Motivational Speaker?

One thing I seem to find myself doing in business a lot - especially when it comes to other people doing hosting / design is talking about new ideas for their business, pointing in a new direction that could enhance productivity, increase profits, and make some free time for life, family, etc. Today I found myself writing a email to a client/reseller who was giving himself a pity party that he was a one man show - and I reminded him so was I, granted I do have a support of great friends, who pray for me, and check in on me, but on some projects it is just me - but just encouraged him to look at hosting/design work he does to decide if it is something he really feels he can do or wants to do - as he has several other areas of his business which do very well.

I think over the last 5 years that has been my own goal as I always looked for ways to free time, make billing quick & easy, expand operations (thanks to some great friends online who do word of mouth advertising) - but it is always fun to share my knowledge! I think it is indeed a matter of my faith - way I see it is this is not something I ever dreamed of doing, being a sys-admin for 12 servers (13 soon) - it was never in my skill set, it was never something I woke up in the morning and said “You know… I think I want to stay up late nights, repairing servers, trying to stay ahead on security, and not sleep for 3 days…” honestly it was never my plan - I was never a programmer, I was a casual scripter - I was good at setting up websites, design, print, web, corprate presence (shirts, cups, mousepads) - One of my original gigs long long long long ago was a site called Singles4Jesus - I was a Sophmore in highschool - guy liked my work, I got the job - design is awesome I mean the original layout for JustMeMusic - that was awesome fun! Laying out the characters, but also doing my best to uphold BigIdea’s design standards… a challenge, but fun! God has always blessed me with the knowledge to bless others with my talents he has given me so I truly attribute it to faith.

So entering my 5th year of biz, this year while I still plan to work very much on helping clients, one of the key people I am working on is Me. For 5 years I have sat this now large butt in front of a computer screen - gained weight, got terribly out of shape, horrible diet of “Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, whatever else I can find open at 3AM” - also above my physical health, focusing on my mental health as well - getting into some of my anxiety issues, looking at possiblities of traveling around for starters California (whatever is left of it after this storm) - but maybe venture out further into the states, maybe on work, maybe just to “See” somewhere else - I hear TN is nice in the spring?

But this year I want to focus on getting out there, making new friends, maybe meet a few friends from online - epxand my comfort zone a bit, and who knows, maybe find the love of my life - not saying go get married instantly - but maybe meet that someone who I am to spend my days here on earth with and share a life, love and family with - may the Lord have mercy on her - I am a big nerd

So to close up this post for today, I am jazzed about Friday - heck I may go into the gym tommorow after 5 and do some time on the treadmill, get myself in shape, and see if that helps some with the anxiety - it’s amazing, only 5 days left as of tommorow, what will I do with myself?

Oh and tommorow - possibly news on a new camera, doing research on a new one for both personal relaxing and for cleaner shots at my sister’s wedding.

Crazy from the album “Spoken For” by Mercyme