Blog, or not to blog, that is the question...

I realized that now that I'm revisiting my blog after the year sabbatical, I should do some recapping of 2010.
Hmmm, where to begin...   Well, my business is growing slowly.  I finished a few contracting jobs...not enough to make me rich, but enough to pay most of my day to day bills.  (I haven't had to donate plasma for about a year now.)  I took, and graduated from, a micro entrepreneurial (small business) class.  I have big hopes for my business in 2011.

I am still single.  I still haven't met the "right one".  It's tough being older, and single.   Mother Nature's cruel joke on the young middle aged man is that I still have the desires of  a young man; In my case, I still have the health of a younger man; yet, I look like the typical middle aged dude.  So the young hotties won't have anything to do with me.  In their eyes, I am too old.  I stopped visiting the singlesnet, eharmony, etc., websites.  I did meet, and go out a few times with an older woman.  She was 47, but it never panned out into anything.  I find that most older women are either too cynical, or too "reserved".  I figure, if it will happen, it will happen.  It would be nice to share my life with someone, but, being single will do for now.

I need to look forward to the future...2011 being the immediate future.  My 2011 goals are:

1. Save my house from going into foreclosure, through financing or refinancing.
2. Grow my business though networking, advertising, and web promotions.
3. Take my ex-wife back to court to get my child support and visitation with my daughter modified.  That would translate into spending more time with my daughter.
4. Get caught up on all my obligations, financial, emotional, mental, relational, etc...

Those are my Main Goals. 

My lesser goals would be to:

1. Get another motorcycle, preferably, a Harley. (And ride as often as possible)
2. Find someone to start a rlationship with, and share my life and experiences with.
3. Spend time remodeling my house. (I actually enjoy this)
4. Get more involved with family, friends, and community.
5. And I suppose it should be a goal to try to keep up my blog...


More later...

Spring Forward, Spring Cleaning, Inspiration and a new beginning!

I started my blog over a year ago, with all the great intentions of contributing regularly.  But something happened...Life.  The day to day realities of life hit me head on day, after day, after day.  I know that's no excuse, I'm sure I could have found a few minutes here or there to jot a new thought into my blog.  But, as the saying goes, "The road to Hell is paved with great intentions."  What prompted me to get off my ass, and spend a few moments to contribute to my own blog, was a chance meeting with an exceptional young woman.  I was installing a new washer and dryer at her sisters house, while she was babysitting there.  We sparked up a conversation, and I was immediately impressed with here apparent grasp on thoughts that were (or should have been) beyond her chronological age of understanding.  She mentioned that she blogs on her website regularly.  I, on the other hand, tried to impress her with my boring stories of my glory days. (Did you catch the Springstein analogy?)  Before leaving, she asked me to check out her blog, and give her my impressions and feedback. I half-heartedly agreed that I would.  But, as fate would have it, I did actually browse her blog, and was amazed at the content.  Her blog was filled with motivational thoughts and references.  It inspired me...yes, ME.  I haven't been "inspired" in quite a long time.  This young woman has such great potential.  I hope she takes her potential, mixes in the motivation transcribed in her blogs, and takes the next step of converting it all to action...If she does this the skies the limit for her...As for me, she got me to contribute to my blog, after all this procrastination and delay. As for the feedback comments I gave her, here is what I wrote:

"Mao, I’ve read all your blog entries going back to the first ones here, and have to say, you have a great mind for someone still so young. There are 3 kinds of people I have encountered in my life…People who think great thoughts…People who do great things…and those rare individuals who are able to think great thoughts AND do great things. I, myself, have spent most of my life “doing” things, without giving them much thought. You seem to be “thinking” things, but not “doing” things. I believe you have the potential to become one of those rare individuals that will be able to think and do great things. You still have the advantage of youth on your side. I would like to see you rise up and be the next Tony Robbins, or something even greater. I started a blog over 2 years ago, and maybe made 2 or 3 entries into it. I had great intentions to keep it up, but life got in the way. It’s a tricky balancing act, juggling the realities of life, with the ideology's of the mind. I believe you have the talent, and through the proper mentoring, will learn the skills to achieve success. I hope you will contact me sometime to discuss all your blog entries, and discuss the future of your success!"


I hope this encourages her to continue her blogging and takes it all to the next level of action.  And, I hope my action of finally returning to, and writing in, my blog, will continue on a regular basis, based on the inspiration I received from and exceptional young woman.