There was something written in the James Clear email I really liked.  It was actually about likes – highlighting the difference between wants and likes.   It said,
"Focus on your likes, not your wants.
You may not want to exercise, but you like how it makes you feel.  
You may not want to write, but you like the feeling of accomplishment.
You may not want to wake up early, but you like the calm beauty of morning.
Wanting is the desire you feel before doing something. Liking is the satisfaction you feel after doing something..."
One of the titles of this email was “the power of going for it.”  I looked to see where that came in.  I guess this quote is a going for it thing.
I actually like very much the thought of going for it.  Making decisions based not so much on a safe way but an adventurous way.  A going for it built on what I want and like no matter how “out there” the methodology may be. 
It is outcomes or likes that motivate me.  I totally believe that what I go for should be something that benefits myself and others rather than something that destroys and benefits only myself.   To me that is not what it is about.  I want my likes to benefit as many as possible.  It may sound noble, but I have found that in meeting the needs of others, my needs are met.  Win/win I reckon.
The going for it is an encouragement to pursue a worthwhile cause in the face of adversity.  That actually makes a lot of sense to me.  It is easy to go for something when the winds are fair, but it is far harder to remain committed to something in a storm.  Some things it seems need riding out.
I am encouraged by the fact that storms always end.  The condition the vessel (which is me) is in at storms end, is dependent on how sturdy was my commitment in the first place.  There is nothing like a test of my wants and likes to show much something means to me.

I keep forgetting.  This time though I thought I would look into it and not defer my celebration.
This is article 2404.  That is over 6.5 years of posts.  It is something I do daily.  I have only not done it a couple of times.  It has been when people have passed away that were close to me or someone close to someone close to me.
Other than that, I have posted regularly.  Admittedly sometimes I really wonder what I am going to write about.  Even at 2400 it can seem I have exhausted stuff.  Once upon a time I had a number of articles I had written but not posted.  I sometimes used them.
But those days are over.  And so the birth of “dictionary day.”    I have endeavoured to make a point of writing about whatever came up in dictionary day.  Sometimes they have been real dozies.  I have needed to look into it further to get a picture of what a word referred to.
The one article I did not post was a dictionary word.  I felt the word was too religious and some things I do not get anything out of and feel the pursuit of it is actually counter productive.
The way I am can be summed up in a song I love.  “I’m not one who has it all in place telling you what you should do.  I’m just one ol hungry beggar showing you where I found food.”  Truth be known that sums up my faith.  Food is there if someone wants it.  It would not be right if I did not attempt to show where food is and it would not be right for me to attempt to make another eat.
I looked up the title of this. “Yay.”  A question was asked I would never think to ask. “Is Yay a noun or a adverb?”  I can’t even say “good question” as I had not thought to go there.
So I write.  Why?  It is good for me and hopefully not bad for you.  I enjoy writing even when it is just a discipline.  Sometimes I want to go for it and other times I would prefer to not.  Yet I always do it, and it always does me good.
2404.  Yay!

I know it has been said before by someone famous, but I have one too.  A dream that is.  Actually, I have a few dreams but it is one in particular I am thinking of right now.
It has to do with tools.  There are some jobs that need doing that are like a “one off” or a very rare occurrence.  Many times an expensive tool is required.  It may never be used again but it is essential for a particular job I am doing. There are many examples but I am thinking like a hammer drill or the like.
My dream is that a group have things in common.  That is, the tool I have or the tool you have is known to be available to another to use.  It sounds simple but the more I think about it the more that is involved.
I am a big one on dreams.  Ok Bob Dylan sang “in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.” But it is not the sleep dream I am thinking of.  It is the passion.  For sure though sometimes passions are seemingly all consuming – and inhabit sleep dreams as well.
A dream or a passion to me is different to a thought bubble.  On a number of occasions, I have had people enthusiastic about something that they talk of implementing.  I am in a position to encourage it or hit it on the head.  What I tend to do though is give it at least a week before I do anything.
What I have seen on numerous occasions is what was proposed was a thought bubble only.  What seemed like a good idea at the time is forgotten and no longer seems to possess the possessor. 
At that point I am invariable pleased I did not pursue what was proposed.  The thing is, I try to be someone of my word.  If I commit, then I can be left holding the baby for something that was not my idea in the first place.
I do not want to be a part of a dream that is not mine unless it fits into my dream.  Sometimes others have really good proposals worth pursuing.  Yet something worthwhile is not necessarily mine to pursue.
I have a dream about the tools.  It is not something I just thought of but something that has been with me for years.  One day it may happen.  I am willing to go for it, but it is something I need others to dream of too, and most importantly - make happen.