Instant Bullets Blog Sep 23, 2023

*2 X 0 = 0. Double nothing results in nothing.

*Combat The Snitch Economy. A secret shopper doesn't rat out the employees. He or she gets paid to eat and always gives a positive review.

*Condoms are 98% effective. Condoms are 2% ineffective. Prevent the 2% failure rate. Don't ejaculate inside a woman wearing a condom. Pull out the penis before ejaculating inside the condom. It's better than unplanned pregnancies. No birth control is 100% effective.

Further, condoms are one time use. Use once. Throw away.

*Open the windows. Close the windows. Summer season. The house is cooler inside. The weather is hotter outside. Windows close. On the other hand, the house is hotter inside. The weather is cooler outside. Windows open.

Winter season. The house is warmer inside. The weather is cooler outside. Windows close. The house is cooler inside. The weather is warmer outside. Windows open. It's a judgement call.

*The Perfect Bid. Watch The Price Is Right Documentary on the Showcase Showdown perfect bid. The documentary explains the truth when Terry Kniess bided perfectly on his showcase with help from Ted Slauson in 2008. The documentary is free with ads on YouTube Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much.

*virile: having strength, full of energy, and a strong sex drive. Pronounced ve-ril. For example, some women find bald men quite virile.

*Steve Jobs: Some people say, "Give the customers want they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page." The quote is from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson on page 567.

*premeditated: an action thought out or planned beforehand. Full conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning. Thought of or planned before being done. Planned in advance with a purpose; no accident. Done deliberately. Planned in advanced. Planned. Calculated. Deliberate.

*Christmas One Week Later. My acceptance to the families celebrating Christmas one week later. These families are poor. These families take advantage of the after Christmas sales. No right or wrong.

*Teenage Pregnancies. Here are some YouTube videos on teen pregnancies: I Think I'm Having A Baby Abc Afterschool Special Full, Some Girls (1987 documentary on teenage pregnancy), Teenage Pregnancy in the 1950s, and When Teens Get Pregnant (1982).

*I Heart Trivia. There are four chambers in the human heart. Listen to Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Official Audio) by Neil Young. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson are members of the band Heart.

*The Renaissance. The renaissance short definition is rebirth or revival. Michaelangelo created the statue David between 1501 and 1504. Leonardo da Vinci is considered the most diversely talented person. Venus is standing on a seashell in The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.

Oregon Ducks Head Coach Dan Lanning's pregame speech before defeating the Colorado Buffaleos 42-6 The Cinderella story is OVER! - Dan Lanning's speech before Oregon vs. Colorado. "This game ain't gonna be played in Hollywood, it's gonna be played on the grass."

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog February 2021

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. February was a fast month. February was a low-key month. February was a productive boring month. Infection rates and death rates were decreasing. Vaccination rates were increasing.

Fri Feb 5. Shopped for groceries for Super Bowl Sunday at Costco, Lucky, and Safeway. Minimal crowds at Costco and Lucky. Costco brough back the sample booths without free handouts. The sample booths are advertisements only.

Mass vaccination sites planned in the Bay Area. The locations announced were Moscone Center in San Francisco, Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, and Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

The NFL announced all stadiums can be mass vaccination sites.

Sat Feb 6. Santa Clara County banned all indoor activities.

Sun Feb 7. Super Bowl LV.

Mon Feb 8. Congressman Ron Wright (R-TX) died from COVID-19. COVID-19 cases down 20% in the USA. Hospitalization rates down 17% in the USA. Retail pharmacies received vaccines.

Wed Feb 10. CDC recommended people wear two masks to slow the COVID-19 spread. Wear a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask or nylon covering mask. State Of California reported the South Africa variant.

Thur Feb 11. Wore two masks shopping at The Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond.

Sat Feb 13. The San Jose Sharks played a home game for the first time since Mar 2020.

Sun Feb 14. Mass vaccination site at the Moscone Center paused because lack of vaccines.

Tue Feb 16. The USA variant discovered.

Wed Feb 17. My parents received the first of two Pfizer vaccines.

Thur Feb 18. Midwest and Southern States slammed by winter storms delayed vaccine shipments.

Sat Feb 20. Governor Gavin Newsom reserved 10% vaccines for teachers and school staff starting in Mar. Schools can reopen as late as Apr 15.

CA Department Of Public Health announced outdoor high school sports at counties where the per-capital case rate is 14 or lower per 100,000 residents. Local counties can override state guidelines.

Mon Feb 21. 500,000 people died in the USA.

Tue Feb 22. Newsom signed the CA $7.6B stimulus package. Marin and San Mateo were the first counties in the Bay Area to move from the most restrictive purple tier to red tier in the state COVID-19 guidance and restrictions.

San Francisco lifted the 10-day travel quarantine order.

Wed Feb 23. 50,000 people died in CA.

Fri Feb 26. Shopped at Safeway and Costco. Costco's two people per membership allowed in the warehouse keeps the number of customers inside down. I saw a line at a CVS for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sat Feb 27. Santa Clara County loosen outdoor activities restrictions including youth sports.

The average weekly cases in CA were the lowest since Nov 2020. Hospitalizations in CA were below 6,000 since middle Nov 2020.

FDA approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use.

San Jose State University Spartans 2020 Mountain West Champions

Congratulations to my alma mater San Jose State University (SJSU) Spartans football team for winning their first conference championship title defeating the Boise State Broncos 34-20 on Sat Dec 19. It was their first appearance in the Mountain West Conference Championship game. The team takes their undefeated 7-0 record to the Arizona Bowl against the Ball State Cardinals on Thur Dec 31. Ball State is the 2020 Mid-American Conference champions. I summarize their global pandemic shorten season and the highlights below.

*The 6-0 record entering the championship game was their first 6-0 since 1939.

*Quarterback Nick Starkel is a graduate transfer from Arkansas. He passed for 453 yards and threw for three touchdowns. The 453 years is a championship game record. The offense averaged 6.5 yards per play.

*Boise State's offense scored 36.2 points per game which was the highest in 2020. Their defense gave up 169 passing yards per game which was the lowest in 2020.

*SJSU defense held Boise State to 12 yards rushing and 233 yards total.

*The game was televised nationally on FOX. Good national exposure.

*SJSU place kicker Matt Mercurio made four fields goals in the second quarter. He tied an NCAA record and became the fifth player to kick four field goals in one quarter.

*SJSU all-time record against Boise State was 0-15 entering the championship game. One can say getting the first win in a championship game was good timing.

*SJSU practiced at Humboldt State University 300 miles north because of the COVID-19 county restrictions in the middle of the Fall 2020 semester. The county prohibited sport teams from practicing. Also, SJSU practiced in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium as their temporary home for the championship game. The team with the best record hosts the championship game.

The time away from home the Spartans bounded. Special connections were formed. They became tight knit. The team focused more on football because they had little free time.

*The team slogan is "Climb The Mountain."

*The teams defeated Air Force, San Diego State, and Hawaii. These three are well known in the conference.

*Boise State and rivalry Fresno State games were cancelled due to COVID-19.

*Boise State has the most wins, most rankings in the AP Top 25, and most conference championships.

*SJSU's record in 2018 was 1-11 and in 2019 was 5-7.

*SJSU was picked to finished 10 out of 12 in the shorten season which started in late Oct.

*Head coach Brent Brennan said one scrimmage in 2019 the players clicked. They got it. They understood it. The players combined speed, physicality, and precision he never saw. Physical maturity displayed. Mental focus established.

*The SJSU football team released a video on their Twitter account @SanJoseStateFB singing Lean On Me. The viewer watches family closeness, trust, and genuine teamwork.

*Brennan agreed to a contract extension through 2023. He is the 2020 Mountain West Football Coach of the Year and a finalist for multiple national Coach of the Year honors.

Throwback Blog: Records, Streaks, Counts, Combinations Matter Briefly

Blogger’s Note: Throwback blogs are blogs from my past. I start posting past blogs reflecting what I wrote. It's like my "A Second Look" blogs for which I give myself feedback.

Today's throwback blog is titled Records, Streaks, Counts, Combinations Matter Briefly written on Sep 21, 2016. Today's throwback blog is also an Update On A Past Blog. I combine the Throwback Blog and Update On A Past Blog.

Update On A Past Blog

The Records, Streaks, Counts, Combinations Matter Briefly blog is forget about the bad luck, bad timing, counting failures, and remembering those moments. Stop the snowballing of adding the little bad moments and negative outcomes. We forget the positive streaks and negative streaks count in time. Remembering the positive streaks in the future is okay. Remembering the negative streaks in the future is a waste of time and is depressing. There is always a reset. There is always a new start. Zero is the beginning.

It took me three years to permanently adapt my wisdom acquired on Sep 2019 in Who Cares About The High Number Of Bad Luck? blog on Jan 1, 2020. I could have used the wisdom in 2018 when I experienced the worse and most bad lucks, bad timing, and unfortunate moments in a calendar year. I remembered them. I snowballed them. I should have forgotten them. I follow the two blogs' wisdom today. Nobody cares about my bad days. Stop counting the bad days. Never remember negative streaks.

We hear about the streaks, counting successes, counting failures, and keeping records daily. Some common examples are winning streaks and losing streaks in sports, number of days something happened or something didn't happen, and number of profitable quarters. The time spent counting must be short. It's okay to celebrate a victory. It's okay to express frustration. Thereafter, forget about the count.

For instance, I count the number of days I'm job searching. I feel sad when I reach a milestone number. I forget the number seconds later. Today is a new day. I continue job searching. I continue learning new job skills. Another instance is playing Mahjong (Riichi). I declared I'm ready to win waiting for my winning tile 11 times during an informal tournament. I won one time. I forgot about the 1 for 11 the next day and the next tournament. And I stopped counting the number of job phone interviews after 11. There have been too many.

Put the count to the back of the mind. It's a waste of time contemplating the positive streak or the negative streak. The next time it happens is new. It's a reset. Perform your way. Play your game. I believe baseball players take each at bat and take each defensive play separately. Don't worry about last place. Forget the negatives. Move forward. Take everything one at a time. Improve the successes. Correct the failures. Something different can happen. The score takes care of itself. The result takes care of itself. Good moments follow.

My Four Mount Rushmore Greatest Moments In My Life

95.7 FM The Game KGMZ selected four Mount Rushmore greatest moments in Bay Area sports history in May 2020. The four moments are "The Catch" San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana touchdown pass to Dwight Clark against the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship game in Jan 1982, "The Play" Stanford Cardinals kicked off to California Golden Bears with five lateral passes to score the game winning touchdown on the final play of the game in Nov 1982, the 2014 World Series Game 7 San Francisco Giants Madison Bumgarner pitched the last five innings of shutout baseball out of the bullpen to earn the series clinching save against the Kansas City Royals in Oct 2014, and the Golden State Warriors Steph Curry scored 37 points in Game 5 of the 2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Jun 2015.

The Game selecting four greatest Bay Area sports moments inspire me to select my four greatest life moments. Creating the list is easy. Eliminating the obvious not Mount Rushmore moments are easy. Selecting the four life moments are hard. Finalizing my official Mount Rushmore life moments are easy when I connect the dots from creating the list to my official list in the end.

I mention my one honorable mention. Steve Jobs is my honorable mention. I read his biography twice written by Walter Isaacson. God knows when and who he or she was the last biography I read. I adapt Jobs' wisdom. I model Jobs' successes and failures. The end of the day I'm one step closer to becoming a self-trained genius. I'm learning a lesson people are no smarter than me. I influence them to become better people.

Here are my Mount Rushmore life moments in order of date earliest to latest:

1. My First Day Cosplaying (Sat Sep 11, 2004). I thank my mom for making my anime costumes or cosplays. I thought about retiring from anime in May 2004. I watched 17 episodes of Full Metal Alchemist at Fanime Con 2004 Midnight Marathon. The end of episode eight I said to myself, "I'm going to cosplay [the main character] Edward Elric." I wore my cosplay at Japantown Anime Faire 2 on Sep 11, 2004. I made my choice to continue being an anime fan on Dec 2004. I retired from anime on Sep 2014. I made a lot of new friends. I experienced my good moments and bad moments. I watched my share of good anime series and bad anime series.

2. Grow Up (Sat Oct 4, 2008). Aug-Sep 2008 were the worse months of my life at the time. I was weak. I was lost. I was a wimp.

My life changed forever on Sat Oct 4, 2008 in Los Altos, CA. I met with a friend at a board game gathering at the public library to return DVDs. He had to leave early because of a medical appointment. I walked across the street to the arts and crafts fair. I made an observation eating lunch and listening to a live band. The observation was I'm the only single person. 99.9% of the people were together as friends, couples, and families. I walked back to the library parking lot. I stood next to the parking lot driveway. I said to myself, "I have to grow up."

I tried anything new. My behavior started to mature. My wisdom grew. I stopped taking anything and anyone for granted. The changes paid off immediately. Some of the changes included a new desktop PC, new clothes, new gym workouts, started to listen to classic jazz, and read more fiction books. I learned more about life reading fiction books than non-fiction books such as self-help, leadership, and business books.

3. Self Job Training (Aug 2014). I failed an interview for a contract Data Analyst position because I failed the Excel tests. It was an example of use it or lose it. I started to relearn and refresh my Excel skills. I added Access, SQL, VBA, and PowerPoint. The job training inspired me to redesign my webpage using Sublime Text relearning HTML and learning JavaScript and CSS. My new webpage Innovate Infinitely debuted on Jun 29, 2016. My self job training today are learning and reviewing Excel, Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI, SQL, Python, Linux, and Git. Learn, practice, drill, and repeat.

Furthermore, I add self-training outside my career. I learn how to tie knots, make paper airplanes, communicate with Morse Code, and basic land navigation.

4. The Shawshank Redemption (Sat Sep 21, 2019). I tell the background story why it took me decades to watch the movie. A friend in college watched The Shawshank Redemption in the theater. He told me the movie was boring. He didn't understand the point. My friend was a smart student. I didn't question his opinion. I believed the movie was boring.

I watched the movie for the first time on Sep 21, 2019. The movie saved my soul. The movie saved my life. The movie released everything holding me back. The movie gave me hope. The movie made me tell myself I can control more of my life. My feelings and my intuitions are trusted and strengthen. There are some situations I don't care what other people think. Geology is the study of pressure and time. Success is coming because I'm a mature adult applying heavy or deep training daily.

Side note one: My next blog is a Steve Jobs compilation blog. I combine past Steve Jobs blogs. I add additional quotes from the D5 Conference in 2007 where Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were interviewed.

Side note two: There was a chance I couldn't attend the Japantown Anime Faire 2 because my family cars were broken except the 1984 Toyota truck. Driving the manual transmission and no power steering truck in San Francisco wasn't hard as I expected.

My Self-Help Books Recommendations

Most self-help books are the same self-help ideas. Most self-help books advice are life cliques explained differently or disguised differently. Sometimes the simple solutions are the worse solutions. If you understand quickly, then it's probably bad advice.

I read self-help books. I donated most of my self-help books. My different thinking self-help books recommendations are fiction books. I was a lost soul from Aug 2008 to Sep 2008. I started to read fiction books in Oct 2008. My life started to improve. Regardless, here are my recommendations which I still own on my book shelf. All recommendations are in alphabetical order.

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Discover core habits. Practice, practice, practice the habits.

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray. I read the first edition. I believe there are updated editions. Some concepts are outdated because values, attitudes, and knowledge change, shift, and correct. There are new opinions. There are new lessons. The core never changes.

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson. Life changes. Everyone changes. Everything changes. A person can control change. A person can't control change.

Outside The Self-Help Books

I recommend the following books not considered self-help. These two books are priority over the three books above on my self-help recommendations.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. The book explains why some people succeed and some people don't succeed.

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. The late Steve Jobs changed the world. Learn who the genius was. He had strengths. He had weaknesses. He had success. He made mistakes. He wasn't perfect. He was human just like you and me.

Update On A Past Blog

The last four sentences in Beethoven Practiced Eight Hours A Daywere the following: "Hard work, practice, dedication, learning from your mistakes, and practice are keys to success, keys to be great. And when you're good, then get better and better. Never stop innovating. Innovate infinitely." I wrote the blog on Aug 13, 2009. Don't ask me why I'm actually doing the last four sentences years later.

The update is a personal checkpoint. I approve the checkpoint. The job training continues indefinitely six days a week. My subjects are Excel, SQL, Git, Linux, Power BI, Python, JSON, and Sublime Text. The job training includes practicing, learning new concepts, and reviewing. Use it or lose it. My non-career related personal projects include learning rope knots, learning Morse Code, learning how to use a compass and map for land navigation, and making paper airplanes. I workout physically four or five days a week. I read books. I look forward to new job training subjects and new non-career related personal projects when I complete any existing subjects and projects.

Too Much Hurrying And Too Much To Do

I express my frustrations calmly and maturely. There are two topics. The first topic is hurried. The second topic is overwhelmed.

Everyone is in a hurry. Everything is in a hurry. The world is too fast. The years go by faster and faster even though there are 24 hours per day. The new generation believes today is the normal pace. The old generation believes today is faster than their younger years. Welcome to the information age. There is more automation. Do it quick is accepted. There are more choices. We must think fast to choose. We don't want to do more. We must do more most of the time.

We forget why we are human. We forget how to be a human being. We forget to take a breath. We forget to pause. There is no time for a checkpoint. Our habits are engraved we don't want to innovate. Our habits are an assurance everything is okay. Chances are everything is not okay.

There is too much to do. There is too much to know. Most people aren’t dumb. Life is too hard. I put myself in the spotlight. I job train six days a week. My subjects are Python, Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI, and SQL. Learn JSON, review Sublime Text, learn GitHub Desktop and review GitHub command prompt, and review Excel 365 are backlogged. I pause the job training and work out the backlog starting on Mon Apr 20, 2020. Another backlog is a short-term project updating my webpage Innovate Infinitely. I prioritize tomorrow. I'm responsible to job search. I'm also responsible to cook and to shop for my household. I spend a little time to unwind with my leisure activities read, write blogs, watch movies, and exercise.

I'm lucky I have no children to nurture. I'm in trouble if I have children and fulfill the responsibilities above. If I reduce my responsibilities by 50%, then I still have too much to do. There is still too much to know. If I reduce my responsibilities by 90%, then I might as well be a lazy homeless bum.

There are days I'm two steps up and one step down. There are days I'm two steps down and one step up. No problem. I have grit, determination, and motivation. I have no reason to stop because what else am I going to do?

I Choose Raymond Mar Today

I was rejected for opportunities years ago. I was let go decades ago. Someone else was chosen. I was passed in the past. The people should have picked me for opportunities years ago. The people should have kept me decades ago. I was the best choice.

Today's Raymond Mar, myself, rejected yesterday's Raymond Mar. Today's Raymond Mar, myself, let yesterday's Raymond Mar go. The people who skipped me made the correct choice. I earned being passed in the past. The people correctly picked someone else for opportunities. I wasn't the best choice.

How did I achieve my successes years ago or decades ago? The answer is good luck, good timing, and good fortune. I took life for granted. I didn't earn my successes. I faked it without believing. I faked it insincerely.

Nobody told me I was a good person. They were correct. They were justified. I have been working to be a good person genuinely. Nobody told me I'm a good person continues. I tell myself today. I'm a good person today.

I realized yesterday's Raymond Mar was not the real Raymond Mar. The people who believed the yesterday's Raymond Mar was the fake Raymond Mar. The present Raymond Mar is the true Raymond Mar. I have strengths. I have weaknesses. I'm the smartest ever with infinite learning such as learning new job skills. I acquire wisdom daily. There are new adventures to seek. There are new experiences to experience. I'm the healthiest ever working out four days a week at the gym. Self-esteem is strong. Courage is high. The end of the day I'm one step closer to become a self-trained genius. Ironically, I'm unemployed and live with my parents.

Update On A Past Blog

Here is another life what if referencing Top Ten What Ifs blog on Aug 30, 2013. I moved out of my childhood house after my third grade school year. My dad thought about adding-on to my childhood house by expanding the two front bedrooms. My parents choose to move to a bigger house. I learned my dad's add-on idea was inspired by his parents and his in-laws. Their houses expanded by add-ons.

What if I stayed in my childhood house throughout my teenage and young adult life? The schools in our neighborhoods were better than my junior high and high school years. My childhood neighborhood was more conservative; for example, I learned how to swear in fourth grade. I might not become a sports fan today because my childhood neighborhood nobody talked about sports. I might have better heat tolerance because my childhood house didn't have central air conditioning.

Raymond Mar 2015-2019 Looking Better

The picture above is me on my family's 2015-2019 Christmas photos. I admit I started to look genuinely handsome in 2017. My 2017 photo was taken months after two surgeries for Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis. I'm fortunate I look better as I age physically speaking. It's true intelligence or never stop learning, physical fitness, confidence, minimize eating processed foods, and staying active are important to be a good looking human being.

The Early Bird Got The Worm Yesterday. The Early Bird Gets The Worm Today

I had been a night person. I went to bed late. I woke up from bed late the next day. I have been consistency waking up at least two hours earlier in 2019. I have been consistency going to bed at least two hours earlier in 2019. I have been sleeping earlier either on Fri nights or Sat nights. Either Sat or Sun I go to bed later.

I get more activities completed. I complete my responsibilities. I cross off more to-do list. All of them resulted from waking up earlier. Another reason I wake up earlier is preparing for my next job. I must sleep eight hours no matter what time I sleep.

Furthermore, I avoid activities wasting my time, energy, and brain activity. I minimize social media. I minimize eating unhealthy food. I limit watching television, sports, and movies. I avoid watching pointless YouTube videos.

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My Personal Circle Of Trust

If you can trust yourself, then good moments are coming soon. Everything I'm doing today results in a happy future. The late Steve Jobs said it best, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

I'm trusting myself. I'm not believing in myself. Trust and believe are two separate thoughts. I'm my own personal mentor; although, I'm open to making new mentors. There are setbacks, frustrations, and depressing moments. I trust myself I overcome these three moments. I trust myself life goes my way. I share what I'm doing below for an independent life. I may be right. I may be wrong. I don't know my future. Time is the ultimate judge.

*Intuition. Trust my gut feeling. I must trust my intuition to save me from problems. I don't think when I make jokes. Jobs said, "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." Jobs also said, "I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis . . . intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work."

*New Circle Of Friends. I attract new people. I attract new friends. New people are coming to my life as long as I'm a good guy getting stronger, smarter, kinder, and wiser. One of the people I meet is a woman I'm going to marry.

*Learning New Job Skills. Finding A Job. I have been learning new skills such as Python, dashboards, and JavaScript. I have been reviewing existing skills such as SQL, Excel, and SalesForce. Repetition, review, repeat, relearn. I'm not quitting finding a new job. I'm doing the best I can. I have nothing to lose.

*Control, Consistency, Choices, and Proactive. I trust myself today and tomorrow I control more of my life, live a good life consistently, make good choices, and be proactive every day.

*Stay Active. I trust my hobbies and activities keep me moving. I'm physically active working out at the gym four or five days a week. I hike at trails. I'm intellectually active reading books, playing board games, learning new concepts, and learning new job skills mentioned above. I'm emotionally stable controlling stress. I act calmly. I speak calmly. I practice my spiritually sleeping eight hours a night. And I'm financially worry-free. I'm looking forward to a new career to strengthen my finances. My life is not hording. I do almost nothing because I don't have the money in the meantime.

*My wisdom grows learning from my mistakes. I avoid repeating my mistakes. I seek new adventures exposing myself to new opportunities to grow. I experience new experiences to expand my life.

*Finally, stay hungry, stay foolish.

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Staying Busy Hoping For The Best

I make gains every day. It's a small gain or a big gain. I learn something new such as Python, JavaScript, and CSS. I review something existing such as SQL and Excel. I drill myself such as repeat learning Python and working out at the gym. There are the everyday tasks such as job searching, reading books, eating healthy, and sleeping eight hours a night. The gains can be generalized getting better, getting stronger, being braver, getting smarter, and acquiring wisdom.

I continue either moving forward or moving upwards; each practically means the same. I describe with any adjective or adverb. I work hard intelligently I earn my good outcomes. I live life continuing--no quitting. If I quit, then there's no hope for the best. The people, the friends, the good luck, the opportunities, the money, and the fortunes are coming soon. They come to me. Life flows with me.

I never complain about my current life. I focus on my life joys. I have no time being dreadful wasting my life. I'm happy. There is more happiness in my future.

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Life Goes On

My dad and I got last minute tickets for Thursday Night Football San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams on Thur Sep 21, 2017. We rode public transportation to avoid parking at Levi's Stadium. Today's blog is inspired on our way to the football game.

All variants of today's blog title are true. Life moves forward. The sun rises the next day. There is a future. Tomorrow is another day. Anything that happens today good and bad anything happens tomorrow good and bad.

The 49ers are one of worse teams entering the 2017 NFL season. The 49ers must play football even though football analysts project a losing record. 49ers fans watched the football game in the less than half occupied stadium. There were stadium workers, football players, coaches, security, TV personnel, and sponsors. Incomes were earned. Revenues were generated. The football game is in the schedule. The game must be played regardless of how many people attended the stadium, how many people watched the game on TV, and how many people listened to the game on radio. The 49ers are 0-3 as of today's blog.

Good moments, good events, bad moments, and bad events happen every day, every hour, and every minute. The recent natural disasters Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricane Irma in Florida, Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, and the earthquake in Mexico. There is trash talk between President Donald Trump and North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. There are newsworthy successes such as a business going public, a sports team winning a championship, and a hero rescue. Everyone has personal problems. Every common human being has problems. Medical problems. Relationship problems. Professional problems. Unemployment. Car accidents. Everyone has personal happy moments. Marriages. Buying a car. Buying a home. Job promotion. Graduation. Learning new skills. Vacations. Freedom.

I thought about life goes on while the light rail train transports my dad and I to Levi's Stadium. I see the tech buildings, manufacturing factories, and apartments along the way. Life is unfair. Life goes on. We continue living. Perhaps living life is a strength itself. Never give up. We do our best to live. We hope to get the big break. We hope to discover the one moment to change our lives. We have grit. Life goes on whether life is good and life is bad.

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Anti-Social For The First Time

Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.

I feel anti-social today and yesterday for the first time in my life. I never believed people can be anti-social. People can be alone to take a break from being with people. People can't be alone to avoid human contact. I'm incorrect. People can be alone to avoid human contact.

I believe I'm anti-social for the entire week. I had trouble sleeping Sun Feb 12. I thought my trouble was drinking Coke and an adrenaline rush--Coke and adrenaline are a bad mix. Today's blog questions the Coke and adrenaline. I workout at the gym yesterday and earlier today only. I didn't workout most of the weekdays. I didn't learn Python and JavaScript the entire work week. I did review Excel and VBA earlier today before going to the gym. I job searched inconsistently. The bottom line is I'm not being myself.

Why do I feel anti-social? Can it be a chemical imbalance? Can it be a hormone imbalance? My brain messes up my feelings. I'm not a psychologist. My answers are yes. Also, I have thought about me being a failure. I'm doing my best to find a job, meet new people, and live independently. None of the three exist. I ask myself what am I doing wrong? Sometimes I answer I'm doing everything correctly. I'm strengthening my resume learning new job skills. I job search two times a day five days a week. I workout at the gym four or five days a week. Sometimes I answer I'm a failure. Almost all the people I know have jobs, live independently, and have a social life. They're mature adults living independently. I want to stay away from them. It's not their fault I feel anti-social. I feel like a failure when I'm in their presence.

Today's blog is an example I'm a human being. Feeling anti-social is temporary. I continue holding on. I hope next week I'm myself again. Life flows my way soon.

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Motivated To Do What I'm Doing

My motivation is at my highest in my entire life. I'm motivated to be strong, smart, kind, and wise. I'm motivated to earn my independence. I'm learning new job skills and reviewing existing job knowledge six days a week. I'm learning Python for the second time. I'm reviewing HTML. I'm learning HTML5 and CSS next. I job search five days a week. I say goodbye to people hindering my motivation to be independence. I workout at the gym four or five days a week. I find time to relax such as read a book or watch a movie. I pace myself to avoid burnout.

I recently discovered motivation is more important than knowledge. My "will" is more important than my "knowledge". Desire is more important than book smarts. Anyone who feels unsuccessful must find the courage to generate self-motivation to work hard becoming successful. Enduring pain is a sign of courage. Learning from failure is a sign of growth. There is nothing to lose being unsuccessful. I have nothing to lose. I'm at the bottom working to move up. Get up and do something, anything.

My independence, my new knowledge, my new career, the people I meet, the people who are involved in my life including friendships and co-workers, new circle of friends, new experiences, new adventures . . . all of them are coming to my life. Be patient. Good things come to those who wait. Good things come to those working at them. Happiness is my end result.

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Luck Is Part Of Life

Everyone must accept luck is part of life. Everything we do luck is a factor such as winning a contract, winning a contest, receiving a job offer, playing board games, and being at the right place at the right time. Conversely, losing a contract, losing a contest, not receiving a job rejection, losing a board game due to a dice roll, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are times a success or a failure ends up being lucky or unlucky.

Some people have luck going in their favor many times. Some people have luck going in their favor a few times. Some people deny good luck or bad luck a factor in their daily lives. Good luck or bad luck factors more in life than most of us believe. Luck can be the deciding factor. Sometimes luck is the deciding factor. The common lucky life includes a well-being family, good health, high intelligence, no cavities, no financial debt, no car accidents, and living in a good neighborhood. Further, living dependently on good luck must be avoided. Never depend on good luck dictating how to live life.

My opinion regarding luck is the most successful people under appreciate luck and the least successful people over-rely on luck. The most successful people say hard work, determination, desire, motivation, strength . . . the clique description words describing their success. These people rarely say good luck. These people downplay luck. I believe these people must recognize good luck as a factor for their success. There are other people who can do the same or better. The least successful people say patience, waiting for the opportunity, hoping for the next break, too many rejections, bad timing, relaxing before the working . . . the clique description words describing their frustrations. These people say they're getting no good luck. These people pray for good luck. I believe these people must improve their efforts to increase their chances of getting good luck to be successful. There are other people in similar situations for which they eventually succeed.

I hope everyone's luck improves. I hope for the best. Nobody lives a life with too much good luck. Tragedy is waiting. Nobody lives a life with too much bad luck. A big break is coming soon.

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Life Moving Forward Backwards

Steve Jobs was correct. You can't look forward. You can only look backwards. What you do today is unknown it helps you or hurts you tomorrow. In other words, you connect the dots backwards.

I have faith what I'm doing now becomes successful in the future. I'm not 100% sure it becomes a success. I admit it can be a waste of time. I admit it can hurt me somehow. Live the present. Hope for the future. Follow my intuition. I must believe positive results are coming soon. I take care of myself. I avoid stupid choices; however, it's okay to be foolish intelligently or make good mistakes. Life finds a way to reward good people. Good people working intelligently are rewarded. There is no faking. Be sincere.

What am I doing now hoping for a successful future? The list is below:

Working out at the gym. I workout at the gym four or five days a week. My workouts include machines, free weights, cycle, and treadmill. Hiking is included. Any physical activity is included.

Learning new job skills. I'm currently learning Python and CSS. I learned VBA, Oracle, and Tableau. I reviewed Excel, Access, PowerPoint, HTML, and SQL.

Writing blogs. I keep my writing skills sharp.

Reading books. I keep my brain sharp. Reading is one way to stay away from the computer.

Job searching. I job search two times a day Monday thru Friday.

Opening myself to new adventures and new experiences. I visited Zion National Park in Sep 2016 for the second time. I took a staycation Mon Aug 1 to Fri Aug 5.

Sleeping. I sleep seven to eight hours a night. Sleeping rests my mind, body, and soul. Sleep is my spiritual practice.

Spending wisely. I shop around for sales. I buy used books. I maximize the lifespan for clothes and most durable goods. I don't need cable. I'm picky when it comes to buying DVDs and BDs for my movie collection. On the other hand, I spend extra dollars for goods and services I want high return value.

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Records, Streaks, Counts, Combinations Matter Briefly

We hear about the streaks, counting successes, counting failures, and keeping records daily. Some common examples are winning streaks and losing streaks in sports, number of days something happened or something didn't happen, and number of profitable quarters. The time spent counting must be short. It's okay to celebrate a victory. It's okay to express frustration. Thereafter, forget about the count.

For instance, I count the number of days I'm job searching. I feel sad when I reach a milestone number. I forget the number seconds later. Today is a new day. I continue job searching. I continue learning new job skills. Another instance is playing Mahjong (Riichi). I declared I'm ready to win waiting for my winning tile 11 times during an informal tournament. I won one time. I forgot about the 1 for 11 the next day and the next tournament. And I stopped counting the number of job phone interviews after 11. There have been too many.

Put the count to the back of the mind. It's a waste of time contemplating the positive streak or the negative streak. The next time it happens is new. It's a reset. Perform your way. Play your game. I believe baseball players take each at bat and take each defensive play separately. Don't worry about last place. Forget the negatives. Move forward. Take everything one at a time. Improve the successes. Correct the failures. Something different can happen. The score takes care of itself. The result takes care of itself. Good moments follow.

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Your Life Map Is Full Of Colors, Scribbles, Eraser Marks

I had ideas how I lived my adult life when I was a child. I wanted to be a teacher when I was in grade school. I wanted to be a design engineer in junior high school. I wanted to be a math teacher when I was in high school. My first career after graduating from college the first time was in commercial real estate. I never thought I worked in commercial real estate for eight years. Further, I never thought of going back to college during the 2009 Great Recession. My two jobs after my second time in college didn't help me get a long-term job. I never thought I experience multiple times of long-term unemployment.

Adults tell kids to follow our dreams. Adults hold off telling kids dreams are hard to achieve. Hard work is required. Frustrations must be experienced. Be prepared to learn from mistakes. Challenges are really challenges not to be taken lightly. Be open for setbacks. Dreams are not achieved in a straight line. Some dreams die such that a new dream must be created. Maybe adults hold off because most adults never experienced the frustrations, challenges, and setbacks and/or don't know how to teach hard work. If a dream is too easy to achieve, then it probably is too easy.

My Map

I mapped my life like millions of other children when we were young. Did my map guide me from point A to point B or from childhood to present adulthood? No. My map has too many colors, scribbles, and eraser marks. I need another color to differentiate a change due to circumstances beyond my control. I need to scribble a different route because of an event. I need an eraser to stop because of a tragedy. I need a new pen to draw a new path.

We rarely get what we want. We make the best of the present situation. We find the joy in our current life. We continue to seek happiness because humans want to be happy. Be strong and be courageous to be happy. I'm still working hard to be happy. A life clique is true for today's blog: I hope for the best.

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Naivety Is Ageless

A child being naive is just being a child. A child experienced child's life wondering, asking questions, making mistakes, and learning from the mistakes. A child hopes his or her parents or guardians guide his or her youngest years to become good adults.

Even as adults we experience moments of being naive. Our inner child is our naivety. Adults continue to wonder, ask questions, make mistakes, and learn from the mistakes. Or adults explore, question everything, experiment or trial and error, and repeat trial and error to achieve desired results; in other words, keep an open mind. Children grow up to become adults. Adults grow up to share their knowledge to children. Also, adults grow up indefinitely to become stronger, smarter, kinder, and wiser.

The mature adults behave naive when the situation calls for naivety. The successful adults behave naive when they learn something new. Naivety is a positive attribute because adults shouldn't settle permanently. An adult living a good life must continue to evolve. An adult living a good life must innovate infinitely. Keep looking for a better life indefinitely.

Hiding Our Naivety Is Useless

It can be bad being naive. An immature adult can be naive. An adult with no sense of accomplishment can be naive. An adult dependent on someone else can be naive. An adult with no motivation to be mature can be naive. An adult acting weird can be naive. An adult avoiding adult responsibilities can be naive. An adult with a questionable behavior can be hiding their naivety. I'm not a psychologist. I don't know why some adults are naive. Are these naive adults lack a sense of being a mature adult? Are these naive adults oblivious to their surroundings childish behavior must stop? Are these naive adults in denial they're in adulthood? Is there something in the environment or someone preventing naive adults to grow up? Almost all mature adults indentify naive adults.

I continue to work hard controlling being naive. There was a moment I made a mistake days ago. I immediately became naive to learn from my mistake. I was frustrated. I was honest. I was sincere. I hope I never make the same mistake again. Moreover, I still have more knowledge to learn, more experiences to experience, and more wisdom to acquire. There are more naive moments coming soon. I hope more good naive moments result in a more mature and more professional me. My bad naivety disappeared.

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