to instill in myself.  Musashi said to "Never stray from the way" in that in whatever way we choose to live we should devote ourselves to that life style fully or not at all.  Which suits me well as I am a person of extremes or perhaps a better description would be that I have a one tracked mind.  Once I get started on something I go as hard as I can until I either complete what I set out to do or become burned out while trying to achieve whatever goal I am after.  It really is a vicious cycle with me.  I am perhaps my own greatest enemy, but I assume that many of us often are.  In any case I've got to pick up where I left off before I changed employment and get myself back into a routine to follow.  On one side note I am considering making this blog my blog on all things, not just my blog on Samurai precepts.  I've enjoyed getting back into writing and I think I'll be doing it here.  So if you see unrelated post that is whats going on.

"If you walk, just walk.  If you sit, just sit.  But whatever you do, don't wobble." - Master Ummon

-Brandt