Maya is my little companion and gift for my birthday a few months ago. Now she is 5 months old, a bit hyper. But when she gets calm she sits on my lap and lets me work.
Month: September 2009
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Dark Matter & Caterpillars
Today, I was going to write a post about an observation I had in my butterfly garden. After I took some pictures, I scribbled some notes on a sticky pad. Just as I was going to sit and write this evening, my puppy, Maya, had grabbed it from my desk. She chewed it up and now laid on my sofa in shambles.As I unraveled the paper, the ideas that came to my mind were more visible: cleaning the weeds, caterpillars are flexible, hanging upside down and another random note about some colorful rocks that I saw the other day.
My work life has been kind of like that sticky paper. It got torn apart and now with new ideas, I am attempting to unravel it. Yet, there are some missing pieces. I can’t see how the whole picture will play out.
As I was observing the lump of paper next to Maya, I saw a tweet from @chrisbrogan linking this site called Dark Matter Matters. I said to myself, “Forget about my sticky note.” As I was reading Chris Gram’s “About page”, I thought there could be a connection to my random thoughts and dark matter. (more…)
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Time is My Friend Now
A Booth of A Vendor At Art Basel Miami Beach My dermatologist brother didn’t hire me as a full time salaried employee. He hired me for his social media projects. In essence, I am still an entrepreuner with my own consulting business. It is similar to my real estate business. I still have to handle my accounting, paperwork, management etc. The difference is that my per hour on the commission I receive in a real estate deal is probably more. If I spend two months on a deal and it falls apart, then the value of my time has been worth negative. But as we all know, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
If my brother had hired me full time, I probably wouldn’t have resurrected my personal projects now. I would have stayed focused only on his work. My mind has been so exhausted these last two years of getting my footing. I welcomed the opportunity of a full time fixed job so I wouldn’t have to keep looking for other options. But it didn’t happen that way. Maybe I am not even wired for a salaried position. (more…)
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Grabbing Lost Time
My Peace Watch – A Birthday Present From A Friend Last year, on July 15th, a huge lightning hit in my neighborhood. It was so loud and scary that Cristian & canceled our plans to go out. I wrote about it here. Luckily we were fine. Unfortunately, my whole computer and external drive got zapped. What bummed me the most was that I had over six months of recordings from two years ago when I was developing the projects with my sister, Maria.
I had figured it wasn’t meant to be. Part of the focus in the talks was family patterns that we carry and how they are imprinted in the choices we make in our lives. With her 30 years of experience as a mental health therapist, the input she gave was very valuable. (more…)
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Patrick Henry Hughes – Inspirational Video
I just came across this amazing video of Patrick Hughes Henry. This young man was born without eyes. By his second birthday he was playing the piano. His father says his son is his hero. This is truly an inspirational story. Here is the link to his website.