Financial Friday

I think the template is fixed. I will verify that this weekend when I get to my desktop which has firefox.

Financial-With the current economic climate, I am going to feature a collective effort we can all make to help the economy and the impact it will make. I write this from a premise that an economy where the consumer has less debt is stronger than an economy where a consumer has more debt.

The weeks idea-Don't go to, buy, or rent movies for one month. I read today that we spend 90 billion a year on movies. 90 billion is 7.5 billion a month that we are throwing away on entertainment. This does not include the popcorn, drinks, etc.

After a month then go see what you want. Hollywood will not starve from one month lost, and we will have an extra 7.5 billion dollars to pay down debt. Wow, 7.5 billion less debt. That would be awesome.

Next week, a new idea.

Mental Monday

Mondays are all about expanding our minds and keeping them healthy. One of the best ways to do this is to learn new things. For me, I have put my speed reading and language learning on hold so I can fix my template. This is definitely new territory for me. Here is to healthier brains. Hopefully, I can get more in depth in my posting again once I fix this.

Spouse Saturday

I love my wife.

On a completely seperate note, I noticed that my site is unreadable in firefox due to template problems. These must be fixed.

Financial Friday

Well life knocked me away from keeping up here again. My dad being in a motorcycle accident and being in the hospital has taken its toll on my time. However, I am still here and trying to pursue my freedom.

To that end, I will be launching a new venture last week. I am very excited about this, and I am laying the foundation now for a great roll out. I will keep you all posted when that happens. It should be no later than next Friday.

Current venture updates-

Feed your Family/ Feed the World- slow and steady wins the day and that describes our progress. Yes I would like it to be faster, but I can be patient.

Magazine- Due to some misrepresentations from the previous owner, and her absconding with some funds due us, this is not going the best. This should be solved by next weeks announcement.

Until next time...

Fatherhood Tuesday

What a month this has been. My ten year wedding anniversery, my oldest childs birthday, increased obligations at church and more. Not complaining, but I am sorry for dropping the ball here. Time to pick it back up.

I posted the following on a forum I am quite active in The Fastlane To Millions. It illustrates one of my more proud moments as a dad. I hope you enjoy.

Post 1:
For the past few months I have been working out the details of an invention I have been working on. A couple weeks ago we were getting our kids ready for bed. Me in the bedroom getting some dressed, and my wife in the bathroom overseeing the teeth brushing.

I hear her say "that is a really good idea Jonah, you should tell daddy." So my 4.5 year old son comes and tells me his idea. He see his sister has a toy that does x, he said, "they should make a y toy that does the same thing."

I was blown away. Not only was this a good idea, it was infinetly more marketable than the idea I had been working on. Within a day, I had 2 companion product ideas as well.

Today I began working on the sketches to submit with the patent.

Next week file patent and create sales sheet.

end of next week, beginning of the following week, start calling manufacturers about licensing.

If all goes well, my son will be one of the youngest patent holders in the U.S.

All because my wife took the time to listen.


Post 2:
This was really cool as a dad on many levels, but the three best parts were-

1. he did not fuss and say "why don't I have something that does that" which is typical

2. he looked for a solution and thought outside the box, a little scary considering he is only 4.5, I am afraid he will be able to out reason me by 10 instead of 15 like I was hoping

3. when I showed him what I created on photoshop today and asked him what it was, he said "oh, that is y that does z" In his mind it is already a reality, it is just a matter of waiting for its arrival. That was cool. FYI, my photoshop skills are extremely limited, so his mind created the reality more so than my skills.