2014.5.19: Expanding my blog [Discovery / Bright Ideas]

2014.5.19: Expanding my blog

S: 8:09pm

E: 8:33pm

A few weeks ago, I decided that the best way to express myself and reach my potential is to not write only one discovery with various ideas and topics in one blog but to expand my blogs to my fields of interest.  I did some major searching and soul searching and I decided, at least for the time being, that expanding my blog will be better for me in the long run.  I can specialize, I can be more organized, and it may gain more readers.  I also care about the financial aspects of it too, you know, just not as much as most people (I think).

So, my main discovery or “my story with God” will be expanded into seven categories.  I will list and describe them each.

1) Steven Yeh’s Discovery

My original discovery since 2003.  This “discovery” will cover my daily happenings or the stories of my life. 

2) Steven Yeh’s Monologs with God [mostly secret]

This offshoot of my discovery is primarily concerned with my communication with God.  Sometimes I would communicate to God through writing.  It will be mostly secret and saved in my computer. 

3) Steven Yeh’s Journal of Military Strategies

I added the word “journal” to make it sound more professional.  :)  Well, to me it is a journal.  This section will detail my research on various military strategies, something I have an interest in.  Note that these strategies can also be applied in the real world, not just in warfare. 

4) Bright Ideas with Steven Yeh

Another trait characteristic of me is being innovative.  In this part, I will share any ideas I have that is not related to efficiency.  Well, it depends, but I will use wisdom to discern which goes where.

5) Improving Efficiency and Learnings with Steven Yeh

Being efficient is one of my character traits.  In this blog, I will write methods and ideas on how people, like me, can be more efficient in daily living and in life.  I will also share my knowledge on a topic that I discovered.

6) Steven Yeh’s Music Video Productions

Believe it or not, there is a media side of me.  :)  I used to regularly publish music videos on YouTube back when I was in the Army and I plan to continue this tradition.  I want to do this and I will find a way.

7) Steven Yeh’s Other Reviews

I also like to review works that other people have made, whether it is a song, book, idea, or anything related.  So, I devoted an entire section just for critiquing.

I know time is always a factor and I have broken my promise of one writing a week.  That is my goal, but I may not always reach that goal.  Yet, I will still aim for that goal. 

Hope you enjoy reading and I look forward to my diversification. 

2014.4.10 An open-ended group [Discovery]

2014.4.10 An open-ended group

S: 10:48pm

E: 11:30pm

It has been a long time since I wrote a journal.  Why did I stop writing?  It is partly due to many reasons.  I don’t want to be judged and I don’t want to deal with the attention.  I’m busy with school.  I feel that my journals are just the same over and over again; that there is nothing new under the sun, at least my sun :).  Oh and many of my experiences have been negative and I don’t want to fill my blogs with negativity.  It’s not good for the tone.  :p 

But, I’m still going to write.  Even if it’s going to be a repeat or a spin-off of the past, I’m still going to try to share. 

Part of the reason why I don’t want to write is because people don’t completely understand me and they will prematurely judge me.  Only God fully knows me so I just talk to Him. 

I can say, at least partially, that I am feeling a little bit of compassion fatigue.  I feel stressed out but I do set limits and I let people or organizations know that I do say “no.” 

Many of the things I want to share are too personal or deep.  Too much self-disclosure, way more than two shovelfuls.  :p  But the purpose of this journal, of this discovery, of my story with God, is to share my life. 

I still get hit or hurt, despite the Army, by circumstances outside my control or at least by situations where I do not have full control.  It’s easy to blame the victim.  It’s easy to say that a person failed because s/he is too weak.  What many people don’t see is that the environment plays a huge factor on whether a person can succeed or fail.  Sure, there are a few exceptions.  A person raised in gang-riddled, unsafe, underclass neighborhood can still be doctor, but it will be much easier, in terms of willpower, for a person to become a doctor in a pleasant, Boardwalk neighborhood.  Put the same person in two vastly different neighborhoods and you will almost always get two different outcomes. 

To touch briefly, I applied to two legal assistance centers for my social work internship next year.  Personally, I feel I’m open to anything but if I have to choose, I guess those are my choices. 

I guess in life, it is just to love God and to love people.  I tried other measures but they all failed or I saw that it wouldn’t be as good as love.  Love never fails.  Of course I may fail because I’m not god but I will still do my best to love every day. 

This blog will be an open-ended group.  I may keep repeating myself because I feel it is important to me at that time.  My excuse for saying what I have already said is that I may have new members (that is, readers) in my group.  :p 

And also, the frequency of my journals may be irregular.  I don’t want to feel more stress that I have to write and I prefer to write when I feel like writing, like in the past.  So, this may be my last blog or I’ll have another one coming in five minutes (I highly doubt it).  :)