THE BRIDGES YOU BUILD

SO I JUST LOOKED BACK TO SEE IF I WROTE ABOUT THIS TOPIC BEFORE CAUSE I VAGUELY REMEMBER WRITING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALREADY... ANDDDDD I DID... SORTA... NOT REALLY. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I WROTE ABOUT LAST TIME. THE BRIDGES YOU BUILD, IM REFERRING TO THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU CREATE. THIS APPLIES TO BOTH YOUR WORK LIFE AND PERSONAL LIFE. IM WRITING THIS POST MORE FOR THE WORK SIDE OF THINGS BUT IL WRITE ABOUT PERSONAL SIDE TOO. IVE SAID IT BEFORE IN THE OTHER POST, YOU NEVER WANT TO BURN ANY BRIDGES WITH ANYONE. ESPECIALLY SINCE MY CITY IS SO SMALL WHERE SOMEONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU, YOU REALLY DONT WANT PEOPLE TO START TALKING. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IN YOUR PAST WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU IN THE PRESENT OR EVEN THE FUTURE. THROUGH SOME STRANGE EVENT YOU MIGHT END UP DEPENDING ON SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING, WHETHER FOR AN INTRODUCTION, OR PROMOTION, OR JUST TO HELP YOU OUT. IF YOU BURNED THAT BRIDGE, ODDS ARE THEY WONT HELP YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT. IVE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CLIENTS AND CONTRACTORS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY TRY TO KEEP GOOD RELATIONS WITH ME. THEY WOULD JUST GIVE ME A CALL, SEND AN EMAIL, OR JUST GRABBING A COFFEE, THEY WOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME. GRANTED ITS MORE FOR A BUSINESS REASON THAT THEY KEEP IN TOUCH, BUT THIS IS HOW THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ON YOUR MIND. THEN WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL. IF THEY NEVER EVEN TRIED TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THEM, WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF YOU EVEN BOTHERING LOOKING FOR THEM? LOW!!! MAKING THAT FIRST STEP AT LEAST GETS YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR, AND POSSIBLY MORE BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE. EVERYTHING IS CALCULATED, AND IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO INVEST IN RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE YOURE INVESTING IN YOUR OWN FUTURE, AND THATS HOW YOU SURVIVE. FOR PERSONAL LIFE??? IM GETTING TO THE AGE WHERE MY GROUPS OF FRIENDS ARE GETTING MORE SET, SETTLING DOWN, GETTING MARRIED, AND HAVING KIDS. ITS HARDER AND HARDER TO MEET NEW PEOPLE. OF COURSE I HAVE MY MAIN CORE GROUP OF FRIENDS, AND THEN THOSE FRIENDS IM FRIENDS WITH, AND THE FRIENDS OF FRIENDS THAT IM FRIENDS WITH, AND THOSE FRIENDS WHO ARE ACQUAINTANCES AND I DONT REALLY HANG OUT MUCH WITH OR AT ALL. IT JUST SEEMED SO MUCH EASIER BACK IN THE DAY WHERE YOU JUST MEET EVERYONE AND JUST HAD A GREAT TIME, YOU END UP SEEING THEM ALL THE TIME AND THEN FROM THEM YOU MEET MORE PEOPLE AND THEY MEET YOUR PEOPLE AND SO ON AND SO ON. THESE DAYS HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS... GO OUT AND SAY, HEY! LETS BE FRIENDS? YOU WOULD JUST END UP WITH A WEIRD STARE AND THEY WOULD RUN AWAY FROM YOU. WHEN YOU DO END UP JOINING A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE, ITS ALWAYS HARD TOO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT BASE AND HISTORY WITH EACH OTHER THAT YOU DONT HAVE. THEN WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS YOU INTO THEIR GROUP, ITS JUST LIKE... WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE, OR WHO IS THIS THAT IVE NEVER MET BEFORE. THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY ARE IN THE GROUP IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE TO START EVERYTHING AGAIN WITH THE NEW PEOPLE, AND LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS TAKES TOO MUCH TIME, ENERGY, AND MONEY... ALL OF WHICH I DONT HAVE ENOUGH OF. YOU ALL KNOW IM A SOCIAL GUY AND WILL JUST TALK AND TALK AND MEET NEW PEOPLE OR GROUPS, BUT SOMETIMES ITS JUST REALLY HARD, AND SOMETIMES I JUST THINK WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER...

OMG SO MANY EPISODES OF PERSON OF INTEREST!!! THERE WERE 3 THIS WEEK AND ITS JUST AHHHHHHHHH!!! FANBOY!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT THE TOP ONE CAUSE ITS BEEN REALLY RELEVANT LATELY SO YA... REST OF LIFE? WORKS BUSY, AS A MATTER OF FACT I HAVE MEETINGS ALL DAY AND MEETINGS TO PREPARE FOR. WORK WORK WORK... LONG WEEKEND WAS FINE, JUST HUNG OUT AND ATE A LOT LOL. IM TRED AND TOMORROW IS THE BIGGEST MEETING FOR MY PORTFOLIO SO IM GONNA GO SLEEP. SEE YA NEXT TIME.

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Q&A ABOUT SCHOOL AND WORK LIFE

WELL HERES AN INTERESTING POST IF I MUST SAY SO MYSELF :) I DIDNT HAVE A TOPIC TODAY AND I ASKED A FRIEND IF THEY WOULD GIVE ME A TOPIC TO WRITE ON. THEY GAVE ME 4... THE ISSUE IS I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT ALL OF THEM ALL AT ONCE BUT ITS GOING TO BE A LONG BLOG SO I THOUGHT ABOUT BREAKING IT UP... THATS TOO MUCH WORK AS WELL... SO HERES ALL OF THEM AFTER ALL :) LOL

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT EDUCATION?

IN MY HONEST OPINION, EDUCATION DOESNT REALLY MEAN MUCH. PERSONALLY I SLACKED THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, I GOT A'S B'S C'S. UNIVERSITY I WAS SORTA BORED AND WASNT REALLY SURE WHERE I WAS GOING IN LIFE, JUST LIKE ALL KIDS AT THAT AGE WHEN YOURE IN SCHOOL. IN THE END OF ALL OF THIS, I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BCIT, SFU, AND UBC. I ENDED UP WITH A PIECE OF PAPER FROM ALL THE MAJOR SCHOOLS AROUND AND ITS ALL IN DIFFERENT THINGS. EDUCATION THESE DAYS IS LIKE THE STANDARD. IT USE TO BE WHERE ONLY THE SELECT FEW WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH CAN GET INTO UNIVERSITY, AND ONCE YOU GRADUATED THERE ARE JOBS LINED UP FOR YOU. UNLIKE THESE DAYS WHERE YOU ARE ALMOST EXPECTED TO HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN SOMETHING. PEOPLE THESE DAYS EVEN HAVE MASTERS!!! ITS COME TO A POINT WHERE HAVING EDUCATION WILL HELP BUT THAT ONLY GETS YOU THROUGH THE DOOR. A LOT OF PLACES DOESNT EVEN BOTHER WITH EDUCATION ANY MORE AND EXPERIENCE IS WHAT COUNTS. SCHOOLING REALLY OPENED UP MY EYES TO SEE WHAT ITS LIKE, AND ITS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO HAVE, AND IT IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT FOR EVERYONE. ITS QUITE FUNNY ACTUALLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE A LOT OF THE TIME WHAT YOU STUDY WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOURE DOING. JUST LIKE ME RIGHT NOW, WHAT I STUDIED DOESNT REALLY RELATE TO WHAT I AM DOING AND ITS JUST THAT. JUST REMEMBER THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY AND ONE PLACE TO GET AN EDUCATION, AND IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE IN A BOOK IN CLASSROOM.

WHAT DO I MISS ABOUT BEING A STUDENT?

NOTHING!!! LOL THATS BASICALLY WHAT I MISS!!! NOTHING!!! SCHOOLS LIKE WORK. YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP EARLY, GET READY, GET TO SCHOOL, AND SIT THERE ALL DAY. WOULD I DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN? NO. UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY I WAS STILL ACTUALLY A STUDENT AND THE ONLY THING THAT I MIGHT MISS IS ACTUALLY MEETING NEW PEOPLE. KNOWING ME IL END BACK UP IN SCHOOL TO LEARN SOMETHING ELSE VERY SHORTLY LOL.

TIPS ON THE WORKING LIFE

MY TIPS ON THE WORKING LIFE??? WELL I RATHER JUST LIST THEM :)

• DONT BE AFRAID TO WORK LATE
• WORK HARD AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING/GIVE IT YOUR ALL
• TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT
• DONT BE AFRAID TO TAKE CHANCES
• ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU DONT KNOW/UNDERSTAND
• HELP OTHERS OUT
• TRY NEW THINGS
• ALWAYS FINISH WHAT YOU START
• BE ORGANIZED!!!
• MANAGE YOUR TIME WELL
• FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW UP!!!

THE PROS AND CONS MY WORK LIFE

PROS

• MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
• LEARN SOMETHING NEW ALL THE TIME
• MADE SOME GREAT FRIENDS AND CONNECTIONS
• SOLVING PROBLEMS
• RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
• BENEFITS

CONS

• THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH EVERYTHING
• ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON/WORK MSG ON WEEKENDS
• STRESS
• PEOPLE ARE UNREASONABLE/NOT UNDERSTANDING/RIDICULOUS 
• UNAPPRECIATED

THERES PROBABLY MORE BUT IM TOO TIRED AND SLEEPY RIGHT NOW TO RECALL. 

HONESTLY I AM LUCKY TO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO FIND A JOB THAT I LIKE AND ENJOY :) I HAD TO GO THROUGH MANY JOBS THAT WERE... INTERESTING... BEFORE I FINALLY FOUND THIS GEM. A LOT OF THE TIME JOBS ARE REALLY FOUND BY WORD OF MOUTH OR BY CONNECTIONS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF JOBS IS ACTUALLY POSTED. IF YOU THINK YOURE IN A BAD PLACE OR THAT YOU NEED TO DO BETTER, DONT WORRY!!! EVENTUALLY, INEVITABLY,  ABSOLUTELY YOU WILL FIND YOUR CALLING. EVERYTHING TAKES TIME.

AND THE OBLIGATORY WEEKLY UPDATE, I DIDNT DO MUCH JUST WORK AND HUNG OUT AND THEN FOOTBALL!!! IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A GAME IN WHICH WE WON... BUT WE LOST AND WE PLAYED PRETTY HORRIBLE THAT GAME... ITS ALRIGHT, JUST GET BACK AT IT NEXT WEEK :) OH AND ATE 4 LOBSTERS THE OTHER WEEKS SO THAT WAS NICE LOL. 

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DAY BY DAY... STEP BY STEP

WELL... AS USUAL... AND ONCE AGAIN... EVERYTHING TAKES TIME, AND EVERYTHING WILL TAKE AS LONG AS IT HAS TO. YOU CANT RUSH THESE THINGS, YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF IT. THE MORE YOU TRY TO CONTROL IT, THE LESS CONTROL YOU WILL ACTUALLY HAVE. SO WHATEVER YOUR "IT" IS, TAKE IT DAY BY DAY, AND TAKE IT STEP BY STEP. TAKE YOUR GOALS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DONT GO FROM NOTHING AND BEING AT THE BOTTOM, TO BEING AT THE TOP. IT TAKE TIME AND ENERGY TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS WORK ON WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DAY BY DAY AND STEP BY STEP. TAKE LEARNING AS AN EXAMPLE. ITS THE SAME THING, THERES NO WAY YOU CAN LEARN EVERYTHING AT ONCE, YOU LEARN THINGS DAY BY DAY AND STEP BY STEP. IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING, OR LEARN SOMETHING, OR GO SOMEWHERE, YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT DAY AFTER DAY, JUST BUILD ON WHAT YOU HAVE, AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU WANT OR GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. THERES MORE TO BE SAID.......... BUT YOU ALL GET THE POINT :)

REST OF LIFE IS BUSY BUSY BUSY, THERES NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DO ANYTHING ANYMORE... NEED MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! FOOTBALL (SOCCER) SEASON IS STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND FOOTBALL (FOOTBALL) IS STARTING IN APRIL. OUR NEW TEAM IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!! I CANT WAIT TO START PLAYING. OH OH OH I WON TICKETS TONIGHT TO GO WATCH "RUN ALL NIGHT" WITH LIAM NEESON AND ED HARRIS... THE MOVIE WAS OK... NOTHING SPECIAL... SLOW AT TIMES SO YA... COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER LOL. NOW TIME TO SLEEP SO I CAN WAKE UP AND GET BACK TO THE HUSTLE HAHA.

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