Hey guys.
No updates on any game projects for this message, although I’ve been busy working on them! Instead, I’m going to be taking a different route here.
I’ve been following John Sonmez for quite some time now. For those of you who don’t know John, he is founder of Simple Programmer, a company that helps software developers become better software developers, and better people overall. As well as technical skills, it entails soft skills (including a book published by John of the same name – an awesome book by the way; I highly recommended it).
He also has a YouTube channel called Bulldog Mindset, which focuses more on personal development in the areas of fitness, mindset and building mental toughness, wealth and business, improving social skills, and relationships / sex.
I am lacking in all of the aforementioned areas (well, maybe not fitness so much; see my note at the end of this post). As long as I’ve been in game programming (about 10 years now), I thought I’d be a lot farther ahead in my career (and with my life in general) by this time.
When I found his YouTube channel, after listening to just a few videos, I became a subscriber. I wanted to turn my life around, starting with my career and financial situations. It was in fact his free course on creating a blog which inspired me to create this website, take the leap, and start putting myself out there.
In another one of his videos, he mentions a “contract”, stating his philosophy on how you should live your life. I really liked what he said, and decided to have some fun with it.
This inspired me to create a contract based on this (just like I said I would in my comment) on his video, and viola! Here it is.
The Taking Control of Your Life Contract
I would encourage you to check out John’s material if you haven’t already. Hell, download, print out, and sign the damn contract while you’re at it. Put it somewhere where you can see it every day.
A note on fitness: I’ve been working on the fitness for a while though, already. First, I began with this free 30-day fitness body weight-only challenge, just to get into the habit of doing daily exercises and sticking with it. After that, I found a free workout on BodyBuilding.com, but I modified it a little, due to lack of some equipment (I bought some equipment and train at home).
Then, I eventually moved onto Body Beast with Sagi “The Beast” Kalev. I’m having a lot of fun with this one! The Beast likes to talk a lotta shit in his videos, which will be why I’m gonna outwork his ass – right along with John Sonmez. I’ve also been learning a lot from fitness expert Jeff Cavilier Athlean X Dot Com.
Working to become a stronger, better version of myself, physically, professionally, socially, and mentally, and building confidence are all big challenges. Not being good in these areas has been the bane of the my existence, and have been holding me back long enough!
I’m not done with this topic, but that’s all for now. Thanks guys, and stay tuned.
– C. out.