Of rituals and routines

I wonder if having a ritual and routine is part of what is needed for focusing ones efforts in life.

I post this, because my associate Tombo seems to enjoy poking fun at people thru his blog, so I decided to think about what his recent remarks mean. At times I ponder if Tombo is just a hater and gets joy out of poking and finding fault w/ people, or if in his so called hallowed words lies an intellect more complex than his labor hardened face shows.

Not sure what my point is, but his was that I'm unfocused but keep talking about focus. Yeah yeah whatever, I go between goofing off and living in the day, to realizing i should try to focus on a few things. I apologize to my readers if I am a broken record, but I think I've figured out that I need a routine in life -- something I am not accustomed to having as a free wheeling bachelor.

My routine for the past month or so...

• Mon, Tues - study japanese for 2hrs after work
• Weds - japanese class 1hr, then go to golf range for 1-2hrs
• Thurs - go to gym
• Fri-Sat - social life (ie go out and party)
  
• Sun - rest, play tennis, golf or go to gym
  

I think without a routine its hard to get something done. My efforts to study japanese or improve in golf, or learning how to price a CreditDefaultSwap are futile.. as the world has the ability to distract you with everything thats going on. The everything thats going on is life. Building structure around it is important if you want to get something done, but not so important if you just want to enjoy life and go with the flow.

But alas, we all can have our opinions on what is the right way to live life. I think we should simplify it just living with "Strength and Honor", like the gladiator said. Whatever that means.