5 Habits, and a Good Walk Around My Part of Hiroshima After The Rain...

When I got up today (Sunday) I noticed that something was different... Oh yes, it had actually stopped raining for the first time since Wednesday evening! So I decided to go for a walk and head for Yamaya, the discount liquor store to grab some imported cheese and prosciutto and perhaps some imported beer.

But first... I had to get one of my daily habits done and dusted:

Habit #1: Do 10 Press-Ups

I did my usual "mini work-out" with 12 press-ups sandwiched between some loosening up and some squatting, but I skipped the weightlifing. Walking four miles to Yamaya and back would be good compensation for not lifting weights today!

I set off for Yamaya at 11am. It was not a bright day but it was still pretty humid.

On my way I checked out the Yawata River, which usually attracts a lot of birds as the water is very clean. Not today, however!

The river was filled to the gills with turbid water and no sign of any birds hanging out on it!

However, there have been no floods in our vicinity and we have not had to evacuate as a number of others have elsewhere in the city.

When I got to Yamaya I was in luck as there was a good supply of Gouda, Emmental and Cheddar cheese so I was able to stock up and head back home via a different route, stopping on the way for a refreshing beer at my favourite "takoyaki" (fried octopus) shop.

Back at home, I got back on with my daily habits...

Habit #5: Lucrece Paper

Much as yesterday, I continued reading a chapter on the rhetoric of Shakespeare's poem, The Rape of Lucrece. I spent about an hour on it, so I can happily turn the circle green on this one!

Habit #3: Chess Study

I worked on this habit while sampling a couple of cans of Czech Pilsner beer that I picked up at Yamaya. Very good for the concentration!

I reviewed yesterday's variations and studied the required "5 variations" - all in the "Slav Defence" for today.

The keywords for today were: Gnome (23); Nero (24 - Winaver Countergambit); Nail, aka "Enola [Gay]" (25); Gnasher [Dennis the Menace's pet dog in the Beano, a classic Englsh kids comic!] (26); and Neck (27 - see pic below).

Habit #2: Promote my Squeeze Page

Today I promoted my squeeze page on TrafficAdBar and SealifeHits.

Then I sent out three mailshots on ConversionMail, AdExchangeElite, and Lucky7Mailer. I don't think they are very responsive mailers but you never know!

Habit #4: Bash Out A blog On CTP Talk!

Yes, here it is again! This is the fifth day in a row that I've managed to publish content on CTP Talk even though I only need to post four times a week to meet my "habit target".

However, doing something every day is especially important right now as the #ctpcontent challenge has just got underway!

Well, the weather forecast for Hiroshima is more rain every day for the next eight days so that will be a nice incentive to stay at home and pump out some content!

Cheers!

David Hurley
#InspiredFocus