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Post by Martin on Jun 18, 2012 4:59:29 GMT -5
Well it is Monday and back to work. I love it.... I had a relaxing weekend. I did go to the club house yesterday and played some pool. I was shocked to see me making shots after so long of not playing. I want to get back to where I am doing better at it. I will have to practice some more. This week with no classes to teach I am going to focus on marketing. We need to try to rebuild some of what we lost in business. It will be good for me to get out there again.
I am finding more comfort with my job every week. Looking forward to the time where I will be ok with the fast pace. I have today planned out and ready to hit it.
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Post by Martin on Jun 19, 2012 5:06:12 GMT -5
Yesterday was very busy. I went to Lagrange on a service call and stopped in to see the girls at Beers. They were happy to see me. They could not believe I was back from living at the beach to working for Ralph again. I am shocked as well and I am living it. I got the proof for my 3rd book. It looks nice. This is a training manual for new computers users. For those of you who wouldl like to see more about it. You can go to my website. www.oakislandcomputers.com Marilyn went out with a friend of ours today and had lunch and when I got home another friend of ours was over visiting. It is so nice to have friends and family around us again.
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Post by Martin on Jun 20, 2012 5:03:22 GMT -5
Yesterday was a good day at work. Got a lot done. I did some cold calling, the things I do not like to do at work. But I did land a quote for a camera system. So that made me feel good. Last night I had planned to do some studing for the apple test but, I was too burnt out. I will have to make up for it tonight. I just chilled and watch some deadly catch. I have not seen any of the season this year.
Today I have to go pick up a apple computer that is a mess. We have to straighten out a problem. This should make for an interesting day.
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Post by Martin on Jun 21, 2012 5:17:58 GMT -5
Yesterday was a grim reminder that even though I have been working on computers for 27 years and feeling comfortable about what I know, how much I still don't know. When I am working on my clients, I come accross as someone who can fix anything, pretty much. In working with business clients for my job, I am out of my comfort zone and start to realize that I have a lot more to learn.
I got to learn fast and on the fly. My confindence level is coming back around slowly. Last night I wanted to study some more but was totally toast when I got home last night. When I am that tired, trying to learn is a mute point.
Today I feel rested and ready to tackle what I need to do. I am looking forward to the weekend. It is really the only time I get to unplug for a while. This weekend I have to study but it is ok. It helps me stay on top of my game.
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Post by Martin on Jun 26, 2012 5:28:24 GMT -5
Yesterday was an exciting day, I finished teaching another new course and things went well. I am getting more comfortable each time. Today I have to go to Southbend on a service call. It will be interesting. Long drive.
Today is our anniversary. We have been married 13 years. It is weird that we are now back to the place where we got married. I am going tonight and pick up dinner at one of our favorite places to eat. It should be fun
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Post by Martin on Jun 27, 2012 4:55:33 GMT -5
Yesterday was very nice. Marilyn and I went to one of Marilyn's favorite resterants. It is called Casa Grill. We have not been back there since we moved back. There is one dish they serve that Marilyn can't have anywhere else. It is very good. I had some egg plant, one of my favorite. Marilyn and I have been married 13 years, we have been through some good times and bad with her health. Now that we are back in Indiana with the grandkids it is good to have family around again. Things are getting better and once we take care of some financial problems we should start to be able to build us some security in our life right now.
On Friday is Marilyn's birthday. We are going out to dinner again with the grandkids. It should be fun.
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Post by Martin on Jun 29, 2012 4:50:43 GMT -5
TGIF - It has been a busy week this week at work. Three days of teaching and my trip to southbend. I have a class to finish up today. Today is Marilyn's birthday. Tonight we are going out to dinner with the grandkids. It will be fun. I got up extra earily this morning could not sleep. Yesterday it got up to 105 here. It was overwhelming. Today, we are under a heat advisory. I thing maybe tomorrow of going swimming.
I have to study this weekend, I am teaching Monday and Tuesday.
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Post by Martin on Jul 6, 2012 5:33:18 GMT -5
Things have been going well. I have found comfortable zone at my job. Of course now that I have it is changing. For the next 10 weeks I will be working a job site in Indy. This means that my commute to work will be 2 hours each way. It will make for a very long day. I am glad we got this contract. It will help me earn my keep, but it takes me out of being able to organize the tech department and getting us some new business. It has been very hot here the last couple weeks. Not that I am complaining. I know winter is just around the corner. Last week we had a very bad storm and lots of people lost electricty and lots of trees down. It was bad. On the day the storm happed it took me 1 hour and twenty minutes to get home. Usually it is only about 25 minutes.
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Post by Martin on Jul 7, 2012 6:57:48 GMT -5
It is Saturday, my day to relax. Of course I got up at 4:00am I don't know why but it seems I get up earilier on my days off. I need to work on the magazine this weekend. It is the 7th of the month and I still don't have it up yet. My life is very busy lately. I am spending my time focusing on my job. It is important to do my job well.
I am excited about the Upcoming Indy job. I am dreading my long drive everyday but exicted about the job itself. This morning I have a client, so I have to get into the shower soon. I need to refocus a little this weekend. I seem to be in a funk that I can't really explain. In part it is my insureity I guess. I have not quite figured out just what is bothering me. A lot of times in life, things will bother you but you can't really find an answer to what it is. This is because usually it is masked by other surface feelings. I know once I figure out why I am in the funk then I can deal with what I need to do to change it.
Normally I just change my programming and take myself out of the funk. This time I am trying to find the root of my problem. I need to do this to fix myself in a more perminate way. This is my new life, I need to open myself to new things.
I think about the beach all the time. My life was so much simpler there but I was in poverty. Now I am make good money and I am fortunate to have a job and this oppertunity to grow.
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Post by Martin on Jul 10, 2012 4:33:44 GMT -5
Had a great day yesterday, we are on a new job site in Indy and we went orginally to be trainers, but now we are doing the convertion from XP to W7 and office 2003 to office 2010. It makes for a long day, being that we travel for 2 hours each way. It is tring for me. But I will live. I love learning and doing new things.
I got home last night about 7:30 pm leaving my house at 5:30 am. Makes for a long day. Today we will be converting laptops, we have quite a few.
I finally got the magazine out on Sunday, it was late coming out. I have to get better at that. I am focusing on my job, but can't let go of things that are important to me personally. I know as time goes on, I can find a happy medium. I also, need to refocus on completing my book. I have not touched it in weeks. I am looking forward to getting it out and promoting it. My third book First Timers & Old Timers, is out but I know it will not be a big seller. It will have a market, but I need to promote it in a different way. My focus should be church groups and such. I will work on that next month.
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Post by Martin on Jul 16, 2012 3:43:50 GMT -5
Well it is Monday and I am about to start another week of trips to Indy everyday. I am enjoying this job assignment but the commute is what is hard on me. I get up at 4:00 am, to be at the shop by 6:00 am to travel to job site getting there at 8:30. Then 2-1/2 commute home at 5:00pm. I get home about 7:30pm. This makes for a very long day.
Last week went pretty well. This week we are more comfortable doing things. By the end of last week, I was pretty toast. With a long night on Thursday and the night at the hotel. I was glad that Friday was here and we got to go home.
I spent this weekend just taking it easy. I had a nap each day and slept for 2 hours. I am really starting to feel my age. Well time to get into the shower and get this week started.
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Post by Martin on Jul 23, 2012 12:18:44 GMT -5
Things have been very busy of the last couple weeks. I have been driving to Indy, 2-1/2 hours each way to a client site. It makes for a very long day. This last weekend I helped move furniture for our daughter in law and go a desk and chair for my den. Things are going well. I need to spend some time on the magazine and my book. I am behind on writing, I still would like to finish my 4th book by the end of the year.
Well back to work.
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Post by Martin on Aug 10, 2012 14:52:47 GMT -5
It has been a while since I last wrote. I have been busy with finding a since of comfort with my new job and responsibilities. I know I am in the same field as I have always been but, my new job is totally different than when I was working for myself. In owning my own business, I found a comfort zone in what I was working on. Here at my new job, it seems everything I work on is different than I am use to. It really shakes your self confidence and image you have of yourself.
I am always up for learning new things. But feel overwelmed with all I have to learn. I am looking forward to the weekend. I am going to relax this weekend and try to settle my nerves. As much talk and teach that I do about stress management does not mean I am ammue to it. It gets to me as well. Sometimes stronger than others.
I like where I work and want to keep my position. So focus on my tasks need to be my priority. It is so easy to keep getting pulled in different directions. Makes completing task sometime hard. I will have to work on my focus.
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Post by Martin on Sept 9, 2012 11:58:09 GMT -5
Things in my life are changing. Somethings are getting easier with my new job and some are getting harder. Last week I helped passed a certification we needed. It was overdue. I am happy that we passed. I am enjoying the training that I am doing for work one. My student is doing great. This is due to her work, I am only taking credited for helping her achieve her goal.
I am in a state of mind where I am working on reprogramming parts of my life. Without going into a lot of detail there are parts of my life I need to reprogram my thinking.
I am tring to do with looking hard at my current programing and change the way I do and look at certain things in my life. While I am normally an open book when it comes to journaling my life, there are some things I just don't want to journal to the world. (Sorry)... lol.... I will talk about it more in the future. What this is about is not what is really important. What is important is how I go about reprogramming certain areas of my life.
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Post by Martin on Sept 24, 2012 12:39:09 GMT -5
Well another chapter in my ever changing life. I thought things were going well, at my new job, but because of hard economical times, they had to lower my salary. Just when I was getting use to making a desent paycheck for the first time in a long time.
Now I have to go, and start looking either for another job or a part time job to make ends meet. My job is very emotionally draining. I currently am working, coming home exhausted and having to study to teach classes on top of tring to make a billable amount each week. I just don't know if I have any energy left to work a part time job as well. We will see.
It seems like my energy levels are very low now. I know that I am 51 but should have more energy than I do. Part of my job is calling sales calls. I love talking to people and getting to know them, but cold call selling, is something that I never was very good at. I need to work on being better at it. The goal is to raise my billable.
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