Presenting in front of people

I haven't written for a while now. I've become busy with work and home life. So to update everyone, work has gotten allot busier. I actually have some responsibilities. My home life has been pretty similar to before.

Back to the topic of this posting. The other day, I had to do a sales training at a distribution company. There was going to be about 50+ inside sales people there. Just thinking about that made me nervous. I've done allot of presentations, but I haven't done it with so many people that I didn't know. Long story short, I did my thing on the stage, and I felt that I did a pretty decent job. The girl that followed me had more trouble.

After I did the presentation, I felt a sense of power. I felt I could do anything. I guess that's what happens when you confront something that makes you uncomfortable. I felt so good, that I volunteered for another one of those presentations. I think it was the adrenaline in my head that made me volunteer, because now that I think about it, I'm starting to wonder why I volunteered. :(

The slave I've become

Wondering why I woke up this morning to go into work, I stared to think about all the things I've done in the past that has gotten me to this point. All the frivolous spending has gotten back to me. As a young person, I always had the idea that I would spend now and then when I earned the big salary, I would pay it of quickly. That has not been the case.

I come to realize that I've actually sold my "freedom" to the creditors.

"Freedom: the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without"

Am I really free? Can I really quit my job and not suffer the consequences? I am a slave.

I am a slave to my debt. So now I work. I work those long hours in the field.

Waiting for the day I get emancipated from this slavery, I work. I work for anything that I am given. I do presentations. I do research on stuff that really doesn't matter to me. I sell to people the idea that if you owned this product of mine, your life will be better. But we all know, the more stuff you buy, the tighter those shackles become.

How do I rectify this situation?

Money or Love?

I bring this topic up today because I've been living below my means the past couple months. I've invested a large amount of my money into a project that has not been completed and I've been forced to cut back on spending.
During this time, I've come to realize that even though I have no money, I am still happy because I have good friends and family.
So that brings up the question. Is it more important to have these good relationships and struggle financially, or is it better to focus more on your finances while your relationships deteriorate?

I guess it comes down to what you value. This has always been a tough question for me to answer. I've always felt that there were two forces pulling me. One being to succeed financially and the other is just to enjoy life. The problem with this is that I haven't been able to find the balance.

Got any suggestions?

What to do when your bored @ work

So, I'm trying to figure out some things to do @ work when your bored and have nothing to do. Some prerequisites for the ideas are that

1) you have no work to do
2) you can do it in an office environment
3) can be done easily in your cubicle

Here are some of the things I do:

1) I blog.
2) Chat online
3) Go onto social media sites
4) read the news
5) think about money making schemes
6) text people

Can anyone give me some more ideas? I can go through the list very quickly.

My third blog today!

You must be wondering why I'm blogging so much today. I'm really bored @ work right now. I've started working @ this company for two weeks, and I haven't been given a task to do. So everyday, I try to figure out new ways of getting through the day. Here is a schedule of my typical day:

9am - 10am : Sip on my coffee, read the news, go on facebook, check my emails, go the break
room with the guys.

10am - 11am : Try to kill some time by blogging, trying to see if there's a meeting to go to. (usually there's some meeting going during this time.)

11am - 12am : For about an hour, I just sit there and wait for lunch.

12am - 130pm: Lunch. Probably the best time of my work day.

130pm - 3pm: Check emails, work on my web page, blog, read the news.

3pm - 4pm: Go on face book, linkedin, walk around the company aimlessly.

4pm - 6pm: This is the home stretch, I try to find some PC world magazines to read, do a lil work and check out new products.

My job is boring right now, but hopefully when my boss gets back, he'll give me some work to do. It's hard for me to appreciate the lack of work, because I can not stand being idle all day. I feel like it's such a waste of a day.

Desk Jobs

I haven't been in the corporate environment for a while. It's been difficult for me to assimilate back into the culture. Although there are many things I do not enjoy about it, there are many good things. Here are some that are relevant to me:

1) Free coffee!
2) Meeting new people
3) Having a consistent paycheck
4) Free office supplies
5) Getting to use a new laptop

Things I dislike:

1) The temperature is always a little too hot for me
2) Working in a cubicle
3) Having an hour for lunch
4) Being stuck here for 8 or so hours
5) Having a boss

About Me

I wanted to start this blog with an introduction about myself.

Recently, I turned 27, and I started a new gig at a consumer electronics company as a associate product manager. The income that I receive from working there, I use to pay off my bills and to maintain my current lifestyle. My main source of income comes from my real estate business. I'm hoping that my real estate biz takes off, so that I could fully concentrate on it.

Currently, I am living with my family in San Jose, Ca and with my girlfriend in Fremont, Ca. Having two places to stay is great! I have good friends, a wonderful gf, and a loving family. My life is great!

What more can you ask for?! :)