wow, 6 monthes!

Okay so why have I been absent for so long? Many reasons really, I have been gigging a fair bit in this time, mainly for Tea and Sympathy and for True Love Tours as warm up, crowd wrangler and light desk guy. But lots have been happening in my life, some great some not so great.
Very early in the year I was diagnosed with cancer. I then spent some 3 months waiting to find out how bad it was and what the treatment would be. Luckily the answer is not a al and none for a while. 
However now it turns out I have some damage to the kidneys so the merry go round of testing and appointments continues.
On the more awesome side of things, I've gotten married. The wedding was amazing, everything went very well. The stag was also amazing  and I was offered  some fantastic advice by Simon Drake.

Magic wise I literally struggle to recall all the gigs of the last 6 months.  Last night wasw a most epic close up party more of this in a moment.

I need a plan to improve not only what I already do but to learn more and to stay motivated.
SO a list of achivemnts...

Now Tax Registered. I can advertise, apply for professional work etc and know all this is taken care of.

I am now in Equity. This means I also have insurance.

I'm an apprentice to the Magic Circle.  This gives me access to some fantastic books, as well as mentors, and every issue of the Magic Circler digitally. To a lover of the history of magic this is something that's amazing.

So the PLAN!

Plan, Do Review. Sunday's I'll review my week in magic. Thus Sunday is BLOG day.

Mid Term
Get fitter, thinner magicians are more attractive, and I felt much better when I was on my old "oh my god I got cancer" nutrition and exercise plan. I slipped off it before my last appointment as I needed to see if this healthy living plan was affecting the results of  blood work. 

Work on some great effects I've purchased but not MADE time to look at properly

Ninja +
Nut Dropper
Horizen
Invisible

Read Tarbell.

Goals for this week.
Read a 2 Magic Circulars and 2 old Genii 
Practice Rain bow Connection for 30 minutes a day.
Spent 30 minutes a day on one of the above effects.

Read 2 chapters of Tarbell.

I have to work for 4  hours a day for my "day job". However much needs to be done there so I'll be working 6 hours a day.   However I start at 7 am,  so from 1pm until 5 pm I can work on my magic. I keep saying I need to treat magic as a job and work regular hours, lets see if I can.