Better, faster, stronger

So I have re- assessed where I am at with all of my UBBT goals, and I am pretty happy with where I'm at. The only really scary one is my sparring, I am up to 87 rounds per month to keep up. I think it's because for January and February I wasn't recording the way I should have been. I am behind in my french lessons also, but this is more because I am repeating lessons to make sure I am 100% so I am still happy with that. I racked up a lot of forms repetitions at the forms marathon this month, I realized, as I do with all of the challenges, that it's really not hard to do 6 forms a day, it's getting around to actually doing it. I feel that the biggest benefit I have gotten so far since starting the UBBT is my organization and just my everyday get up and go. I HAVE to be more organized everyday or I will go crazy... and if I don't get up and go then nothing gets done. It's done wonders for my leanings towards procrastination. I fell like I am becoming the best person that I can be.

short and sweet

I just finished reading all the new blog posts and there was a bit of a trend with a few of them. It seems like a lot of people are thinking about how fast time passes. There is a line in a song I really like, it says "time is contagious, everybodys gettin' old" and it's true. So... I will strive to do the things I love to do, and make time for them and the people that matter to me. I know I don't want to regret my life and I will live it as such.

Its all about the connection

My youngest daughter turns 6 tomorrow, which seems way older than 5 even though she's the same as she was yesterday. I decided that I am going to try to give my kids more of a free rein in certain ways. When I was a kid I lived in the country and I could take off and spend the day in the bush without my parents worrying. We live in town and thats just not feasible for them, and not really safe, but I decided I will not try to keep them out of mud puddles and dirt since it was such a great part of my childhood. I had a great aunt that was 97 years old the last time I saw her, I was about 12 I think, and she told me that if I kept my hands in the dirt that I would stay young. It must have been true, she was a pretty spry old lady. I have tried to keep my hands in the dirt so to speak. There is a great satisfaction in watching my family eat something that I grew from a seed. I think that there is a great loss of connection with the world because most people have nothing to do with the food that they eat. How can you not appreciate the earth when you plant a tiny seed in the ground and cover it with soil and water it once in awhile and it turns into food.... if your looking for a miracle, here it is. I am going to make sure my kids keep their hands in the dirt, even though they are city kids and learn to appreciate our connection with the earth. I can hardly wait for the snow to melt off my garden.