This month (somewhat predictably) meant I turned to the last page of my Leonard Smith calender. Who Leonard Smith is, is irrelevant, more important is that this is now the last month of the year. That means it is time to take stock of what has been, and dream of what is to come.
In such a vain, I have found these 10 questions that The Invisible Mentor, Avil Beckford recommends asking to keep motivating yourself in business. As has been pointed out by various 15 year olds, I do not have such a career, and if it was to be described as one, spending one third of a week cleaning toilets and folding next weeks service sheet is nothing to write home about. Still the questions are what they are, and I will endeavour to answer them.
(1)What did I accomplish over the past 12 months?
Looking back through posts, it would appear that my biggest accomplishment was growing a beard. There has been much introspection on this front, but for me it has marked the movement through life: boy to man.
(2)What were my biggest disappointments?
a. On a trip to the Trafford Centre, I had a double scoop of chocolate ice cream instead of my usual blackcurrant because it was on BoGoF; was truly disgusting and I had twice the amount to scoff. This was a few years ago, perhaps over a decade, but the pain of it makes it seem like only yesterday.
b. Spotify adverts.
(3)What did I learn?
a. I’m now over 90% pretty sure Bernard’s Watch was not a documentary. Two evidences; the watch I bought of eBay claiming to be the watch was not; after re-watching an episode, now no longer five, experiencing the incredibly wooden acting raises suspicion.
b. I also learnt by watching the above linked episode, that had I actually acquired Bernard’s watch, I would not have been able to use it for dishonest gain. I remember one particular episode where Bernard bought something from the shop and paid for it even though time was frozen; I thought that Bernard’s leaving the money was due to his moral excellency. With the new information this episode gave me, I now wonder if he did it through fear of the Postman and the watch being taken away.
I know I said there were 10, but they get a bit inane after number three.
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Er, Sam, are you saying the 3 you posted aren’t inane?