Beautiful Day

Sharing a thought before sharing Coke

Coca Cola, has encouraged me to find the One. My Soulmate. A search that for some of us, may be long or short. Some, may never find that person. We all want to be accepted and find a person to lose ourselves in. That person who we love, and they love us. Regardless of our mistakes and they're there for us when we go through the consequences of our actions and choices. I've made mistakes. The woman who I was once with, I thought was my soulmate. I still think this. I know she is. But at the time of being with her, I wasn't the man she needed me to be, or the one she wanted me to be. I was a boy. And no boy, deserves a woman. Not one as spectacular as her. One night, we saw 4 shooting stars together. She saw them. I was lost in her. Nothing else mattered. Just the light in her eyes. The stars racing in the sky, watching them through her eyes. I think this, this kind of astonishment is what people look for. It may be in the opposite or same sex. Everyone deserves to feel it though. That feeling, to me, just blows me away. I currently still love this girl, 2 years later after we broke up. My heart says it does. My head though, it knows I shouldn't. 

Long ago, this was taken. I was goofy and sweaty, and in love. She saw me for that goofy cheese ball I am, and for that, I shall be hers until the end of time. 

Step One: Admit You Have a Problem

In 2009,  P.J. Hogan directed 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'. The film is about a college grad who can't for the life of her control herself when she walks the street. Everytime she goes out, she has the need to shop. Soon she becomes unemployment and finds work with a finacial savings magazine. The Irony is unbelievable.  The star of Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rebecca Bloomwood, is a journalist in the Big Apple, New York City.

Not only is she a journalist, but also in her spare time she is a shopaholic.  Under a mountain of debt, Rebecca continues to feed her addiction until she becomes unemployed. Here are a few tips incase you are in debt. Rebecca was 2 grand shy of twenty thousand dollars in the hole.

Debt collectors and Work:

They cannot come to your workplace. It is against the law, your financial problems aren't to get sorted out at work. You sort them out on personal time. In the movie, a collector goes to her work for a face-to-face visit. Rebecca gets freaked out after being harassed from telephone calls at work and at home. So she makes up a lie about the collector being a stalker. That's pretty bad, right? Well she didn't have the money to pay off her debt.

Shopaholicism

A shopaholic is someone who has an addiction to shopping. A quick way to become a Rebecca Bloomwood is get twelve credit cards and don't answer the phone or pay back your debts. The longer you take to pay it, the more debt you become in. That's not a good thing. Debt is bad. Nobody wants to answer unwanted phone calls from random people and their hard earned money be handed over. At the same time though, you are spending money you don't have. It's much cheaper to wait until you have the money to get something. Credit cards charge interest and annual percentage rates. By just paying the minimum your 100 expense can quickly get out of control. Shopping is fun. I enjoy going out with some chaps and playing some video games at the arcade, looking for new clothes. But to prevent myself from over spending I only take $40 and leave my cards at home. 

Self Control

A word that we say too often in different ways, "control yourself" "have some self control", even though we over say it, we put the word into action even less. When we go shopping or anywhere to spend some money, try to control yourself. You can't see unexpected expenses. As an adult you have many freedoms, deciding when to go home, what to eat, but also you have to make a budget and figure out how to stay out of debt. Debt is understandable when taking out a car loan, or getting a house. But just going on a shopping spree whenever you decide I is a good time too, not so much.

 

Rebecca Bloomwood told us that "the world is a better place when she shops." That is false, it isn't a better or worse place. It is perspective, your world may be a little brighter and not soo bad for a little while but reality hasn't changed.  When your closet looks like this, you have a problem. So start with the first Step of recovery, take things from there. Soon you'll be a better you.

 

  

 

 

College or Work?

The Pew Research Center surveyed parents about College. This isn't an uncommon subject, our whole lives going to a good college or university is our goal. 94% of parents expect for their children to attend college. 94 out of 100 people plan on their children to attend college. That is a high number. 77% say that college is necessary for a woman to get ahead in life, 68% say the same for males. Our parents put a high value on college and school, but they put a higher value somewhere else. Character Traits. A good work ethic is extremely or very important, that's what 96% of people say. Not only a good work ethic but being able to get along with people is 93% and 90% of those people say the same about skills learned on the job. Let's remember that 96% say work ethic, only 77% say college is very important. Your work ethic is more important than college. Without surprise, over half of they people surveyed prefer to work and earn income than sit in a class room, 57% is over half right? A little less than half, 48%, can't afford college because the price is rising. 34 out of 100 people decided they didn't need more education. 5% did not continue education because they weren't received into the school of choice.

Goat

Today was quite interesting, I currently am residing in my dad's bestfriend's farm. For breakfast, we had a cup of Joe and also a 

which has a different taste.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention, the raw, unpasteurized milk. From the Teet. We used for everything was from a goat

. Pronounced GO AT. Today was a good day, good night all. 

Instagram

To be honest, out of all the social media we have, I'm more of a Instagram person. There isn't as much bickering on Instagram. I enjoy taking pictures like these. As you all know, take a picture or video and upload it for people to see. A picture after all says a thousand words. But, I have always wondered what ae these 1000 words about? Are they about me? The object?

I read an article on how social media can help when on the job hunt. Depending on what you decide to do as a career, follow important indivuals in that field locally. Like the people around your area who are established in that field of expertise. These people can help you enter the field and from there you get better and meet more people in that field. I've had an Instagram since it came out, which is about 2 years now. So nearly 1,500 pictures I've posted. That is a whole lot of words, over 100,000, all saying something about me. Hopefully nothing bad or that I should be ashamed of. A resume we fill out says only a few hundred words about us, but our social media site of choice can say a whole lot more.

Many companies and businesses looking for prospective future employees, look at a Profession social media site. It is called Linkedin. The difficulty to get a job, not even a career is difficult. So really think about making one of these pages, it'll give you a better chance to be hired. Getting your name out and them seeing it is so much better. Especially compared to just going in without any clue to who you are.
Linkedin, turns finding a job, a sit around and wait thing. Not forever, because nothing will just fall into your lap, but maybe a couple of weeks than actively pursue a career. When potential employers type in a search criteria, if you match keywords you will pop up. Adding these words throughout your account can increase chances of getting hit on the search. Recently, I watched a video on making a Linkedin account. The video was made by Cambridge Educational, the video went in depth about what to show about yourself, and also how to make connections. Brass Magazine also has some great
articles that may help with a career.

Really Linkedin out, when I get some time I will be making an account. Social media really can be used to get you ahead in your career, or it can put you out of the running for a career. Take advantage of the video and other articles or just simple advice on getting a job.

Checkers

By far my favorite game, and definitively my best game