Author: mikemeyer949

Evolution

My first couple of jobs were rewarding. I liked the sense of identity, the purpose and lifestyle having a job afforded me.

When I was younger I liked being a student. I graduated from high school and went on to college, even grad school.

At some point I tired of being a student. I wanted to evolve and grow. That is when I got my first job.

After more than a decade of working jobs I strived to take the Next step and evolve again. But what is the next step? Being a student just happened. I was told to go, I liked it and continued. Getting a job took persistence but there were opportunities and I took them. Finding the next step is not so clear. Where do I go, how do I make money, support myself and my family?

Those questions and the answers you live with will be how you spend a majority of your years on this earth.

Keeping on…

Working full time and actually enjoying it. The dreams of thirtydayjobcleanse and The Unaffiliated before that have kind of moved to the back burner.

Mixed feelings about that. Like losing an old friend that had drifted away. The hope of accomplishment has waned but so has the frustration of failure. After three years of thirtydayjobcleanse it is probably good to step back for a moment

October update

854 followers. Started new job. Executive director. I feel that I have accomplished something with the thirty day job cleanse but there is more that could be done. I set up a support page that feels it could be strong but I am not sure it needs to be coupled to the book anymore. Will it ever grow to be its own thing? It hasn’t been a priority the last couple weeks but I still would like to nurture it and see if it can be more than just a small successful Facebook page of inspirational water, mountain, sky 🌌 pictures

Update

It has been a while. Have 840 followers. Have established an identity but haven’t clearly developed value proposition.

Kind of hit a wall like I have done what I wanted and feel guilty/stupid coercing it to drive revenue. I haven’t been a revenue driver in my life. I want to but I am afraid I am very solidified in selfish childish ways.

Patron

I set up a Patreon page for thirtydayjobcleanse. I feel like this is a model that I can embrace. Solicit support for a ministry rather than selling promises, services or goods.

From a technical standpoint I think I can replicate pretty much everything through send owl and WordPress. Once I get it more fleshed out have it built more secure. Some of there pricing is pretty steep (3% + 3% if use their store for merchandise)

I can feel passion and excitement. Haven’t felt those in a while

Confidence inspired

Last night I promoted a post even though I hadn’t really worked on the website for a couple days. I didn’t have anything to promote though I did anyway. I realize posting and promoting was an activity I just did because I do it.

The theme of the fb page is really confidence inspired. I have these incoherent multiple themes of the cleanse, the test, the plan and inspiration all rolling down different tracks. If I can pinpoint my energy to one of them it would be productive. For now that one is confidence and inspiration