One Hundred an’ Eightyyyyyyyy.

It was very much the season. Relaxation, family, friends, enjoyment, and a suitable amount of work. However we’re hitting the spotlights now. We’ll be jumping back to our pres, C.A.O. talk, on the rebound we’ll have orals, and after that we’re on the home straight. No need to panic too much though, it may sound worrying but there’s plenty of time left!

I hope Christmas and the turn of a decade was kind to all. Mine was full of days with family, nights with friends, some success at the poker table (which is quite rare for me), and indeed what December and January are made for. Not Jesus, I’m fairly anti-religious. But darts of course! We could all learn something from the likes of Phil “The Power” Taylor. And when I say something I mean desire, drive, ambition, not diabetes or obesity.

We can pace ourselves. For those who’ve done themselves no favours so far, you should use your energy to start doing some serious work. Please. For me! I don’t want people ending up as I did last year. Ending up in McDonalds for breakfast on a May morning embarrassingly. Let’s say, three and a half hours a night? I dunno, most schools run that in-school study sort of scheme right? That should do for two hours or so. If you attend that is! So come home, feed yourself a decent dinner, watch some telly (what’s popular nowadays, Home and Away?), maybe indulge in a Red Bull and some chocolate, then feck back up the stairs for an hour and a… oh dear, I’m forgetting about The Champions League!:( Eh, hmmm, dilemma. Right maybe take ninety minutes off if your team are playing on a Tuesday or Wednesday! (Liverpool fans, The Europa League isn’t a valid excuse so just give it up. Then back down the stairs for Desperate Housewives or something light! Maybe even some Premier League darts on the occasional Thursday? Proof of success, a friend of mine, nothing until January, solid effort until crunch-time, 450 points.

For people who have been working arduously for the year or even more, keep it up. You’re doing perfect stuff. Just, as mad as it sounds, don’t do too much. You can burn out. I know of people giving up too much time (usually the delusional fantasists I’ve mentioned before and will get around to at a later date), double digit hours of each day studying. And in the end they end up disappointed. Too exhausted to study come June. Even physically they look more and more like a wreck come exam time. We’re walking into a pressure cooker environment, the last thing we want is people dying out when they must put their money where their mouth is. On the other hand people who spend a balanced amount of time working end up happy, knowing that they got what they deserved. They couldn’t have done much better for themselves.

The point is leave yourself some time to enjoy life. Work too, it’s only 180 days of your life until the end of the exams come June 25th. I think the, what should I say, unique subjects are that day, like Japanese, Unicyling and Frog Biology. One hundred and eighty days, if we can’t manage that, ehm, well we’ll end up saddened and, maybe even The R Word (rep*ating). And we don’t want that.

Anyway, apologies for this short and unimaginative post, I’m thinking darts all day. The P.D.C. World Championship Final is just about to start!:) If Stephen Fry is a fan of darts it’s good enough for me! In fact I must keep track of his Tweets throughout the game. And just as I type that, Simon Whitlock and The Power hit consecutive maximums while warming up! Let’s Play Darts and enjoy the song at the break! I’m so enthusiastic!:) ONNEE HUNDREDDDD AN’EIGHTTT-EEEEEEEE!!!

Thank you very much.

2 thoughts on “One Hundred an’ Eightyyyyyyyy.”

  1. Ronan, nice post ๐Ÿ˜‰ Am a massive darts fan! and was delighted phil did it again last night! ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Ah my friend, credit..!;) I know of many a Sarah who chose the “Celebrity” Big Brother launch show instead of Darting genius..! I may not be too mad about The Power (Barney Army..!) but what a competitor, and we are all in direct competition technically, so we could learn from him..!!

    But again sorry for being “short and unimaginative”, but they were just walking to the oche so I had to cut it short…

    Apologies…

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