As per usual I was interested to see what the James Clear email held for me this week.
I was really interested to see him say the following. "When you lose a game, the score doesn't transfer to the next contest but your habits certainly will.
Circumstances are temporary. Sometimes you're winning, sometimes you're losing…but your habits travel with you. This is why you want to execute the same way whether the score is 10-0 or 0-10. Not because the score doesn't matter, but because the score isn't what you're actually building.
It's not about winning or losing any given round. It's about doing things the right way. If you have a chance to practice your craft, you want to do it as well as you can (even if you end up losing that day). Your previous reps can save you or betray you. The habits always translate to the next round."
I actually think that is really important.  I am a coach in Table Tennis (that does not mean I am the best, but it does mean I can see and often help someone put into practice what is necessary. I used to see it in young contestants so often.  Doing something right but not winning the point.  I would never worry about that as I knew that if someone did it right then the right results would come.
For me life is very much like that.  Do it right.  It does not matter if I sometimes get it wrong when doing it right, as doing it right will always reap rewards even if it takes practice.
There is no doubt in my mind that outcomes effect outlook.  At times I would say “stupid game” as I would do what I knew to do and still loose.  At other times I would have an unexpected win and hardly be able to wait to play again.
For me it is all about doing it right again and again.  Desirable results come from consistently practicing it right.

Hmmm Computers.  They can be the best thing since sliced bread or an incredible source of frustration.  Or both.  Within15 minutes.  That’s the way this one is.
I have a new computer.  It is supposed to be real fast.  I say supposed as newness necessitates loading what I had on my old computer on to this one.  That is time consuming.  And of course Windows is going through changes so I need to do things I have never needed to before.
Add to that our NBN has chosen this time to be incredibly dicy.  At first people were visiting.  Then they emailed to say they were not and asked I contact them.  But the contact method was so hard to do and finding how to contact them was like pursuing hidden treasure.  Then they said they fixed it from afar.  Then I managed to contact them and they said they would monitor it.  All done and all good apparently.  Except my computer still says I am not connected to the internet when I am.  If these things are sent to try us then they have a win.
But at other times they can be so great.  I was talking to my doctor (he seems really unusual in that he wants a chat) and he was saying how good AI is for him.  He has a special noiseless computer that is only available in GB and costs a fortune (he is from GB).  It broke down and he was told he would need a new one.  That had its own challenges as the computer only came from GB)
So he described the problem and asked AI what to do.  He got incredibly detailed instructions.  After two days and working on the mother board and coding he had a fix.  AI also gave him where he could get the parts he needed.
I found it really interesting how he talked about AI.  It is a known point that AI comes from its own agenda.  Knowing that, he has gotten as many AI programs as he can and found the best one that suites him. 
It showed me that for those who are willing to explore what is being said AI is a friend.  For those who will embrace anything they are told AI will potentially work against them.  For some that will be considered ok while for others it will be a frustration.
There is a whole world in computers though at this point I just want one that works as it should. 

I look around the room I am in and realise I am a bit of a collector.  Not a hoarder (I have seen them on tv, and it is like the keeping of things takes over).  I tend to view things in the light of “I control it, it does not control me”)
Anyway I was looking at the paintings on the wall and realize we have a few of them.  Many we have were from a mutual mate who was getting rid of heaps (I would actually say he was a hoarder).  When we saw some of them, we decided to give them a good home.    There are a number we have we got like that.  Many of them are Australian scenes.  Bush scenes, early aboriginal scenes, homesteads, and classic bush scenes.
A couple came from a home my mum was in.  She was looking after someone who was not all there.  The home had paintings from when someone else was there.  They are pretty old.
We do like aboriginal art and Merril has a couple of pictures on the wall done by artists from central Australia.  I have a couple I think are touristy rip offs.  I like em, but I do not think they are genuine.
They reckon (and I have no idea how true it is) a collection of something constitutes at least three.  To that end I have often sought to have three of a particular thing.  I am really a bit that way with my stamp collection.  A set may be five but if I have three I am happy. (of course if I have five there is a good chance I am even happier).
There was a stage when the Reject Shop was selling paintings.  They have not done it for ages, but I happened to be collecting paintings at the time.  I generally went for sets of three.  I was really pleased and amazed at some I got and the price I got them at.
We have reached the stage where we do not need any more, but we like what we have a lot.