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Actions speak louder than words but when those words are spoken, they speak volumes.

Are you sitting? Good. Think of one person. Now, imagine that same person has just been swept off the face of the earth and removed from existence. Now don’t you regret thinking of them a second ago? Think of the most probable choices. A family member, a friend, a lover, or maybe even a celebrity. If you picked a celebrity, you might as well stop reading and return to your television set. Family, friends and lovers are so intertwined yet one or another often goes underappreciated. Call home. Call that childhood friend of yours that you haven’t talked to in years. Shit, call anyone who will recognize your voice the moment you say hi and do just that. Say hi. Say hi to your mom. I know she would love to hear your voice. And when you’re done, say hi to your dad. I know he would love to hear your voice too. But most importantly, listen. Listen to what they have to say because I guarantee you will be glad you did.

Shifting Gears

Having been employed in a “grown up” job for over a year now, I sometimes wonder whether or not I made the right decision about not going straight to grad school. In an age where that once sought after piece of paper that we are all led to believe is our ticket to bigger and better things is relatively useless, you have to ask yourself, why not just stay in school and learn as much as you can while you’re still in learning mode? As my window of “learning mode” comes to a close, at this point do I really want to leave a stable job and pay so that I can study for a GMAT that will ultimately determine where I go to grad school. Not to mention cover letters, letters of recommendations, applications and the sort.

For the past year I have been doing sales and marketing at an internet marketing firm.  I enjoy my time there and it isn’t something that I dread. I must be doing something right. But it’s still work and with it mostly being sales-oriented, it isn’t really the most enjoyable thing to do. In fact, I have yet to meet someone who actually enjoys making cold calls. Up until this past week, my typical workday consisted of talking to people on the phone, sending emails, logging info into SalesForce, meetings, consulting for web sites/seo and drawing up proposals and agreements. Even though I’m personable, I’ve never been a fan of sales. As a result, my roles at my firm are shifting and I will be doing more design / programming work with an emphasis on marketing and consulting. Moving forward I will still partake in some sales and have the opportunity to earn commissions but it will only account for roughly 15% of my workday. Needless to say, it will be a refreshing change.

And they say change is the only constant so not only is my role at work changing, I am also starting a new workout program at a MMA gym. It came at a great time because my days at the gym have become so mundane and I’ve lacked the motivation to get me past this plateau that I’ve become so familiar with these last few weeks. Day 1 of the new routine pushed my body so far that I puked. I can’t even remember the last time I had puked like that seeing as my body has grown accustomed to my long nights of binge drinking now that I’m in my 3^rd year of drinking legally. Surely, this was a sign of my body being pushed so hard that it exploded in the form of a turkey sandwich and V8 juice. Strangely enough, that was the exact meal I had merely 1 hour before the workout. Note to self: ‘It’s like swimming. If you’re going to eat, make sure you leave plenty of time for your body to digest the food, because you can only make the puking in a bush tactic look classy so many times.’

I’ve become a morning person now that I consume coffee on a daily basis and I have been waking up at 6am to go to work so a “robot never sleeps” isn’t entirely true but that leads me to this conclusion:

There’s a certain calming feeling that only the morning brings,
And in the twilight of daybreak you find your mind at ease.

Matt