Absolute Nothing
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy |
This piece was a tough piece to write. After all, how do you make ‘nothing’ interesting?
This is however.
Sitting on the couch, I realize my phone isn’t ringing with problems or delays or burdens. Everything is in this autopilot mode which is rather enjoyable. The new tenant has been taken care of, with all her belongings to be moved into the house. The back tenants reported some plumbing problems, which were taken care of easily enough.
The automated bill pay has taken away my bills. The Skype option is working out wonderfully. Grassman appears to be on track. Expenses are down. Income is steady.
With this down time comes the use of the imagination. I’ve talked extensively before, about the E-Myth book and the various levels of the business: Employee, Manager, and Entrepreneur. For the longest time, my life bounced from Employee to Manager then back again to Employee. This is the grunt work, the less glamorous work, which needs to be done.
Now with the autopilot engaged, I’m back up to the Entrepreneur level. The “vacation rental” idea is one product of this mental wandering. The online business idea is getting back on track. And a second project has been piggy-backed onto it. Good stuff all the way around.
What has made the “Imagineering” games fun is my new work schedule. Fridays are now mine to do with as I please. Now an entire day can be devoted to my own projects, in addition to the piece-meal hours throughout the week. That makes more sense to me.
These times are the times of real estate investing which I truly enjoy.
On a side note: I hate valium.
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valium is no fun. Make sure you up your fiber. Four day weeks are great. I’m alternating my day off between Friday and Monday. I can sneak a few 4 day weekends in each month to get out of dodge.
Gotta love those 4 day work weeks. My mother-in-law has that and works out the 4 day weekend to come out to visit us in NY. For some this wouldn’t be all that great, especially with the stories of evil mother-in-laws, but mine is great! We get along very well so it’s always nice to have them come out to visit.
At the begining of your post I thought for sure you were going into a Seinfeld scenario. They had many seasons about absolutely nothing. A week doesn’t go by where I find myself quoting Seinfeld in some situation in life…
Driving down the road and a defiant bird hangs out a little too long in front of me… I find myself screaming Costanza like… “NO DEAL!!!”
Or, Life is giving me one of those days… Grabbing at my hair and bellowing… “Scerenity Now!!!”
There are countless others…
Hope the back is feeling better!
@Carla: For valium, I was told I had an adverse reaction to it. Maybe going to work after taking it wasn’t a good idea. People steered clear of my office that day.
@Matt: Seinfeld is what I had in mind when I wrote this piece. Cracks me up! What is the deal with Ovaltine?