I’ve got several really large passions in my life and often times I find it overwhelming to improve my abilities with them because there is so much to do! I see the end goal I want and start thinking how far away I really am from that goal and it feels daunting at times. And if that didn’t make things hard enough — I have the attention span of a goldfish!

Yesterday I was updating my workout routine. I do an intense workout with a muscle group, then give it a week to rest. My schedule ended up looking something like: Monday chest/core, Tuesday shoulders, Wednesday back/core, Thursday bicep/tricep/forearms, Friday stretch/core, Saturday cardio, Sunday rest day. Then an idea hit me, why not do the same thing with my other passions? So I broke them down into smaller chunks and set days of the week to them just like muscle groups… So for Music I really want to learn the terminology, theory, scales, and chords. For web development I want to be great at design, markup, marketing, writing and scripting. For art I want to sketch, ink, paint and so much more (my awesome brother got me a Wacom Tablet recently).

My workout routine was already there, so all I had to do was expand upon it: Monday: Chest/Core, A-Scale,CSS/HTML, Sketching. Each activity gets a set duration which allows me to push through any attention issues, prevents me from feeling overwhelmed, and keeps me on the path of mastery for my passions. Now I dedicate time each day to developing my passions!

One of the few subjects in school I actually paid attention to was mythology. Most notably Greek mythology. Something about it seemed so epic. I think it was interesting studying what people of that time period were thinking about! Those gods were thought up to explain the greatest mysteries of their time. Why is there day and night? Why do the seasons change? Where do we go when we die? to name a few. Today we know most of the answers to the questions they asked and its only a matter of time before we know them all… which ultimately will lead us to more questions! But I digress. The architecture, art and culture of Greece has had an incredible impact on western civilization. Our current political system, the Olympics, and even had a massive influence modern architecture!

On June 20th, the New Acropolis Museum opened its doors to the public and houses several thousands artifacts dating from the fifth century B.C. However a number of sculptures and about half of the Parthenon Frieze are sitting in the British Museum. These pieces aren’t on loan by Greece, they were stolen by a Scottish man named Lord Elgin at the beginning of the 19th century, who later sold the pieces to the British Government. The Greek government has requested restitution of the Parthenon Marbles to its rightful owners, however the British have declined and the pieces remain in the British Museum.

A courageous woman named Marina, has made it her personal goal to see that these pieces be returned to their rightful home in Greece, where they can be placed with the rest of the collection how their creators meant it.

Please take a minute out of your day and sign her petition to the British government requesting these stolen pieces be returned to Greece and help Marina achieve her goal!