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Re: Have You Fasted?

akblues — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:46:06 -0000

um yeah, I might need to fast...

Re: Have You Fasted?

akblues — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:36:05 -0000

Deal. 3 days starting now.

Re: Have You Fasted?

akblues — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:57:14 -0000

I know, gotta start over... sigh.

Re: http://notoriousseo.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-have-confession-to-make.html

akblues — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:37:19 -0000

OMG! Me too! The super nice 100% cotton paper is the best.

Re: http://notoriousseo.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-have-confession-to-make.html

akblues — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:09:10 -0000

Chris wants you "get started on pens..."

Re: http://notoriousseo.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-have-confession-to-make.html

akblues — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:29:07 -0000

LOL. Every couple of months, I bring a bag into to work to re-distribute. I like the Pilot G2, nice grip, smooth writing.

Re: Are You Good On Paper?

akblues — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:08:44 -0000

Excellent perspective; and you know how I love to collect those. Though, for me, I know the credentials are only half the game. ....I want to know, well experience, reliability. Paper can project that image but it can never guarantee.

Re: Are You Good On Paper?

akblues — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:04:19 -0000

LOL, thanks for that (logical).

Re: Don’t Make Me Shake You

Alysia — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:26:50 -0000

Thank You so much for this Sean...I really feel I have a better understanding now. I appreciate that. ;-) I like the Hulk analogy too

Re: 25 Ways to Become An American Overnight (Without a Visa)

Ash Ambirge — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:36:03 -0000

Hi, Liz! Thanks for your post.

You know, while it's a highly controversial issue, I willsay that I applaud Bernanke for his unconventional, outside-the-box tactics - which is fundamentally what this site promotes - but I certainly agree with you in that something needs to be done to regain the value of the dollar, especially because we've got foreign holders like China and Japan hanging in there, lending us money, in fear that if they don't, the dollar will completely collapse, which would render all of their holdings worthless.

On a personal note, I am banking on the dollar regaining its value (no pun intended, lol) so I can start doing a little country hopping, living off of pesos while earning dollars...but that system will only work of the dollar is worth more! :)

As for comment number three about Mexicans, I would love to hear more about your thoughts. This is one of my favorite topics to debate about, and I, too, can get quite passionate!

Thanks for stopping by, Liz. Hope to see your face on here again soon!

Ash

Re: 25 Ways to Become An American Overnight (Without a Visa)

Ash Ambirge — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:37:42 -0000

Hi, Dougles ~ Thanks for stopping by!

Did you have any particular thoughts in mind? If you've got anything to add to the list, I'd love to hear it! The more the merrier. :)

Cheers,
Ash

Re: Lifestyle Design: The New Arch Enemy of Dry Cleaners Everywhere (And Possibly Your Mom, Too)

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:09:47 -0000

Sam ~ Thanks, girlfriend!!! Glad you stopped by.

Clayton ~ Thanks for the kind words! If given the option, I'd definitely have to go with Beach Beige, myself. Sahara Sand makes me think of Spaceballs, the movie. (Although that may not be a bad thing, after all) ;) Congratulations on your recent emancipation ~ would love to hear about your new plans. Rock on, Clayton!

Re: Meaningless Sex & Lifestyle Design: Sorry, Cutie, Last Night Didn’t Really Matter

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:12:39 -0000

Hey James ~ checked out your site and thought it was really, really awesome. And that Trevor guy? He's my next victim. ;) Thanks for stopping by and contributing!

Re: 25 Ways to Become An American Overnight (Without a Visa)

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:29:05 -0000

Hey, Carl - I agree with you 100%. The unfortunate thing it's never as uncomfortable as you built it up in your mind to be. I had to train myself to face any discomfort with a warm, welcoming smile, consciously reminding myself that even though I might feel like a big idiot at the moment (like the time I tried Bikram yoga and almost fell on my face repeatedly, as I attempted awkward-looking tree poses right next to a Philadelphia 76er's player), it's benefitting me in the sense that in the end, I will ultimately be a more confident individual with cool experiences to draw from. And then the next time someone suggests some yoga (or dance, or whatever it may be), I now no longer am uncomfortable because I've done it!

What type of dance do you teach? I actually just started taking salsa and bachata lessons. :) I'm in love!

Re: Meaningless Sex & Lifestyle Design: Sorry, Cutie, Last Night Didn’t Really Matter

Ash Ambirge — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:53 -0000

Well, now that we know that you aren't floating around somewhere off of the Ivory Coast, I'll send my people with some Blue Label on the double!

And, personally, I rather like the never have to be available approach. We'll see how I can make it come to fruition, at which point I will immediately challenge you to a sailboat race, except I will likely outsource the driving so I can sit back and watch me dominate. Don't worry, it'll make sure it gets scheduled between 12-2 PST / 3-5 EST! (Which, by the way, was truly good stuff.)

Re: Dude, Where’s My Niche? Pick your passion and own your space.

Ash Ambirge — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:15:10 -0000

Couldn't resist:

Cowboys Who Are Christian
Cephalopods
Convenience Store News
American Cemetery
Sheep Magazine - The Voice of the Independent Flockmaster
Cell Door (About prison life)
Flying Funeral Directors (perhaps "flying" is an industry term within this context?)
Concrete Quarterly (probably a great publication to place any type of late night 800 number ads)

Re: Why Lifestyle Design Is Like Working at McDonald’s – And Why It’s a Good Thing

Ash Ambirge — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:08:55 -0000

It's hard, because the concept of the "muse" goes against what seems logical. I worry, for example, that if I were to start a muse similar to what you're doing, how long could I keep that up before I wanted to stab myself in the eye with an industrial-sized ice pick? Until you can automate the articles you're writing, I'm sure it's going to be a bit challenging, if not time consuming more than anything else. What is the solution?! Right now, I'm contemplating some ideas. I really dig information products, but need to learn more about marketing them in a way that results in maximum profit. I've had an eBook out since 2007, and never truly got to the point where I was happy with the amount of $ it was making me, although I do believe this is a function of a lack of marketing know-how.

Re: Why Lifestyle Design Is Like Working at McDonald’s – And Why It’s a Good Thing

Ash Ambirge — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23:29 -0000

Dude, if you haven't already, you have got to read my favorite Steve Pavlina article. Every time I read it I get so inspired. Also - I do think the world would be a better place if we were able to work when and where we wanted, but I don't see it realistically coming to fruition any time soon. I also think I'd rather be an entrepreneur just because I seem to have issues with authority lately. LOL. Check out the article, I think you'll like it:

http://www.stevepavlina.com...

Here's an excerpt:

Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There’s only one problem with it. It’s stupid! It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies.

Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you’re working. Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working? Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working? Who taught you that you could only earn income while working? Some other brainwashed employee perhaps?

Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating, sleeping, and playing with the kids too? Why not get paid 24/7? Get paid whether you work or not. Don’t your plants grow even when you aren’t tending to them? Why not your bank account?

Who cares how many hours you work? Only a handful of people on this entire planet care how much time you spend at the office. Most of us won’t even notice whether you work 6 hours a week or 60. But if you have something of value to provide that matters to us, a number of us will be happy to pull out our wallets and pay you for it. We don’t care about your time — we only care enough to pay for the value we receive. Do you really care how long it took me to write this article? Would you pay me twice as much if it took me 6 hours vs. only 3?
Non-dummies often start out on the traditional income for dummies path. So don’t feel bad if you’re just now realizing you’ve been suckered. Non-dummies eventually realize that trading time for money is indeed extremely dumb and that there must be a better way. And of course there is a better way. The key is to de-couple your value from your time.

Smart people build systems that generate income 24/7, especially passive income. This can include starting a business, building a web site, becoming an investor, or generating royalty income from creative work. The system delivers the ongoing value to people and generates income from it, and once it’s in motion, it runs continuously whether you tend to it or not. From that moment on, the bulk of your time can be invested in increasing your income (by refining your system or spawning new ones) instead of merely maintaining your income.

This web site is an example of such a system. At the time of this writing, it generates about $9000 a month in income for me (update: $40,000 a month as of 10/31/06), and it isn’t my only income stream either. I write each article just once (fixed time investment), and people can extract value from them year after year. The web server delivers the value, and other systems (most of which I didn’t even build and don’t even understand) collect income and deposit it automatically into my bank account. It’s not perfectly passive, but I love writing and would do it for free anyway. But of course it cost me a lot of money to launch this business, right? Um, yeah, $9 is an awful lot these days (to register the domain name). Everything after that was profit.

Re: Why Lifestyle Design Is Like Working at McDonald’s – And Why It’s a Good Thing

Ash Ambirge — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:16:16 -0000

"Who cares if you love what's generating the income if you're not spending your own time on it?"

I think if executed properly, then this is the optimal mindset to maintain; that said, judging from the survey that was done over at FreePursuits, only 5% of location independents are actually working 10 hours a week or less. The majority, at 45%, are working 40-49 hours/week. If that's the case, then you sure as hell don't want to be doing something blatantly asinine for all those hours--you'd want to be at least a little passionate about whatever it is you're doing. It seems that what's lacking is more an implementation issue than anything.

On a different note, I think it comes down to a basic human sense of pride. We truly want to be able to say we're doing is worthwhile, and be proud of our accomplishments. However, again it's a social conditioning assumption that your most important accomplishments will be work-related. Instead, we need to be focusing on our accomplishments as kick-ass human beings doing extraordinarily, disgustingly cool things. Like travel around the entire world using only human, wind & solar power. I have no idea how you haven't made it on Oprah yet.

Reading Gary's book right now. Will have more to say on that topic later, no doubt!

Re: 33 Tell-Tale Signs You’re a Closet Lifestyle Designer

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:43:06 -0000

Originally saw this on my blackberry and didn't see the link to the video - just watched it this morning and am DYING of laughter. For anyone reading this, Andrew lives on a boat and is sailing around the world. Now go watch that video he linked to, because it'll be the funniest thing you do all day. I suppose Andrew can add "mermaid" to number 7. What country would that count as?

Re: Why Lifestyle Design Is Like Working at McDonald’s – And Why It’s a Good Thing

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:51:26 -0000

Pavlina rocks!!!! I love his "10 Reasons You Should Never Have a Religion" too, but that's too hardcore for some people. But the way he frames everything is just so spot on!

Re: 33 Tell-Tale Signs You’re a Closet Lifestyle Designer

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:49:08 -0000

This might have to be my new personal slogan! Haha, that made me laugh.

Re: Time Management is the Key to Lifestyle Design | G_RO

Ash Ambirge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:26:19 -0000

First of all, this post is going to make me not want to complete a project I've been procrastinating for the longest time that "needs" to get done, but your quote really resonated with me. This might have to become my new personal motto!

Second, I was contemplating this issue of information overload just the other day. As a relatively new Twitter user, I'm already witnessing myself becoming a bit too overzealous with it. And it's tough - because of the rise of social media, things like Twitter have become a necessary (and expected) tool, and for good reason. Yet, it's problematic when I find myself driving down the road, barely paying attention to the road because my Blackberry notification light is blinking away. I'm finding it hard to resist, even though I'm fully aware that I could get myself into an accident at any moment. And that's scary to see the power these things can have over you.

Last but not least, something that's helped me significantly is returning to the old pencil and paper route. When I need to sit down and write something, I do a much better job if I close the laptop, grab a notebook and a juicy gel pen, and stick out the Carpal Tunnel! No distractions, just me and my thoughts. And maybe a glass of vino. ;)

Re: 33 Tell-Tale Signs You’re a Closet Lifestyle Designer

Ash Ambirge — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:55:50 -0000

I knew I could count on you for a witty response! :)

Re: 33 Tell-Tale Signs You’re a Closet Lifestyle Designer

Ash Ambirge — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:58:45 -0000

I would've taken you for the kind of guy to be meeting up with Angelina ;)