END OF AN ERA

WELL...AFTER 400 POSTS AND COUNTLESS TIMES TALKING ABOUT ENDING THIS BLOG OR CHANGING OVER TO SOMETHING ELSE... GUESS WHAT... ITS FINALLY HAPPENING. THIS WILL OFFICIALLY BE THE VERY LAST POST THAT I WILL EVER WRITE. I CANT BELIEVE I KEPT THIS THING GOING FOR MORE THAN 7.5 YEARS... ITS BEEN QUITE A RUN... THIS THING STARTED OFF STRONG AND WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND THEN IT JUST GOT KILLED BY TIME. OH THERES GEMS HERE AND THERE BUT SOMETIMES THE POSTS ARE JUST SAD... LITERALLY SAYING NOTHING, YOU KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT TOO. SO MANY POSTS WERE FORCED JUST SO I CAN KEEP THAT ONE A WEEK POST GOING. I HAVE SO MANY TOPICS THAT I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT BUT EITHER ITS HARD TO WRITE, TOO LONG TO WRITE, JUST DIDNT FEEL LIKE IT, TIRED, OR WHATEVER THE REASON WAS AT THAT MOMENT. I REALLY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY KEPT UP AND READ ALL THESE POSTS. I KNOW THERES A HANDFUL OF YOU, AND AFTER THE LAST POST I REALIZED THERES A FEW MORE. HOWEVER... THERE WOULD BE MORE READERS IF I DIDNT TYPE IN ALL CAPS FOR THE WHOLE DAM THING LOL. SOMETHING ABOUT ME SCREAMING AT EVERYONE OR IT BEING HARD TO READ... WHO KNOWS LOL. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW WHO BLOGGED AND EVEN JUST RANDOM PAGES THAT YOU GO TO MOST OF THEM HAVE STOPPED AS WELL. ITS HARD TO WRITE, ITS EASY BUT AT THE SAME TIME ITS HARD. IVE FLOATED THE IDEA OF A YOUTUBE CHANNEL BUT THAT TAKES EVEN MORE TIME AND EFFORT AND WOULD BE A BIGGER PRODUCTION, AND I ALREADY DONT EVEN WANT TO WRITE THE BLOG, SO HOW WOULD I MAKE VIDEOS... LOL... IVE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS BLOGGING AND ITS FINALLY TIME TO MOVE ON, TIME FOR A CHANGE. EVEN WITH ALL THAT SAID IL NOW BE STARTING UP A PODCAST!!! SO NO MORE READING POSTS AND IMAGINING MY VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD, NOW YOU CAN LITERALLY LISTEN TO ME TALK AT ANYTIME YOU WANT!!! NOT MANY PEOPLE READ ANYMORE BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE LISTEN TO PODCASTS, SO I FIGURED YOU KNOW WHAT... LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES. THE PODCAST OFFICIALLY START NEXT WEEK... LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS... COULD IT GO FOR ANOTHER 7.5 YEARS... WITH WEEKLY EPISODES... THAT WOULD BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE LOL. I GUESS THERES ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND YOU, AND THATS TO GO AND LISTEN!!! THE LINK IS BELOW, SO GO AND BOOKMARK IT NOW!!! LOL

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AND WITH THAT, I THANK ALL MY READERS FOR KEEPING UP AND PUTTING UP WITH THIS. IT SURE HAS BEEN A TRIP. IVE CERTAINLY ENJOYED IT... MOST OF IT... SORTA... LOL... BUT I GUESS ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. THIS MARKS THE END OF AN ERA. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS JOURNEY.



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GIVING ADVICE... TAKING ADVICE...

ADVICE IS A FUNNY THING... WE GIVE IT AND WE TAKE IT... USUALLY WE TAKE ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WITH MORE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OR SOMEONE WHOS A PROFESSIONAL OR JUST SOMEONE THAT JUST KNOWS MORE THAN YOU AND KNOWS WHAT THEYRE TALKING ABOUT. WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD ACT OR REACT TO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF IT. WE ALSO GIVE ADVICE BASED ON OUR OWN EXPERIENCES OR OUR OWN EXPERTISE. THE ISSUE IS... WHY IS IT ALSO SO MUCH EASIER TO GIVE THE ADVICE THAN TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE... ITS ALWAYS LIKE THAT EH... WE GIVE ADVICE AND PEOPLE GIVE US ADVICE... BUT WE NEVER REALLY LISTEN TO OURSELVES OR OTHERS... I MEAN WE WILL LISTEN AND CONSIDER IT AND GATHER THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT IN THE END WE USUALLY JUST END UP DOING WHAT WE WANT. GRANTED... SOMETIMES WE DO LISTEN BUT IF WE DONT LIKE WHAT WE HEAR WE JUST END UP SAYING: "SCREW IT" AND DO WHAT WE WANT... I GUESS ITS JUST NATURAL... GIVING ADVICE DOESNT HURT US, AND IT HELPS OTHERS. WHEN TAKING ADVICE IT CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT HOW SOMETHING WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE ALL JUST WANT THE BEST FOR OURSELVES AND NOT TO GET HURT AND THATS WHY WE ALWAYS OVER THINK THINGS AND NOT DOING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING... ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING GIVEN ADVICE ABOUT THE SITUATION... EVEN WHEN THE ADVICE IS RIGHT... ITS A HARD THING TO CHANGE... THE WORST PART IS WHEN WE END UP DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND EVERYTHING GOES SOUTH, WE END UP REALIZING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE JUST DONE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE... WHICH WAS LISTEN TO THE ADVICE THAT WAS GIVEN... AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE US THE ADVICE IN THE FIRST PLACE WILL GIVE US THE GOOD OLD: "I TOLD YOU SO" YAY........... WELL I GUESS IF WE DONT LISTEN THEN THATS A MISTAKE WE WERE WILLING TO MAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE... ITS NOT LIKE ANYONE WANTS TO HURT YOU WITH THEIR ADVICE... ITS NOT LIKE YOU DONT BELIEVE THEY ARE RIGHT... ITS JUST THAT......... YOU WERE ALWAYS GOING TO END UP DOING WHAT YOU WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DO ANYWAYS... AT THE END OF THE DAY WHETHER YOU LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OR NOT, AS LONG AS YOU LEARNED SOMETHING OUT OF IT, AND YOU LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOUR MISTAKE, THEN SOMETHING GOOD WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF IT, AND ITS NOT A TOTAL LOSS. THATS MY ADVICE :)

WOOOO PREPPING UP FOR FOOTBALL SEASON IS AWESOME!!! OUR FOOTBALL HANDEGG TEAM IS STACKED!!! WE ARE SO READY!!! SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP HAVING A COACH FOR THE TEAM NOW AND WE ARE MOST DEFINITIVELY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. I CANT WAIT TIL THE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS NEXT MONTH!!! ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!! SPEAKING OF WHICH... FOOTBALL SOCCER SEASON JUST STARTED THE PAST WEEK AND WOW... I AM OUT OF SHAPE... I MEAN I CAN PLAY FOOTBALL NO PROBLEM BUT SOCCER... WOW I JUST GOT GASSED LIKE HELL!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS RAINING LIKE MAD AND THE WIND WAS CRAZY HARD... WE WERE ALL DRENCHED PLAYING... WELL IT WAS ONLY THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON SO THATS OK, PLUS AS USUAL PART OF THE TEAM IS NEW SO GETTING TO GEL WITH EVERYONE TAKES A BIT OF TIME. ALSO SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP PLAYING THE WRONG TEAM... SO THAT WAS A WASH LOL. WE LOST THAT GAME BUT MEH. PLAYING FOOTBALL IM FINE WITH CAUSE ITS THERES A BIT OF BREAK BETWEEN PLAYS BUT IN SOCCER ITS JUST NONSTOP, AND WHEN YOU CHASE THE BALL DOWN AND NOTHING COMES OF IT THEN YOU JUST WASTED YOUR ENERGY... FOOTBALL HOWEVER ITS JUST SHORT BLASTS OF ENERGY AND THEN BREAK AND AGAIN FOR A FEW MORE DOWNS. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IM GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO PLAY BOTH... SINCE BOTH FOOTBALL AND SOCCER ARE BOTH ON SUNDAY... FOOTBALL GAMES ARE MORNING AND AFTERNOONS WHILE SOCCER IS EVENING AND LATE NIGHT... WOW... I AM GOING TO BE HELLA TIRED ON MONDAY MORNINGS... LOL... PLAYING ALL SORTS OF FOOTBALL HAHA. OH OH OH AND I GOT NEW GEAR :) NEW FOOTBALL RECEIVER GLOVES AND NEW FOOTBALL SOCCER SOCKS :) NOT SURE IF I SAID THAT... IM PRETTY SURE I DID BUT OH WELL :) ANDDDDDDDDDD WORK IS WORK... BUSY AS USUAL... OT... PAPERWORK... REPORTS... CALLS... EMAILS... WHAT ELSE IS NEW... RIGHT................. AND NOW IM OFF. UNTIL NEXT WEEK. STAY CLASSY~

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