A new calendar year brings the need for me to take a breath and organize myself. There is a Chinese new year banquet, holidays, work events, family events, house stuff, so on and so on, all of it needs a certain level of planning to make sure I get the most I can out of each "event". I need to maximize my time by planning for each so I can squeeze as much as possible out of each moment, savoring it if you will. My wife laughs at me sometimes because of my "lists" and over planning, but that is just me. Take for example a really cool event my wife has presented me with...
April 30, 2025. Las Vegas. Park MGM Dolby. Sammy Hagar: The Best of All Worlds concert.
OMG!! Totally unexpected, totally blindsided me. Back story time (short version). I'm a huge Sammy fan, have been for decades. Loved his music since I was in my teens (long long ago). Then he had a tour with his new "band" this last year but didn't come to Canada (sad). Then I found out about his temporary residence in Vegas. Cool! It was even on my birthday (May 1st)!! Super cool!!! I mentioned it to Deb, well here is where my wonderful wife played me like a fiddle. To keep it simple, on Christmas day she proved just how amazingly crafty she is by giving me tickets for the show on April 30. It took me a moment to process just how much I love this woman. Anyways, I'm going off topic here.
So I add this to my list of things I need to maximize every moment I can out of. I cannot let moments like this become mundane, average, common place. Life is way to short to be a spectator. Life drips with adventure just begging to be taken advantage of. So I must make sure I am present during these times. And for me that means planning ahead, not reacting but pro-acting.
And I get the chance to do this because Kung Fu has helped focus my ability to live in the moment by giving me structure and guidance. And to further this idea, teaching has "forced" me to be engaged and hyper focused. I owe it to myself and everyone around me to be "on" every time I step on the mats.
And for this to happen, I must plan and organize myself. So Chow for now, I am going to start planning Vegas😀.
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