Archive: goals
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Mar 15, 2011
34 CommentsHow Everyday People Change the World
In Part 2 of my Legacy Project, we'll be going into the how's by talking to people that have done it already. I am beginning a bi-monthly series of posts where I’ll interview ordinary people who have made extraordinary differences in their communities. We'll start small by focusing on change at the local level,...
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Feb 17, 2011
5 CommentsTaking Action Update Feb 18, 2011
Every Friday, I am supposed to take a moment to recap what I have accomplished over the last week so that I can look back and see how far I have actually come since beginning this blogging business. These weekly updates are meant to help me stay accountable. Which is probably why, I haven't been...
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Feb 08, 2011
27 Comments24 Simple Ways to Save Money
Americans and spending. Sometimes it makes you want to cry at how we’re trading our lives to work so we can buy more stuff! I should know. I have almost $20K in debt myself as we speak and that doesn't include my car. Thank goodness I don't also have a mortgage! Here are some dismal...
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Dec 24, 2010
5 Commentsspending time with family outweighs business time
I took this week off of work to fly out to Florida to spend the holidays with my family and my plan was to take advantage of the time and get a lot of work done on this blog and CityVids.tv. Well it didn’t exactly happen that way. We’ve been out and about doing things...
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Dec 09, 2010
Comments Off on a life set free!a life set free!
I finally settled on a name for this blog! As much as it pains me to give up the Cats and Starfish name, I think that A Life Set Free is a bit more descriptive of what I’ll be talking about. What exactly will I be talking about? I’ll be talking about the actions I...
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Oct 26, 2010
Comments Off on it’s not that i’m lazyit’s not that i’m lazy
So for the last few years, I have been feeling very entrepreneurial, looking for that next big idea and trying to pay attention to the different kinds of businesses and especially the ones that I can work on from anywhere. The thing is, I know that with our business, CityVids.tv, we HAVE a great idea,...
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Oct 21, 2010
Comments Off on organized chaos. or how rules aren’t necessarily a good thing.organized chaos. or how rules aren’t necessarily a good thing.
We just got back from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico last night and while we were there, the topic came up about the way Mexicans drive in the city. It’s a bit scary as they drive fast and really close to each other. In particular, I was really impressed with our cab driver. While we were stuck...