Here And Now

Hello Blogger, Fans, Friends And who ever else is following this
good to know your still reading these even after a long time of posting, sorry life been mental and busy and just well you know life, so lets get crack on ;)

Here and now, where is it exactly, well at the moment its Carlisle, Cumbria 17th November at 4:18pm in my flat at university.
Who would guess  I would be where I am, doing what I am doing a university student again, a worker in couple new jobs, a better working magician hoping to gain entrance into the magic circle, a friend, a techie, a single man ( I suppose ). Man how much has changed since last time

I am working just as much as ever and enjoying the time I have with flatmates and university friends, not been the smoothest road with quite a few things but I have gotten through and sit here regarding my life up to this point now essentially just last couple of months.

Generally when I sat off writing a blog, I have idea in my mind of what I am writing at start and at the end, sadly this isn't the case this time, I sorta just writing thoughts and keeping an update on my life for years to come. But its pretty good, I have good cash, great friends and great life, yes things could be better but at this moment in time but I'll enjoy what I have for it is great.
I was out again last night after long work day with some class people and it wasn't a long night but it was a great one over all, I got to perform magic to some one who has their own T.V. show, and they took my card and apparently there magician friend has heard of me so thats impressive on my part hahah.

But even with what I have at this moment it doesn't feel like its all together, something seems off or outta place and I can't quite put my finger off, I have done lot in my small life, being on TV, working to a great standard, achieving entry into uni not once but twice and making great friends and memories along the way but..... I feel I keep gaining parts of me each time in my life but when I do , it needs the other part I have neglected .... if that makes sense like different aspects of me that all need to be balance..... hmmmm can't seem to write that down... I'll have to re-look at that

I feel like i'm getting closer to what is a fairly great balance of my life and personality and I have great people all around me, showing me a new way to life especially independent student and who knows maybe they will help me find the answers I am looking for and help me along in this great journey of life, sorry if you've been reading this and I seem all over place, not my most rehearsed routine.

All I shall say on this for now, in my bemused ramblings, is that I have made a great progression again in my life, ever since coming to uni and its only getting better, so take what you can in life and give when you can as well, a balance is needed all around and it comes back to you in this great life of karma but enjoy because you never know whats around the corner ;)

I have been Joseph Reynolds
thank you for reading
much love your man in the hat ;) X

Three Steps To Life

Hello again all my readers, followers and general wanders on this journey of life. I have titled this post three steps to life for so many reasons,  I could list an endless amount of them here but I shall list a couple as I go through my mad mind rant of life, my philosophy / opinion on it and my journey through it.

So the three steps to life as listed above are 

1. GET UP 

2. SURVIVE 

3. GO BACK TO BED 

short , simple and very easy to follow but its the underlying / hidden / never seen context or practically of them , that is never seen or understood.

Number one to get up ..... there is so much in that , we have to get up to make progress to move through the day , to accomplish tasks, but why do we get up.... we may have things we need to do, or have to do or there may be places we need to be, people that need to be seen. The motivation to get up is why we get up, that drive to get up, a reason to get up and say today I have to get up because of X or Y , we get up because we have a reason to live for this day.

Number two to survive .... now this step of course is the filler between steps one and three but I could say is definitely the hardest step to do, there is so much in life that could stop you in your tracks or knock you off balance and make you feel, that you could not push onward and that the struggle is to much causing you to sit down or lie down in regret or defeat and feel thats it, end of the road, there is nothing else to do..... when those time are upon you, take time to see what drove you to get up and why its worth carrying on , you have to survive and live, because in the darkest of times, there is always a reason to live, a reason to fight the struggle your face, a reason to SURVIVE .... remember that and survive no matter what happens, fight for life....

Number three to go back to bed ..... now this step while being last is by no mean insignificant and by no means  the easiest, depending on how steps one and two went, number three can also be tough, did you achieve a step to your reason to get up, did you find a reason to fight your struggle to survive ..... or have you not achieved anything today or have you fallen back a step or two and face a harsher task tomorrow ..... Either way no matter whether good or bad, if something has surprised you or knocked you off your stride, I came up with a nice analogy today I wish to mark down today in both my joey book and here ... Like the grass, to grow , you need bad weather (rain) and good weather (sun) to grow, both bad and good you grow.

I want you to remember you need both good and bad to grow as person, I write this at moment in my life that after a couple of insane and intense months, I have grown and changed as a person... that it doesn't matter what happens, experience it and embrace it , good and bad grow as a person and remember that life goes on no matter what. 

GET UP, SURVIVE AND GO BACK TO BED 

As I said in step to find that reason to survive , find a reason to fight for 

and fight for it because sometimes there are things worth fighting for ... fight for them

FIGHT FOR LIFE

once again thank you for your time and I hoped I made you learn and think

best regards

Peace and Love 

Your man in the hat 

Joseph Reynolds X 

My beginnings - aka "Spartans Prepare for glory!!"

Hello Again Bloggers , Viewers,  Friends and all generally welcome again to Joey The Blog
Today's blog comes again from me reflecting after a really good chat with people and this idea came to me today from a chat from friends Emilie and Debbie , so thank you guys today was awesome in so many ways.

I thought I should reflect on even though now I am not at my top or best form at the moment , how I got to here and how far I have come to stand where I am now, these are sorta my beginnings.

Here is something I should tell people which some people know, some people don't and it surprises both either way :

I have now Borderline Aspergers Syndrome

It affected me more as a child but still has lingering affects even now but I have took steps and built myself up to over come it, for those who don't know aspergers syndrome it is a hard mental illness ( if thats right term for it ) to describe, there is a wide spectrum of aspergers and viewed more as social handicap ( again i hope these are right words to choose ) generally people with aspergers find it hard talking to other people usually seeking solitude or only comfort / company in form of one or two people. Though they can be quite clever picking up certain skills or knowledge quickly making them quite a intelligent person but will also struggle to understand other things. 

As said its hard to explain I mean i didn't gain any confidence or my knack of making friends until I went to college at age of 16  and when I was younger I picked up my knowledge and skill of math when I was younger very quickly along side science ( specifically physics ) but anything to do with english , I found it very hard to grasp and still do on occasion. 

But when I went to junior school , I and my parents were told that I'd be lucky to learn little bit of math, little bit of english and science just enough to get by in life..... 

I am currently working on a course that is allowing me to go back to university for second time which will be for a course I adore, I am viewed as quite knowledgable , loved by all my friends in my social circle ( which is bigger then I ever  ) , I have performed in front of hundreds of people for acting and comedy , I get paid for doing close up magic and I have done stuff that many people take a lifetime to accomplish. 

I have done all of this even though at a young age I was told I was gonna fail so guess what ...... fuck that haha I am going to go further then before I will always do so because I refuse to lose. 

One thing I love is that at this moment , to how much my friends have been there for me and my ability to still solve their issues even when I am at my lowest point :') thank you guys , you all mean world to me. 

I truly am a believer in this and been nice that they all want to stand for me, but I stand my ground when I say I would gladly die for any of my friends but I don't want them dying for me. But thats me, I will stand for my friends because that who I am , I will always make others happy over my own happiness.

I sorta unsure how to wrap this blog post up because I am still in my flux even though I've had a good day , I still have that little bit of emptiness in me , so I will leave you on these couple of little points 

Firstly people - http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/you-will-never-see-me-fall  - have a look at this poem , its a brilliant one and one think all should read and live by

secondly - http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration/poems.htm - this is a good site, great couple other inspiring poems but check out if by kipling its amazing 

thirdly and last , I am yet to give up and it may take me a while to stand up again but I wont lose yet, even if all odds are against me I opened with Spartacus because that man did so much even when all was against him the most famous sorta story of his , is him taking 300 spartans and fighting against overwhelming odds of persians , ( check out the real history its quite cool ) but if you've seen the film you understand what I mean about one man taking a stand and making such a huge impact.

Thats what I feel I have done and what I have accomplished since a very young age to now, look at me better then ever and Im no where near ready to stop yet.... so then 

SPARTANS - PREPARE FOR GLORY - WHHHOOOOOOO

Best regards

Peace and love 

Your Man in the Hat ;) 

Joseph Reynolds X

MInd Power - Your Brain &Thoughts

Hello again people of the interwebs, bloggers and fans alike

 I am writing this with about 5 hours sleep with me and one hell of a lot in my brain and one experience of a trip to london with people wooo, lets get crack on eh
This is basically an insight to your brain , its thoughts and your power of it all.

I am inspired to write this currently by Rachael Statham, Stacey Newsham, Georgia Murray, Emma Bratters, Sophie Mellor and Ella Mcnulty - so thank you guys for inspiring this.

Your brain is blessing and curse of a thing, I say this because you all give me insight into so much of my life, we have all had chats / talks about so much, we all have shared drink and had great and sad times in all , so you guys general rock, but you all know where I come from when the brain can be brilliant as much as it can be terrible.

I orginal started to think of this when Rachael said to me a quote about philosophy and life she believe it is suppose to be from Dalai Lama ( I couldn't find it)
But basically it is along the lines of :

If you can do something about something affecting you life do it, if not then you have no control and should not worry about it, for it is out of your control.

Me and Stacey found it amusing to no end that it took five minutes for Rachael to even start that quote XD, but it got me thinking that we all end up trapped inside the creativity of our own minds sometimes and make us worry or stress about so many things.

I believe that the mind is double edged sword it can be a powerful weapon for you to use and it can be a hard one to handle when your at darkest or hardest moments when it used against you by you ( if that makes sense well done me :) ) 

But why do we worry about small or no existence things..... generally because it matters to us and so how much we care about this thing or the impact it has on our life, if we can do something about it why not do it, if we enjoy something , embrace it, if its a bad impact on us, let us remove it.

We live but one life and our brain if used correctly and with motivation can make us great and powerful things and you are all people who help me, when my brain is against me and make me remember that I can use it to become just as awesome as you. I hope I do the same for you, you guys me a lot to me and thank you for this post because our brain is major part of who we are and how we function , and i know we all give each other the tools and tips to achieve greatness.

Train your brain daily guys, solve problems, read books, keep it strong because it will help in the long run

right im off to finish about two lots of work XD and catch up with sleep.

Thank you all and see/speak soon people 

peace and love

your man in the hat 

Joseph Reynolds ;) X

What you can accomplish ?

Hellllllllllloooooooo Bloggers, readers, fans and all way ward travellers.

It's been awhile since I have written a blog, though it's been a while since I have had free time and not more or less worry in my head or problems to solve etc etc. But I have some free time now and feeling pretty dam awesome so I decided to share this with you all and to write another little life post.

I have always tried to follow the mindset of that , I wont lose, not again, not ever, I will be king and win all I set my mind to , to discover just exactly WHO AM I.....
that is not an easy path to follow and one I myself have strand on more then one occasion but who doesn't stray off the path of life on the journey to discover.

I am writing this after a stressful week and half of trying to sort out work , putting together portfolio and attending interviews to decided the future of my career path and possibly massive impact on my life and write this now to 'Tim Minchin - prejudice' playing on my TV. Because after a long hard working week you need to have fun, thats what life is about especially when I realise I have accomplished so so much in my life.....

I am all over the place with this because of the energy and flow I have right now , all good things in my life are swimming and I am only getting better and plan to become so much more before the end of this year , it's gonna be hard but self development is never ever easy. ( not if your doing it properly)
I have yet to face down all my personal demons buts let me start somewhere near the beginning if not the beginning itself.

I was told long ago that I would learn a little bit of English and Science , an a enough math's to get me by..... ( an old teacher / advisor - primary school ) 
More or less there I was told I would not accomplish much in my life ,
Let me just quickly list some of my achievements in no order:

1. Passed GCSE'S 
2. Passed A-levels 
3. Attened University for while
4. Got a job
5. Became professional magician /comedian / actor
6. Gained a mass variety of friends
7. performed at some great venue's 
8. appeared on t.v. 
9. helped many friends
10. ran shows
11. learnt key skills
12. can cook 
13. can present information in short amount of time

That is just a very short and quick list

So excuse me while I have brief moment to laugh........ Yeah I won't achieve much sure because I was at disadvantage to quite a lot of people so I would only go so far , this only encouraged me to do so much more and I have carried that on , at every turn when people say what can one person accomplish or that really can't be done I have gone.... well let's have a go , because what have we got to lose, what do we know what we can accomplish until we try and if anything we learn and become better for it , stronger and wiser then before ready to venture on.

There is no real negative just feed back for NLP fan's out there , take everything you observe and analyse and learn from it and adapt and become better then ever before.

There is no loss until you give up, I didn't give up when everything was against me.... whats your reason, challenge it and try to become more then ever before, I believe in you even if others don't.

Thank for following along this mad rant post of inspiration from me

go live people because its brilliant what you can achieve when you give it a go :D

Best regards

Peace and Love

from your man in the hat ;)

Joseph Reynolds X