Lately business has been BOOMING! Honestly I didn’t think I would be this busy this fast. I hooked up with a buddy of mine that I met from the Idaho Web Marketing Meetups and he is throwing constant work at me, not to mention I’m getting plenty of clients from my website and craigslist posts.

Its great but at the same time its a big stress trying to keep on top of every project (13 to be exact) and keep everyone happy and treat them all equally. I don’t do most of the work ( I outsource it) but the managing is still enough to keep me busy all day everyday. My mind set on work kinda changed a little throughout this and work was becoming less fun with every passing second. I guess the main reason is because I haven’t had a work load like this yet, so I’m adjusting and trying to get comfortable with all this stuff on my plate. I’m getting better now, and I’m able to handle it all but at first (which would have been a little over a month ago) I was breaking out with zits from stress and wasn’t sleeping or eating right.

Ok enough with complaining, now for the goods…

I have been hiking every Sunday with my pal Jon Waraas and it has been a blast!! Probably the biggest stress reliever ever! I loving the outdoors and I got a new camera so I have been taking millions of pics to save for memories. I have seen a ton of animals while hiking but my favorite for sure was the mountain goat I saw two days ago. Here is a pic so you can see why… He is WAAAY up there!!

Last year wages were pretty pathetic, if you were to break it down hourly its about a buck an hour or so. But this year I have already (or am on the way to) made as much as I did ALL last year! Its the biggest weight off my back, but at the same time it adds more wight, kinda hard to explain. But I would rather have to stress about having too much work to do, rather than being worried and stressed about getting work and wondering how im going to pay this months bills.

So this post is just some motivation to say don’t give up! I have had the thought of throwing in the towel many times. But something inside said it would work out, and IT IS! Im glad I made the choices I have made so far and I feel that im on the right path to achieving whatever it is that I want. Oh and did I mention that you can do it too. Anyone can, with a little effort and a lot of dedication…

Lately business has been going great and my stress levels have dropped dramatically… haha. Right now I have a total of 5 clients with hopes of a 6th. Usually I would panic in this tyepe of situation but I’ve been taking it in nicely for some weird reason.

This very second I am optimizing a few of my own sites, a little more, using a WP plugin “all in one seo pack“. It works very nicely might I add, I jumped a few ranks just by adding it and its easy to manage and edit if you decide to change or add terms.

I’m finally getting back into my athletic stage, which I haven’t been in since high school. I was feeling like a caged dog, always at my computer not doing anything. When I exercise it takes away my rage/depression and makes the days go by a lot more smooth. Plus I feel a thousand times better both physically and mentally.

Hmmmm what else?..

I’m trying to get my cousin into graphic design and what not, so I can outsource some projects to him. So he has my laptop right now (ima bout to die without my music!). I am also about to change my host over to blue host from resellerzoom, they SUCK!!! Heads up don’t host with hosting zoom, they are slow and have a lack in customer service an satisfaction. Now, I don’t usually do that but they really got on my nervz!

With LeeWai, I’m really trying to come up with some great interaction ideas. I am ranking nicely but still lacking the results I want and know I an get. So I am upping my facebook game, and also having a few friends lend a helping hand (cause three heads are better than one:). I have been doing a lot of research and decided that I need to do a few small design edits to the site and then I think she’ll be right there. I just wish it would hurry up haha! too impatient.

Be easy!!

Spending time with family and away from work gave me a lot of time to think. About life mostly, like what am I doing, am I happy, what can I change, if I were to pass today how would I feel about my journey.

I came to a few conclusions, first of all I am very satisfied with what I have done and where I am going. Although I am doing nothing but working my life away at the present, I am okay with it. I know that everyone has to do things that they don’t want to do at some point in their life, and I would rather that time be now rather than later. Besides its not like I HATE what I am doing it is just boring sometimes and has its days. But this is true for any job I would get, no matter what it is.

As for what can I change, I can change a lot of things. Starting with making sure that I am not rushing things and am able to stay open minded so I don’t miss anything. I am very excited for the new year so I can give myself a few more goals to meet. I find pleasure in accomplishing personal tasks. I also need to keep my cool more often and think about things more before any action is taken. Overall I need to make sure that I am happy with every decision I make and have no regrets in life. As it stands now I have no regrets about anything in my past, and I like that.

This post is more of just a ramble of mine but thats okay with me, haha….

Wow its crazy how a close death makes you think about everything completely different, I mean we are not guaranteed anything in life, not even another waking breathe.

Recently my blog URL expired and I had no idea because it was purchased on a friends account and they never sent me any notice. Haha it was a depressing moment in time when I sat down to blog and had no live site. I went into panic trying to figure out how to get it back ASAP. After a few hours of frustration I remembered that Jon had purchase the domain name, so I gave him a jingle and it was a quick fix.

I have also been working on LeeWai, I finally got the new design done. Now I am just adding some more sub pages and a few unique applications. Hopefully my conversions will increase after all this hard work. Also I am also going to be investing in another round of SEO for a few of my sites that I have been letting sit and do nothing (not a wise idea).

But as of right now, today, I have dedicated to writing. I have a compare and contrast paper due tonight in English. So I figured to get warmed up for this task I would write a blog post (to kinda get the juices flowing). The subject of my paper is going to be comparing Motto Cross, to BMX or Bicycle Motto Cross. My reason for choosing this topic is because I have had excessive experience with BMX. I raced for roughly ten years, before I was forced to retire due to my bike getting stolen. Just to clarify, the bike was worth about $2,500, which is why I didn’t just hop up and purchase another one. The only conflict I am running into is the fact that I don’t know jack about Motto Cross really, I have watched it on TV but thats about it. I do need a source however, so I will make sure it is a source that is familiar with Motto Cross. I’m going to focus on the differences as apposed to the similarities. The reason is because I have always been mistaken as a motorcycle rider when I tell people I race BMX I guess it got to the point of irritation so I would always tell people how different and better BMX is then MX.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MOST HORRIFIC SLAUGHTER EVER!

If you are reading this but have yet to watch the video, please watch it first. That way you will really appreciate what I have to say.

First of all WOW.. I cant believe that this actually goes on in this planet of ours. In my eyes that is an inhuman move on their part, Dolphins are special creatures that are viewed by most as the second smartest species on earth second only to us of coarse. If you don’t believe me look up some other videos on YouTube about Dolphins. After about two videos you cant help but to fall in love.

Now here is the really messed up part about the hole thing. I just want to add that if there was a real legitimate reason or purpose for this mass slaughter to occur I might be able to understand a little more. But just a lesson in science real fast….

We (as the human race) burn fossil fuels to produce energy to support our controlled environment in many different ways. What happens when we burn these fossil fuels? Well they put off emissions, which just so happen to be full of mercury. Mercury is POISONOUS for humans to consume. So what happens is this mercury is deposited into the air but since it is heavier than air it will soon fall to the earth once it cools. Since we have a large amount of factory’s that bun fossil fuels next to the ocean this means…yes it means that a lot of this mercury falls into the water.

Now on a molecular level this mercury is consumed by micro organisms as a food source. At this point the food chain diagram kicks into play. The micro organisms are consumed by bigger organisms and so on until yup you guessed it, the dolphins finally consume the organism or fish that has way back in the beginning of the food chain diagram consumed this mercury. So it is apparent that the dolphin would contain mercury as well. Well in fact since the dolphin is at the top of the water food chain that means they consume the most amount of it. Studies show that dolphin meat has about twenty times what a human should consume of mercury per single measurement. So if you eat a full steak of dolphin meat, it is like millions of times to poisonous for you to consume. Mercury poison can leave people severely damaged, especially pregnant mothers. It will affect their fetas more than them.

So what am I getting at you ask?? As amazing as this is going to sound they (Japan) actually feeds their citizens this meat!!!!! WHAT!!!! But its too dangerous to eat you said. Yes I did so in order to sell it they must disguise it as say… whale meat ( which is considered a delicacy). They do not have a FDA in their country which is why this can happen. So there are more and more cases every year of mercury poison in Japan and there are more and more kids being born with birth defects to the point that they will never be able to take care of themselves ever.

AND ALL FOR WHAT?!?!?!?! Just to make a quick buck?

That has got to be the only problem I have living in Idaho, is that summer is the shortest of the seasons, about three full months to be exact. I really like the summer in Idaho though, because it gets hot, but not unbearably hot. I like being warm but not dripping with sweat while I’m doing nothing but sitting on my lazy butt. Not to mention I love snowboarding and there is snow on the ground for about six months so that is a plus. I just wish that the seasons were a little more evenly proportioned, thats all.

Lately I have been exercising almost every day. I used to just do a few push ups here and there but since moving my office to Jon’s I have been able to use his weight bench. It is rather nice to take a break after a few hours on the computer to go out and release all my energy. Then when I come back to work I feel like I get more done. It may just be me, but if it works, hey… what the heck!

I’m pretty sure exercising motivates me as well, I can get all my frustrations out and kinda clear my head. It evens gives me time to plan my next attack. I don’t feel so lazy either, all I do is sit in a comfortable chair all day in a perfectly cooled office so I feel like a couch potato. I’m not fat by no means but I think everyone should be involved in some sort of activity (maybe then our country can slide down the obese capital of the world ladder). Oh and A.D.D… I have A.D.D. pretty bad so sometimes its hard for me to just sit there for hours on end I get this feeling like I need to shake out all the heeby jebby’s.. haha.

So make like Nike, & JUST DO IT!!! something, anything!

So reflecting back on the last year of work makes me really happy go lucky. I am proud of the progress that I have made and overall I must say MY JOB ROCKS!!

Don’t believe me… check out this pick.

Now its not my office or desk up there but, please if you will, tell me another job that you can have a set up like that!! Haha most of you cant but I’m sure there are other great jobs out there.

Like being a Blue Angle pilot for instance. The reason I say that is because this past weekend they came to my hometown and put on one hell of an air show. Not to mention that I wanted to be a pilot when I was a younger me. They are absolutely crazy though! If you haven’t seen them in action please go to YouTube and watch a video or two.. I’m sure you will agree. They pull off some of the most outrageous formations, and the way they use angles and crowd position to their advantage just tops it off.

But back to my job and how awesome it is… I love being able to wake up in the morning and decide my schedule. If I don’t want to work I don’t! Now its not really that easy because every time I make an unwise decision like that, I make up for it believe me. But still, its just nice to have that power. At the same time it also taught me a lot about being a leader and making wise decisions that wont hurt me in the future. Ha I have made my fair share of stupid decisions at first that put me into a deep hole. If I could give any advice… don’t do it!! Its not worth it my friend.

Goalz O Mine

1) Higher conversion rate on leewaimedia.com
2) Master the craigslist post ( haha idk if thats possible but what the heck)
3) Start a mailing list
4) Network Network Network!

I have been talking to a few people that are pretty serious about video marketing. Word on the street is that it actually converts well. So I figured I would give it a try. This is basically an intro. into my blog and what it is about. You will have a front seat ride with me through my online business journey, and everything I encounter from day to day. I hope you enjoy