Hello all! This is post #13 coming at ya! I’m very sorry on how late this one is. As the title says, I was hit with some bad news awhile ago and it took me two weeks to figure out what I’m going to do about it so all my energy was focused on that issue. The title is from something I heard Les Brown say during a speech. His exact words were, “You have to be hungry because life will hit you on the blind side.” He was talking about the need for mental fortitude because things will happen in your life that will test your desire to succeed. And if your hunger isn’t high enough, life will “beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it” (Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa). I’m being tested by something pretty major right now, and I was beaten to my knees last week; and if you’re wondering why, I’m not at the liberty to share at the moment but hopefully one day I can. One way I got through my rut was stepping back from my challenge and thinking of something I can be grateful for; Tony Robbins says the two emotions that mess us up the most are fear and anger. One of the ways we can combat fear and anger is by being grateful for something, because we can’t be grateful and angry or fearful at the same time because there is no room to feel both those emotions; they just don’t go together. So I remembered that my kids are healthy, they have a roof over the head and food to eat. I also remembered that my wife is healthy, she has no major health issues and still looks the same as the day I married her. And for myself, I also don’t have any issues health-wise and I improve myself every day so I’m always a better version of myself the next day. After reflecting on all the things I have to be grateful for, my mind calmed down and I was able to come up with a plan to get through my issue. It’s not a perfect plan, but I made a decision and I will see it through. If it turns out not to be a good one I’ll adjust but the main thing is that I took action to fix an issue and not sit on the fence and just hope and pray that my problems go away.

And this is all I have time for right now! I’m in the middle of course on pluralsight on how to become a full-stack .net developer and afterwards I need to do handle some bouncer buisness so I’ll wrap this up. Have a good week everyone!