Why did I force myself to come to this networking event? This young professional networking event. No one is acknowledging my existence. I rushed to my apartment after work to iron a fresh collared shirt and dress slacks. I even had my loafers professionally shined. I took a shower an hour ago. I brushed my…

I failed. Let’s just get that out of the way. I failed my board exam. An exam that I never wanted to take, but did so because of my family. Yeah. But as I was talking to Shannon and looking at the wonder of Ava’s eyes, I knew that this would get me to where…

It’s the only thing that matters. Fuck Everybody else. Let me explain: Depending on others for your own well-being will get you spinning out of control. The time you are spinning out of control is only dependent on when the fuck decide to you wake up, look yourself in the mirror and follow your own…

Lately, I’ve been up and down with business. It’s been tough to get new clients. Especially folks who don’t know me and how some of my current clientele has died off. But truly, I’m okay with that. It’s best that I try to find people who are about my brand and don’t mind spending money…

The year has started. The first month is almost finished. I’m selling coffee. But I still feel confused. I feel like Mark at the end of the story. There, at the beach, thinking about his life and all the positive things to come his way. Oh yeah. Mark. Who the fuck is Mark. Mark is…

The dream of it all. The dream of starting and having a successful coffee roasting business is something I haven’t thought about in some time. I don’t know what it looks like. Well, I should. But it’s been a long time since the initial push. But what was that dream? It was and still is…

I’ve been meaning to write a post earlier in the week. But I have to remember that just writing is the most important part. I have alot of things in my head. But for now I will just talk about the state of my business. The state of the business: it’s okay. To put it…

The business is Coffee Roasting. The angle, let’s talk about that. See.

It’s been nearly two weeks since I finished the editing of my second manuscript. The whole process took me roughly 6-7 weeks. Nearly everyday, I managed to do 2 pages or more of editing. In the beginning it was hard, the middle I picked up momentum and at the end my head was fried. When…

The moment I knew I was ready to charge for my photography and knew I was a good photographer, was when I stopped chasing the carrot of perfection. Anything that we learn, there is a degree of technical skills that needs to be mastered in order to truly develop the creative process. In the beginning,…

The journey. Is everything. I’m in the process of picking my business venture. I’ve talked to my mentor about it and he suggested that I right down each of the pros and cons of each idea. I’m doing that now and it is going well. I think I’ve already know which one I’m moving strongly…

When I was a kid growing up, for some reason, it didn’t seem weird to me at all, that we would use our dishwasher as storage. I figured out later that it was broken and my parents never used one in the first place ever since they moved to the states, it was a non-issue.…

I don’t know if it’s instincts or just the fact that I am always looking to grow. So, the bug to grow again has hit me. In this case, it’s about truly having a business that gives me the freedom to do the things that I currently do on a part time basis and many…

It was more than a year a half ago since I’d taken this photograph. It was weeks after going to a workshop and still had that inertia of taking photographs. I went during my lunch hour to just explore. Sometimes I have an idea of what I’ll be photographing, but this day I didn’t. I…

Well this starts the case study on myself that deals with starting a successful business. Anyone can start a business, but can you do it successfully? Lol, I’ve failed at many attempts and the thing that I’ve learned from the experiences is that nothing will ever get done repeating the same task multiple times and…

This is by far the most important stage of all. All of it is important, but if you don’t get this right, you will be kicking your knee cap off because you have been wasting your time with everything else after this point. I like the image of a chicken with his head cut off.…

The year is half way complete and I’ve been having a good one. I’ve figured out plenty of things and throughout the six months, I’ve taken multiple breaks. Last year I would drive myself crazy and burn out and then I was forced to take a break because I just couldn’t bring myself to enough…

This month is almost done and I’m sure you are wondering what I’ve been up to lately. Well, not much of anything, just working on part of my marketing plan that took a couple of weeks to write and now I’m in the “set-it-aside-and-do-something-else” phase. I always try to think of something spectacular to write…

Why the fuck do men flush the toilet before peeing in it? It makes more sense to me to pee first, then flush the toilet. It shouldn’t matter if a little bit of yellow is in the can in order for someone to pee. Besides, by someone first touching and pressing down on the crazy…

This actual challenge has been swimming in my head for the past two months. I thought it was a good idea for me to see if it is even possible, now is the time for me to just go out and see if it even is. This challenge I’m about to embark in is the…

If I was to count all of the hours I’ve been spending on my side hustle, I wouldn’t be doing it. Really, it is alot of work, more work most of the time than my actual job. I think about it constantly, I’m making sure all of my customers are taken care of. I want…

For the past couple of weeks. Hell, I lie. For the past month or so I’ve been craving and experimenting with coffee. It’s my new love and I don’t think it is something that is going away. Not only do I benefit from the great and sometimes horrible coffees that I taste, it’s the process…

I really do love the blank page. Something about not having shit on it and me taking the time to spit out something, is magical. Sure this sounds crazy and I’m just thinking out of my mind, but something about nothing and giving it some effort to turn it into something: inspires me. I think…

It was a couple of weeks ago when my editor finished the first half of my novel. He told me that it needed a couple of things done to it and what I needed to work on, but he said it was fine and that alot of people would be able to relate to the…

I started on Monday. I didn’t even want to. I was dreading the process. Even though my manuscript is only 100 Microsoft Word pages, it seemed like a crappy task to take on. Did I really need to edit my work for one last time? I kept asking myself that question. I paid an experienced…

It has been some time since I’ve written and specifically about networking. I tried to get a post out yesterday but it sounded so angry and complaint-driven that I bailed on it. The thing about networking that I’m learning is that it isn’t overnight. No matter my motives of helping people in their business or…

It’s been more than 2 weeks since I’ve started on my networking path. Like anything that is done, it’s hard stuff, but very rewarding once you start getting a bite. So far, no bite. (Note: This was last week with no bites, this week is a different story.) I was going to introduce this one…

…bullshit. That hasn’t worked for me at all. Sure I could do some SEO, or spam the hell out of people on twitter (which I haven’t used in over a year and a half) or constantly harass the people I know. However, that wouldn’t do anything for me because I’m still staying in my comfort…

I was talking to a friend a couple of days ago about what I feared the most right now. It took me some time to think of that very thing, but when I thought about it it was clear to me that I needed to understand what I was saying and how that could actually…

Second half of the year. Yep. The first half of the year is gone and many good things has happened and also some shitty things. I know that to be the case and now me and everyone else can reflect and get a move on what it is that they want to do for the…