Back to blogging

Returning blogger:

Hello, Readers,

     Today is my first day back to blogging. I had a schedule where I was going to write in my blogger everyday; however, a series of events has caused me to be unable to write. I wish I would have been able to inform you of all of the things which have happened. But there are too many things to write. I have however kept a daily journal of everything which has happened. But somethings happened to which have caused me to lose the journal entries. It was an unfortunate event when it happened. And I felt as though a big piece of me went missing. I sorrowed over the event for a few weeks. I do however remember some of the things which happened. And I have a firm resolution to keep all of my journals online so I do not lose any of them. 

     The events which have happened since I have last posted have been very interesting. It seems as though the things which happen to me are a lot different than the things which happen to other people. It seems as though I attract different attention. And sometimes the strangest of characters surround themselves around me. For example, when I am volunteering downtown people will get close to me so they can be around me and it feels as though they are trying to get close to me so they can basically look better than they seem. I have read things about people who have tried getting face time with people who are in different positions than themselves so they will look better. I feel as though this has been happening to me on several levels. But I try to stay positive and be a good example so people can learn from my example. 

     I am not sure why I have been experiencing some of the things which I have been experiencing. Some of what I have been going threw is because of my own personal decisions and some of them are because of the decisions of others. I have tried my hardest to be a good example to those around me. And I have tried my hardest to help those around me. But sometimes people and I do not agree. And sometimes they make it their duty to make sure I am corrected for the things I believe in and the ways I go about helping others. I have also noticed a big group of people who consider everyone around them to be part of their family. And when you are in their presence they treat you as if you are one of their children. I have been experiencing some complications in these encounters because they always want to punish and we do not even know each other. These have been some basic everyday troubles. But the real things I want to talk to my readers about I will have to post separably. And it will have to be over the course of a few days with separate entries. 

     One of my tools which I have been using for combating the world in the cause of right and wrong is employment, which has been a really tough thing to deal with. I have been having a really hard time finding steady employment. And it is because there are so many people who like to argue and cause contention. I have found some bosses who are not to fond of me. And I think it is because I am a Christian and our beliefs do not match up completely. I have also found being Christian bosses feel threatened. They actually feel my spirit and the authority which comes form being a follower of God. I have gotten a lot of attention from being a Christian by my bosses because they think I think I am the boss and my rules are the new rules. I am sure my readers know what I am talking about. 

    This is it for this entry. I am very happy and glad I was able to make an entry. It seems as though I have a mist of black fog in my mind every time I start to try to write. And I hope I will be able to start writing more. I would like to share my experiences with others so they can learn and grow from my experiences. I hope you find joy in reading my posts!

Thank you,

Christopher Monson

     

     

     

Monday.

Hello, my Friends,

    Today is another exciting day in the life of Christopher. Last night was FHE, and we played Mario Cart. It was a lot of fun. But I didn't have enough people on my team, so I had to take multiple spots in the relay. There where a lot of people at the activity because it was multiward. I enjoy these activities because there are a lot of people there. Typically, we have around ten to fifteen people who show up for single ward activities. There are a lot more opportunities to talk with people and get to know them.

    My Monday started off as a typical day. I woke up, got ready for work, and went out the door. But as I was working I found many difficulties in my way. I was thinking about different things going on and the amount of work I had to do. I felt I didn't have the energy to continue. But I'm realizing it's going to take time to be able to manage all these things in my life. I need to have patience and work towards doing the things necessary. This weekend inspired me on how I'm going to manage my day to day events. I'm going to make sure I'm only doing the things I need to do, nothing more nothing less.

    Already I've been given great opportunities for the future. A couple of months ago I started a business called Cosity. In the first month I was able to have a clientele of about five. This produced enough income for me to live. I was eating the best food, and living good. But I had to move and things ended up going stale. Now I'm starting it back up again with one of my friends. I have hope it will work out, because it's necessary to have steady work.

   Moving forward in the week I'm going to work on business opportunities. I hope we can find at least three to five people we can work for. I'm going to talk with them as much as possible, so I can build a relationship with them. I hope I get the opportunity to meet different types of people. I also hope I get to work on some of my personal skills.

Sincerely,
Christopher Monson

The Attribute of Self-Control

Hello, my friends,

   I have decided to post another blog on the things I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about my interactions with others. We all enjoy interacting with one another. It's part of our human nature. If we don't interact with one another we become inexperienced communicators. And it becomes difficult to be around because there is a lack of experience. You may have decided to take a different approach in life, such as: being hard on people, being aggressive, or even using force. But people don't enjoy communicating with people that way. And this is why there is loneliness.

   I have noticed people deciding to use force or intimidation when meeting for the first time. They will shake their heavy hand, use their weight, and height to their advantage. It brings them happiness because they have control. But they lack one thing: self-control. Self-control is a great attribute. With it you will be able to discipline yourself. You won't act out. And you will be pleasant to be around. You may even be able to find a date sometime.

   I really hope every morning that I can have good communication with people. I hope there is no yelling or belittling. I see this often in my life. It raises one person up while lowers another. One persons confidence is high while the others is destroyed. They get laughed at, made fun of, and humiliated. I hope in my interactions and yours that we will be kind one to another. To bring happiness into our lives.

Thank you,
Christopher

Friday Morning:

Hello, my friends,

    As I laid awake this morning I closed my eyes and relaxed. I was in-between a day dream and my morning routine. As I was getting ready for the day I was thinking about the the things I needed to do. And as I thought about these things I could feel how important they are. I also felt a easing feeling in my mind it was a reassuring feeling that I could do it. This was a great way for me to wake up. Sometimes when I wake up it seems there are so many things I need to get done. And I'm in a frantic panic to get prepared. But this wasn't the case today. 

    I continued along my day as usual. I woke up ate, finished getting dressed, and finished my daily hygiene preparation. I have noticed the small things like: brushing my teeth, combing my hair, and putting on good clothes doesn't seem to be important. I feel sometimes I can get by without doing them. But when I do, I fell better. As some of you may know I live in Washington State. And it's cold/wet most of the year. So in the morning I'll drink warm water to warm me up, this helps greatly. 

   Now that I'm in the working mode. I'm pondering on what I can bring to my viewers. I live in a great State. There are many things here which people would love to see. So, I'm thinking about bringing Seattle, Washington to them threw my blog. You can go many places to learn about Seattle. But the way I'm thinking about doing it is going to be a lot different. For example there are shops here in Seattle people would like to see. I may be able to bring them what they need before they get here. 

  Let's take a look at one of the attractions in the surrounding Seattle area: the interurban trail, which starts in Everett, Washington and ends in Seattle, Washington. If you are coming to Seattle, Washington and you don't have a car. It's going to be a good idea for you to understand the city and how to get around. If you don't understand the city you are going into you are going to be learning as you go along. And this will cause problems for you. You will be slowing traffic down, drawing attention to yourself, and getting parking tickets. But if you do know what you're going into and the way to navigate threw the city. You will won't have these problems and you will have a great experience. 

  I hope this gives you an idea of what I'm going to be bringing to my readers. I'm hoping I can bring you the comfort you need in this busy city/life we live in. I hope you have found hope reading this. And I hope it will help open your eyes to the future. 

Thank you,

Christopher

Thursday Night Plans.

Hello, my friends,

   Thursday has been a good day. I have come up with new ideas for work. It has taken a lot of time to figure out what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it, and I'm still not finished. With these new ideas come great excitement for me. To bring to my viewers something they can enjoy and talk about. My hope for you is to leave reading my blogs with a desire to do better. And to seek out good things. I know there is a lot of time where you can spend inside on the computer or out with your friends. But there are great things in this world. And I hope you find enjoyment in them. One of my new topics I would like to discuss with you is the topic of taking videogame play into real life. What I'm saying is people are saying videogames are bad for you, which can be the case. But that's not what I'm here to talk to you about. It's to tell you the skills and knowledge you have learned while you have and are playing videogames can be applied to real life. I have researched them and I know this for myself. It is actually exciting.

    When you are playing video games you have opportunities in them to make decisions you will have to make in real life. But without the long last consequences. here is one example: when someone is asking you to do something for them in a videogame you have the opportunity to help them or not help them. This could be counted as an act of service or charity. And if you practice charity and service in video games you may become better at doing it in real life. I have also seen videos of new jobs where people are playing videogames similar to the ones you are playing. They interact with each other, they work with spread sheets, they have problems to solve, and they even have a life just like you. Except one thing is different and that is this: the people who don't practice in these simulation worlds don't have the experience you do. Some of them will go into their jobs and have no idea what to do. But this isn't the case with you. You will have the experience needed.

    You can also work together in the videogames in ways you can't in life. In these videogames you are working together to find ways to solve these problems. Whereas in real life to learn you sometimes have to break an actual leg, which is no fun. You can learn how to do things without being involved physically. This can be a great help for you as you go into work, play sports, or prepare for school. You will even be better because you can see the consequences of doing these things. You will also know what to avoid. Hopefully when you play these games you will think about the benefits of playing them. And when you do play pick the good guy.

Thank you,
Christopher Monson

Thursday.

Hello, my friends,

   As we all know today is Thursday. And I have worked at my Thursday routine for a couple years and the night ends in one thing: Volleyball. Although there are other things going on in my Thursday routine it all helps with the enjoyment of the weekly activity. This is no ordinary day/activity. It's a day where the [YA] gets together at the local grind spot to gain a good amount of experience. It's a make it or break it situation. You come face to face with reality: did you prepare or are you going to get prepared, quickly. It's like a feast. You have great friends and you want to be the best host. But you don't know where to take them. All the places you go to have loud communication, the stadiums are desolate, every accelerated moment leads to discipline, and the movies you watch weekly are becoming past reality. There is a place unknown to many. Only open at certain times of the week; the experience is deep.

   In this beautiful world full of opportunities there often is the feeling of: I'm so small and I can't do the things I want to do. But you can. It's not an easy process in gaining experience. Sometimes in exercising you spend weeks/months to get the gains you desire. So it is in life. Personally, I try everyday to help people around me. But I don't see the results I want/need. There is only one possibility: I need to keep trying. I'm a one among the fastest people in the world: the one percent. But I can't do the things I want/need because I don't have the experience.

  Running is a great example of this concept. We need to find ways to gain experience faster. We have people who research the best ways to do things. Someone who tried to do things on their own is going to gain skills necessary to be a soloist. But he will not be skilled in group experience. Thus the soloist is going to be a lot slower and have more weaknesses than the groupers. One man will never be able to bench press two thousand pounds. But five men can.

  A couple of years ago I would hear a word used in correlation with work which was: the grind stone. Sometimes we often think of life as we don't need to try/get better; we think everything comes easy. This is an interesting way of thinking because there is no care nor concern because Rodriguez/Celenie will clean it up. And Bruce/Spruce will clear the way. We think the clean up crew is going to take the bad out of the world so we can go to the supermarket. But this isn't the case; with this thinking we let things slide such as: smoking a weed is legal.

  When people are put into prison and the officers go to get the person out of the cell this is what they do: they take six guys who can each throw a one hundred and fifty pound person three feet. And they have on armor which bullets can't penetrate. Cherry wears a "t-shirt" in Washington State, Sally has on jean shorts, Carmon wears a tank top, and Bruce has dreadlocks. We have flags saying here is my weakness.

  Todays blog is about this dream of the crippled man being able to do what he wants to do, It's about the dream of a blind mind seeing what he desires to see, and the man without feelings feeling the things he desires, It's to say I see this great world and the things there in it.

Thank you,
Christopher Monson

Ambitions.

Hello, my friends,

    I'm still on the job search. I have gained a lot of information from my reading, studying, and applying for jobs. To add to my job search, I'm going to make a website. It will be a source for people to learn about my life. And hopefully I'll get a steady amount of people viewing it daily. There are a few things I would like to have on my website: a blog, videos, and a steam.

   First, I'm going to continue my blog. This is going to be a more formal setting for it. I will either be using a free website builder or have my own domain. If I have a free-website It'll not be the final platform. and I will eventually move the content at a future time. The blog is going to be the same as this one. But I'm going to separate them into subjects. I'll expect my readers to write me and tell how they enjoy my writings.

   Second, are my videos. These are going to be videos of my life. They will range from how I make food to an actual interview with me. I hope to show people how I live, how I spend my time, and how much I care about them. I hope these will build trust with my readers/viewers and help us grow our relationship. I also think they will be able to benefit from them. They will be able to see the good things I do and learn from them.

  Third, live steams of my life.. Currently I'm about five nine/one hundred and forty pounds. There are a lot of things I can do. I can go walking/running, swimming/hiking, and biking/canoeing. There are many great places to do these things in Seattle, Washington. And I hope I can bring my experiences to you. Hopefully it will spark the desire to do different things. I also want my readers/viewers to really understand who I am and what I'm trying to do.

  Hopefully you are better informed about my desires and you enjoyed my daily blog. I hope to hear from you soon. Have a good day, talk to you next time. In the life of Christopher Monson, see you soon.

Thank you,
Christopher Monson

Monday.

Hello, my friends,

    As I have stated before I'm working on my writing. And this blog is going to be a blog to help me work on my writing. So normally when I get home I'll write in my journal about my day. This helps because I'm able to reference what I did threw out the day. I hope this blog will be a reference for things happening in my life which you can relate to.

    Yesterday, my friend Gabriel and I went for a bus ride. We where on the bus going to the University of Washington District. All of a sudden there where three fare enforcement officers on the bus. Everyone on the bus had their tickets checked. When they where done checking the bus they where set up in formation: one in the back, one in the middle, and one in the front. There is nothing wrong with this formation. But it was intimidating. And I felt like I was being forced into submission. Everyone on the bus had paid their fare, everyone on the bus was quiet, and everyone on the bus was sitting down. I don't think it's necessary to make people or start shaping people who are doing nothing wrong. I also had a feeling of no one being able to be stronger than someone who works for the government. This is not consistent with the Declaration of Independence, meaning, we need to be able to protect ourselves. And we can't protect ourselves when we weigh one hundred and twenty pounds and every government official is around two hundred.

    Don't get me wrong, I love the government. We have the best people serving in our country. And we need to keep it this way. But I think we need to be more unified with our government so that we are not being usurped over by authority, but be in compliance with them. And if something happened on either side, the good would be able to protect itself and our country. We see this with decisions on laws. And we aren't able to protect ourselves because we don't have the power to do anything about it.

   The moral of this story is not to condemn anyone because they could have gotten together afterwards and said, we need to improve ourselves. But we live in the greatest times of our lives. There are many generations going to be growing up. And we need to get things right.

Thank you,
Christopher J. Monson

Tuesday.

Hello, my friends,

   Today I have been thinking a lot about what I need to get done in life. Somethings I need to get done are: finding steady pay, getting a formal education, working on personal skills, and networking, I enjoy writing in my blog; it has opened up so many different possibilities. There are some good things I can do with blogging. And like I have said before, I hope I can be a positive influence.

    Finding work is difficult right now. There aren't many things I want to do such as: working at a fast food restaurant, working at a grocery store, working at a gas station, or serving food; however great these things are for some people, there not for me. There are other possibilities such as, playing video games, creating my own website, writing books, or working construction; however great these things are for some there not what I enjoy doing for a full-time job. Some people may find great pride in their construction work, but in the current market, I'm not interested.

  Starting my own business can bring in some money. But it isn't stable. There are not many opportunities that have not been thought of already. And there is a lot of competition. Some people have been working in their trades for forty years; and there grandparents did it to. This could leave me in a place where I don't have the experience needed to provide the quality compared to what is currently out there.

   If I get a formal education I will a valuable asset. And this is attractive to me. Some people may say it's not necessary, but it is. There are a lot of opportunities which open up when you have a formal education. Not only is it a piece of paper, but you are taught in a place where people have a curriculum. And this is valuable because if it is a good one, it has been refined to be taught in the best way possible. This will enable me to be more marketable. Who doesn't want/need to be more education anyway?

  I'm also going to need to work on my personal skills. This is a fun way for me to boost my confidence. Currently I'm working on becoming bilingual and ambidextrous. These skills are going to take some time to perfect, but they will yield the results I want. Hopefully I can find more skills which will help me become better.

   Last of all is networking. If I continue to network, I will be able to find people who are similar to me. And when I find people who is similar to me, I will be able to use the skills we have in common and gain experience. Also, people have good ideas sometimes. And I hope I can be apart of them. This will help me stay up to date on what is happening in the world. Because so often I feel disconnected. And this may be the case for a lot of others.

   I hope you enjoy my daily blog as much as I do. I hope to hear back from my readers. I will also be posting this blog on my Facebook every Monday to keep people informed. I hope you enjoy your week and please let me read your blog when you get a chance.

   Thank you very much,
   Christopher J. Monson
  

Start of the week.

Hello, my Friends,

     This week is starting off tough, there is a lot of opposition. I'm not sure where it is coming from. But I feel stressed and under pressure. But I'm going forward with my three goals for this week. My goals are: growing, meeting new friends, and going to Church. I'm going to accomplish these goals by trying my hardest.

    First, I plan on growing by continuing to work on my writing. I have been keeping a journal for awhile now, and it is really paying off. It is helping me work on my punctuation and spelling. Second, I'm going to continue to use social media to communicate with people. I find this is an effective way to gain experience. Third, I'm going to keep up my blog. This will help me with writing papers. And when I go back to school I'll it.

   I also plan on meeting new friends. I use social media a lot, and this has helped me find new friends. I currently have nine hundred and forty one friends, and I talk to almost all of them. My plan is to find my friends, contact them, and if they don't respond take them off my Friends list. This will help me network, and stay in touch with people.

   I also plan on going to church; this will help me gain friendships with people who have similar beliefs. I plan on going to Family Home Evening, Institute, and Volleyball. These are three great activities threw out the week where I can nourish the friendships I have made. Although I wish I was friends with everyone right away; I have found out it's really hard to make and keep friendships.

  Hopefully this blog is enjoyable for you to read. If you have a comment you may post one. I appreciate anything helpful. And if you would like to talk with me via social media, let me know! I hope you have a great week.

Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson

Volleyball.

Hello, my Friends,

    Last night was great. I met many new people. And the events that happened where unforgettable. When I got back from the long night, it took me about an hour to write everything down in my journal. But I wasn't able to write down all of the information. I wish I had an efficient way to write down all the things I do. In this blog I will tell the last part of my night.

   Most Thursday nights I have to leave the house. There is to much going on for me to be there. So I will go to volleyball in Edmonds. I have been going to volleyball for about two years. And when I first started, there where about three really good players. Now Thursday night is full of good players. Part of it is you can't play volleyball unless you are into it, and that's what I tell people. I also started to notice that it does take ten thousand hours to become an expert at anything. We are more efficient when we paly, and we are a lot better.

   We didn't play for as long as we usually play. But we had some intense rallies. And I hope we will eventually be able to keep score. I also hope we can bring more people in, it is a great place for people to come and make new friends. Although we aren't the best, we are getting there.

Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson

The Attribute of Judgement:

Hello, my friends,

    I have been working on another skill. And this is the skill of judgment. This is an awesome skill. On one hand you can choose who you will be friends with, who will be there to help; and on the other, the power to protect yourself.  This has come into play many times in my life, from which way to take home, how hard to push myself physically and spiritually, how I'm going to interact with girls; to how I'm going to defeat the bullies around me mentally, and how I'm going to stay out of trouble! And one thing I have learned about judgment is, there is nothing wrong with making judgments; you just have to make the right ones.

   One important thing to know about judgment is, you are accountable for what you do. Meaning you will have to answer, in some situations, for the judgments you use. One way to make sure you are giving the proper account of what happened is to take notes on the judgment you used. I notice when I'm in class, I take notes; but rarely will I take notes when I'm teaching. And I have seen teachers who take notes, it's good. When you are a teacher, you have different opportunities to use judgment. You have a full class in front of you. Now, when you teach you are accountable for what is being taught. Meaning, if you are not teaching the students what they need to know, your in for it. One way to make sure you are teaching the people everything they need to know is, write down the names of the students, their needs, and how you addressed it.

   Another issue with judgment is, I had to do something about her/him. This is a big problem it seems for some people. Because people use the skill of subtlety, it's hard to communicate what they are doing. And sometimes you have to tell someone to only say good things, what you said hurt me, and I need you to leave. In these times, for some, their emotions are going haywire. Most people don't get confronted and they don't deal with these, most people don't see war! But when it does happen it is key to write down what happens because when you confront someone, more likely than not, they are going to the leader, complaining that they where corrected.  You have to take proper notes of these situations; you have to give a full account of exactly what happened because if you don't, you are not going to be able to "sand" this skill. We want this skill to shine, not be some rugged rock with lumps.

  I hope the next time you are at school, work, or church: that you will take notes of what is going on. You are going to live for a long time. And you are going to have to enjoy it. The best way to enjoy life is to live correctly. You can't afford making mistakes. And when you do, you need to go over your notes, and sand that skills until it shines.

Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson

I would like to give thanks for the word sand. I found this word while I was running on a track. There where football players training. And one moment the coach said "Sand it"! I knew exactly what he meant.

Friends:

Hello, my Friends,

    I hope everyone is having a good day; or a good day when you see this post. I have been looking for new friends (I have many good ones); and it is hard to start new relationships. I try and talk to people, and it seems as nothing is going right. I feel like when I stand in groups or start to have a conversation with someone, I get shorter, all my challenges are shown in my face, and I'm not welcome. Although I'm great at talking and interacting with others, I have my tough times.

   Some of my friends play video games. Although I don't, I watch people play. I do this because there are a lot of people who would rather play video games than real sports. I'm not saying it's bad to play video games, in some areas they could be less dangerous than real sports.  But in these video games, hardcore players play, people will spend time and effort working on their character. My point is, when you spend time on things you because better at it, just like a video game.

   I was born a right hander, and some of the things I do, I notice I use my left hand for somethings. I'm this way because my mother is ambidextrous, and I received some of this gift. Well, to honor my father and my mother, I decided I would learn how to become ambidextrous. I have been working on it for around six months. I wear my watch on my right wrist, I lead with my left foot when walking and running, and talk with my left hand; I also, write, use the computer mouse, and brush my teeth with my left hand; I even comb my hair to the left. My point is just like in video games when you spend enough time on something you become better at it, and acquire new traits to the skills.

  As I try to talk to others and try to improve on my talents and the hidden skills within each of them, I become better. Those moments which are stale because of repetition, lack of effort, or just not looking good, go away and are replaced with fresh ones. I noticed this in myself as I talk with others. And even though times are tough some times. I see the power of deliverance within myself!

Thank you very much,
Christopher Monson

Progression:

Hello, my Friends,

   I have been looking for work (six months). And I have noticed some things, which I wish I had known before. I have noticed in times of unemployment, trades are needed. I have skills I use everyday. But not ones which will bring in money. So, in consequence of needing more skills, I have created this blog to practice the skills of writing. My goal is to become a better writer, as I wrote about in my first blogger.

  I think as I keep writing, I will become better. I have read, it takes ten thousand hours to become an expert at anything. And if I am going to become a great writer, I must start right now. However easy is may seem, or be, for others to write, I'm at a point where there isn't much going on in my day from eight in the morning to five in the evening. So, while I'm waiting to hear back from employers, I'm going to work on my writing. If I work on writing for six hours a day, six days a week, it will take me around five years to become an expert in writing. But if I don't know how to write, it's going to be difficult.

  I don't know exactly what being a great writer is going to do for me, or how much income it will bring in. But I hope, it will yield fruit. And as I think about it, I can see the fruit. So, what do I need to do to become an expert in writing? I need to know the rules of American writing; so I must study it.

  I hope this post will help me connect with others. And I hope to receive comments on my posts, so I can interact with others. If you feel like posting, just post. Don't worry about trying to impress me, or being perfect.

Thank you very much,
Christopher John Monson

Looking for work:

Hello, my Friends,

    Yesterday was a good day; I continued my job search. I have applied to places such as: the YMCA, USPS, and the Military. The YMCA position I applied for was an Assistant Teacher in Early Childhood Education. The YMCA interested me because I could receive a free membership to their facilities, which includes all of their programs, and I would be getting experience as a teacher. I received an email about an interview, so I accepted. The interview went really well, the supervisor and I got along really well. I was talking about my work history, how I feel I would be a good assistant teacher, and showing off my personal skills. A week later I received an email with a  job offer. I accepted, and went threw the hiring process. I filled out the information, started my STARS account, and did finger printing. Another week later I received an email about how my job offer was being withdrawn, that was the end to my potential career. I was devastated, I wasn't going to work there for myself, I was going to work there to be a mature example for those I taught.

   After thinking things over about the YMCA, I decided I would try for the United State's Military. I had this dream when I was a boy. Although, I'm not the best at running, calisthenics, or swimming; I'm good. I started working out for the PT tests. I was running under seven minute miles, swimming five hundred yards in under ten minutes, and my calisthenics where above the minimum. I even went and took the practice ASVAB test, I passed. I had high hopes for this working out. But I received an email saying they couldn't assist me because I didn't have enough college credits. After doing some research on average run times I'm thinking the military doesn't take the average runners or test takers. An article on LiveStrong.com talked about twenty seven year olds and if you can run a mile in six minutes and thirty seconds, you are in the top one percent. With there being almost three hundred and fifty million people in the United States, they are not even taking the top one percent. You have to be the best.

   A couple weeks later I applied for a few USPS jobs in the Seattle, Washington area. At first I didn't hear anything back, I couldn't get the application process right, and I didn't have the correct forms of I.D. Eventually, I was lucky enough to take the E473 postal exam. I did really well on it, and was eligible for a few jobs. I received emails about an interview date, with information needing to be filled out. I went threw the paperwork, and everything was great. But I started reading some more and I needed to provide a copy of my driving record, which costs fifteen dollars. Although working for the USPS is one of my dreams, I will not be going to the interview.

   Life is tough; I have my ups and downs. I'm good a some things; and not good at others. Although I have great desires to help others, I just don't have the resources right now. It makes me sad because there are people suffering and all I need is a few tools and I will be able to relieve many. I don't think my efforts are in vain, but I do wish for a career helping others.


Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson

Update on the eight mile:

Hello, my Friends,

   I made it threw the night. As I said in my last post, about running to church, It did happen. It took me a little over an hour. There wasn't many people on the road, so I wasn't able to start many conversations. There where however many aggressive people out there running and driving, it was an intense run.

   I didn't have any pain in my leg, I felt good, and I am ready for another run. I'm going to make this a every week event; hopefully, I will be able to find someone to run part of the way. I know I will be getting better and showing off a good example.

  When I got to Church I was sweating; I didn't notice I was while running. And I was the only one at Church sweeting. Well, we ended up starting the event, and we played a game called Chair Soccer. In Chair Soccer everyone gets a chair and the others have a chance to hit your chair to get you out. There where good players, but two people dominated. When I was out, I was cheering people on as an announcers, it was an intense event.

Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson

Journey to FHE:

Hello, my Friends,

   Today is Family Home Evening. Normally people come from work, take the bus, or carpool. But for me I live eight miles away with no car/bus pass. In the past I have walked, which takes me around three hours. While I walk I talk to people and comment on: their walking, running, and biking; I also comment on their: shoes, bikes, and animals. I really enjoy walking to "the building" because I am able to interact with others, and put smiles on their faces. I have not had to many people say anything mean to me, or give me dirty looks.

   Lately, since I have been in need of more time. And since I am in good shape from my daily exercising. I have decided to run their. The first time was really good. I was still able to speak with others in the same way, as when I was walking. My time was one hour and twenty minutes. And this included stopping for cross walks, cars passing, and meeting a new friend. It was remarkable.

   Although, some may think it is different to talk to every person you see. I feel it is a good way to unite. I feel as though years ago there was openness. And I hope to bring it back. When I do this I feel safer and I feel I am making it safer for others. I hope you will try this out too! I know you will make new friends

Thank you very much,
Christopher Monson

Opening Blogger:

Hello, my Friends,

   I am happy to present my new way of communicating with my friends. I hope you can get to know me, talk about how you feel I am doing, and how we relate. I have three man goals for Google Blogging: writing, networking, and journaling. I also hope you will keep a daily blog, so I can see how you are doing.

   First, will be working on my writing because I feel it is a great way of communication. I hope to improve on my writing by updating my blog daily. And I hope we can learn from each other by sharing insight.

   Second, I am going to use this for networking. There are a lot of people I would like to meet. And I hope blogging will help me become friends with more people. I hope using Blogger will draw more people to me, so if you know anyone who would like to read about someone's life send them my way.

   Third, I am going to be keeping a daily blog. I will be telling about my day in meeting people, work, and my experiences at church. I hope you will feel inspired. And I hope I can read your similar blogs.

Thank you very much,

Christopher J. Monson