2009

I’m not a big holiday guy. The end of the year is especially stressful. Mostly holidays are about bullshit marketing and retail sales. New Years is no different. Watch the rush of people at 24 Hour Fitness as they get a jump on their get in shape and loose weight goals. Give ‘em a week, they’ll be gone and it will be back to normal.

Therefore, I don’t do resolutions or anything else that smacks of saying a bunch of shit you aren’t going to follow through with. But then sitting around saying well it’s all bull so I won’t do anything. I’ll just be the same piece of crap I was last year; that’s not very smart either.

So, I’m thinking about some things I would like to accomplish next year. Things I would like to aquire next year. A way I would like to be next year. Am I falling into a trap? Maybe. Will I be there January 1 at 24 Hour Fitness….Yes. Fuck.

Commitment to Reading

I have a history of buying books and not reading them. Or starting them and not finishing. I love books and I love book shopping, especially shopping at an actaual book store. But lately, I love buying books more than reading them.

As part of a general improvement of self I have made a new commitment to reading. I want to read everyday and get through several books a month. I’m not putting a hard and fast goal on it. Already in the past few months I have read more books than I have all of last year, so I’m off to a great start. I am mixing it up, including fiction, and non-fictions. Business books and motivation/self improvement books. I’ll probably be reading more than one thing at a time.

Currently I am reading 13 Bullets by David Wellington. It is a vampire story with lots and lots of violence as Scott Sigler would say. I’m enjoying it and would highly recomment it.

My Office is a Coffee Shop

My business, Connected World Media is starting to take off and as it does I find myself meeting with more people. Since I work out of the house and I am currently working with other small businesses, my office has become various coffee shops around town.

I see plenty of other people working on laptops and I have to assume they are also home-based business folks or sales people who spend most of their time on the road. There is a good business here catering to we mobile workers.

If you want my business, here are my requirements:

Free Wi-fi Internet: This is the basis for any business and without it you can’t do much. Starbucks foolishly charges for wi-fi and therefore does not get my business. There are too many places that offer it for free.

Good coffee: It’s a staple of late night bloggers and Internet marketing professionals everywhere. And after all, it’s a coffee shop, you should at least have good coffee.

Variety of Food: Often these meetings are around breakfast or lunch so having some kind of food available is nice.

Comfortable Atmosphere: Plenty of comfy chairs or couches and not too loud please. Most are not prepared for it, but lots of power plugs are greatly appreciated as well.

The mobile worker is a serious market. Coffee shops and small restaurants should pay attention. Help us do business and we will bring business to you.