by Bryn Youngblut on February 2, 2012
I watched a video clip yesterday that got me thinking about my own past and how I was growing up.
From as early as I can remember I have always done my own thing. When I was a kid I had garage sales every weekend trying to sell my parents junk. I could go on and on with examples over the years.
I have never enjoyed school or being told what to do. I never was an ‘A’ student but I did just enough to get by and get it over with.
It’s funny when I look back at high school because I pretty much scraped by on most courses until my very last semester. I had somehow worked it out that I only had four classes to complete that semester and graduate and every single one was a business course, all with the same teacher. I gotta say I still slacked off in those courses but I managed to get straight A’s in all of them without much work. I think the reason for that is they were classes I was actually interested in.
Growing up were told the next step is to go to college or university. When I graduated high school I went straight to college for a degree in Business Administration. I didn’t attend many of my classes and partied pretty much daily while also working on building websites. Long story short I dropped out 2 years later with a certificate in “college exploration”, I am not joking that’s what it said. My parents were not pleased.
I was still figuring out online marketing and trying to make my own income. At this point I had been building websites for years without monetizing them because at the time it was more of a hobby. I wasn’t sure where I was heading or what my plan was but I have known since I was a child that I always wanted to work for myself. So with little money left to my name I got a job at a small steel distributor. It was literally just the manager and I was the only employee. It was a crappy job but the guy I worked with made it enjoyable and is now one of my good friends. After about a year in at this job it really dawned on me that I did not want to do this for the rest of my life. It fired me up to really start making some good money and that’s when my online business took off. I ended up staying with the company for probably 6 months longer than I wanted to purely because if I had left earlier they would be really screwed.
I believe anyone could be an entrepreneur but it really takes that drive and ambition. Most people are fine with being an employee and that is perfectly okay, if there weren’t employees who would we hire?
Do you believe entrepreneurs are born and if so do you feel you were?
by Bryn Youngblut on December 1, 2011
I successfully quit drinking for an entire month and I gotta say after the first week or so it was very easy. I realized quickly how unnecessary alcohol really is.
Don’t get me wrong I am still going to drink but I don’t feel that urge to need a drink whenever I am stressed out about something.
I lost almost 10 pounds, and I’m not even close to overweight. I started running every other day or so and started eating healthier.
I really enjoyed doing this little challenge, I’ll have to think of a new one to do soon. Maybe I’ll do another not drinking month in January.
Maybe if others want to join me we can start a group on Facebook or something.
by Bryn Youngblut on November 21, 2011
This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.
Can’t believe I’m almost done the month already.
I remember the first week all I could think about was how awesome it would be to finish the month and have a drink again, but now I don’t even care.
I’m not gonna lie I am definitely going to have a celebration drink on December 1st, but I don’t see myself going back to my old ways.
I think the stress that comes with being your own boss can be overwhelming at times and by what I’ve seen in our industry it seems like a lot of people take to having some drinks to ease the stress. I wouldn’t call it an addiction or abnormal to have a couple drinks after a day of work. We used to drink stupid amounts every day in college, for no reason whatsoever but because we could.
I think everyone has their own way of unwinding, it’s making sure you don’t cross that line from casual to dependent.
by Bryn Youngblut on November 15, 2011
This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.
Still going strong and half way done!
I realized the always needing something to drink (non alcoholic) thing was to do with the dryness of my house right now as I am waiting for my new humidifier to be installed. It takes a commercial size steam humidifier to work in a 6,000 sq ft house.
On to the next week!
by Bryn Youngblut on November 7, 2011
At the start of this month I started a challenge to not have a single drink for a month.
Today is day 7 and everything is going great.
Some observations I have noticed:
- My energy level is up a bit, however I find myself getting tired faster at night which usually leads to me having a coffee
- I seem to always need to have some sort of a drink, whether it be water, coffee, ginger-ale or cranberry juice (maybe I should get checked out for diabetes)
- The first few days it felt very annoying not having a glass of red wine with my dinner, however I don’t really think about it anymore
- My stomach feels much better, some days it would hurt or feel gassy
That’s pretty much it for now.
Happy making monies!
