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I'm a bit tired as I write this. I've been exercising more which means that my body is utterly trashed. My martial arts instructor says this is a good thing. This is where I want to be. I must follow that Bruce Lee advice of going from plateau to plateau. The reality is that I go from one level of pain to the next.

What I feel is the training effect. That is one of the ironies of fitness. When you are building fitness, it feels a bit like having the flu. You are sore, tired, irritable, and wanting to sleep more than usual. The body needs to repair itself from the damage inflicted on it.

I haven't made any resolutions for the new year since I think this is a waste and counterproductive. But I do confess that I want to elevate my game on all fronts. I want to post more on the blog, reach the absolute highest level of fitness I can, work more, acquire more skills, simplify more, etc. I don't think I am being more ambitious or unrealistic since these are all things I have been doing in 2011. I just want to notch things up a bit.

I get a lot of requests to write more about minimalism, but I don't have anything to add to what will be in my book when I get it written and published. What I can say is that minimalism has changed my life considerably. The biggest temptation I face now is to go buy a bunch of stuff like a smartphone or a 4WD monster truck. I resist those urges. Minimalism requires constant discipline because you will find yourself back in maximalist excess and clutter in a short while.

I am unable to practice minimalism when it comes to media consumption. I have multiple feeds in my feed reader that I simply can't get to. I need to tame it, but I can't. I also watch a lot of programming that I am finding redundant. For instance, it struck me that every episode of Doctor Who is virtually identical when it comes to plot. Basically, an alien race (Daleks, Cybermen, etc.) want to conquer some other race usually human. The Doctor simply stops them. He is always saving a world or the Universe or whatever. I am at the point where I don't really give a fuck. The lesson I take from it for my own writing is to avoid a repetitive formula.

I don't know what to do about the media consumption thing. I don't have a strategy for dealing with all that stuff to watch and read. I need to get one. This is something for me to think about and consider this week. Plus, it probably needs to be dealt with in the book as well.

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