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So, What Did I Accomplish and Learn About Myself in 2009?
This year has been great and I learned so much about myself and what I can do if I set few goals and saw what happened. These are some of the highlights of my year. No internet for 2 weeks. Read a book in a day. Did a crazy cardio challenge for a whole week.…
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The Trip to the East Coast: Detroit to New York…Solo Road Trip…All I Want to do is Get Lost…
I have been thinking about this for some time. Everything made sense, when I sat down and decided what I wanted to do for a 4-5 day stretch. I could chill in Houston and be totally rested, travel to California that I have done so many times, I could visit friends who I haven’t talked…
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Day 1 – Road Trip, East Coast: Part 1 of 2: Detroit
The first day was slow, but picked up quickly. It is hard to imagine how long a full day actually is. I woke up around 5 or 6. Started packing and took a shower. Loaded up on bagels (3), a pastry and a half, raisin brand cereal, decent coffee with sugar creme and my pick…
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2nd Quarter Review and What I’m Planning
This post was written 2 months ago and have been busy doing other things. It is funny, though, once you write something down, things start to happen and relatively quickly. The second quarter has come and past, I’m already into the discovery of my next step in my life. I’m not going to explain what…
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A Post Revisited: I Lost the Love…
A poem that still is true today. I wrote this poem over three years ago. I don’t know who goes back to reread my old stuff. I know it is hard to get past the typos, shitty grammar, and incorrectness of other things I wasn’t aware of back then. However, I’ve edited the post/poem and…
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Being More Work Productive: How Am I Going to Achieve This?
From Adam McFarland’s Latest Blog Post: “I value time and freedom over money. I didn’t leave my job to make more money…It was everything else that I wasn’t happy with – the purpose behind the work I was doing, the lack of freedom at a traditional 9 -5, and the bureaucracy of a system that…
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Part 3 of California Trip May ’09
The Last Bit of my Vacation This is the last post of my trip to California that happened a couple of weeks ago. I go back and forth when it is the best time to write my vacation trips. Some of them are right after, others are a couple of months later, and at times…
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My Writing Teacher Lied to Me!
It’s true… It all started almost a year ago, this was the time I was in between jobs and had 5 or so weeks off. I did some reading, tons of exercising, and writing here and there. I knew I was preparing myself to become a writer, before I made my declaration at the end…
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Lessons Learned from Drinking a Glass of Orange Juice
Whenever it is time for dinner I usually have a couple of glasses of whatever beverage besides water to drink with my meal. I drink water throughout the day and want to taste something different for a change. When I was sitting down one day at my old apartment eating my dinner and drinking my…
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A year in Review After Moving Out of My Parent’s Place
It has been a year and a month since I moved since I moved out of my parent’s house. I was 26 when I moved out, at first wanted my freedom, but also felt that I was going to become distance from my parents. My brother and I moved out with great expectations and wanted…