Giving up games...

Man, like the 12th time in my life giving up games.

I thrill of crushing another in competition...
Hearing someone claim to be the best of the best...
Demonstrating their faults in a few minutes...
Getting accused of cheating and laughing in their face...
The edge of pushing yourself a little better then normal to overcome difficult odds...
Acting like the best of the best knowing your under skilled in comparision...
Breaking out with that hit a luck and running with it...
Destroying the enemy...
To be crushed with a last minute smash to the face and losing it all...

MAN i miss the adrenaline rush of gaming. I didn't want to quit gaming, I just lost internet in the house for the last 3 weeks. After a week of trying to game through the internet on my cell phone I just gave up, there's no way to be competitive with super slow internet. Time to focus on more useful goals for a bigger and better life.

Moving houses

Well it's Official, I'm moving out of my home in Sacramento. I'm moving from this 1250 duplex where I pay 300 for my own room to a place that is 1200 where I will pay 200 for the garage. I am going to be able to build my own room which is what I'm really excited about. It's going to become a sound proof studio! I'm going to be able to practice singing late at night without getting Home Owner Association fines and notices to attend "court" for noise violations any more.

The plan: Get free carpet, cardboard, mattresses, coffee bean bags, and pvc pipe, wood pallets, nails, staple gun, and build the practice room of my dreams for as close to free as possible. Take the moving truck Saturday/Sunday and pick up as much free stuff as possible

The schedule: Currently on a trip to LA for thanksgiving, come back move into new house Saturday, leave Sunday/Monday/Tuesday on a business road trip to Los Angeles again. Come back and leave to Nashville, TN for business convention, back to Sacrament for 1-2 weeks to build room and then off to ___? for Christmas break.
I have a feeling it's not going to be done till next year.

But WHOO HOOO I'm excited about building a sound proof studio to sleep and practice in!!! Pictures to come when I move in!

Getting Things Done

I'm here in Sacramento doing direct marketing in a management trainee program. The goal is to learn to open a marketing office in a year. I'm also studying music on the side and practicing performing to become a singer/performer.

As allot of people say "Go Big or Go Home."

So next step for me is to study David Allen's "Getting Things Done," a methodology of organizing huge lists of to-do lists, hordes of information and the million projects we all want to accomplish.

I've been listening to the audio book in bed before going to bed and I think I'm starting to dream about all the new thought processes. I give it a few weeks and I'm going to finally overcome my time management problems.

Do music and business to make allot of money and become a famous performer in 2 years, Keep your eye on me =D.

Sorting My Priorities

Allot of people I know have read this theory and I find myself constantly thinking about this story over and over. Recently I lead a crew meeting using this theory and thought I'd share it.

In First Things First, Stephen Covey tells a great story:
One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." He then pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table. He produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them one at a time into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?"

He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing it to work down into the space between the big rocks. Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied.

He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand and started dumping the sand in the jar until it filled the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good."

Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point."

"The truth this illustration teaches us is that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Your children, your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching others, doing things that you love, your health; your mate. Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat about the little stuff then you'll fill your life with little things and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff."big

So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.

Big Rocks:
Succeed in my Management Training Program
Become A Star Performer
Manage to schedule time to do both
Manage my money to pay off Student Loans, Credit Cards, and other Debt I've ignored during my crazy adventures so far in California

Small Rocks:
Find Time to Street Perform
Practice Guitar/Violin
Exercise and gain some freaking weight!

Pebbles:
Fall in Love, move in with a stranger and let it throw my entire life into whack

Welcome to Sacramento

Here I am in Sacramento, CA. It's been a month of me being here now. I came with a group of friends to open up a new marketing office out here. My dream is to one day become a performing singer. My goal is to become a successful manager of people. Once I can successfully manage myself, I will be able to turn my dream into an actual goal.

Short Term Goal: Balance and manage my money, student loans, credit card debt and start saving up to be able to get voice lessons, a speaker and mic, and repair this iPod mini I found free.

Mid Term Goal: Become a successful at training, selling, and interviewing at my marketing job while scheduling time to actually practice and study the art of performing and marketing myself on stage to an audience.

Long Term Goal: Decide if I really want to open my marketing office or chase my fuzzy dream of becoming a performing singer.



Short Short Term Goal: Write down my goals, my little steps, my big steps, my failures, and my successes down online for myself to keep track of.