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Well, I’m sitting here looking at the homework I am supposed to do for the Success Seminar I started taking on Monday – we are to write down how we see ourselves in the world of success, account for our successes and/or lack of success in life, and then finally rate our life on a scale of 1-10.

This seems like quite a lot of work, but really it’s just a summation of what’s been going on all my life.  A chance to look at things, and actually get my thoughts about my view of success.  One of the things I want to get out of doing this seminar is breaking through the idea of “that’s just the way it is” and how that permeates throughout all aspects of my life and how it goes. That idea is like my default explanation for why I’m not a millionaire, or married with kids, able to afford a house, or even just a car.  It’s like I got dealt the wrong cards in life, and I’m at the mercy of fate, and as we all know fate is not kind.

So there’s owning up to  my life and being responsible for having it go the way that it went – nobody else was there to live it but me, so it’s all on me in that respect and I don’t have the right to blame or fault anyone else.  My free will is what I’ve got, and I’ve used it to get exactly where I am today.

Now is the time for the journey. The adventure that lies ahead is looking honestly, and maybe painfully, at the facts at hand and acting upon them. So I’ll be looking at what it is that creates “success” in the world of me and looking forward to a new future.

I get the urge to write here. It seems like with the new social web stuff like Facebook, I just put everything there.  Let’s face it, it’s a lot easier – and I’m lazy.  Do I really want to deal with 4880 spam comments in my blog? Not really. With FB I don’t ever have to worry about junk like that.  Plus it goes out to my friends and family, so they have some sense of what’s going through my head these days and it a lot more participatory than a simple blog.  I’m beginning to wonder about if it’s even possible to port a blog over to FB, but I’m guessing no for now, and a possiblity for the future?

In any event, I wanted to post here just for the sake of posting I suppose.  And maybe give my fingers a paragraph of writing exercise.  Perhaps with a distinct intention for the purpose of this web site I would have further incentive to maintain and regularly contribute to it.

So for now, adieu.

I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year!

And to Sam, if you read this – Happy Birthday!

Well, twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, ‘cept maybe a mouse…

Looks like the end of the year is fast approaching, and that means all of this retail madness will also come to pass.  Maybe I’ll get some rest and sleep?

Some friends and I got together recently to discuss business type stuff – what can we do with the “information age” and publish these items to create a usable and recurring income.  Having a passive income (i.e. work once, get paid forever – or at least many years to come) would really be the ideal way for me to live my life right now.  Of everyone in the group, I believe I am the least paid of them all (one guy pays a mortgage that’s about twice what I make a month) and should therefore be the first one out of the “rat race”.

So stay tuned to this space to learn more and see what we release   Until then, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Well I’m here with a couple days of right before the big holiday rush begins at work. We’ll see how things go with the economy worries and all, but I think people have just been holding on to their money for this time of year so that they can get what they really want. That’s what I’ve been doing.

Anyhow, I wanted to just drop a quick note here to let you all know that everything is going well!