I have received many e-mails and comments wanting to know what my daily routine is like. The thing is because I’m my own boss my routine changes all the time and it can be different each day depending on what I’m doing. Although my Sunday’s usually are always the same. I use Sunday as sort of a catch up and relax day. It is always good to have at least one relax day a week. You can’t be working 7 days a week, you will eventually get burnt out.
Relaxing
I never set an alarm on Sundays, I just sleep in till whenever I feel like getting up. I usually try to catch up on my blog reading on Sunday too. I have about 20 blogs in my bookmarks that I enjoy to reading so I usually sit out on my deck, enjoy the weather (if it’s nice) and read blogs for a few hours. Sundays for me also means a nice big lunch. Since I have more time on Sunday’s I usually make a big lunch that takes a while to make. That way I can sit and enjoy eating, not rush through it.
Catching Up
As I said I do not do a lot of work on Sundays, but I do get some work done. A lot of the time I get behind on e-mails, so I use the weekend to get caught up on them. I also use Sunday to research blog topics and article topics for ThinkComputers. Another part of Sunday is spent doing little tweaks to my websites like adding new features or redesigning. As many of you know ThinkComputers usually posts 5 reviews a week so I prepare Monday’s review on Sunday night. So it is not a lot of work on Sunday, but it is nice to be able to be productive in a relaxed atmosphere.
I recently got a Flip Ultra to review on ThinkComputers so I decided to make a video of my outside “workstation” (old computer chair), and show you the view from my apartment. If you enjoyed the video please let me know and I will continue to make more of them.
We all know John Chow has given some really cool things away like a LCD monitor and 10,000 Entrecard credits. Well this contest has to rank up there with some of his best. He has teamed up with Market Leverage to give away 4 great prizes all to one person! These prizes include a Flip video camera, $200 Market Leverage Amex card, iPod Nano, and a USB drive pen. All of the prizes combined equal out to over $500!
Entering is easy all you have to do is reply to the contest post on JohnChow.com, which will give you one entry into the contest. If you blog about the contest linking back to the contest post and Market Leverage you will get 5 entries into the contest. The contest runs until June 20th so get your entries in!
As most of you know the hockey season is now over. The Penguins were not able to bring the Cup back to Pittsburgh, but even though they lost in the finals you have to commend them on such a great season. Don’t forget that only 2 seasons ago the Penguins finished the season in second to last place. Seeing this team grow over the past 3 years has been amazing. Also seeing the city get behind the team is great. All you ever hear around here is something about the Steelers, it was good to see the Penguins and the sport of hockey get some attention. I’m not a bitter fan, Detroit deserved to win. They played better and really wanted to win.
Going into the playoffs I was unsure of how the Penguins would do, although they did have some experience from last year, it was not a lot. After they knocked out Ottawa it was very exciting. When we defeated the Rangers to head on to the Eastern Conference Finals it was an unreal feeling. When we defeated them to head to the Stanley Cup Finals it gave me butterflies (I was at the final game of the Philadelphia series). It would be the first time we had gone to the finals in 16 years! It was very exciting and the city was a buzz! Another funny thing was that the last time the Penguins won the Cup there was a Bush in office, a Clinton was running for office, and the Jets won the Super Bowl. Of course Hillary is not running anymore, but at the time she was. It was a weird coincidence.
Although the Penguins did not win it gives us a lot to look forward to next season. Hopefully we will be able to keep many of our key players. Malkin, Fluery, Hossa, Malone, and Orpik all need contracts, and those are just a few. Hopefully Shero can find some way to keep them all!
This hockey season was filled with so many great moments and long nights of me watching the games then listening to the post-game show on the radio. Going to the games was also a lot of fun and the atmosphere inside the arena is amazing, especially during the playoff games. The tickets were expensive, but you cannot put a price on that kind of feeling. Thanks for a great season Penguins!
Early this morning I was awakened by thunder and lightning flashes. I am a very light sleeper, almost anything will wake me up, so the thunder most definitely woke me up. I was lying in bed trying to fall back asleep and I heard thunder and lightning flashes every few minutes. Then about 5 minutes later they were so loud and the rain was so hard I had to go outside and check out the storm. Standing out on my deck I saw 3 lightning strikes right in front of me! I ran and got my laptop and jumped on Justin.tv so I could record the storm. I was lucky enough to catch lightning on the camera. Also you can tell how loud the thunder was! Too bad I was not able to get more video of the lightning, by the time I got my camera setup most of the storm had passed. Check out the video below!
A few weeks ago I talked about living the dot com lifestyle. I really enjoy living the dot com lifestyle and I’m so happy that I am able to make a living online. It was a big step for me to quit college and go full steam with the internet business and at the time I had doubts on if it would work out, but now I couldn’t imagine it any other way. While running your own business can be very stressful and you can easily lose motivation, but there are always positive points to what I’m doing and whenever I’m feeling stressed out I always remember them and think I could be working a regular 9-5. So here are the major reasons why I enjoy what I do.
Love My Job
I have always been interested in computers and the internet and I am glad that my job revolves around that industry. I really like that I am able to check out new gadgets each week and be able to go to conventions like CES and E3. Many people can say they like their job, but not that many can say they love their job, honestly I cannot see myself doing anything else.
I’m My Own Boss
The one thing that I really hated about all of my previous jobs were my boss’s. They always seemed to be pissed off all the time and always had a bad attitude and would take their frustrations out on me. There is nothing better than being your own boss, there is no one telling you what to do, yelling at you, and always looking over your shoulder.
Freedom
This probably has to be the thing that I enjoy the most about what I do. I’m not stuck inside an office every day from 9-5. I don’t have a set number of hours to work each day or week. I have no real schedule, which means if I want to stay up late I can, or if I want to sleep in till noon I can. Because I have freedom I am able to do things when I want and if you are able to do that you should be happy. I don’t have to worry about calling off work if something comes up I know I can just go.
The list of reasons why I enjoy what I do could go on and on, but these are the three most important to me. With good things there are bad, I will be following this post up with one on some of the bad things that go along with running your own business.
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