Will pass this on…!

Tom

I just came across your blog (tweet from Alyson B. Stanfield) and it is refreshing. Both my husband and I are self-employed and work from home. Much of what you say rings true – the need for social interaction, the fear, the lack of getting it from the 9-to-5 world (if I hear one more moan from the on-a-fixed-income crowd… grrr….) But, tough as it is, a crappy job, working for folks you can’t respect is so much worse. So, I’ll be checking in when I need a little refresher.

Thanks!

I just keep saying I’m getting closer to my goals everyday that passes and that today is going to be the best day of my life every morning!

I remember the day in grad school when I realized I needed to “Work when it hits”. I always believed the hype – you’ve got to just “pound away”, “put your nose to the grindstone”, blah blah blah from 8am-5pm and do your work when the powers-that-be say to do your work. Meanwhile, I knew that I’d have these bursts of amazing energy and superhuman productivity followed by a lot of staring at the walls. When I worried about doing it the “right” way, I wasted the energy and tried to force my way through the down cycles, getting nothing done and making myself miserable. Being able to recognize and use that energy, and not freak out when I don’t have it is one of the most important work lessons I’ve ever learned.

Well said and straight from many of our lives I am sure. I know I am certainly the king of binge working. Except it seems this past year has turned into one long work binge with one day running into the next. Month into month… Somewhere it seems I have forgotten to take a break. I’ll take a break just as soon as I finish this one last thing…and perhaps that other last thing…
sigh….oh well.. At least I got good SERPs in a tough market from it all! Keep sleeping Amazon! I haven’t been! :)

I always love a short walk outside at 4:30 AM just before the dawn…..and just before bed. It iss a great time to reflect and think about your next step. The birds are just beginning to awake, the air is crisp, dew is on the grass and there is no one about to disturb your deep thoughts as everyone is sleeping at that time……except you and Gerald and Laura and Kae and…

My struggle, like others, is the time burning. Somehow, every day seems like it’s a week long (in a good way), yet slips by in a minute. So precious a resource, so easy to waste. Grr. I think your idea of “work when it hits” could be the ticket. Other suggestions welcome. And, happy semi-ann.

We arrived via Bing for an unrelated term. Our Blackberries all work flawlessly — and are edible, too. Our cats are more fun, and, unlike yours, have been trained to laugh. We shall survive Canada Day, even should it become Canada Dry. The pig has rolled himself into a bacon explosion to get our attention. Streko is clanging around in our Skype window, begging us to pick up so he shows unavailable.

We interviewed your barista — she reports you need a new liver, that we just missed Robert, and that you owe her $5.91, plus tax, for a broken glass. We covered your tab. She said our manes were shiny. And adorable! screamed another patron. He had no recollection of you, based on our description — we then produced a photograph, in which you are depicted after an evening of livebingeing. “Oh that one,” he said, and would not further comment on the record.

Kenny Hyder informed us this post was written in PowerPoint. It is concerning in its similitude to the Wikipedia entry on Jamie Varone. Last night, Chris Pearson gave the whole herd a sweaty liniment rub-down. In his skivvies.

But all this can only mean there’s room yet to grow and enjoy. From the mule barn to your internet family, Happy Halfaversary — keep kicking ass, ladies!

Disclosure: This is a paid endorsement for the Brassbits Feedbag Emporium — get your mules the grass that lasts.