It’s been ENTIRELY too long since I’ve posted anything….here’s a quick update:
I failed miserably with meeting the goal date of relaunching my first business. My goal was to re-launch it by the end of 2010. Missing that goal threw everything off. I outsourced the creation of approximately 6 presentations – to make them interactive & cool. I hired someone I really liked on o-Desk and he missed every timeline he committed to. I can’t really blame him. I should have fired him when he missed the second timeline. Instead, I bought into all of his excuses & let my goal completely slide. I lost all of my momentum & when I finally had 5 of the 6 presentations from him, I reviewed them with my wife.
We both decided the message was off & have put the whole thing on hold. (WRONG MOVE – now I have ZERO momentum on this project.
Fortunately, our other big business launch has moved forward (although much slower than I had hoped). I’ve managed to keep the development efforts up & have the final deliverable completely done and programmed for automation, but I’m not very far with the marketing – specifically the website.
I fell into the same old trap that all of my clients have fallen into – I can’t seem to define what it is we want in the website. Even though, conceptually, it should be a VERY easy site to build. I’m considering just jumping on the Kajabi platform, but I don’t like the costs based on the number of subscribers I’m hoping to bring on board.
Finally, my consulting business continues to pay the bills. I’ve been extended onto a VERY busy project through August – it’ll probably go longer if they don’t completely change the scope (again) and decide that they don’t need me and the whole Siebel team I’m working on.
All of the above has been work related….and none of that has anything to do with what I’ve been through in the last two months. The day after Easter, my father had a massive heart attack. He was definitely knocking on heaven’s door.
I spent the first two nights in the hospital with him in ICU. In total, he was sedated for almost a week & remained in the hospital for almost a month. Since his first release, he’s been in and out the of the hospital two more times dealing with complications from the heart attack. His recovery is still in progress….to say the least, it’s been a very difficult spring. We’re all looking forward to him regaining his health and getting back to normal.
The point to all of this is that I really haven’t been focused on getting free for the last couple of months. I’ve been focused on surviving and keeping my family together. Trying to be there through my dad’s most difficult days, while feeling guilty about coming home and enjoying precious time with my wife and beautiful children.
There is so much to this big, beautiful experience called life. Getting free is just one small thing that I want to accomplish so I can enjoy my time with my family, my friends & whomever God so chooses to put me in touch with. Although I’ve been knocked off my path a couple of times this year, I’m picking up the pieces and continuing on. I hope you all stay with me and continue your journey as well.