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		<title>November: 2 More Months to Go</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a month since I’ve started my challenge of writing my novel. I learned many things about myself and the dedication that I put forward towards this challenge. If I want to do anything, I can do it, it just depends on how bad I want to do something. I don’t need to [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been a month since I’ve started my challenge of writing my novel. I learned many things about myself and the dedication that I put forward towards this challenge. If I want to do anything, I can do it, it just depends on how bad I want to do something. I don’t need to know how to make the goal happen, that will come with time.</p>
<p><strong>What Did I Learn From my Novel Writing?</strong></p>
<p>However, I did realize that I have many loose ends in my writing. It is something that will take me the rest of the year to make my goal of getting it done by the end of the year. It is okay. I plan to also enter this writing competition and will need to edit a passage of my novel to make it contest ready. This step of editing and reediting is what I will be doing sometime next year with my whole book altogether. I’m looking forward to that moment and will see how I do with this particular task in the coming week.</p>
<p><strong>What Did and Didn&#8217;t Get Completed</strong></p>
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<p>I didn’t complete all of my goals for last month. I didn’t finish my website for my photography business. I will work on getting that done this and also next week. I was able to upload most of my photos, now I need to incorporate a template website with what I have right now as a website. I also have to coordinate with my web host to get help of uploading the proper software onto the server. Once I finish with uploading all of my photos I will deal with making my website look presentable to my audience and people in general. This is actually one of the few times where I have fooled around with website design on my own&#8211;the process is fucken tedious, but well worth it.</p>
<p><strong>Plans for This Month and Next</strong></p>
<p>I will be starting a new workout plan this week. I will still keep up with my walking, however, I will input a workout plan from my girlfriend. Once that is establish I will input P90X. This month will be tricky, I will explain that soon, but I will have to still be diligent with transforming my body to something I’ve dream about from time to time. I might even provide a workout plan for people who want to lose some weight. I think that it is different than what people are used to and is super easy to implement in one’s daily routine.</p>
<p><strong>Personal Time is Key for The Rest of the Year</strong></p>
<p>Now I’m about to stop writing and get on the task that I have upon me. I have noticed that if I write less in the blog, I get more things accomplish and feel better about my life. I still believe that I need to cut more out of my life. I need to give more time to activities that I care about and also give myself some alone time to collect my thoughts and to recharge for whatever I want to do.</p>
<p>I don’t have a specific agenda for the rest of the year. Just to get my novel done, continue to workout, and to get my photography website and my learning of the skill done. Those 3 activities will keep me busy and look forward completing them.</p>


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It has been well over 2 months since I have started my business experiment. Each day that passes by I get a clearer view of the next step with it. The post isn’t about me and the struggles I’m having to sell vintage wear (4), but about my bro, so here it is.
I didn’t think [...]


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<p>It has been well over 2 months since I have started my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7899655" mce_href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7899655" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.etsy.com');">business experiment</a>. Each day that passes by I get a clearer view of the next step with it. The post isn’t about me and the struggles I’m having to sell vintage wear (4), but about my bro, so here it is.</p>
<p>I didn’t think I would be saying this, but my youngest brother is kicking my ass at the ecommerce business of etsy.com. I don’t know how to explain it, but it is actually bitter-sweet at the same time. When I started, he was at 40 or so sells. I told him that I would catch him in no time—now he is well over 100 and making over a sell a day.</p>
<p>I didn’t know if he truly had it in him, I have been the one talking about business and expressing what I’ve done in the past, but just sitting back and watching him operate is quite amazing.</p>
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<p><b>What He Does</b></p>
<p>My brother, Ese, promotes his site through the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" mce_href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.etsy.com');">actual site</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Txvintagebootsshoes/152996760341" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Txvintagebootsshoes/152996760341" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.facebook.com');">facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/txvintagebootsshoes/" mce_href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/txvintagebootsshoes/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.flickr.com');">flickr </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/TXvintageboots" mce_href="https://twitter.com/TXvintageboots" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/twitter.com');">twitter</a>. He even has a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" mce_href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.etsy.com');">website </a>that redirects everything back to his etsy website. He response to email almost instantly, ships his orders through the help of paypal and the post office, and emails the confirmation to his buyers as soon as the sell is complete. He didn’t read any business books or blogs, he doesn’t have a degree in the subject, and was forced to do it because my dad got tired of watching him play WOW (World of Warcraft).</p>
<p><b>He Doesn’t Even Know That He His Hustling…</b></p>
<p>Like I said earlier, he didn’t know how to get started, but through trial and error, he is making it workout. I don’t know what his typical schedule is daily, but he usually puts up 2 shoes, checks online to see if he sold anything the day before, mails off his order at the post office, and uses the rest of the day to attend to music classes at the local community college and play WOW.</p>
<p>The boy is hustling his way to success and doesn’t even think much about it. He comes up with better ways to do things by looking at other people or just trying something new. He continues to give me pointers and use the same lessons I see online that I’ve read before.</p>
<p>When you are hustling, you don’t know how the situations are usually done or how they will turn out. To me that is the funniest part, because I will be using all of my creativity to make something out of nothing. This usually works best when I’m passionate about the subject at hand. I haven’t asked my brother but I wonder if he is passionate about selling shoes online. He is probably passionate about making money and doing what he wants with it. He is probably happy that my father is slowly getting off his back to produce and be productive. But, nonetheless, he looks more happy than the past and still following his own dreams to do something with music, even though people tell him that there isn’t anything in the field.</p>
<p><b>He Will Make A Lot of Money in The Next Couple of Months</b></p>
<p>Now is the time the weather is changing, people just spend for the fuck of it, and usually when people are buying stuff, which includes footwear. I know the economy sucks, but it seems like that doesn’t even matter in his case. The winter time is where more and more women spend their money to individualize themselves and the best way to do so is a vintage garment or shoe that doesn’t look like everything else that is out there. He has all of the shoes and boots a woman would like to buy from (I still think my dad gives him the better products) and with a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" mce_href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7553189" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.etsy.com');">selection well over 300</a>, he will be a busy man.</p>
<p>So this is a shout-out to my brother, who, didn’t know what he was getting himself into, and now beating the shit out of his older brother, who, talks a good game about running a business!</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time since I’ve written anything. The last post frighten a couple of people and some thought that I was going to kill myself. But, that is simply not true, besides, I have so much to live for.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been a long time since I’ve written anything. The last post frighten a couple of people and some thought that I was going to kill myself. But, that is simply not true, besides, I have so much to live for.</p>
<p>I’ve already started this challenge and will post from time to time on the progress I’m making towards both goals.</p>
<p>The year is almost done and still is the best year of my life, so far. I’ve learned many things about myself through various challenges I’ve put myself through, and taken a dream and made it a reality. I’m already thinking of next year and how I want to push myself even more towards my passions, business endeavors, and family and friends.</p>
<p><strong>The Novel Challenge</strong></p>
<p>I still have plenty of plenty of fight in me this year and have started the last quarter of the year off grandly. What I have done and will continue to do for the month of October is to write everyday towards my novel. So far so good, the novel is picking up and now managing to provide content by averaging 1200 words per day.</p>
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<p>I have an outline, but am going with the flow as I sit down to write, each and every morning. I even was committed to this challenge by writing at a Staples store because I didn’t write much that very day. The concern that I’m having trouble joggling is writing in my blog. Since I write everyday, I usually set a couple of times per week to write in my blog. However, lately, I’ve been only using that time for novel writing. I will see where I’m at and will see how I can use more time during the day for writing in general.</p>
<p><strong>Getting Close to the End!</strong></p>
<p>I’m almost finished with the novel! I still need to bridge the gap between the beginning and middle, but the second half of the book is moving at a surprisingly swift pace.</p>
<p><strong>The Workout Challenge</strong></p>
<p>Ever since the beginning of last month I’ve been running and performing a light workout. I even wrote a post about my saga with my weight. But now I can fit in most of my work pants and some of my dress shirts. I’m not finished yet, though—I’m still fat—I’m not at my ideal body image. I haven’t weighed myself and will not until I’m at the desired body look and feel. I know this isn’t conventional, but who gives a shit, we all do things differently.</p>
<p>The way I’m losing the fat is to run 3-4 times per week and for 3-4 miles per run. I do quite a bit of squats and not much pushups, but am more concerned with the cardio because it works tons faster than constant weight-lifting, besides, I have more muscle than fat and will be okay after I’ve lost the desired weight.</p>
<p><strong>The Photography Website Challenge</strong></p>
<p>When I was trying to go to sleep yesterday I was thinking about my photography and the gig I have next month. I&#8217;ve actually finished the website a couple of weeks ago, but to me it looks like shit and forgettable. This site is something that will bring me income and have to make it as presentable as possible. So, for the rest of the month, I&#8217;m going to get my website in as professional-looking shape as possible. I will show a before and after pic of the website early next month.</p>
<p><strong>That is it!</strong></p>
<p>These are the 3 challenges I’ve given myself. I’m ready to see how far I can go. I know that I will complete them, but more interested in the degree of the success that I will get.</p>


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		<title>Life is what you make of it. What the fuck does that really mean?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, I&#8217;m fine, I&#8217;m really fine. I just felt like writing something for the spur of the moment.
We hear this term and variations of it. We say it is so inspirational and it has a chance to change our lives.
We get in a rut and can&#8217;t seem to climb out of the well. We [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>First off, I&#8217;m fine, I&#8217;m really fine. I just felt like writing something for the spur of the moment.</em></p>
<p>We hear this term and variations of it. We say it is so inspirational and it has a chance to change our lives.</p>
<p>We get in a rut and can&#8217;t seem to climb out of the well. We continue to feel like shit and just sit there, there isn&#8217;t much hope out of it.</p>
<p>We see people doing positive things and taking charge of their lives. Some like cubicle life and others are doing other activities to provide fulfillment for themselves.</p>
<p>We are constantly searching and waiting for the next big idea, change in our lives. We look at television shows, read multiple publications, look at other people&#8217;s lives and feel this is it.</p>
<p>Again, most of the people in the world, just keep living the life they resent and would love to start everything over or just end it all.</p>
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<p>We get motivation from the outside. We crave rejection and &#8216;You can&#8217;t do it&#8217; talk, we will do anything in our power to show that person or group that we made it and that we are better off.</p>
<p>Well, that is some false bullshit we need to stop telling ourselves. Think about it. Really think about it. So we do only when others doubt. So, we don&#8217;t have the self-motivation to do whatever we want to do in our lives?</p>
<p>We are influenced by many things, hell, we love, like, hate things by chance and accident&#8211;That is the beauty of life.</p>
<p>At times, I wish I do it more, I think of the invisible clock that is ticking and not stopping for anything. I&#8217;m reminded by other&#8217;s clock that have stopped. I&#8217;m reminded by almost getting swiped by a stupid driver not paying attention. I&#8217;m reminded when I get sick and it becomes harder to shake that damn cold. When I wake up, I don&#8217;t thank God for giving me another day, I know I should, but I don&#8217;t. I think of the past day and see what I did in it and do my best to make the next day a better day.</p>
<p>So, life is what you make of it means to me: it is up to me to define my happiness and make it happen as much as possible.</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[I’m 28. I feel great. In good condition and ready for the next step.
This isn’t going to be about me reflecting and looking back at the past year. As I see it, I’m always reflecting, I’m always talking, and writing about the situation at hand.
Today, of course, I’m going to enjoy it. I know I [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m 28. I feel great. In good condition and ready for the next step.</p>
<p>This isn’t going to be about me reflecting and looking back at the past year. As I see it, I’m always reflecting, I’m always talking, and writing about the situation at hand.</p>
<p>Today, of course, I’m going to enjoy it. I know I will reflect on it in some way, but will just let things go.</p>
<p>I have goals, dreams, drives, just like anybody else. In my case, I’m happy that I’m doing most of them right now and will continue to elevate myself.</p>
<p>I think I’m done writing. I think I’m done with this reflecting in a sense.</p>
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<p>This is my day. As my friend Ben said yesterday, “We guys don’t care as much as women do. For the most part, Oke is going to take a shit and go on with his day.” Yes, I’m going to go on with my day. I’ll just let the wind take me in whichever direction it wants to go.</p>
<p>Please do, I give you permission to enjoy my day&#8230;</p>


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		<title>Appreciation to Esther</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many times, we don&#8217;t know what we will learn from somebody else. It could be one aspect of our daily routine that this person sees and politely or not tells you to change. We are in our own world and feel that the world is centered around us. Most of the time we feel that [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many times, we don&#8217;t know what we will learn from somebody else. It could be one aspect of our daily routine that this person sees and politely or not tells you to change. We are in our own world and feel that the world is centered around us. Most of the time we feel that we are the makers of our own destiny and steps in life. BUT, this is a big BUT, this shit isn&#8217;t true. We need people to help us and we need to give back and help others, too. At times, we just don&#8217;t know the best way, but, for the most part, I feel the best way a person can help out others is to be aware and just say something: this is what this person has done!</p>
<p>This is what this appreciation is all about that this very person gave me. A realization that life is all about helping each other and not asking for anything in return.</p>
<p>I’ve known this person for almost 2 years, I met her through my girlfriend. During the first year of my girlfriend and I’s relationship I didn’t see her much. But since the beginning of this year she and I have been helping each other stay on track with our writing&#8211;she more of the keeping me on track than the other way around.</p>
<p>For now, this person is a high school teacher, but wants to be a full-time writer, and in fact, has just finished her first novel. I’ve read a couple of pages, and would like to read the whole novel, but just holding the notebook filled with pages of her work was quite amazing.</p>
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<p><strong>I’ve Learned More from Her than From Any Book on Writing</strong></p>
<p>The first time I started writing my novel I asked her about what books I should read and what groups were best to get into. She kindly told me that all of it was a waste of time. Most of the people writing those writing books don’t know what they are talking about and will only result in me not actually doing what I should be doing, which is writing. She suggested that I will be better off just writing and asking people to look at my stuff, which I did immediately.</p>
<p><strong>Grammar</strong></p>
<p>I got help for my grammar from her, my girlfriend, and another friend. My grammar was damn shitty and was embarrassed with what I found out when I reread my work. But, as I kept looking back and saw what I needed to improve, everyone, including this person helped me to realize that what I needed to do is continue to read books, see how other people wrote, and learn from them. I did, and now I can see so much improvement in my writing and actually take the time to proofread my work now.</p>
<p><strong>Diction Expansion</strong></p>
<p>The words that I use, for the most part, are basic. Instead of telling me that I needed to improve my vocabulary, this person kindly recommended me to subscribe to Merriam Dictionary word of the day podcast. I was slightly pissed, but knew where the person was coming from, and as I learned word after word, I became pleased and thrilled that this person had the courage to help me, especially on a sensitive topic of improving and increasing my vocabulary.</p>
<p><strong>I Just Email&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Whenever I am in a rut and need help with something dealing with writing, she always answers my emails and gives me encouragement to keep going.</p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago she was feeling down and I asked her that I have stopped posting tons of articles to my blog. She looked at me and said that it is best that way and that I needed to focus on my novel. I didn’t say much to her regarding the novel that night, but knew that what I needed to do was to keep novel writing; not to my blog.</p>
<p>The amount of help and encouragement that I’ve gotten from this person and also her husband has been something I can’t put a price on and something I don’t know how to repay.</p>
<p>This whole year of becoming a writer has been a magical one, not just my dedication towards the cause, but with all of the people that have helped me realize my dream.</p>
<p>I thank you so much, Esther. I thank you for commenting on my blog post, sending me emails on other websites that are beneficial to me, and giving me the simple message of to just write. Just writing is what I needed. You have made me to understand that writing is all that I needed to do and will need to do for all of the things I write in the future.</p>
<p>We are so alike in so many ways. I want you to know that I do appreciate all that you have helped me with and want you to know that everything that I’ve learned from you is shown in my writing. I appreciate you for being in my life, Esther! Also, even though I don&#8217;t see you all of your work, I know that you have passion for writing; it is shown in the way you willingly help me get better&#8230;</p>
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The reason why I got up and went through what I did is by [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>7:30 in the morning on a Saturday isn’t wahat I call sleeping in. When I sleep in, I don’t set my alarm, I just let my body wake up when it is ready, and when I that happens I fall back asleep.</p>
<p>The reason why I got up and went through what I did is by far one of the hardest challenges I’ve done this year (<a href="http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/01/02/new-year-goal-phrase-for-the-year-when-opportunity-meets-preparation/" >this</a> and <a href="http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/03/27/crazy-cardio-challenge-realization-video/" >that)</a>.</p>
<p><strong>How this Challenge got Started</strong><br />
When I was drinking a cider beer, Strongbow, a friend challenged me to a workout-get-in-shape-detox challenge. He used to be a trainer and helped many people lose weight. When somebody challenges me I like to prove them wrong. However, the funny thing about this situation was that I already told myself that I was going to go crazy with my workout for 2 weeks (birthday is on the 25th).</p>
<p>My original plain was to run in the morning and afternoon, which is 2.4 miles each stretch, and do some other workout exercises; that I’ve started and haven’t done in some time (squats and push-ups).</p>
<p>I still don’t know what my friend has in stored for me. He did mention that it will be 60% dietary and 40% exercise. From what I can gather right now, I think I will be doing tons of running, tons of fiber eating, and many hours of sleep (which I greatly need). Most of my work out will occur after work. I don’t know what else is going to be involved. However, already, I&#8217;m seeing improvements in my body and conditioning.</p>
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<p><strong>I&#8217;m a Garbage Disposal When it Comes to Eating</strong><br />
I eat anything that is insight. I don’t count calories, but I judge my fullness on how much food I can physically force down my throat. She is not to blame, but I eat everything that my girlfriend makes. She is quite the cook/baker/chef and in the past couple of months, I&#8217;ve been having a smile on my face because of the pies, pastries, lemon bars, and of all her delicious lunch and dinner meals.</p>
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As you can see in the photo above, these are all of the clothes I can’t fit. There are more that are at my girlfriend’s place; but this is some bullshit I need to correct now. It is not cool having a rotation of 4 shirts and pants, especially when I have clothes that once fit me, and actually looked big on me at the time. All the clothes in the picture and some that I manage to barely slip into are disguised straight-jackets: uncomfortable to move around in (damn, I can&#8217;t even tie my shoe without my shirt becoming un-tucked) and embarrass me with how foolish I look because of the tight clothes on a gradually expanding body.</p>
<p>Also, I told myself a month ago that I was going to be rip by my birthday, which is September 25. I don’t think I will be ripped by that time, but I will have at least started the transformation.</p>
<p>So, I will take photos, weigh, and examine the foods that I ate. This whole thing will be something that will literally kick my ass. I thought what I was planning was good enough, but I will let the ex-trainer have his way with my commitment and his vision on transforming my body. The first 2 weeks are what I consider hell on earth. I will be eliminating tons of foods from my diurnal eating life, especially foods I’ve enjoyed that were a hinderous and reason for my expanded belly.</p>
<p><strong>My Reasoning of Type of Cardio: Why Running and Not biking?</strong></p>
<p>The past 2 weeks I’ve been gearing my body for cardio with the form of biking. I did this mainly by biking to and from work. I would travel 5 miles and would only feel a slight soreness in my legs. But, exercising on a bike requires me to go longer distances. In order to get what I feel when running I have to go 30-40 miles. I don’t have the time or the ideal place to do so. I’ve got other activities and commitments that are very important to me, too. Then, last Thursday at work, I thought that it would be more beneficial for me to run, instead of bike. That time spent pounding the pavement will give my body a more effective way to lose weight. I run a mile in 10-12 minutes, when I was in my best running shape I would run a mile in 7-8 minutes&#8211;I want to get back at that. I’ve already timed myself and have plenty of work to do to decrease my times.</p>
<p>This is what I have for now, this is something that will be fun, but something I will need to jump start my life in the direction it wants to go. Stay tuned for greatness.</p>
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<p>This was the old me, I want to look and feel 10 times better. I&#8217;m ready!</p>


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I am officially in business! After nearly two weeks of getting my first batch of purses and handbags (22), I finally put all of them online. I haven’t gotten any emails or purchases yet but know with a little of marketing, the business will start to make me money.
I can’t tell much difference from one [...]


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<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7899655" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.etsy.com');">I am officially in business</a>! After nearly two weeks of getting my first batch of purses and handbags (22), I finally put all of them online. I haven’t gotten any emails or purchases yet but know with a little of marketing, the business will start to make me money.</p>
<p>I can’t tell much difference from one bag to the next, besides the colors of the bags.</p>
<p>It took me roughly <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>5 hours</strong></span> to photograph and upload the photos onto my computer, measure and write the descriptions, post onto Etsy. Right now I have a shitty system. I could have done everything in 3 hours.</p>
<p><strong>Already Thinking of a New System of Operation</strong></p>
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<p>The new system will be to measure and write the descriptions, take the photos, and then upload them. I will also have a number system in order to speed up the process. And the big thing for me is to do all of the shoes in one batch process.</p>
<p><strong>The Shipping Issue</strong></p>
<p>Even though I’m excited that I’ve started something and now anxious to get my first sell; I know I will have to figure out a method to ship the orders. My brother has a process of getting free boxes from the post office, but that cuts into the profit on the shipping. There are so many things to worry about, but I know everything will make more sense as I continue to what to improve on in this business experiment.</p>
<p>This business is already helping me to see how much dedication I’m willing to put into my other ventures, especially since the other ventures are my passions, and will also use all of the marketing strategies I find out towards other endeavors.</p>
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<p><strong>My Dad Doesn’t Know Shit About the Internet, but Does Know Business</strong></p>
<p>My dad has been in business for himself for more than a decade, he quit his job to sell clothes, shoes, and other accessories. He has had a couple of business partners, most of his businesses have failed, but has learned quite a bit from his setbacks.</p>
<p>I’ve tried in the past to help him learn how to use the computer. I tried to teach him how to type, check email, and even how to use Microsoft word to save his invoices. But none of that made much sense.</p>
<p>However, he knows shoes, purses, handbags, belts, and any other type of garment known to man. He didn’t read any books or anything online, he would go around various Goodwill’s and just buy shoes and garments, and actually started selling these very items by accident. I still feel he should do more analytics, however, knows what would sell and when the best time of the year to post them. The only aspects of the internet he knows how to do are check his various ebay/etsy business accounts to see how everyone is doing (I set up all of the accounts as tabs on his firefox browser).</p>
<p><strong>It Pays to Know What You Are Good At</strong></p>
<p>I respect my dad in his ability to know what he is good at and what he isn’t. He doesn’t know shit about the internet, but knows about his product. He would rather take 50% of the sale and give the other 50% to the online sellers (me included), rather than keep 100% and struggle to get a product online.</p>
<p><strong>How Long is This Going to Go On?</strong></p>
<p>I don’t know how long I will be doing this business experiment. It is no problem for me to actually post the purses/handbags online and market them, but I know there will be a time when I will know that this will be it for me and I will move onto something else and something that will be an easy transition.</p>
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<p><strong>What’s the Hardest Part?</strong></p>
<p>The hardest part of the business experiment is coming up with descriptions for the bags. The shit is not fun, actually none of it is fun. I can see why my dad didn’t want to deal with it. But, coming up with descriptions for products you don’t care and know about becomes a chore.</p>
<p>I still can’t believe it took me 2 hours to put up 16 bags. I was listening to podcast, music, but I still felt the time go past. Sure, I could have read a book with that time, ran around the neighborhood, or get some extra hours of sleep, but none of those activities would have made me money (actually, just putting things online doesn’t mean I’m going to make any, either, but it gives me a better chance).</p>
<p>To make this process more effective or less boring, I’m going to either listen to tons of podcast or watch a television show or two. I can’t do this in silence, or else, I will go crazy and slowly resent my choice of starting this endeavor in the first place.</p>
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<p><strong>What would the Money Mean?</strong></p>
<p>The money that I make from this business will mean that I can make something out of nothing. That I can truly see the light that will help me develop a more feasible business to help me leave my ‘safe’ ‘9-5’ job. I know I will have to actually work more doing my own thing then attending work, but I know in the long run it will be worth it, especially with the freedom it provides me.</p>
<p><strong>Difference Between Entrepreneurship and Working for Another?</strong></p>
<p>Working for someone else requires the individual to just get out of bed, put on their clothes, and drive/walk/bike themselves to the office. After that they can do their jobs with not much problem.</p>
<p>An entrepreneur is somebody who is working all the damn time. Whether he/she sets up as many systems and automate as many activities and task as possible, they are constantly thinking about how to improve the business.</p>
<p>Those are the two main differences between the two. They are the ones that will hinder people from actually pursuing one over the other. And also, the money situation, not knowing when one will be receiving another paycheck is actually a scary experience to go through. Not being able to pay for bills and shit in general is not a cool feeling. So, the predictability and consistency of a ‘9-5’ is what makes the world go around. But the heartache, determination, the up and down physical, emotional hardship is what creates opportunity and growth to the world.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Which one suits you?</span></p>


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Here are a couple of activities I&#8217;ve been up to the past couple of weeks.
-House Hunting – I’ve been looking for a house for the past 3 weeks or so. This was sparked by my trip to Austin (well Buda), visiting old college friends. I’m at the point of actually looking at houses. I’ve [...]


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<p><strong>Here are a couple of activities I&#8217;ve been up to the past couple of weeks.</strong></p>
<p>-<strong>House Hunting </strong>– I’ve been looking for a house for the past 3 weeks or so. This was sparked by my trip to Austin (well Buda), visiting old college friends. I’m at the point of actually looking at houses. I’ve done the credit check, found a realtor, qualified for a house loan, and narrow down areas around town of interest. More on this later.</p>
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<p>-<strong>Writing</strong> - I&#8217;ve been steadily writing in my novel and non-fiction work. I&#8217;m over 100 pages in the novel and 11 pages in the non-fiction. I&#8217;ve kept a 3:1 novel to non-fiction writing ratio.</p>
<p>-<strong>Photography</strong> - I&#8217;ve been rading my photography book and taking photos at the same time. I&#8217;m getting the feel of my camera and my creative nature is coming alive. I will show yall my top images next week. I&#8217;m also analyzing business oppurtiniuties and have a couple of leads on events. I can&#8217;t wait until I start making money, epsecially from something not work related&#8211;and passion-driven. I&#8217;m still in the process of ironing out my business idea and will have something by the end of the month.</p>
<p>-<strong>4-Day Work Week</strong> - This shit is brutal. It is. The morning isn&#8217;t bad,: I wake up at the same time, well actually 3 out of 4 days at 3:33 a.m., but the afternoons is what I don&#8217;t like. I get home around 5:45-6p.m. I relax for 30 minutes, work on my etsy business for an hour, look at my photography book for 30 minutes-1 hour, make dinner, and by the time I&#8217;m ready to go to sleep it is 10-10:30. I average 4.5-5 hours of sleep during those four days. I&#8217;ve got to work something out, or I will be trying to find places around the office to take cat-naps.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for now. I hoe everyone has a great weekend.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>A poem that still is true today.</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll tell you right now, it isn&#8217;t about any girl that I&#8217;ve dated or had relations with. Let me know what you think</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>I Lost the Love</strong></p>
<p>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&#8211; but she turned on me. Or did I loose interest in her?</p>
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<p>I don’t really know, but I found someone new, someone <span style="text-decoration: underline;">that</span> challenges me and keeps me on my toes. See, it is not that I still don’t love the old one, it is that she let me do whatever I wanted: was very passive, and she always wanted to do the same things, even though I wanted to spice things up. I don’t think I will ever give up the new love because things are always constantly changing, however, I am learning each and everyday about her. And as I continue to grow she is learning something about me that she didn’t know once before. It is so much of an adventure for both of us, I look forward to smelling her perfume and seeing her beautiful face each and everyday.</p>
<p>That is how life is, and the sad part about it all is that there are people that change for the better or worse OR simply <span style="text-decoration: underline;">settle for whatever life presents them</span>. I used to be the settling type, but not anymore, because life is made of so many things and you simply can’t experience them by settling.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The End&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What Love did I Loose?</strong></p>
<p>I lost the love. This poem is about something I thought I was passionate about and realized 3 months in, that I wasn&#8217;t at all. Waking up 5 days straight and doing the same thing over and over again has lead me to believe that this was all there was to life.</p>
<p>When it comes down to it, I lost the love of engineering and what I could do with it.</p>
<p>I read this very same post yesterday, and couldn&#8217;t believe how shockingly true it still is. I was cringing, but thrilled that I said such powerful words 3 or so years ago. I think the reason why I relived these moments of my life is because it shows me that what I believe before, is still what I believe now. And now that I have some time to mature, I have come to the realization of not dwelling on the same things. It is pointless to do so, the only action that I need to and have done is to figure out what I want to do, in order to find the love that I once had.</p>
<p><strong>However, I&#8217;ve found it once again.</strong></p>
<p>I believe, with the writing and all, that I have found my true passion. I guess the reason why I want other people to find their passion is to feel what I feel and do things that their minds have no idea of imagining. Here is a sick fact, can you see yourself doing something for 200+ days? How would you feel if you couldn&#8217;t do that thing anymore? What would you fill your day with doing, instead?</p>
<p>Just think about it, in the meantime, reread the poem and see how your perspective changes after you analyze your life now and where you see yourself in the future.</p>


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