Long time... no post

It's funny what almost a year will do for your head-space.

Much of my posting has sounded pretty whiny and self-indulgent - but this a blog after all and that's what they're supposed to for isn't it?

Surely!

Anyway. One of the things that is defining my life aside from the quest for least non-awesomeness, is thinking about what it is that sustains long term perspective. This is true of both my work and my BJJ, but also factors in stuff like weight control, health regimes exercise etc. all necessary features of a life approaching forty it turns out...

But if I'm honest the thing that gets most attention at the moment is my longevity in BJJ. In practice that means investing in myself (to borrow from John Will). It means being willing to sacrifice a bit to afford seminars with some of the best in the world. It means enjoying training, coaching, rolling.

And a huge part of it is 'minimising your ego, to maximise your BJJ' (Rener Gracie, 2011). This means not getting uppity when people 'pass' me (in rank or my guard), not beating myself up if my rolling sucks for a week or two, living more in the moment and the little wins. It also means investing in the relationships I have at the club, especially with those who have been around a while and who are most likely to be around in a few years time.

Another part is reducing injury and skin infections. This means weighing the value of competition, taking the hassles about my MMA socks (to reduce risk of athletes' foot), not taking unnecessary risks to appease my ego, learning to roll at 70% even if it means my arse is being handed to me cos someone else with some skills (and/or attributes) is running at 100%.

In terms of work, it means immersing myself a lot more in the reading process. As I'm a little ADHD, it's often hard to sit and read continuously for long periods. but I need that, so I'm not drawing down on half-arsed ideas or worse from absence. Which brings me back to BJJ... must.drill.more... Especially the Jedi Mind Trick...