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Prioritizing and following through.

November 11, 2013 / / 6 Comments

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I have been sitting here all morning reading blog posts and crap from around the net.  I am having a hard time focusing on writing.  I need more sleep.   Jefferson Airplane is good tunes to write to.

Today, I have several things that I simply must get done.  I have been running around to various functions, doctors appointments and Transplant Clinics since Saturday.  As a result, my house is falling apart!  You may have read my stay at home dad stuff before, so that is why it is my responsibility to get it back together.  I am home to do it.

And then the Hooters come on.  And We Danced is one of my all time favorite songs.  See that is what today has been.  distraction after distraction.  Music is off.

Back to my point.  I don’t know if I ever made it but, Prioritizing must be important because there are over 2,480,000 entries on google about it.  I am not good at prioritizing but maybe I should be.

I have the proverbial planner that barely gets looked at.  I have a notecard in my pocket right now with all of the great and fabulous things that I need to do today.  I was conservative and not including making dinner, there were 8 things on my list.

I have done 2 things off of this list.  I guess I should have added Bath 3 year old, play dough with 3 year old, potty training sessions and my list would have been longer with more crossed off.

I look at this list and think all of the things on it should be Steven Covey’s number 1 priority.  I however, do not have 12 arms or 2 bodies to accomplish all of these things at once.  So I disregard priorities and  go for sequence.  What sequence can I be most efficient.  I guess dishes come before laundry because they stink.

I should hire a maid but that would mean I need to sell a hell of a lot more articles than I am right now.  So I am going to call this post finished.  For now.  I think I will revisit this topic at a later time.

I am working on the challenge put out on Zemalf’s Microblog to write 2 weeks worth of posts to keep in reserve for days like this.  That means 10 posts and not the three I have been working towards.  I am putting it out here and in writing so I will have some accountability and hopefully, will complete this soon.

I am going to write more tonight.  I hope to at least be 1 day ahead at all times.  If I can write tonight what will post in the morning then I can post at the same time each day and that can’t be bad right?

Join the fun and write lots of extra posts!  If all else fails you can be like James at the Infopreneur and post 2-3 per day until your supply runs out!

Until later, Cheers

Justin

Writing for Writings Sake

November 11, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Just have to keep it up I say to myself.  Just do it.  How do you ever expect to make anything as a writer if you don’t write?  That is where I am today.  I did get some great Christmas shopping done and a few other things that I needed to do, but it took me quite  the long time to get around to writing.

See I have this problem, I like to procratinate and talk alot.  I am full of …..well knowledge among other things.  I have spent way too much time reading or “researching” how to do things instead of just doing them.

I started kettlebell training last February.  I read a bit then got some small kettlebells.  Then I read.  and Read.  And Read.  Trained a little, and read a lot.  If knowledge of the kettlebell were worth anything tangible, I would be rich.  As it is I am somewhat stronger and do like to use them, but I spend way too much time reading about them and complaining about Jillian Michaels doing it wrong.  Bah.

I am getting the same way about my writing.  I am finally getting off of my duff to write a book that I hope can be published within a year.  I have read tons  of blogs on writing and blogs just to read.  I have written very little.  I have ideas, I have well researched dates to be somewhat historically accurate.  I have barely 1000 words written.

I started this blog to write.  To force myself to write something without consequences.  To write something where the only deadline is midnight.  To force myself to craft, to craft sentences that are coherent and a cohesive message each day.  I can do it.  I have always been able to write fairly well, at least that is smoke that has been blown at me since elementary school.

Hopefully I will accomplish a decent blog.  I am going to work on it.  I will at least write for me whether or not anyone else reads it.  I owe ME that much.  Maybe I will find something of myself in all of these pixels and HTML codes.

Write on,

Justin

You Are My Blog and You Will Submit To My Will!

November 11, 2013 / / 8 Comments

I have spent most of today working on setting up a shopping cart to handle the millions of orders that will be coming into my blog when I start to sell stuff.  Do I need to do this or should I just build a couple of pages and call it good?

At this point I am not sure.  It has been a bunch of work and I still don’t have much done.  I am seriously questioning my logic on this.  I think the thing that makes me the most mad is that I just can’t let it go and let it beat me right now.  Damn you PHP I will reach into your guts and squeeze until I get what I want.

Wow what a rant I had prepared but it has now all but fizzled out.  I designed a new logo, figured out a new drawing program, made some buttons, and now I am going to shelve the whole works for a couple of days.  I need to write and get out and comment on some blogs!  I need to wait until I actually have a product to offer.

Quick poll, does a professional looking shopping cart make any difference to you or do paypal buttons get the job done and suffice?  Please give me some input either here in comments, or by email, or by pony express, or by signing up for my newsletter! (First issue on St Patricks Day!)

I may not be an authority on WordPress yet, but I refuse to let it dictate the way my blog will behave!  That is why I moved from WordPress.com to .org, so that I could have total control over my site.  It is kind of funny to think about that because I am not generally that controlling.  But I will rule this blog with an Iron fist and throw the interlopers overboard!

Have I ever mentioned, I really like pirates?  BTW Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19th.

So the long and short of it is this, no matter who you are, you need to own your blog, your site and your online experience.  The hardest part is to look inside yourself and find the drive and resolution to grab that blog by the throat and throttle it until it says “Uncle!”  And if you don’t, I will be by to pillage your site soon.

Let’s spread the word and the word is ARRRRRRR!!

Justin

finding things

November 11, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Hey there all.  It is supposed to be Poetry Tuesday but I have nothing for you right now except this:

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

The holiday’s are here,

Bah Humbug to you!

 

Lame I know but….Anyway, have you ever found something completely by accident and had no idea where it came from?   On your person more so than in your living room.  I was in the shower the other day and found a scratch on my leg that had some pretty significant scabs.  How did it get there? I don’t know.  All I know is I just found it.

Here is a question for you folks then, and it relates to blogging.  Have you been poking around your own blog and find that there is crap on it that you don’t remember knowing anything about?  Whether it is comments waiting for approval or spam deletion or updates on plugins or even someone has posted something that no one should have been able to post, is it time that you looked into some more security?

Now this is not going to turn tutorial to keep you blog safe.  There are plenty other sites out there that do a better job than I could.  I just want to say that you should look into at least changing your password once in a while.  Don’t get caught unawares and lose all of your hard work.

I would love to hear your thoughts.

Please remember to head to Amazon.com through my affiliate link over on the right there and if you are feeling generous, there is a donate button right here:

Thanks for all of your support, this site will be ported just as soon as I can get the new host set up.

Until next time,

Justin

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