Archive for August, 2009
A Post Revisited: I Lost the Love…
A poem that still is true today.
I wrote this poem over three years ago. I don’t know who goes back to reread my old stuff. I know it is hard to get past the typos, shitty grammar, and incorrectness of other things I wasn’t aware of back then. However, I’ve edited the post/poem and I hope that you can take it for what it is.
I’ll tell you right now, it isn’t about any girl that I’ve dated or had relations with. Let me know what you think
I Lost the Love
She was very good to me. Never talked back and supported me with all the stupid ideals I had. I thought that I would stay with her the rest of my life. We would help each other through everything– but she turned on me. Or did I loose interest in her?
Tags: life lessons, passion
Ecommerce, it has begun.
It has begun, I have set up the account, thought of a name, and am ready for business. I saw what my brother was doing and knew it was time for me to get into the game of ecommerce. I rejected the notion of even participating, and even was almost bullied into doing something I didn’t want to do (at the time) by my dad.
What the Fuck am I Talking About?
I have joined the saturated field of ecommerce, and in this case, selling antique/vintage shoes and purses through Etsy.com.
Why?
Tags: challenge, ecommerce, entrepreneurship, selling
Part 3 of Making Work Work for Me
The experiment is done.
I will continue to do what I need to do in order to get better.
But, what did I learn from this experiment?
Between the planning, doing, and development of systems, I have noticed there will always be distractions. I wanted to get so much more done, but with planned meetings, a loss of motivation, and putting a foundation for success in place, I noticed that I was still running around feeling lost. However, this awareness has given me more ideas to prepare myself for incidence like these. For instance:
-Generate multiple types or one comprehensive calendar that shows when projects are due, what events I have for the week, the time constraints of deadlines, and the projected amount of time I’m going to use on a project.
Tags: day job, productivity
Research Series Week: Part 2 - Making Work Work for Me
We know how much work sucks, whether we want to admit it or not, we spend so much time there and results in being super tired when we finally get home. But, there is a way pass all of this, there is something we can do about this whole dilemma.
What I Learned from my Uncle
I was talking to my uncle a couple of months ago about how he gets so many things done at work. He told me that he doesn’t do much, he is the supervisor and has develop systems, templates, and whatever else anyone can think of that will help him not spend time doing the same shit over and over again. He laughed about my situation and told me that I need to do the same thing. I pushed it off and continued to do what I did.
So, my thing now is to spend as little time with the repetitive, mundane activities and task that I perform constantly. There are plenty, and should be easy with the paperwork-driven nature of my job. This type of work system isn’t going to change at all and what I have learned is that there isn’t a point in me changing the status quo, I have to just do what I can to make my work-life easier.
Can’t Change the Makeup of Corporate America
Tags: day job, productivity, systems
Research Series Week: Part 1a - Making Work Work for Me
What can be done at work that will provide the greatest amount of freed up time and will allow me to produce the greatest output of a kickass product?
Challenging one’s self is something that all of us must do. If we continue to ask the question why, then we will get closer to the real question we want to ask ourselves. I’ll be doing a series of post from time to time to get me thinking of the way I can better myself. It will be done with plenty of thought, but with insight of doing, too. I’ll think this will be a fun experience and experiment.
Until tomorrow…
2nd Quarter Review and What I’m Planning
This post was written 2 months ago and have been busy doing other things. It is funny, though, once you write something down, things start to happen and relatively quickly.
The second quarter has come and past, I’m already into the discovery of my next step in my life. I’m not going to explain what did and didn’t happen, but I’m to say that it was a hard, challenging, and a worthwhile quarter.
For the most part, my story isn’t as different from the next person, but as I talk to more people and get their take on what I’m doing, I am seeing that I’m taking hold of my life, even with being trap in Corporate America. I have learn that I’m my worst enemy and my biggest cheerleader. I have to learn the difference between being motivated by others and motivated by myself. If one is constantly motivated by others, than their life is not theirs, they are being push in the wind, because the action is controlled by reaction.
“It is easy to be motivated by somebody not believing in you; the hard part is to be motivated when no one is around…“
-Me
Tags: goals, year so far
The Road Trip was Great, Thanks to…
This post is a thanks to all of the people who helped and cheered me on during my trip. In no specific order:
-Troy - thanks for the low down about Detroit and the live-time help navigating through the streets of Detroit.
-Ellen - thanks for the insight of Detroit and trying your heart out to get me to go to Flint and Pontiac, and guiding me through Dearborn.
-Esther - thanks for your encouragement on writing while on the roadtrip and cheering me on.
-Girlfriend - thanks for putting sense into me in getting a hotel and not sleeping in my car, and telling me to be safe as much as possible.
-Ben - Cheering me on and worried about me roaming the streets of Detroit, and talking to me during the first couple of minutes during my 9 hour-speeding-through-Michigan-Ohio-PA-New Jersey road trip.
Tags: appreciation, road trip
The Countdown Begins…
I’ve set this date a couple of months ago. I told yall that I will let yall know why this date is so important. I have been an engineer for 4 plus years. It isn’t my passion, it does pay the bills, and is interesting from time to time. But, in order for me to establish myself as a writer, photographer, and businessman, I have to spend more time doing so. I can’t only write for an hour a day and hope to get a ton accomplish (although, so far, I’ve written 85 pages of my novel, 13 essays, and regularly in this blog).
So, starting today, if you want to call it a count-down, which it is, I have 365 days until I call my passions, the thing on the side, a full-time thing.
I’m not simply going to work and try to save up money, that will only stretch me gumby-thin. That will result in me going back to full-time work in no time. So, I plan to start generating more money, apart from my day job, by doing something with photography. I will find all the things possible I can do in regards to photography. It could be stock photos, weddings, car events, magazine submission, and whatever else I don’t know yet.
Starting my Passion Business
