Back on Track

Ok back to work, full of sunshine and blues. Had a great time with my friend visiting. Time to get back to normal today: puttering around here, catching up, and starting to listen to the podcasts and webinars to move ahead with the website project full speed. Fill my head with positives instead of negatives.

Listened to Brian Rodgers teleconference and then Sam Crowley "6 Days to Saturday" and "Every Day is Saturday" today, took notes, revised my planning process, and action plan. Sam Crowley resonates with me.
He has many more podcasts at http://motivation.podomatic.com/

He and I have both wanted get on with life since we were kids. We both left school several times, etc. We both have stamina and work ethic but I have not gotten there yet, where I am working on what I love.
Sam Crowley talks about J O B
Journey to Broke
Jump outta Bed

MBA
Miserable Broke and Annoying
Man it's a 30 week party with a 6 Grand Cover

This how I have always felt. I spent most of my career fixing what the quote, unquote educated have screwed up. And listening to friends and family tell me I should go get that education???

What have I done? Been everything from a Receptionist (eventually became the Office Manager there) to various kinds of Accountant according to my titles. What did I actually do? Forensic accounting (finding problems and fixing them), training staff, recreating paperflow, computer conversions, writing manuals, and acting as the resident IT help desk for employees. In the meantime I have had websites dating back to January 2000 and blogs started since then. Also maintained and tweaked websites for employers. Now I need to make money at it.

Need to get back to making lists, planning my work and working my plan. Have to listen to Steven Covey again too. Time to starting making time for more positive thinking. I have had some bad habits developing this summer. Time to readjust.

Tomorrow will be a day trip to Madison to complete a school obligation. I did aptitude testing previously and this appointment is for the counseling provided with it. I may still try to take some classes in the January semester for programming websites purposes. No point in closing any doors right now.

Wednesday will be webinar in the afternoon. In the meantime, just catching up around the house because I didn't do any housework while I had company. No point in letting the house get away from me. It will be easier to stay focused on work if life is appealing around here.

Synopsis

Let's see . . . since I last posted June and July just flew: I visited with my sister and her family for a long weekend, went to Summerfest with friends for $2 Tuesday (happened to be the day Buddy Guy was playing), then had my son and daughter in law at my house for a week, and jumped through all the official hoops, but I can't make it into school for fall since all the Technology classes are full (with waiting lists for every section).

BTW last year those same classes were NOT full, but the joblessness of the area has filled them prior to my application. I had my annual visit from my uncle. I also tried catching up with some friends (one is dying and one is moving across the country).

After losing my job I started corresponding with someone online and we finally made it out for lunch together. What a nice guy! We just have to see when we can get together again.

Today I'm having a friend out for a long weekend, next weekend she and I are going to a blues festival for which we scored free tickets, and then going to visit my friend who is moving at the end of the month. In the meantime, I either need a job or to get my website up and paying me. Going to pursue both with new vigor. I did get another webinar in there somehow. The school thing is a dead issue till January although I will pursue the funding to make sure that is in place.

It's way late, but I just was paying bills online and catching up with email. I have been using both Papebackswap.com and the local library to fill my music, audiobook, and reading habits. Both can be expedited online with ease. I often listen to audiobooks or music while I am online. Currently I'm listening to Ann of Green Gables and I just finished Snowball (the biography of Warren Buffett). I need a few fun ones now since that one was 30 Cd's full of information.

Delving into the masses of books I own is worth it, for those gems set aside for later. Someday I will get all pared down. I know it gets better all the time but it's taking sooo long. Ebay needs me to kick it up a gear too! Time for those back to school shoppers to start. Then its full speed into the holidays!