Why use an agenda?

I started using a agenda in 1999.

What is an agenda, exactly?

Basically, it's a notebook with some facilities, but like any notebook, your goal is to receive notes that deserve to be remembered. We do not need to write down things, but is always best to note them, because we do not have a reliable memory. The fact that we can forget things like names, phone numbers, dates and appointments is not a triviality. Forgetfulness is a strong indication that our brain does not contain an excessive mass of information for a long time. Hence the importance of writing as an extension of our memory. We think, remember, note, and then forget safely, because we just need to open the schedule and our memory is instantly recovered.

But in what moment of my life in particular I had awareness that I needed an agenda?

Because until then, I'd survived quite well without one, and millions of people continue to survive without their. There was some fact that has induced me to use a calendar? Or I come to the conclusion that I needed a paper extension of my memory based only on my conjectures and experience?

Who or what influenced me? How great was my need to record information on a piece of paper at the time of my life?

Original date of creation of this text: Saturday, September 17, 2005 18:49:39

Building the future from the past

There is a phrase that struck me in a profound way:

"To plan your future seriously, it is necessary to understand and evaluate your past"This phrase was coined by Og Mandino, in his book "The University of Success".

Evaluate the past is a concept that recalls Freud, psychoanalysis, children's trauma and developmental stages with strong sexual connotations, an approach of human being which I do not like, although I not a psychologist. But, in general, for some time that sentence made ​​sense. Of course I now do not take it so seriously, but it was the basis for serious efforts I have done since I read it.

Seeking to understand the past, I began rummaging through forgotten things, characters already killed, remembrances and written memoirs. I do not know if this trip to the self-museum served for a good planning to the future, but the tour made ​​me realize that the past worths by its own, regardless of the utility that may have as support for future planning.

Where starts my past?

The question has no clear answer, but in search for answers, I inevitably come to a period of time prior to my existence.

I was born in 1970, but my past is remote. Until where memories are still preserved, my past begins in the nineteenth century ...

May no longer be the case for believing that should build a future based on the past, but it seems to me that is no longer possible to live without first reconstructing the past from the ruins left over in the minds which are slowly fading .

Reconstructing the past is to fight for the light is not extinguished.

It is, therefore, a worthy and honorable task to be performed.

Long life, new look

This blog already has a long life and needed a new face.

Looking back, reread my first posts on this blog, I realize that:

The layout is bad.

My name is not complete.

My mood of the day has never been changed and no longer reflects reality.

My appearance, my avatar is a waste.

My promises were not fulfilled.

Texts without pictures are visually poor.

Somehow, there is no harmony of fonts, sizes and colors.

Thus imbued with spirit and time, I decided a shakeup in this blog.

 I took the following action:

I changed the layout to something simple and basic, adult, serious and monochrome. Only text and images without explosions of colors and themes. Simple ...

The name of the blog now reflects my full name. What have I to fear?

There's no one my mood of the day, but what I write. I ended up with him.

My appearance does not matter. Disappeared with her.

My promises were not kept, I admit, but at least they were not forgotten, thanks to this blog, which is a real time capsule. I will resume my promises ...

I'm adding images in each text. It looks so much better ...

I'm harmonizing the fonts and sizes. It is also better.

I hope it lasts for a few long years!

A some cultivated blog

My blog is almost four years and, unfortunately, is not the most visited in web: only 910 visits. If we do the math, they are only 250 people per year, or something around one person per day.

It's not enough ...

What impact causes my texts in people who read them?

I can not say. As for me, I have not read anyone's blog, I can not assess the degree of influence that texts in blogs usually have on people.

Anyway, the best way to face a hit counter to a small value is with a mixture of patience and challenge.