So... Many of you know that I joined AA and have been going to that for the past couple of months now. There are the 12 steps... I'm sort of still doing the first 3 steps. I probably will be on those for a while. It doesn't matter how long you take on each step. The longer you work at a step, the more you get out of it. There's the basic text called The Big Book. I am still reading that.
There are a bunch of books I'm supposed to be reading and I haven't taken a lot of time to do much reading. Especially lately. I don't know why. I've been pre-occupied with other things. Been trying to fit in my hobbies and other things. Easily distracted, maybe.
I was on this kick where I was looking for all kinds of info, doing all my reading, thinking things over. Then I stopped. I don't know why I stopped. I've known for a long time now that when I stop doing things that I have a hard time starting again. It goes for anything that I take a break from. I don't intend for these breaks to become permanent vacations. I don't intend to give up on important things. It's like when I first start to do it, and I get into it, I slowly lose momentum. If that makes sense. That's how it seems to be.
I was working on my own program for about a month. Trying to gather info, sort through it, organize it in such a way that maybe I could remember it. I know I won't remember everything.
My son was trying to explain to me the other day how the brain has the capacity for infinite knowledge. That you can store all the knowledge you want in there. I think he got that from a book I bought him for Christmas. I bought him a book about Stephen Hawking. He's amazed with physics and other things. Einstein and Hawking are his heroes.
My son was telling me how they wanted him to have an IQ test at school and his is 145 and the average IQ is 90. The things my kid comes up with... It's like I'm aware he's only 11 years old, but he seems beyond his years in a lot of ways. And in a lot of ways he is behind. When he used to live with me, I'd take him to the library and let him pick out his own books. I discovered early on that his interests were in math, science, and history so I let him pick out books that were probably way beyond his age range. And he'd read them! When he was in the second grade, he was reading the biography of Einstein. Other kids would be bugging him saying: "Why are you reading THAT?!" His answer simply was: "Because I like it."
It's just amazing how his mind works on that scale, but in other areas I'm sure he is lacking. He can explain to you all about black holes in the universe, and things like that, but doesn't want to learn how to tie his shoes. Sometimes I think he is slightly autistic. He can do math and things like that so easily, but when it comes to the simple things he should already know, he doesn't want to learn any of that. No matter how many times I try to show him and teach him, he just has no interest in it. But if it has anything to do with math, science, or history, I'd have his full and undivided attention.
He told me about dreams he had about Alexander the Great and describe the battles and things like that in vivid details. I researched it, and all the details he said, were right. That stuff is kind of freaky and reminds me of things I dreamed about. He's got so much potential. It's truly amazing how smart he is for his age. Just I have to find ways to bring it out in him so he can become more confident. I know he gets a lot of that stuff from his father. His father has always been great at math. I've never really been good at math. I love science so he might get that from me. I love art and history, too. I find that he takes after both of us in a lot of ways.
He comes up with all kinds of great ideas for inventions and I want him to write them down and patent them. They are really good ideas that I wouldn't come up with myself. He said: "Yeah, I should patent them because brilliant minds think alike and I don't want someone taking my ideas." He's too cute. :)
There are a bunch of books I'm supposed to be reading and I haven't taken a lot of time to do much reading. Especially lately. I don't know why. I've been pre-occupied with other things. Been trying to fit in my hobbies and other things. Easily distracted, maybe.
I was on this kick where I was looking for all kinds of info, doing all my reading, thinking things over. Then I stopped. I don't know why I stopped. I've known for a long time now that when I stop doing things that I have a hard time starting again. It goes for anything that I take a break from. I don't intend for these breaks to become permanent vacations. I don't intend to give up on important things. It's like when I first start to do it, and I get into it, I slowly lose momentum. If that makes sense. That's how it seems to be.
I was working on my own program for about a month. Trying to gather info, sort through it, organize it in such a way that maybe I could remember it. I know I won't remember everything.
My son was trying to explain to me the other day how the brain has the capacity for infinite knowledge. That you can store all the knowledge you want in there. I think he got that from a book I bought him for Christmas. I bought him a book about Stephen Hawking. He's amazed with physics and other things. Einstein and Hawking are his heroes.
My son was telling me how they wanted him to have an IQ test at school and his is 145 and the average IQ is 90. The things my kid comes up with... It's like I'm aware he's only 11 years old, but he seems beyond his years in a lot of ways. And in a lot of ways he is behind. When he used to live with me, I'd take him to the library and let him pick out his own books. I discovered early on that his interests were in math, science, and history so I let him pick out books that were probably way beyond his age range. And he'd read them! When he was in the second grade, he was reading the biography of Einstein. Other kids would be bugging him saying: "Why are you reading THAT?!" His answer simply was: "Because I like it."
It's just amazing how his mind works on that scale, but in other areas I'm sure he is lacking. He can explain to you all about black holes in the universe, and things like that, but doesn't want to learn how to tie his shoes. Sometimes I think he is slightly autistic. He can do math and things like that so easily, but when it comes to the simple things he should already know, he doesn't want to learn any of that. No matter how many times I try to show him and teach him, he just has no interest in it. But if it has anything to do with math, science, or history, I'd have his full and undivided attention.
He told me about dreams he had about Alexander the Great and describe the battles and things like that in vivid details. I researched it, and all the details he said, were right. That stuff is kind of freaky and reminds me of things I dreamed about. He's got so much potential. It's truly amazing how smart he is for his age. Just I have to find ways to bring it out in him so he can become more confident. I know he gets a lot of that stuff from his father. His father has always been great at math. I've never really been good at math. I love science so he might get that from me. I love art and history, too. I find that he takes after both of us in a lot of ways.
He comes up with all kinds of great ideas for inventions and I want him to write them down and patent them. They are really good ideas that I wouldn't come up with myself. He said: "Yeah, I should patent them because brilliant minds think alike and I don't want someone taking my ideas." He's too cute. :)
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