More Reasons to Journal

On my journey around the world (wide web), I came across The Ririan Project.

The Ririan Project is the blog of a guy named Ririan, a student in Bucharest, Romania. Evidently he’s obsessed with personal development and “creating a brand new life that represents maximum achievement and inner peace, a life that has balance in all its areas.”

One topic that jumped out at me was "10 Reason to Journal." I found his insights, well, very insightful!

He writes in part:

Everyone has a story. Your experiences, your feelings, ideas, thoughts, and dreams all combine to form your life and your journey, which is your story. And a great way to keep a relative reflection of all those things that have happened in your life is to keep a journal or diary. A daily journal, a weekly journal, a month end summary journal, any or all these are ways you can keep track and record your experiences, your story.

But instead of thinking of a journal as a diary - a book in which you merely relate the day’s events - think of it as a container for self reflection, self-expression and self exploration. Retelling the day’s events is less relevant than the act of expressing your thoughts. And writing down reflections about events experienced each day is an invaluable way to evaluate your performance, set higher standards of excellence and find new ways to solve difficult problems.

There’s nothing like putting pen to paper to instill you with a sense of optimism, anticipation and excitement about your goals or aspirations. The act of writing something down always makes it more real, more concrete than merely thinking it. When you commit to writing down your thoughts and experiences, you have put them into a solid form.

So, here are his benefits of keeping a journal:

1. Improve your health.

2. Reduce stress.

3. Stronger relationships.

4. Better organizational skills.

5. Better focus.

6. Better solutions for your problems.

7. Know yourself better.

8. Personal growth.

9. Enhances intuition and creativity.

10. Captures “Life’s Story.”

A journal is a catalog of your memories. Over time, your memories become an irreplaceable treasure that can be looked at years from now, by you, or, if you wish, by others.

By journaling you will capture not only your life, but the lives of all the people that surround you. You are also creating a record, and with that record in hand it is easier to see patterns, changes, and shifts in your life.

And remember, journal writing has the lowest risk factor imaginable, mentally as well as financially, providing you with the gentlest and safest of therapies. No expertise required, no minimum time required, and you don’t lose the benefits if you miss a time period.

Start Writing Your Journal!

Here’s where you can read more of this blog and The Ririan Project

The http://ririanproject.com/about/

Sir Bowie of Greenbriar

Cards Win Historic Game!

It was with great satisfaction that my second trip to see the Cards play this season ended with a win. It was also a historic game because Tony La Russa, the Cardinal Manager, was managing his 2,000 game for the team, the most of any Cardinal manager in franchise history. Red Schoendienst, the previous record holder, who also played with my Dad, gave the award to Tony before the game.

Having just stepped on Dad's brick for good luck, coupled with this surprise, I knew the "cards' where stacked just right in the Cards favor!

The highlights were in order:
1. Rick Ankiel, pitcher turned power hitting center fielder, made the most spectacular over the head, totally stretched out, dead run, body slamming on the ground, sliding until he hit the wall, catch for an out that saved at least 2 runs.
2. A rookie outfielder, can't recall his name, was placed into his first game with a pitcher switch, and proceeds to go 2 for 2 at the plate with an RBI. Not a bad start!
3. Albert Pujois homers to cap off the score 7-4. This was the 25th game I've gone to since Albert became a Cardinal and he has homered in everyone of them!

The only downer, besides having to drink Budweiser all day, was that the Chicago Cubs won their game and remain in first place. Of course, Lady Allwinky would say it was having to drive while I snored and cut beer farts all the way home!

Play Ball!
Sir Hook the Card of Warrick

A couple of days ago Sir Dayvd wrote about the toilet in the space station crapping out. I'm sure a lot of people were thinking, "What the hell are we doing spending all that money up in space anyway?"

Could it be... Beer!?

With a Toyota Manufacturing Plant just a few miles up the road, it’s easy to find Sapporo Beer in bars around town. So, it was with great interest that I read the following article (Okay, truth be told, I really am not that interested. But, it is a beer story and we’re 33 1/3% about beer).

On with the story from www.topix.com/drink/beer:

TOKYO: A Japanese brewery Tuesday said it was planning the first "space beer," using offspring of barley once stored at the International Space Station.

Researchers said the project was part of efforts to prepare for a future in which humans spend extended periods of time in space - and might like a cold beer after a space walk.

Japanese brewery Sapporo Holdings said it would make beer using the third generation of barley grains that had spent five months on the International Space Station in 2006.

"We want to finish the beer by November. It will be the first space beer," Sapporo executive Junichi Ichikawa told reporters.

The company will have enough space grain to produce about 100 bottles of beer but has no immediate plan to make it a commercial venture, Sapporo officials said (end).

Now, this story also reminds me of the NASA press conference I saw once when a reporter asked what happened to all the bodily waste that astronauts generated while in space. The answer was something to the effect that it gets jetisend (sp?) into space and eventually burns up entering the earth’s atmosphere. So, the next time you see a shooting star...

Sir Bowie of Greenbriar