If I remember correctly, it was found among the stuff left from someone who had passed away. Most of his furniture and clothes the family did not want. When I mentioned this journal, they did not want that, either.

I’ve read parts of the journal and it appears to describe the events of someone on a Navy ship in 1947. Although I intended to read the journal, and started to, the writing (in pencil) was difficult to read in certain parts, so I scanned it in, making it readable.

Initially, I was going to type the entire journal and post it online. But, reading it proved difficult, however, as it was written in pencil, and some of it was illegible. Yesterday, the scanner I ordered from Amazon arrived, and today, I spent a few hours scanning it, then bringing each page into iPages, and exporting it as a PDF file. Next, I uploaded the .zip file via FTP onto one of my websites, as the PDF is 136.3 mb, too large for an upload through the word press media library.

I have not read this entire journal. Scanning it, though, will enable you to read it, since you can zoom in to enlarge the page.

Here it is: Summer Cruise – 1947. To begin reading it, click here. This journal takes about 10-20 minutes to download. Once it downloads, right-click the mouse button to save it to your desktop. If you read it, please leave a comment about it using the comments section below. Thanks.

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Google Wants A Piece of the Hipster Pie
Looks like Google wants a piece of the hipster pie – watch out Apple. This just might be one of the greatest examples of marketing to the hipster yet.

A few people have sent this to me and someone mentioned it in the previous comments section. It’s basically a pair of glasses with a computer built into it.

Google Glasses for The Hipster
I can see it now – some Josh banging into people and street light poles while trying to find the nearest pretentious coffee shop to sit in and be a bohemian urban pioneer.

I mean, I can see this as a useful tool for let’s say hands-free navigation while driving, or maybe a stock broker multi-tasking and seeing real-time quotes, etc, etc.

But for the hipster, it’s just another toy to play with as they coast though their 20?s, 30?s and 40?s on Daddy’s dime as they enjoy their NYC playdate. No doubt that these glasses will be available in Buddy Holly, Andy Warhol and Elvis Costello styles.

An Idea for Google Glasses
Hey Google, you should also make a coffee thermos Fedora hat as an accessory. Let’s break down this video step by step and count the hipster clichés:

Project Google Glasses: Video Breakdown

1. wakes up between 9 – 10 am with no responsibilities.

2. only plan is to *see* Jess tonight. (keep in mind the word “See”)

3. has unlimited amount of free time so heads to “Strand Books” at 2 in the afternoon.

4. does not know the subway system but claims to be real new yorker like a true hipster transplant.

5. buys tickets for complete nobody ukulele musician show.

6. then immediately becomes musician and buys ukulele manual with daddy’s credit card at “Strand Books”

7. meets identical thick framed, scarf wearing, out-of-place pussy hipster pal just to be shown this awesome coffee truck he was telling him about.

8. buys “MUD” coffee from truck and “Checks-In” so entire network of gentrifiers will know how cool he is.

9. accomplishes nothing but being seen in public with hipster friend drinking coffee.

10. takes picture of horrible hipster street art to show his urban grittiness on his graffiti blog.

11. goes to “rooftop” to *see* girlfriend and play ukulele. Virtual girlfriend is elsewhere banging someone who weighs more that 130lbs, has a job, and doesn’t play the ukulele on rooftops.

Google Glasses Video Ad

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9c6W4CCU9M4

Google Glasses Video Spoof

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KmFSmkDyr8

Google Glass Parody – UK

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma8NbpCvSwo&feature=related

Go Outside for The Super Moon on 2012
A super moon is scheduled to appear on May 5, 2012. This full moon is as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012. The super moon (full moon) is scheduled to appear May 5, 11:34 pm, eastern daylight time. More about the super moon in the video below.

The Super Moon of May 5, 2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOplwuMTyS4

Speaking of the moon …

Further Seems Forever – The Moon is Down

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKz-YAs6ZsA&feature=related

A Confession
I’m looking forward to traveling again. I feel like all the people around me, even though they are friendly, aren’t really doing much creatively. Everyone seems glued to the TV and to hear the drone of the television, with its canned laughter and overly loud commercials, it’s overwhelming and draining.

I used the get the same feeling of tiredness when I worked for a guy who did kitchen installations in Lake Worth, in condos inhabited by senior citizens. He would split the list in half and send me to fetch items like “1/2 inch galvanized drywall screws”. A part of my mind would instantly rebel because I didn’t care and because of that, whatever-I-was-looking-for would somehow seem to disappear before my eyes or be camouflaged among the other garbage they sell.

photo: Avery Marriot

Share This: I Might Buy Some Doritos
Although I want to leave, I feel this tug of laziness growing up around my ankles, seducing me to stay in West Palm Beach, Florida, and commiserate with others who want to leave, yet feel trapped here by familiarity and comfort and friends. I think I’m gonna buy some Doritos. Isn’t this blog just incredible? LOL.

6 Dreams of Future America

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eBDIVlGWc

Will America be Broken Apart in 2012?
This is the question that needs to be researched. If you think it will, then it’s time for you to move to a safe location. Where? I don’t know. It’s time to pray and ask God for direction. Ask God for direction in your life.

United States Map After 2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCQJ0mvrNU&feature=related

How Did The Future Maps of America Come About?
Are these future maps of America accurate? How did they come about? Many of these images of future America came to people in dreams and visions, and afterward, they drew a picture of what they saw in their dream of a future America.

Click here for a website with future maps of America. Once you are the website, click on the images to enlarge them.

Click here for another website showing a future map of America and other parts of the world, following the third world war.

Click here for a future map of America that shows the safe areas to live.

Another future map of America showing the safe zones to live.

Safe Places to Live in America 2012
Watch this video, starting at 7:53, to see what might happen to America, causing America to have changes to land masses, seeing New York, Florida, and California to be under the sea. This video shows the safe places to live in the United States.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_UXcElZYQ

Future Map of North America

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5m65EPHLg0&feature=related

Surviving Things to Come

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDy8vYKKBzg&feature=related

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2012: Something is Going On

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk-3MU-rc0M

Solar Eclipse Over The USA – May 20,2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodZLWi_oHo&feature=fvwrel

Planetary Alignment: May 21, 2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59Gc4D-FtI

Crop Circle Date: May 20, 2012 and June 6, 2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMnuXqfGYc

Dream – Bad Earthquake on May 26, 2012

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj4z9TPonCg

Amazing French Psychic in 1980 Predicts Years into the Future Accurately! 2012 Invasion?

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEvDHGIXdyM

Mega California Earthquake and Tsunami Cause Global Chaos and Jesus’ Return Soon?

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAgRQLv1qe8&feature=related

How to Prepare for 2012
The most important way to prepare for 2012 is by getting right with God. Pray. Repent (turn from your sins) and ask God to forgive you of your sins. Read The Bible. Study it and apply it to your life. Live by The Word of God.

Find a Safe Place to Live for 2012
Another way to prepare for 2012 is to find a safe place to live. If you live in Florida or California, move inland, to higher ground, to the mountains somewhere. Or, if possible, move to Europe. Find a community of people whom you can trust in order to share food and for protection. The government will not be there to help you.

Be A Prepper: Prepare for 2012 by buying Water and Food
Buy water, lots of it. Buy hundreds of gallons. Also essential is toilet paper, a spade (since the water system is unlikely to work), and food items that are nutrient rich, like black beans, sardines, tuna Also, buy comfort foods like snack chips, juice, chocolate. Besides being a rare commodity during a food shortage, comfort foods will be high value bartering items.

Looting and Riots in 2012, then Martial Law
Once the disasters come to America, the looting and riots that follow will give the powers-that-be the perfect excuse to put martial law into effect. This will mean curfews, food rationing, and the one world currency that may lead to mandatory enforcement of people accepting the mark of the beast, in order to buy or sell food. Whatever you do, do not take the mark of the beast. Those that take it go to Hell. Read Revelation.

For interesting news, visit: BeforeItsNews.com

For an informative website about the reality of Hell, and how to avoid it, visit: EvangelicalOutreach.com

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One Way to Get What You Really Want in Life
Getting what you want in life starts with you. If you’re not getting what you want in life, you are not attracting it. Okay, before you dismiss this blog post article as relying on the law of attraction to get what you want in life, keep reading. It’s more than the law of attraction.

2 Questions to Ask Yourself
If you want something in life, but you are not getting it, you have to ask yourself two questions.

1. Am I comfortable with getting it?

2. Am I being congruent?

Let’s go over both of these.

1. Am I comfortable with getting it?
In order to get something in life, you have to get comfortable with the idea of getting it, of accepting it into your life. I have this theory and maybe I’ll write a mini e-book about it. The theory is called “comfort magnets”, the idea that you attract what is comfortable to you.

Comfort Magnets: You Attract What You Are Comfortable With
For example, if you want to get more money in life, and attract more money to you, you must first become comfortable with more money. How do you do this? By carrying around more money with you. Start out by carrying around $50 in cash with you at all times. Every week, add another $50 to that amount. Do this until you’re carrying around $1,000 in cash money with you at all times. Once you do this, you get comfortable with that amount of money. Once you get comfortable with more money being on you, you’re likely to attract more money to you.

Comfort Magnets: Attracting the Right Person in Your Life
If you want to attract a certain type of guy, then get comfortable with that certain type of guy. If you want to attract a certain type of girl, then get comfortable with that type of girl. How do you do this? By going to the place where you will find that person you are most comfortable with.

Go to the Places That You Are Comfortable Going
If you’re into natural health and wellness, go visit a lecture or a class or a seminar about natural health and wellness. If you’re into yoga, take a yoga class. Here in West Palm Beach, Florida, they have free yoga classes at the Clematis Street library on Saturday mornings. If you’re into understanding God, go to a local church and get involved in a life groups or small groups class. If you’re into movies, find a meet up group (online) that watches movies. If you’re into dining out at restaurants, find a meet up group that goes out to restaurants. Whatever you are into, go do these things. Go do them alone and meet people at that location.

Go Alone and Meet People
Go to that coffeehouse. Go alone. Bring something to do, like a sketchpad or a journal or a laptop. Start chatting with strangers and get in conversations. Put yourself out there. Flirt. But flirt in the place that you are comfortable going to. Get it?

Why You’re Alone in Life
The reason why you haven’t gotten that ideal guy or ideal girl that you want in life is because you are not comfortable with getting that ideal guy or ideal girl. And because you are not comfortable getting that person in your life, you have not gotten them in your life.

Why aren’t you comfortable talking to this person? This leads us to question #2.

2. Am I being congruent?
When you are congruent, your inner beliefs match your outer actions. It sounds simple to be congruent, but lots of us are not congruent. Why? Because we want to please other people, we want to go along with the crowd. Even though we have the best intentions, we often produce bad results because we cave into peer pressure. Almost everyone is insecure, and because of this, we don’t want to be shunned or ostracized. So, we fall in line with other’s expectations of us.

Revertigo: Reverting to Familiar Patterns
Have you heard of revertigo? Revertigo is when you revert to old patterns when you are in the vicinity of certain people.

An example of revertigo might be this. A professional female lawyer, known for her bold behavior and confident demeanor, whose always disrespectfully by her siblings, might act insecure and shy when she is around her siblings. Revertigo is often seen at family events, like Thanksgiving dinner, when you realize that you are acting completely different around your family.

Being Congruent
Being congruent, as mentioned earlier, is when your inner beliefs match your outer actions. Ask yourself this: Is what I’m doing action wise matching my core belief system? If it is not, then you are incongruent. If you are incongruent, you will continue to get what you don’t want in life. In order for you to get what you really want in life, you have to be congruent.

What Are You Doing?
As tough as this may sound, you have to ask yourself: “What am I doing to attract this kind of person in my life?” (I have to ask myself that, too. My life is unconventional so, generally speaking, I attract unconventional people.)

Attraction is Not a Choice
Attraction is not a choice, it is a response. By that, if someone is attracted to you, they are responding to something and they don’t even have a choice about it. But whatever you’re putting out there, through your actions, your style (how you dress), your mannerisms, the tone of your voice, etc–is what is causing them to respond to you.

Personally, when I am not congruent (when my outer actions do not match my inner beliefs), I attract the wrong kind of person. So, for me, I need to become more congruent. Perhaps you are attracting these extremes because you are incongruent, and you need to match your outer lifestyle with your inner goals and dreams. For me, I should be meeting girls in church but since I like dancing, I usually meet them at a dance club.

If you’re not getting what you want in life, find out what it is you want, write that down, and make sure that getting what you want will be congruent with, will match up with, what it is your inner belief really wants.

To Find Someone to Be With
Find out the type of guy or girl you want to meet, write down all his or her characteristics, and then go to that place where he or she will be. But while you’re writing down their characteristics, make sure they line up with what you really desire.

If you haven’t found a person to share your life with, perhaps it’s just the wrong body of water that you’re swimming in. Maybe you’re finding him in a pond and he’s in the river. Go to the place where that person will be and when you find him or her, go talk to them. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You can do it. Onward.

Summary: Getting What You Want in Life
To summarize this, if you really want to get something or someone in your life, ask yourself these 2 questions: 1. Am I comfortable with getting it. 2. Am I being congruent?

Once you are comfortable with getting what you really want in life, and once you are congruent (your outer actions lining up with your inner beliefs) about getting what you want, then getting what you actually want will be that much easier.

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Life can be challenging enough without our own in congruencies that make it even more challenging. So, answer those 2 questions. Get comfortable. Get congruent. Then take action and go get what you want by putting yourself in a new situation and then making your approach and taking action. You can do it.

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I’m trying to find a room to rent in Brooklyn, New York and, so far, it’s been a frustrating journey. Why? Because almost everyone else is trying to find a place to live in New York City, too. The competition is fierce. And then there’s the scams.

Then again, I’m a neophyte when it comes to doing this. I’ve been using Craig’s List, almost exclusively, to try to find a room for rent in the Brooklyn, New York.

Looking for a NYC Room: Craig’s List
Here’s one of the Craig’s Lists ads for a room. I was inspired to click on the ad due to the headline and the low price.

$400 couples – clothing optional (NY)

So, who’s with me on this? Any girls reading this? If so, would you be interested in pretending we’re a couple so we can get this room for rent, only $400 a month, in Brooklyn, New York? You think I’m kidding, right? Well, I’m not! Maybe?

We walk around naked and we get cheap rent. What a deal. And no, we don’t have to be an actual couple, as long as the current tenants think we are, which could get tricky since we’re walking around naked. Whatever the case, it would make interesting material, and since I’m a writer … you never know where this could end up. Probably on the internet, at a site pay-site for voyeurs. Hmmm.

Then there’s this kind of room for rent, which looks great, but costs $1,375 a month. The rent is exorbitant, but it’s in Williamsburg, that section of New York that is home to hipsters, musicians, artists.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Home to Hipsters
How hipster is Williamsburg? Well let’s just say that if you walk into Williamsburg with baggy pants you might get ticketed. They just instituted a no tolerance policy for baggy pants. You must wear skinny jeans. And if you’re a guy, you must have a scraggly beard, a haircut or hairstyle that looks like you just woke up, even though you’ve spent a 1/2 hour on it, and if you bicycle, the bike has to be a fixed-gear. I’m kidding. Not really.

Finding A Room for Rent in New York
Finding a room for rent in New York, so far, has been difficult. If I’m meant to find a room in New York, then, eventually, I will. At this point, however, I’m frustrated, because the rooms are either very expensive, very cheap, but come with strings attached, like you have to be between the ages of 22-30 (age discrimination, yet bet!) and you have to have a job outside the house during the day and you have to be vegan (taste bud discrimination?), etc, etc. Although I realize that the current occupants have preferences, do they have to be that strict? Well, it’s New York City and, almost everyone wants to live there, so it’s a question of supply and demand. Because they are the current tenant, they can make the rules and set the filter to strain out those that are less likely to fit. I understand. Still, it can be frustrating for people like me, a guy, looking for a place to rent in New York.

Finding the Joy in the Struggle
Then again, if finding a room to rent in New York was easy, maybe it would be less appreciated. If it’s meant to happen, if I’m meant to find a room to live in Brooklyn, New York, and a theatre or warehouse space to produce Dumpster Diver the musical. then it will happen. Even though it’s been a struggle so far, there’s some satisfaction in searching through the ads and sending out e-mail requests. And what is that satisfaction? That of hope–the hope that I’ll eventually find a room.

Share This
If you’ve enjoyed this blog, share it with others, by clicking the share buttons below. I would continue writing, but I have to work on losing some stomach fat, so I can fit into the skinny jeans I plan on buying at H&M, and then of course there’s the salon where I need to get that $150 just-woke-up-and-got-out-of-bed-look hairstyle so I can enter the hipster enclave of Brooklyn, New York without being mistaken for a West Palm Beach resident. Onward!

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM

Jack Kerouac, the bard of the beat generation, still matters, for a number of reasons. In this time, when people tend to insulate themselves, stay inside, and become addicted to trivialities like reality TV and pretending that their lives are something special by posting pictures of themselves, usually from different angles, on Facebook, it’s important to realize the benefits of being outside, traveling, and meeting strangers. That’s one of the reasons why Kerouac’s writings matter, in that they inspire one to travel.

Here are 3 reasons why Jack Kerouac still matters.

1. He was a doer.
Instead of acting a certain way, he immersed himself among those that he found interesting, and then wrote about them, and his experiences with them.

It wasn’t about dressing a certain way, even talking a certain way. Sure, he had his interests, including jazz music, girls, and the wild adventure of living, but it wasn’t adorned in the superficialities that turn pure dreams into store window display casualties.

He wrote. And wrote. And wrote. According to his own records, he wrote a million words before the age of 31. That’s why Kerouac matters: Because he got stuff done. In doing so, he kept a record of his journey, and a document of a frenetic lifestyle shared by the poets, writers, drifters, and dreamers whose world interested him.

Jack Kerouac’s technique for modern prose

His life of obscurity changed, overnight, when the review, in the New York Times, for the “On The Road” came out, lauding it as “the most beautifully executed, the clearest and most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named “beat”, and whose principal avatar he is.”

Click here to read the original review of “On The Road”. (This window will stay open.)

Still Vital, “On The Road” Turns 50

2. His tenderness
Another reason why Jack Kerouac matters is because of his tenderness in how he treats his characters, most of whom were his friends, that he writes about. Although he might cater to the buffet of hyperbole, he does it with heart.

“We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked up at each other for the last time.”
- Jack Kerouac

Personally, my favorite books by him are “Big Sur” and “The Subterraneans”. I must have read “Big Sur” three or four times, and it motivated me to hitchhike when I was Nevada, stranded, and needing a ride. If you want to know more about that story, go to http://www.bicycledays.com and read the “Shelters are Melting” journal, about my experience chasing down a stolen car, and the girl, Faith, who stole it, in the American West. “The Subterraneans” is the account of Kerouac’s involvement dating an African-American girl, and hanging out with her friends and his friends.

3. Inspiring the rucksack revolution
The third reason why Kerouac still matters is that he inspired the rucksack revolution–the teens, young adults, and adults, to travel across America the way he did, with little more than a rucksack (backpack), driving or thumbing their way, looking for kicks, adventure, experience. His trip with Dean Moriarty from New York to San Francisco has become the stuff of legend.

“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
- Jack Kerouac

This is important because when people travel, especially if they do so with minimal belongings, it puts them in a position where they need to rely on faith in God and in other people, in order to get where they need to go. Traveling is probably one of the best learning experiences people can participate in. Sometimes in order to change your world view, you have to let the world change you. And traveling to another place forces you to see the bigger picture. Some of the best lessons can be learned on the road.

On The Road: The Movie
Finally, they made a movie about “On The Road”. Apparently, Francis Ford Coppolla bought the rights to make a movie from the book, but didn’t have the right cast, or felt the timing wasn’t right. After seeing the popularity of the Twilight movies, Coppolla felt like making “On The Road” as a movie was the right time. He teamed up with a French director and they casted the movie, for the most part, with relatively unknown actors, except for Kristen Stewart. Judging from the trailer, this movie looks like it’s going to be interesting.

“Where doth go, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”
- Jack Kerouac

A picture from “On The Road” movie

A picture from “On The Road” movie

Is there really one thing you can do to be happy in life? One question that you can ask yourself that, when you find the answer for it, and pursue satisfying that answer, you can find happiness in life?

I believe there is.

Often, life’s problems that seem to be so complex can be solved by the simplest of solutions.

A Simple Way to Be Happy
This one solution that can help you to be happy in life is simple. Putting this solution into effect, in order for you to be happy, may require some discipline on your part.

Discipline and Freedom
Think of a coin. On the tails side is discipline. On the heads side is freedom. In order to get freedom in your life, you’ve got to exercise discipline.

If you want to lose weight, you’ve got to exercise discipline to eat less, eat healthier foods, drink more water with fresh squeezed lemon, and to exercise more. For weight loss strategies that actually work, along with natural cures, check out The Shift Diet.

If you want to earn more money, you have to exercise discipline to determine what people are buying, and how you can get in-between the manufacturer of the product or service and the buyer of the product or service, in order to get a percentage. This is one way to make money.

Both of these examples prove that freedom is a byproduct of discipline.

And once you have the discipline to satisfy the one thing you can do to be happy in life, then you will be rewarded with happiness.

The One Thing you can Do to Be Happy in Life
Here it is. Here is the one thing you can do to be happy in life.

Find something to look forward to.

People who are happy have something to look forward to.

If you’re not happy, you probably don’t have anything to look forward to.

Okay, you’re asking, “But how do I find something to look forward to?”

Simple. Determine what you enjoy doing and then go do it.

If you enjoy traveling, plan to travel. Then, you’ll have that trip to look forward to. If you want to know how to travel Europe cheap, for a few euros a day or less, check out my ebook by clicking here.

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play piano, buy some chord books and watch some YouTube videos, or take piano lessons. Then, you’ll be able to play piano and have that–playing piano–to look forward to.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMf2TDUqsU&context=C362bb7cADOEgsToPDskJ5ejC6FX6xESUAk7eugY9O

All you need to be happy in life is something to look forward to.

This is what gets us through a rough time at work, when you have something to look forward to. You know what I’m talking about. You’re at a job that’s boring and meaningless and you meet someone at a coffeehouse one night. You exchange numbers and make plans to see a movie Thursday night. That–seeing that person and seeing the movie with them on Thursday night–is the something to look forward to.

Meet people
This is why it’s so important to put yourself into social situations, because if you don’t, you’re sabotaging yourself from meeting others and you’re disconnecting the natural possibilities that exist for relationships to form. Essentially, if you cocoon yourself on the internet or glued to watching 6 hours of “Family Guy” a night, you are acting against nature, because human beings are meant to live in community. And no, being on Facebook for 2 hours or watching “The Bachelor” season premiere does not count for community, unless you’re doing it with a group of people.

That something could be a relationship–someone that you come home to, the person that you love to cuddle up with, talk to, laugh with, prepare meals together.

That something could be the project that you’re working on, maybe that song that you’re writing, the painting that you started last week that you’re hoping to finish, that novel that you’ve just written the step outline for, and whose characters that you’ve thought of bounce around in your head at work, leading you into an hypnotic state while you’re at that 9-to-5 job you can barely stay awake for.

Bastille area of Paris, France, from the 9th floor condo balcony. Learn how to travel Europe like we did, for cheap.

Find something to look forward to.

Figure out what it is.

Then, pursue it.

Make it happen.

For me, this is a number of things, including building websites that help people find freedom–financial freedom, health freedom, time freedom, writing songs on piano, and going to a city to produce a musical that I wrote about 2 kids who dumpster dive their way across America, in the future, when dumpster diving is illegal.

At the moment, my main goal, the main thing I look forward to is moving somewhere and producing the musical. For me, it’s been a long term relationship and I’m excited to see it live, with an enthusiastic audience out front, while I play piano with the other musicians, watching the actors and actresses bring this script to life.

To be happy in life, all you need is something to look forward to.

Figure out what it is, then pursue it to competition.

What is it that you look forward to?