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Burnout
I am totally burned out on my job, and I need to explore why. […]
How should I use this blog?
I’m at a loss here. I am cranking out blogs faster than posts, it seems. […]
Organic Brewfest
This has been, once again, my most successful event of the year. I got a booth, paid for by my big Fortune 100 company, and hired some people to do chair massage for ten bucks an hour. As people passed they would hear me call, "Free chair massage!" They came over out of curiosity, and filled out a form to get a car insurance quote in exchange for the free massage. Because everyone was drinking beer and relaxed, they were [...]
Writers dojo sales
I am getting ready for a big push on the writers dojo sales. July 1 will be my pitch day. I will give my pitch to twenty five different people, all in one day. I have had enough practice. I'm ready to make some serious money. Jeff, over at the Writers Dojo, is putting together a project called Why St Johns. Its about why people do business in St Johns, and what makes the community unique. It's local, it's exciting, [...]
Odd solstice
On summer solstice it rained. I wore a jacket. The longest day of the year, and the weather was such that it made it difficult to free run through my city. My city. Portland. A place where parkour is suddenly a seasonal sport. I cannot traverse the cityscape when its railings are wet. My shoes do not have a grip on the slickness that once enamored me to this city. Have I grown beyond it? Is it time for a [...]
Warming up
I have to get my ebook off the ground. I have done some great manifestation, work, now it is time to put it together. I need a schedule. I need a launch date. I need a launch plan. I need a sales page for my website. I need the blog attached and running. And I need ads ready to go. This is a modest list, and totally doable in the next thirty days. I will break it up into chunks: [...]