Making Some Changes And Gifted Myself A Wooden Cigar Box

June 9, 2010 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Business continues to be abysmal so I’ve decided to make some pretty serious changes that have gone really well and I gifted myself a really nice, cherry red wooden cigar boxes that I’m obviously using to store my prized cigars in. More on the cigars later but for now a bit about the biz…

Like I said business just continues to be abysmal so I decided to go the freelance and independent contractor route. I found a few websites online where you can look for freelance work and I went to town. The pay is not really good but it’s become a consistent source of income for me.

The thing I really don’t like is that #1 you don’t get paid all that well and you also have to go out and find and get the work by submitting offers and proposals to potential employers. Outside of that I’m really happy that I can get and find work this way. I’m actually doing with my business exactly what I originally intended to do. One business is a long-term product based business and the other is supposed to be more like a job that provides a steady income. I’m not sure where but somewhere along the line my second corp also turned into a long-term business…

Anyhow I’m going back to my original business plan and things are going well. So well that like I stated above I bought myself a wooden cigar box to keep my cigars fresh.

I don’t smoke too many cigars because they’re expensive and bad for you but I do have a friend that owns a cigar shop so he gives me the cigars at his cost which is awesome. Nothing like a fine cigar and a smooth brandy to finish off a log day of work!

Feel like I’m more in control of my ship

April 4, 2010 Uncategorized 2 Comments

For months now I’ve felt like I’ve been out of control and while I probably have been I found myself telling the wife last night that I actually feel a little more in control these days.

Actually what I told her was that I feel a little more in control of my ship these days. The analogy obviously being to that of a ship captain…

Previously I felt like I was following a set course and I felt like I didn’t know if what I was doing would lead me to where I wanted to go. I was following a business plan that I had seen work before through personal experience and while I added my own twists and variations the core of the pan remained the same.

Like I’ve said before I may not have the money that other entrepreneurs may have but I definitely have the desire and the hard work ethic and mentally all I needed to know was that i was on the track. Unfortunately like I spoke about in my last post you don’t normally get that in business.

But finally after months of entrepreneurship I feel feel like I have a better grasp of everything… like I’m more in control of my ship like I told the wife the other day.

And the crazy thing of it all is I really don’t why. My instinct tells me that it’s just experience starting to take over a little bit and maybe just feeling a little more comfortable and relaxed in my world of disarray.

Sorry for the rambling in this post but my brain starts to feel like jello after being awake for about 18 hours. Happens all the time… I know exactly when I’ve been up for far too long!