I had a bunch of communication with clients and potential clients and ordered more business cards. Going to the networking groups they are going to go fast and the one I’m going to tomorrow morning says to bring at least 30 cards which is about how many I have left. I ended up placing two … Read more
I went to a small morning business networking meeting and met some interesting people. I think I did pretty well at talking about what I do by going to examples rather than trying to talk in the abstract. Talking about doubling a “client’s” tutoring rates resonated with one person and we talked after the meeting … Read more
My plan was to work today even though it is a national holiday and I did work some but not as intensely as I planned. However, it was a nice quiet work day (Labor Day). So I got some work done including some initial prospecting research for non-profit theater groups. I also had a good … Read more
Today my plan was to relax. That was actually what I scheduled. I don’t normally do that however I’m experimenting with not trying to work on Sundays. If anything it will make me more excited to get back into things on Monday and my plan isn’t to take Monday off even though it is officially … Read more
Today is my daughters’ birthday and since I’m in the same state now as one of them, I drove to Berkley to visit my daughter Catherine. We had brunch at La Marcha Tapas Bar. I had been there once before with Catherine on a day last summer when it was nearly 100F in Berkeley and … Read more
I worked pretty intensely today. I turned off everything and focused. It works well. Glad I figured it out. Seems super obvious in hindsight. And works. [Editors note: I finished some of these last 8 days of posts out of order and I notice I repeated my self pretty often about the focus technique I … Read more
I spent a long day working. I very successfully continued with one of the obvious in hindsight ideas I picked up at WordCamp last week. If I spend periods of time with my phone off and email closed and iMessage off and music on, nothing really distracts me. Yes, it should be obvious. Yes, I’m … Read more
I slept well and woke up early relative to Pacific time which was a little late for Central time. I like the mornings so it works out ok. Despite traveling yesterday, I felt pretty energetic today and got quite a bit done at work. We went out to dinner in the evening to Roxy and … Read more
Today I migrated back to Sacramento, California for a bit. The flight was mid-morning so I had time to take the medium version of my walk. I’m not sure what the weather will be like when I return and I was glad to see the neighborhood for the last time for a while. It was … Read more
Today was my girlfriend Chris’ first day back at school. As usual, she and colleagues go back a week early for motivational workshops of varying quality and time setting up their classrooms. I dropped her off early and then went to a coffee shop to wait until lunch time. I got a couple of errands … Read more