Recently, I’ve been very busy working on film sets. When you’re busy working 4-5 days a week with many 12-hour plus days, if that work isn’t directly related, it can be a challenge to keep progressing toward achieving your goals. In my case, these goals are related to the development as a martial artist, as a stunt performer and as a writer.

I find that if you stop working on your goals completely when life gets busy, it can be hard to come back to it after work lets up. I’ve seen this time and time again with my Jiu-jitsu students. Their work life or their family life gets busy, so they stop training to focus on those things. After the busyness eases up, they are usually out of the habit of training and they find it harder to be motivated to do so. They may have replaced the habit of going to class with some other form of recreation or stress relief, whether it’s watching TV, playing video games, or some other pastime. (more…)

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I’ve found that being a morning person really helps me live a more productive life. There are a number of reasons for this just due to the timing of life in North American society. It is this same timing that can lead to night owls being less productive. There are work-arounds, however, if you want the same benefits that active morning people enjoy. (more…)

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