When I was in nursing I first learned about the importance of having Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely goals for yourself. Now that I am 21 I believe we should have a collection of all the things we want to achieve locked up somewhere inside our head. Here are some of my goals I have currently. 

-Achieve body weight of 180lbs with 8% body fat by end of August 2012... Right now I am at a bulking phase where I am trying to put as much muscle as possible, but gains…

Hello iPower. I'm back from my holiday in Cyprus and I feel quite refreshed even if somewhat tired from the return journey.

Cyprus is a beautiful country with proud people, a welcoming culture and a disregard for health and safety that I fell in love with. I went with my girlfriend and we relaxed, drank cocktails and sat in a jacuzzi a lot of the time. We took an ATV and drove around beaches and…

There are lots of words in the English language. These words can be put together in almost infinite ways to form endless lines of sentences and conversations, however there is only two words that actually get things done. Hard work. Unless you are writing a speech. Then the other words can get things done, too.

I digress.

Knuckle down time. Make or break. All or nothing. Live or die. Sink or swim. I need to  am…

Guys, I'm gonna level with you. I have failed at my mission to be Healthy for years now. Its a god awful struggle for me. I am not on the side of giving up, but dam guys this is no easy task for a college student who's school serves shit, who's gym sucks, and who's wallet is empty.

I've spent the better part of my life eating shit! and i really aim to change it. and my changes have started somewhat successfully.

I have only drank water (and booze with friends once in a blue…

Strawberry Fields Forever is a song by the Beatles that is very catchy but is also filled with thought provoking lyrics. It was these lyrics that inspired me to come up with the concept ‘Strawberry Fields’. Now I realise I might not be the first to come up with this idea but hey I believe in it anyway.

‘Strawberry Fields’ is the concept there is more to the world than our individual lives/world (Strawberry Field) and if we just focus on our own existence then life becomes…

I'm going on holiday in a few hours. It will be my first holiday in a hotel that has more than 3 stars. My first time in Cyprus. My first holiday with my girlfriend. My first relaxing holiday in which I don't have to leave the hotel to go sightseeing or do "activities". My first "all-inclusive" holiday. I'm leaving everything including non-fictional books and my laptop at home and I'm going to force myself to relax for the first time in years.

Also, got my hair cut for the…

I'm gonna try to continue in the format of my last blog, first I'll show what routine I'm doing next week, then I'll give some insight or literature on what I think is good for the mindset, and I'm going to throw in a cool skill. 

This week:

Monday/Wensday

Jumping squats 4x12

Sprints 4x30 sec on 60 sec rest

Pushups 5x20

Situps 5x20

Tuesday/Friday

Pull ups 5x2

Dips 5x8

Run 1…

My last blog was rather serious and long and personal and didn't get many views and didn't get any comments. Why should I continue making content on this channel when clearly no one cares? Most of the forum posts end up causing arguments not discussions and a lot of people on this site don't see themselves as self development activists but people who are already better than everyone else because they're on this site. I'd say this is resignation from this site but I actually still like the…

Hello to the person whoever decides to read this. This will be the pilot entry to my massive blog where I will be covering the endless failures of the human society, productivity and whatnot (okay, its not all failures but I will be talking about the bigger flaws and how they can be improved). And to make something clear, I may end talking about another topic entirely when I do branch out, but I'll try to avoid going from politics to nuclear reactions.…

Whats up guys. I am sitting here. Kind of sick with stuffy nose, and a bloated belly. Been messed up for couple of days. Ever since I won the competition my health has been going down. I have been, so tired and unable to concentrate on anything productive. My workouts seem fine for now, because I have decided to just go bulking. It is impossible almost to gain muscle without gaining some fat, so oh well. Working out is just a part of my life now like pooping, eating, and…

Groundhog day, 2012. notes from the ' region 1 censorship zone.'

Man, the day started off interestingly enough.

A 70$ payment to someone on a paypal account I don't have. (email notice of.)

Wow. The corps are getting interesting. They decide you're guilty and charge you for it, even if they have to give you a bank account to run into the red.

Not that I’ve heard many good things about paypal anyway. The region one censorship zone is getting murky these days, eh?,…

Groundhog day, 2012. notes from the ' region 1 censorship zone.'

Man, the day started off interestingly enough.

A 70$ payment to someone on a paypal account I don't have. (email notice of.)

Wow. The corps are getting interesting. They decide you're guilty and charge you for it, even if they have to give you a bank account to run into the red.

Not that I’ve heard many good things about paypal anyway. The region one censorship zone is getting murky these days, eh?,…

THE NEXT EVOLUTION

Alright then, I'm doing something slightly different for these next two weeks. I'm going to add more 'hiking' into my routine, and more running, because that's my weakness. Which leads me to this...I don't think this will be just a fitness blog, not sure what to call it but keep on reading and see for yourself.

You are only as strong as your weakest link, most people that have a weak trait such as me with running, would just avoid…

The last few months I have been absent here on the Ipower community due a busy day schedule and also due illness.

Like I mentioned in previous posts I'm taking a 40hrs/week course to become a PHP-developer. On top of that I took the chance to write small articles & make photoreports for www.streetartbelgium.be .

Which is great and all, but…

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Rule #1 for I-Power - If you write long comments, as I sometimes do, write them in a text file first and save them, because Ning will eat them.  lol  

This post is actually a very long comment that I constructed in response to a recent discussion thread on the site titled, "Is there an action that is not driven by selfishness?"  And I had to turn…

You can watch Obama's speech for "The State of the Union" on the official Youtube Channel of the White House.

http://www.youtube.com/whitehouse

If you ask me, fancy words - it sounds nice, but it's only deceiving as always in politics.

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I just love all of my I-Power friends!  You all are so wonderfully self-developed and mature.  :-) 

My friend Kokomo on here, for example, is always inspiring me to stay motivated. 

Here is one of his recent motivational videos about the inspiration he gets from chocolate:…

Copy pasta from my blog, www.postdemise.com

Like video games? Me too. Ok, so that doesn't mean we have a huge amount in common, but it's a start.

Ever since I discovered 'Role Playing Games', or for those more gaming aware, RPG's, I was hooked. I could spend my time doing mundane tasks for hours on end. In-fact, I wasn't alone. Millions of people do the same thing every day four hours on end, from all over the world - World of…