Chasing Fantasies

I relish the quiet moments I can steal throughout the day.  That time allows me to reflect on my goals and refine my approach to achieve them.  It also affords my mind the opportunity to wander and develop new revenue streams.  The only risk during these wandering periods is that I have to keep a close eye on my mind or it will stray too far, and I won't be able to retrieve it.  I've had several close calls, but I have always been able to return it from the brink.  Perhaps there's a revenue stream hidden there to help people keep tighter control of their minds?  I'm thinking of an invisible fence type approach that shocks the user when their mind is close to exceeding a retrievable distance.

Every track weekend provides frequent quiet time moments for me.  My favorite is during the morning driver's meeting.  I use the time everyone else is learning about track basics and expected driver etiquette to let my mind roam free and create.  It isn't like the information is new to me, and I have yet to be subjected to a pop quiz after the driver's meeting, so I think it's all good.  To the drivers who share the track with me, this might be the reason why I don't seem to be following the same rules  as the others and can sometimes be driving the wrong direction on the track.

I do spend a few minutes on the important stuff that is germane to the day's scheduled programming by deciding which walls will cause catastrophic damage if hit, and which ones are safe to bounce into and continue driving.  This is an important task because our clients are never happy when we return bent vehicles to them even if the damage has been caused during testing.  I can never understand their hangup on this, but the customer is always right.  I've managed to work up a solution to that problem as well.  This is an extreme measure I've only had to use twice, but it has been very successful for AcMo.  When the situation deteriorates to an acrimonious level I become an AcMo customer, and by the transitive property, I am then always right.  This is a very complicated process to master, and I cannot recommend anyone else try it with their business without proper training.  Fortunately for those interested in pursuing that option, AcMo offers a comprehensive three day training seminar.  Proper education is so important.

This morning I fell asleep before the driver's meeting and didn't wake up until a car bumped me in the pit lane.  I hate it when I fall asleep standing up.  I'm ok, the car is more damaged than I am.  The worst part about the accident is that the shock to my system ripped me from my free flow thought excursion, but I was able to grab a prescient nugget before leaving.  I realized that I've been doing it wrong.  Instead of fantasizing about driving the perfect line, I should be trying to drive the perfect line.  I'm tired of chasing after fantasies only to find disappointment instead of fulfillment.  I want more out of life and more for AcMo.  I made my latest quest more difficult than it needed to be by failing to craft concrete goals and communicate them to avoid misunderstandings.  Instead I made the situation less clear and over complicated it.  I'm good at that.  I need to be the solution instead of the source of the problems.

Wait, I just remembered that I am not an official registrant for this weekend's events.  I also think I was dreaming about the driver's meeting because my body didn't leave the bed until an hour after the meeting would have ended.  Mental fatigue is a real issue.  I can't trust myself to know which events have happened and which events I've imagined.

It is so easy to chase fantasies because there are always new ones developing, and so many reside in the deepest reaches in my mind.  They inhabit a region near where all of the AcMo trade secrets are stored.  It is difficult to keep them separated, but AcMo's future depends on that firewall never being breached.  I have some new methods I am testing to make my mental database more secure.

Starting next weekend, mainly because I think I'm occupied driving this weekend, I am going to rearrange all of AcMo's driving protocols to facilitate the changes I've envisioned.  The way to a better future starts with me, and it starts with the first step.  At the moment, I have a car that has a phantom issue that needs to be eradicated and some walls to inspect for safety purposes.