Each year, I like to make a little blurb about the years.
So here it is. 2015 was an amazing year. I decided to stop hugging a comfortable corporate job and to focus on my business (Me? Focus? Scary!). At some point (later than everyone wanted), I finally and actually got over the woman from 2013 (about time, right? And this time, it’s actually, not just saying it). I’ve gotten busier. Much, much busier.
2015 was a very big year for me, mostly because the two items above ran kind of deep.
2016 will be extra amazing!
With lessons and developments this far in life, I have the following prediction about women: Women are absolutely crazy and there is no predicting what will happen!
2016 business success is going to absolutely overwhelm me, to the point where I will have to take frequent extravagant vacations. This is okay because business will be so good that I’ll have the money for it. I’ll also hire more help.
Also, by no longer working a corporate job, I’ll be very, very healthy.
If something is shelf stable, it can stay in the cupboard forever. There’s a ‘Best By’ date, but it doesn’t really matter, right?
That’s what I thought too.
I had a box of scalloped potatoes that were perfect for dinner. They cooked wonderfully.
Little did I consider their ‘bes by’ date.
It turns out that it does matter on done things. I’m sure it seeing make you sick, but it tastes absolutely horrible (“rancid ” is the appropriate word, I amam told).
Turns out they were a little over their date and not like a five wine. And so the Shelf Stable Theory, by which I used to by everything in college so nothing went bad, proved to be untrue.
And yes, it is MLTN that those potatoes were from the apartment I lived in until I bought my house (2012), so check the dates on your food supply you’re saving for the end of the world.
While most of you may think I’m talking about a phone app, I honestly do not and have no interest in “coding”.
I’m, of course, talking about appetizers. For the first time in too long, I made an appetizer for a party.
I brought brushetta. Not too complex: tomatoes and bread, right? Well like my incredibly simple recipe for truffles, it’s all about the extra things you do that makes it exceptional and complex.
My brushetta includes:
Deseeded roma tomatoes, diced, partially softened
Fresh basil leaves, shredded and finely minced
Four garlic cloves, crushed, generally mixed in tomatoes
Once on serving tray, balsamic glaze lightly drizzled over tomato mix
Oven fresh baguette, sliced diagonally to about 0.50″ – 0.75″ thick.
It was a hit! People even scraped the plate clean!
The air in my house always has the sweet scent of cookies
The Cookie run
Everything just seems to be made for me!
I love cookies, and cookies love me too. (Running Justin tells me that they don’t love me, but I don’t trust him because he doesn’t eat cookies and isn’t even around much during Cookie Season).
I wish you a happy Cookie Capstone Festival on the 25th!
I’ll write this post as I wait for dinner in the FIKA Cafe.
Some of you may notice that I’ve taken s liking to the American Swedish Institute.
Those who know too much may think it’s related to the Gustavus Alumni, but it is not at all. It’s true, I discovered ASI from a Cocktails at the Castle event. It was cool. That put it on there map. Like a lot of things, I just went to check it out because I was curious. But as I went here a couple more times, I was just captivated.
It’s incredible. I mean, yes, it’s kind cool that a lot of things remind me of my grandma’s house. And I am Swedish, but that’s not why I come here.
This place has an incredible positive energy. I can’t explain it, and I’ve never felt that with a place before.
It’s a good place. That’s why I’m a member and spend time here.
As 2015 closes, I’m doing what I’m good at: Working a bunch.
But it’s different this time. The difference?
This time I’m actually focusing! It’s weird….
I’ll tell you to where I am and where I’m planning on going, give or take, at this point, subject to change….
First I’ll talk about my non-business stuff:
I feel like I’ve never had more energy or looked better! For those who know me, that is a well controlled energy.
I’ve been very happy lately, especially with myself. I don’t think it’s directly related to a lady-type, but it maybe an indirect result. But yeah, the independent piece is kind of important.
There are a lot of people out there who are really independent, or so they claim. And they are, mostly.
But then there’s my level of independence. Unlike everyone who talks about their independence, I actually am independent. Being financially independent is the crux of independence because that means my time is independent. I love it.
Now that I’ve left the Strib, I’ve been getting back to some things. I’m making events occasionally. It’s nearly impossible to make a huge one bc of the proximity of the holidays.
Some people may think that my events are very impulsive. In reality, I have 7,000 members, so making them suddenly is how I control size, yet I let the market rule. Someday I’ll actually post about my event beliefs.
My health is very good. My diet is a very strict “reasonable” and I exercise sometimes.
Second, I’ll talk about business stuff:
In reality, I’ve been short on time lately. I’m trying to do business events soon because it’ll allow me to make all my value-added tax work available to more people because they’ll do their own accounting, instead of me doing it for them and billing them for it.
That’s one of three event-types I’ll be doing for business.
So I’m designing a website for that. Thinking about hiring someone to do that.
I’m also still doing some 2014 returns bc they delayed getting me info. I have bookkeeping too.
All whilst working blog posts, updating my website, and building for my 2016 tax season.
I love who I am, and I love what I do. If course I work with numbers, but I must read for work. I’m also in sales. I can talk, so I can talk about the one thing I sell…. Me.
My goal for 2016 is huge growth. If course I have a number, but I won’t share it here.
All I know is that I’m building to and looking forward to an awesome 2016!
You can tell this isn’t me because I would never wear orange.
When talking to someone for the first time in A long time, you should remember a few things.
For one, they will probably talk about when you last saw them. That’s pretty typical.
Further, they might make some mention of some prior shenanigans.
If this person wants to talk to you, they want to talk to you. That’s not always the case.
They’re not stuck in the past, but they don’t know anything about you and don’t have any more material with you (like a stand up comedian). But they’re bothering to try.
They’re probably talking about the past because that is the only thing they have with you. Give them some more material. Let them make you laugh.
What would happen if you both gave each other the present?
