Archive for December, 2008

December 30th, 2008

A Month in Review. The Progress of the Inside of the Apartment!

Here are a couple of videos that give a better understanding of what I have been going through for the past month of living on my own. I like the quietness and ability to work and play in the living room, while sleeping in my bedroom. I am still getting used to the neighborhood and will start riding my bike to work and around the area.

The first video is me moving into my place:

First Video at New Apartment from Oaks Real on Vimeo.

The second video is me finally getting furniture (which was this past saturday):

Place with Furniture! from Oaks Real on Vimeo.

Tags: bare apartment, clean apartment, exciting

December 27th, 2008

She had to go…

With that post title it sounds like I broke up with my girlfriend, but not at all, she’s a keeper! I’m talking about my dad’s and brother’s dog, named Tip, Crystal, or Sasha(that’s the name that I gave her). I kept on going back and forth with my decision. I thought of the positives and cons of taking care of a pet that would only give love and affection, while I was living on my own.

Why did I want a dog in the first place?

I felt that my father and brother weren’t taking care of the dog or didn’t give her enough attention. My dad would come home, relax on the couch, drink alittle, and then proceed to watch television for the rest of the day. My brother was even worse; he would go to school to please my parents and would play atleast 10 hours a day of Warcraft on his computer. My mother doesn’t care for the dog because she doesn’t like pets. So little Tip, by my brother and Crysta,l by my dad would roam the big old house with no attention or affection. Where she would find places to piss and shit, lay down and be bored out of her mind, dodge my mom because of her negative attitude toward her, and get a minute or two of petting and looked at from the men of the house. So me living by myself thought that I could provide her with a better home.

Tags: alone time, decisions, dog, selfishness

December 9th, 2008

New Year’s Resolution a Month Before the New Year…

This is my second time doing this task and has helped me start the past 2 years off great. I don’t like the sound of New Year’s resolution nor the fact of doing something great and then quickly stop doing that big life changing goal and returning back to our old selves. I believe that we need to examine and modify our lives whenever we want. It doesn’t matter the reason why, but as long as we are changing something that we are not happy about is the key to a productive existence. We shouldn’t let society train us every start of the year to spending money on gym membership, eating right, traveling more, or on materialistic things. I usually evaluate my situation in life every 3 to 4 months and make changes accordingly.

If you say you don’t like them, then why are you doing one?

I have come to realize that every year is going to be “My Year”. I believe 2008 has helped me so much to really get me prepared for what is going to be an exciting 2009. I give myself a one month cushion to set goals and modify my vision/mission, and then change whatever I need to when the new year arrives.

This process is different then setting a New Year’s resolution because I am not only changing one thing that I’m not happy with in my life and not completing that resolution, but changing aspects of my life by evaluating the direction that I am going. It could be the case that I set a particular goal and realize that it isn’t what I was expecting and stop doing that activity. On the contrast, I set a goal and complete it and this may lead me to changing my whole vision and mission. I believe this method helps me to continue to brutally honest with myself about the direction I want my life to go in.

Tags: goals, mission, New Year's Resolution, vision

December 9th, 2008

It is Time to Grind…

I have now settled into my place, well sorta! Still need a couple of things, but other than that I am settled and do feel like it is mine. Now it is time for me to put more effort into life. Whether that be to working out more, getting my grind on in my side business and my career, going to different places with my girlfriend, spending time with friends and family, or whatever I define as more effort in life. As always I will document these things I do and I hope that others will see the changes that I make and do something in their own lives, or critique and question what I’m doing.