There is something about writing down your thoughts as opposed to just trying to remember it or even typing it. The interaction of your hand with the pen and the pen with the paper somehow helps the brain retain what it is you are working on. This is something I have found with me, I can't say for anyone else if this is true, but either way it is a tool I have not used to it's full potential.
This Saturday I finally sat down and worked out the first draft of the majority of my five techniques. It feels so weird now, being on this side of it, after getting slammed on the floor or "maimed" by candidates for years. Don't get me wrong, I have learned so much from these experiences. It is just, like I said, weird. Having a technique partner to bounce ideas back and forth really opened up the possibilities for me as well. Writing down the techniques I had in my head for months was relieving. I have been meaning to write them down, but figured at the time that I could memorize simply by feel. WRONG. Write it down! Not only so if by chance something is forgotten it is easily recovered, but so then it is reinforced in the mind.
This is why I went back to my original method of recording my numbers. The past few years I have been using an app that instantly adds up the total when I add for the day. This became a whole process, "open app, select requirement, add number, go back, next requirement..." and so on. With a journal, it is as simple as opening the page and writing it down. This might have to do with my slight aversion to technology, but that is a whole other post.
My current numbers for the year of the pig:
Pushups 2700
Sit Ups 2700
AOK 81
Meditation Minutes 65
Distance 274 Km
Sparring Rounds 38
Wu Dang Hand Form 30
Wu Dang Taiji Sword 36
Tin Whistle Practice (Hours) 5
Books Finished 1
Kung Fu Movies Watched 0
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