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A little stressed and tired

Today I was a little bit stressed and tired. And I am not fully sure why, as I had a good weekend and ‘should have’ (imagine what I am stating here) been fully rested and such (for the new week). And while writing this I am starting to realize more and more how crazy it is what I am writing here, as why should a weekend day be that different, or at least ‘better’ than a weekday.

I still believe life should be enjoyed, and somehow we have programmed the world to make a separation between ‘work’ and ‘pleasure’. How crazy can we be?

And yes, I guess in ancient times ‘work’ might have been really necessary just to survive. But I doubt if ‘work’ (hunting and such) was considered as stressful as most (working) people consider it today.

And yes, I do take breaks, as you may or may not know that on Sundays I normally don’t send my daily quote and I don’t write my (daily) blog posts and neither do I update my gratitude diary. And on Sundays I normally don’t work, I normally don’t turn on my (working) computer. As indeed I believe that humans need something like a weekly break from their daily routine. And yes, I often feel obligations as ‘work’ or ‘stress’, including my daily activities related to Inspiration for Success. And yes, I ‘worked’ yesterday, because I just felt like it, because I just thought it was fun to turn on my computer and do some work type stuff.

So well, it seems we have something interesting here, because the question rises if my ‘working’ on yesterday was (part of) my stress today. And I don’t know the answer to that, as there are some other stress things going on right now, which I think have much more influence on me than the stuff I did yesterday and I did not consider ‘work’.

Still interesting how I started this post, the thought of separating ‘work’ and ‘pleasure’ as most of us normally do. And how we should deal with that in the future. As I believe humanity somehow has past the point of ‘needing to work’, probably deeply rooted in the ideas of the bible, the bible that I believe still defines most of our culture, at least Western culture.

So let’s think a bit more about this and how to organize this. As that is one of the main reasons for this blog, this site: not linking ‘work’ and ‘income/money’ to ‘fulfilling needs and wants’. As these things have nothing to do with each other, at least not anymore, in 2014.

Holiday

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I am on holiday and that makes me think more and more whether I should insist, read ‘force myself’, to keep writing every day in periods like this. As I guess everybody needs a holiday every now and then free from everything. But somehow I also want to stick to my decision to write every day here, as somehow that is what I have decided. And according to Napoleon Hill some kind of stubbornness is better than, well, whatever. So yes, I am kind of stubborn here, forcing myself to write every day, send a quote every day, where somehow everything seems to be against it, including the Universe, including Infinite Intelligence.

And yes, I know there is fear behind, the fear of letting go, the fear of not continuing here what I started, continuing writing about success, about my road to success. And part of it is discipline, something I am not good at, or at least was not good at. So I am scared to lose that discipline again, to lose the skill to start something and continuing it, finishing it.

But of course with a blog or a site like this there is no ‘finish’. And somehow, one day, I’ll have to stop writing or at least change something. At least as the last few months it is not really working what I am doing here, except proving to myself, well, that I am still stubborn.

So yes, maybe it is time to find some new way of doing this, continuing this website, this blog. But yes, I need to do it very careful, I need to be very careful to not find some kind of excuse to make changes to just let go what I started, just let go of the success of writing every day (except Sundays). As somehow that is helping me, has helped me to get on the road to success.

So let’s be careful, but let’s be open to guidance from The Universe, from Infinite Intelligence, to make this into a better, more useful venture.

Comments very welcome.

How far I have gotten

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There is a quote in my mind right now, and it goes something like that we often look at how far we still have to go instead of how far we have gotten. And I think I have gotten much further with my crazy internet project than I could have ever imagined. As yes, people confirm it is a crazy project. But yes, they also kind of support it, believe it would be or could be doable. And that is also what I see more and more, that people want other people to succeed, no matter what they want or how big or how small the item is they are looking to achieve. So yes, if I want to put Cagayan de Oro City on the internet map, make it the Internet City of the World, it is still some kind of crazy idea. But it is also not, as there is no real internet city as I have in mind in the world and why could Cagayan de Oro City not grow into something bigger, something big. And who wouldn’t want that?

And yes, I believe more and more that Napoleon Hill is right, and with him many other great thinkers. It all starts with service, with giving service to other people, with giving, with giving to other people. As it seems the more about giving something to the people, the people of Cagayan de Oro City, the people of Mindanao, the people of The Philippines, the better my project, my venture feels. And of course there is something in me that still says like ‘what’s in it for me?’, but if that part shows up, the good feeling becomes a little less good. As that is ‘taking’. And I believe more and more that you can only give, and receive. But you can’t take, you can’t force, you can’t force or expect other people to give you something. Or maybe you can expect, but you really have to fully let it go, you really have to fully let it up to the other person what he wants to give you.

And maybe you can ask, but I’m not fully sure how that exactly works. As if I ask the wrong way, again, I am kind of taking. It seems you really have to ask without expecting, without demanding. You really have to ask in an open way and be satisfied with whatever is given or not given.

So yes, I am learning I think. And it’s not easy, as many of my needs are not fulfilled, there are many things I am missing very much, like having enough money to live, have a car, have some holiday, visit my mam in The Netherlands and many more things. But again, you can’t force it, you just have to wait for The Universe to give. And maybe ready to receive. But you can’t force.

Nice, a refund

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I was pleasantly surprised when I was offered a refund of the delivery cost of something I ordered from Amazon. And my concern finally even seemed to be related to something on my side, like someone not opening the gate for the person trying to deliver the package.

And this reminded me of what I heard about a major hotel chain as that hotel chain gave every employee an amount like USD 200.00 to deal with concerns of guests that need immediate attention. And I thought that type of trust towards guests, customers and staff was a very good idea. And apparently Amazon has something similar in place.

And yes, it had a very positive effect on me, on the conversation, as I was just given something, for free and unneeded, just because I took the time to report some issue I did not understand.

So yes, if I am ever in a position again to implement something like that in my company I will certainly do. Even though it is probably much harder here, in The Philippines, than in the western world. But I will certainly do.

Almost 150

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There are almost 150 people that receive my daily inspirational quote right now. And that means if I want to keep using my current mailer, a plugin that I made for this purpose, I will have to send the e-mails in two batches soon as my hosting provider only allows 150 e-mails per hour to be sent from one account or one domain.

And actually I am getting a bit proud, as even not so many people have subscribed to the daily inspirational quote as I started with just adding people I knew and got e-mails from to the mailing list, there have been quite some people who used the subscription method provided in the site. And also people are using the unsubscribe option in the e-mail, so actually there are more, maybe quite a bit more than 150 people, knowing about this site and about my daily inspirational quote.

And no, I’m not really satisfied with the site and the project yet, as I have no clue on how to earn money with it. Or at least not lose money with it. Or stated in a better way: I have the feeling I did not receive anything really (in return for all my effort with this site and the sending of the daily inspirational quote.

But well, I’m not even two years on the way with this yet, so who knows what comes out of it. And as indicated before, this site, this project, and my related Dutch blog do help me, do give me ‘something’ in return, like analysis and yes, some pride. As it is not nothing, doing something every day, except Sundays.

So yes, I guess I can still be proud of myself for at least doing those daily things. And then I forget writing the mailer, which took me quite some effort a while ago.

And the weird thing with the last is that I am just using it now, every day. And it is a very efficient way to send the e-mails the way I want.

So yes, I hope you appreciate it, somehow, the things I do. Even though my writing is not always that interesting, not that inspiring.

So thank you for reading my posts and stuff. And thank you for receiving and maybe reading my daily inspirational quotes.