Oddities, Profundities, Profanities and Dad Stuff
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Yesterday I wrote about perseverance. How sticking to your plan despite obstacles and time will finally yield results. Today I have a thought about how sometimes you just have to do what you need to do.
Have you ever finished taking a shower and realized that you forgot to get a towel? And the linen closet is across the bathroom? And there is just a small twinkling in the back of your mind that looks at the toilet paper and weighs the option and dismisses it because it would be too messy?
I have. I have more than once. I did yesterday morning. In fact the title of this post is scrawled in the margin of an Outdoor Life magazine in the bathroom. Luckily there was a pencil in the drawer. I wonder if I autographed that page if it would ever be worth any money????
Anyway, I forgot to grab a towel. The first thing that ran through my head when I discovered this was the title of this post. So what did I do? I walked to the linen closet and got a towel, getting water on the floor that I had to clean up later. My initial “Oh crap, I have to get the floor wet” exclamation began to take root in my head as a blog post idea about then.
Here is the metaphor: how many times do we in the blogging world encounter something that may be unpleasant or undesireable? Whether it is backing up your blog so you don’t get hacked like my friend Heather did, or by writing that post or comment that is going to make people mad, or even just deciding to be yourself on your blog and who the hell cares what anyone else thinks.
In any of those situations you will have those “Oh Crap!” moments that you will realize there is something that may not be the best thing at the time i.e. getting the floor wet, but will be a good thing overall i.e. not standing there and waiting to air dry. There are things you may have to do while you build your site and your brand that will make people mad.
Your spouse will be pissed off at times, “You spend more time with that damn computer….” but in the end, when the cash is rolling in, it will all have been worth it. So as the great Naval officer David Farragut so eloquently is paraphrased, “Damn the torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!” And so it shall be with my blog. Full speed ahead and while there will be things in the way, I will run right over them.
There will be bumps in the road, axles break but can be repaired, things overheat but can be cooled down, and tires pop, so always carry a spare (hence backup your site). You can overcome anything that is thrown at you if you
That is all.
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-Justin
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Well I do believe that you will be treated to some new posts. SAHD Friday, Poetry Tuesday…meanderings from my brain the rest of the week. Saturday Fiction may even come back.
Today, I wanted to go on about something that I think I have hit before, the amount of input the world gives us. Right now, there are 2 TV’s showing stuff to the kids and I am listening to a podcast while typing this. How much is too much? Where do we draw the line, and how can we manage this whole electronic life that we are or have created.
I for one am trying to figure out how to read all of the things on the internet, read all of the emails (or just delete the things), and listen to all of the podcasts that are keeping me from recording my own. You see, there are plans, then there are implementation. Some things you just have to push delete, or shut off. I unplugged the TV and took the cord the other day, just to get the kids to stop watching the damn thing.
I read an email the other day by the wonderful Johnny B. Truant, where he is trying to help people be “legendary”. You can click HERE to join his email list and get your own manifesto, “How to Be Legendary.” It is great but not the focus of this post. Continue reading
The other day my doorbell rang. Upon answering, there was one of the kids from around the corner standing there with a couple of other kids from our street. They started with “Do you want to buy a raffle ticket for our raffle of stuff?” I thought this odd.
I checked the “No” that was forming on my lips and asked what they were giving away in the raffle. “Just some stuff” was his answer. I said no thanks, an shut the door thinking, just some stuff was a bunch of nothing. I already had it figured that my dollar would go into this kids pocket and end up with the ice cream man or something.
There was no real raffle. I got to thinking that this kid was actually a decent marketer. He will do well on the internet with all of those other scheisters that try to sell us stuff. Think about this, how many slick sales pages have you seen that promise something, part you from your money and you get a mediocre ebook that you never read or even just a series of emails that will probably end up in your spam filter anyway.
Tons and tons right? I saw the beginnings of 2 infomercials tonight both promising over $11,000 in profit the first month for part time work! That sounds fantastic and I really wish I could get in on some of that action. Well for only 3 easy payments of $49.95 I could get in on it, aka, would you like to buy a raffle ticket?
The only people who really seem to make money at these programs are the guys selling the programs. There are certain people who sell stuff that sounds like a fantastic book but if you dig deeper they have been to prison for fraud and are probably scamming you again.
If you wan’t to spend your hard earned cash on something, go for it. Just be aware that you are gambling with that cash and you may never see any of it again.
So, wanna buy a watch?
tell me what you think in the comments below.
-Justin
PS if you want to buy something, I have a couple of great products in my affiliate stable that I really like, Blog Post Engineering and How to Build an E-book. Check them out if you are interested. I also have my first Fiction Saturday e-book, Death With a Vengeance, available. If you have some cash waiting to be used that is. At least you will get something, and hopefully not just used bytes on your hard drive.
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