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Time to... do something else!
Mar. 2nd, 2002 09:52 pmYesterday's efforts yielded about 3300 words of translation; today's yielded about 4000 words. I also spent some time picking terminology out of a set of references that were e-mailed and faxed to me yesterday, in preparation for what is described as a lot of work over the next 10 days.
I am behind, but I'm not going to let that bother me. It wouldn't make any difference if it did or not, so why let it?
As much as I dislike saying this, there was no highlight to the day, unless you consider these few minutes posting to my LiveJournal to be that highlight. (Yes, I know that's pathetic, and no, I'm not looking for sympathy.)
I did take a couple of hours off starting around 2 pm, when I went to the store to help Galina price the cost of shipping a package to Uzbekistan. Two packages, actually. Once there, I stuck around until closing (I only would have had to come back at closing, as I had the car), and then Galina and I came home and watched a video produced by Robert T. Kiyosaki, whose book Rich Dad, Poor Dad has blossomed into an impressive self-improvement movement.
I read his Rich Dad, Poor Dad some time ago, and it's probably a good time to go read it again. Interestingly enough, some of the basic ideas he sets forth about how words shape your destiny are not that different from what one finds in don Miguel Ruiz' The Four Agreements.
For example, Kiyosaki says if you see something you'd like to buy but say to yourself, "I can't afford it," well... you can't. And you won't, ever, because having said that, you've just established a soft of boundary in your mind. Kiyosaki much prefers the alternative, "How can I afford it?" He says that the question causes your mind to think of new possibilities, as opposed to the previous statement, which places no burden on your mind (except for the limitation).
Tomorrow, I must do the final two... no, call it the final three pages of an article on government reform of mineral resource licensing. Then, I must finish translating a standard on testing of composite materials. Finally, I must start on the item whose references I reviewed earlier today. If I have any time left...
Yeah... ri-i-ight!
Time to call it a night. (Hey! That rhymes!... I really do need sleep...)
Cheers...
I am behind, but I'm not going to let that bother me. It wouldn't make any difference if it did or not, so why let it?
As much as I dislike saying this, there was no highlight to the day, unless you consider these few minutes posting to my LiveJournal to be that highlight. (Yes, I know that's pathetic, and no, I'm not looking for sympathy.)
I did take a couple of hours off starting around 2 pm, when I went to the store to help Galina price the cost of shipping a package to Uzbekistan. Two packages, actually. Once there, I stuck around until closing (I only would have had to come back at closing, as I had the car), and then Galina and I came home and watched a video produced by Robert T. Kiyosaki, whose book Rich Dad, Poor Dad has blossomed into an impressive self-improvement movement.
I read his Rich Dad, Poor Dad some time ago, and it's probably a good time to go read it again. Interestingly enough, some of the basic ideas he sets forth about how words shape your destiny are not that different from what one finds in don Miguel Ruiz' The Four Agreements.
For example, Kiyosaki says if you see something you'd like to buy but say to yourself, "I can't afford it," well... you can't. And you won't, ever, because having said that, you've just established a soft of boundary in your mind. Kiyosaki much prefers the alternative, "How can I afford it?" He says that the question causes your mind to think of new possibilities, as opposed to the previous statement, which places no burden on your mind (except for the limitation).
Tomorrow, I must do the final two... no, call it the final three pages of an article on government reform of mineral resource licensing. Then, I must finish translating a standard on testing of composite materials. Finally, I must start on the item whose references I reviewed earlier today. If I have any time left...
Yeah... ri-i-ight!
Time to call it a night. (Hey! That rhymes!... I really do need sleep...)
Cheers...
