Congratulations on your CCF acceptance. I wish we'd had that opportunity when I was your year. I imagine you'll all find that it opens many doors for you in future.
I know from experience now that physical training puts one in much better form not just in terms of stamina and strength but mentally and magically. I'm always sharper on days I've begun with solid time in the sparring dungeons or out on the field courses.
Even now that I'm working off-site most days, I've kept my regular regimen with Singh and Evan. It's good to have a partner or two: they help you keep the commitment and they push you on days when you might otherwise slacken the pace or short your routine.
Thanks for pointing us to Mrs Dapplemyre's piece; I would have missed it otherwise. Did you see what Maestro Gilhooly wrote about feeling as though our realm is finally coming into it's own now? Oh, and Belinda Sewell--you know, the biographer? she's written on all the important old families--did you see that she wrote a piece about Auror Crouch and his grandfather, Caspar Crouch, who was a military officer and an administrator in India. It was a really fascinating reflection on how our models of leadership and loyal service have progressed over time, and it was also about how character develops as a result of influences in and beyond the family, considering that virtue and aptitude sometimes skip generations. It was the sort of piece, I think, that only Mrs Sewell could have written without causing a fuss, but it was so perceptive. I couldn't put it down.
Mostly, though, the writers I follow are either motivational--like Aptos Markham, who's always got his eye on the goals Our Lord has set for us--or fitness specialists--I especially like Michaela Throckmorton because she's always suggesting things to add a bit of variety in a routine or things you can do while standing in a queue or waiting for the lifts at the Ministry. Of course, I also keep up with what our trainers write in their journals--Professor Myddleton, for instance, is simply fascinating on magical techniques for enhancing memory and mental keenness.
I suppose that's more than you wanted to know! I hope you do enjoy the experiences you'll have in this CCF programme. It sounds absolutely nift.
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Date: 2011-06-30 03:00 am (UTC)I know from experience now that physical training puts one in much better form not just in terms of stamina and strength but mentally and magically. I'm always sharper on days I've begun with solid time in the sparring dungeons or out on the field courses.
Even now that I'm working off-site most days, I've kept my regular regimen with Singh and Evan. It's good to have a partner or two: they help you keep the commitment and they push you on days when you might otherwise slacken the pace or short your routine.
Thanks for pointing us to Mrs Dapplemyre's piece; I would have missed it otherwise. Did you see what Maestro Gilhooly wrote about feeling as though our realm is finally coming into it's own now? Oh, and Belinda Sewell--you know, the biographer? she's written on all the important old families--did you see that she wrote a piece about Auror Crouch and his grandfather, Caspar Crouch, who was a military officer and an administrator in India. It was a really fascinating reflection on how our models of leadership and loyal service have progressed over time, and it was also about how character develops as a result of influences in and beyond the family, considering that virtue and aptitude sometimes skip generations. It was the sort of piece, I think, that only Mrs Sewell could have written without causing a fuss, but it was so perceptive. I couldn't put it down.
Mostly, though, the writers I follow are either motivational--like Aptos Markham, who's always got his eye on the goals Our Lord has set for us--or fitness specialists--I especially like Michaela Throckmorton because she's always suggesting things to add a bit of variety in a routine or things you can do while standing in a queue or waiting for the lifts at the Ministry. Of course, I also keep up with what our trainers write in their journals--Professor Myddleton, for instance, is simply fascinating on magical techniques for enhancing memory and mental keenness.
I suppose that's more than you wanted to know! I hope you do enjoy the experiences you'll have in this CCF programme. It sounds absolutely nift.