“How Big a Boy Are Ya?”
My son Alexander is a big boy no doubt, but I never had put things into perspective until his recent class picture. He is without a doubt the biggest kid in his class.
If you cant figure out which one he is go see an optometrist…
So Much Going On - Ready for a break…
I need a vacation. No work just mindless activities with no schedule. My daily regimen is taking a toll. I have so much going on with work, kids and my online business it is starting to wear me down some. I don’t think I have a type A personality but one is starting to creep in to the point of being cynical at times.
The bad thing about having so many different things going on it makes it hard to do one thing exceptionally well. I put being a father to my children first in my daily priorities, but other task are interfering with this largest priority in my life. It is not a bad thing that I am busting my ass to make things better for them in the future, but at what expense?
I will wake up one morning and realize that the kids have a life of their own that does not include me in their daily plans. I am already experiencing that to some extent with my oldest children. Benjamin and Rebecca are now young adults and living their life on their terms, which I expected they would, while the younger three are still very reliant on me for everything and because of this reliance I am forced to be away from them during the best times of the day with them.
I have planned a vacation with the whole gang after the youngest ones are out of school for the summer. Nothing really extravagant but it will be 5 days with with the whole gang having no schedule and no place to be at a certain time. Hopefully we can enjoy some uninterrupted family time with the whole gang present.
Going Coastal - Spring Break
Well spring break is about over and with my new position as an Internet Sales Manger at Carl Gregory in Brunswick we had to sacrifice our customary trip to Wild Adventures in exchange for a trip to the beach. While a trip to the beach for many is a once in a lifetime event we are fortunate to live “Coastal”, so it is always available to us.
Sometimes we take these things for granted. Living in the middle of so many natural resources we overlook obvious inexpensive family outings. This was Preston’s first visit while Tyler and Alex have been to the beach a few times it was a great inexpensive family outing.
This trip reminded me why I chose to stay in this area and not take advantage of opportunities in other parts of the country. We have a
moderate winter climate and I just love the water. After moving inland a few years ago I had forgotten how much I actually love the beach and all of the things that it entails living close to it. So now we have decided to buy a new home within walking distance of the water while the real estate market is getting hammered down in Brunswick, Georgia.
We found a nice property today that needs some repairs and are going to make an offer on it tomorrow. I hope we they take our offer, because it will allow us to casually sell our current home and not worry about being in a financial bind as we make the transition to “Going Coastal” and having the freedom to casually stroll the beaches at the end of a long day.
Everywhere I go things are happening…
Since returning to the work force as an Internet Sales Manger I meet new interesting people daily and am enriched from the experience. You get to learn the dynamics of other peoples lives in their family life and business life and open yours up to them. It is a give and take and how you adapt to these interactions can enrich you or cause you to lose faith in many things.
I am a perpetual optimist who happens to be a bit too pragmatic at times. An oxymoron to say the least, but that is who I am. I find it humorous when people try to hide their weaknesses by attacking others. We have all seen it in our daily lives and am not going to delve into examples here. On the other side of that is when people realize their mistakes and use those as stepping stones to improve themselves and contributions to society, mistakes are the best learning tool we have.
Some of the things that have been going on around me lately in my life has caused me to reexamine some of my long term goals and it is due to interactions with others. In the near term I do plan on maintaining my position as an Internet Sales Manager and keep my options open. The rising cost of my son’s health care is casing me to realize the importance low cost health insurance, which spawned my return to the automobile industry and the networking opportunities that have resulted in this reentry into the regular workforce have proven bountiful.
My long term goal is to take the knowledge that I am developing and transform it into a niche business inside of a very lucrative marketplace as an Automotive Online Marketing Consultant and it is coming to fruition a lot faster than I had planned and has placed me at a crossroads and now must make a decision to move forward with that goal or happily do what I am doing and enjoy the comfortable success I have found.
I have the opportunity to partner with a leading automotive training firm as a consultant to develop some core products and to provide hands on training in dealerships across the country and the fears that are associated with entering the arena of the unknown or to remain in a position of omnipotence and answering only to myself.
Decisions, decisions, both roads are less traveled either way I am in for a bumpy ride, hopefully though it will not be in a circle like this blog post..
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