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I have heard this question alot over the past few months. What is Twitter ALL about? Its crazy how simple Twitter is to use and what it does yet so many people still are so confused.  My own parents still tell me that they do not get it.

Honestly to me Twitter is simple.  Its pure human thought put in 140 characters or less posted for your friends or the entire world to see.  Sound crazy to think that Twitter is the pulse of the human race.  What is even more remarkable with the recent death of Michael Jackson, it was wild to see the buzz on twitter build from a few dozen twitter people who were at the hospital to millions within a few hours.

I mean seriously, where else could you find out whats happening in the world in real time other than Twitter.  In no time in previous history have any normal person can find out whats happening in any city or world as fast as it is happening today.

Something to think about, the average newspaper in the U.S. contains more information & news than anyone read in a lifetime during the 1500s.  Think about that! We are in serious overload of information and yet we have adapted.

The trick to Twitter is to learn how to filter thru all of the information to find out what applies to you! I will be posting more information on how you can use Twitter and become more efficient using it on a daily basis.

Breathe Right Strips, Box of 30

So far I am impressed with the results of my Breathe Right Nasal Strips.  Now I am still in a testing phase but based on what I experienced last night – I think we might have a winning solution.

I even got my wife to try it out for herself as well.  Being that she is pregnant she has started storing alot more.  Don’t worry, I made sure to ask her before I posted that comment. HAHA.  Anyways, she almost completely stopped snoring which is great for me since I’m such a light sleeper.

What I noticed was the fact that I felt well rested.  Even more than I normally do.  My theory is that if I got more oxygen while I sleep, I would sleep less.  So far I haven’t noticed this but we are only on day two of the test.

Will keep you posted on this blog!

You may have noticed that my blog had been down for the past few days.  I do appologize.  I made the mistake of upgrading to 2.8 version of wordpress without reading the docs.  I had to go step by step to reverse my mistake until I could restore all the data from my backup.  Then I had to figure out where I went wrong and upgrade again to have all the features of 2.8.

Anyways, long story short, I’ve corrected all the problems!

Stay tuned to all the blogs that will be coming soon!

I find myself inspired by new ideas and new thoughts hourly.  My struggle is to figure out where to place those thoughts and ideas.  It can be very complex when I read as many books, articles, and talking with people to keep from being overwhelmed.  I think most people would rather choose to give up and not pursue a dream and say they tried then to actually give it a whirl.  I believe its more about the idea of success rather then the result of failure.  I mean – almost everyone fails so failure sadly enough is apart of life.  But the idea of success is so unique and so big that most people just give up.

I started reading a book tonight called ‘The Grassfire Effect’ by Steve Elliot.  Its an interesting take on how simple ideas – just ONE idea can CHANGE the world.  I mean seriously think about how many people you have heard about who with a single idea changed everything.  Bill Gate with Microsoft (MS DOS), Sam Walton (Walmart), and the list goes on and on.  I have read personally a few hundred books on people who took a stupid, simple, small idea and changed everything.

I see this happening right now with Twitter.  Its happening in REAL-TIME.  There has NEVER been a time like before where you can actual witness entire industries reform and redevelop.

What is it that so many people choose NOT to take that next step?  Its not the fear – it can’t be.  Is it really the success?  or could it be the fact that most people are complacient in the job, their life, their …. whatever you want to fill in the blank.

But why DO YOU continue doing the same thing?  I mean seriously, ideas are flowing around us like rain falling constantly.  Just hold your hands out, open your arms and just grab one.  I am not saying it has to be the next twitter, walmart, hobby lobby, or whatever else you think of but what if its as simple as spending time with your child just one more hour per week?  What if that one hour turns per week changes your child so he or she grows up to become someone of great success just by your lessons and the time spent with YOU.

IDEAS do NOT have to be some big grand venture.  It can be very small and very simple.

The next time you are feeling down – open your arms and take a deep breath. And ask yourself – What inspires you and how can this inspiration change the world?  Because no matter what comes to your mind – its big enought to make a difference in a single persons life.  And after all – that is TRULY worth a moment of your time!

With open arms and tenderness!

My wife and I recently found out some great news! We are having a baby!  Its a crazy feeling to know that after months of trying we are finally having a kid to take care of and what is more amazing is how normal it feels.  I thought months ago that I would be scared or nervious with the idea to have a new baby but honestly it just feels natural!

However during the last few days it hit me that we are gonna have to pay a TON of money for baby care.  Since I’m self employeed, our current health coverage does not include prenatal care or pregancy coverage.  But then I discovered CoverTN, a program thru BlueCross/BlueShield of Tennessee.  Basically Tennessee State Government funds a portion of our health coverage since we are self employeed.  Meeting certian requirements such as self employeed, TN resident, etc… it turns out that we receive complete coverage.  Pretty amazing and remarkable.  In total, our coverage will run us about $65-70/month for Jess and a bit less for me.

I’m sure alot of states offer similar coverage so I encourage you to seek out options as they are most likely available.  My only complaint was the amount of paperwork we had to file but aside from that, its a rather simple process.

Also, my wife discovered a local pregnancy study provided by Vanderbilt Medical Center where we receive all of our ultrasounds as apart of this study.  Pretty remarkable if you ask me – but hey – these programs exists all across the country.  Just spend some time researching as it may be availble in your area as well.  Who knows, maybe you will receive free ultrasounds!

I am not sure if we are like most future first parents but we have already selected our future kids names.  If we have a girl, we will name her Tayla Rene DeYoung and if we have a boy, his name will be Noah Jeremiah DeYoung. I know there are alot of parents out there that think its best to not find out the sex of the baby until the day he/she is born but to me we get more time to plan!

I think I would be extremely nervious not to know the sex at least during our first baby!

In either case – I can’t wait to find out.

I will keep you posted on future developments of the pregnancy!

So, I’ve discussed the fact that people are complaining without cause.  That people are not seeing opportunties in front of them.  But I ask you, why are you worried?  What are you afraid of and what do you fear?  Have you ever considered that fear is nothing more than F.E.A.R (False Evidence Appearing Real)?  I know its hard to believe one thing when all you see and all you hear is negative thoughts of people who really have no clue.  In fact, the average TV person is told to portray fear to boast ratings.  So ask yourself the next time you watch TV, listen to the radio or read the newspaper.  Is this being promoted to send the message of fear to boast ratings and the income of the station or radio?

I wish there was a real newspaper or radio station or even TV station that told the truth.  One that shouted success and promoted real people.  Not crap but honest truth. And more importantly that promoted what is really happening with our economy.

Yea our stock market is down by 40% but did you know that in the last 11 weeks, the market has risen 25.28%?  I mean seriously in your live can you tell me a time when you could invest $1 and end up with $1.25? Imagine if you invested $10,000, you would have made an extra $1,250 in 11 weeks for doing…well nothing but sitting and waiting.

So, honestly we did take a hit but that was in the past.  Its over and things ARE recovering.  Take a moment and look around.  Things are improving and will be stronger and better than ever before.  I will even go on record to state that we are about to experience the largest boom our country has even had in the next few months.  I ask YOU, are you ready for what is about to happen!  Are you prepared for this increase?  Or are you just sitting on the sidelines waiting to see what everyone else is going to do before you act?  Because we both know that will get you no where very fast!

The New Economy we live in is just beginning to form and will continue to evolve of the next few months but those who act, study, read, listen to postive information, and ignore the crap of the media will be the is shouting WILL be the ones that have great success!

I encourage YOU to act, take a chance on yourself! Take a chance on OUR country and take a chance on YOUR future.

I just dare you too and I promise it will be one great ride!

Continuing on from the previous post.  I’ve learned alot since Christmas – mainly how much our world has changed.  Think about it.  You have the first black president in the history of this country.  You have an economy that is worth nearly 40% less than what it was a year ago.  Mortgage rates are at an all time low.  Even though inflation is higher than it was 8 months ago – opportunities are everywhere.

But I have this to say – YOU MUST be open and willing to see opportunities.  If you continue focusing on yourself and forget the world around you.  YOU will never see the greatness that I see each and every day.  Just this past weekend I went to the Franklin Farmer’s Market and just the short period of time I was there.  I met a single mother & her daughter making & selling cement lawn decorations. I met a family who started a business making soap! I even met a guy who is selling popcorn!

Now, can you mix cement, pop corn, or put together the ingredients to make soap?  Perhaps you have another talent that you have thought about but never actually tried to do!  Well, in THIS economy its the perfect time to start your grassroots efforts.  Loan & mortgates are LOW.  I mean crazy low.  In fact, they are approaching an all time low!  Plus, if you start your business today, you will be stronger and wiser than if you started when times were great!

There were more millionaires made during the great depression during any other time in history.  Ever ask yourself why?  Its because people were strong, smart, and took the time to do the proper research before launching that next idea.  On top of that, when the great depression ended, those businesses that survived were strong and just took off like a rocket into history books and success.

So, the next time you choose to look at THIS economy as bad, rought, tough times, well perhaps you need to adjust your perspective!  IT IS the perfect time. And ONLY those who choose to move forward will experience success.  I challenge you to take THAT next step forward and at least try!  Besides, what is the worst that can happen?  If you plan well, great things will come!

Part 3 to come tomorrow!

I find it absolutely crazy to have about 90% of the people live quite fat and happy lives and only 10% of the people I know shout from the top of their lungs to say how much they are hurting because OUR economy is just aweful. Couple that with the media reenforcing the thought only makes the matter worse!

People I’m here to say that if you fall in the category of those who are complaining the you honestly do not get it. OUR world is NOT about you! In fact you are just here for a short time and the sad things is you are wasting it on worthless complaints of your own doing!

Think about it! Weathly people save for times of drought and poor people do not! You choose credit over your safe secure future! You choose debt payments over freedom. You choose to watch TV instead of learning something new. YOU choose everything you have in your life including complaining about the lack of income you face now!!!!

The new economy we live in now is NOT about you or me. It’s now about what we are going to do, at least for the next couple years! It’s about the choices you have made to that you through the next state of your life!

There is hope! You can change but YOU must stop complaining. Look up and just breathe. Relax it’s not as bad as you make it seem! And smile because YOU will make it through this time in your life just as you did in every other part in your life!

The New Economy we live in today is about knoledge! It’s about what you know and what you are learning! It’s about reading educatial material and not watching TV. Success will come to those who help others not focus internally! This New Economy is about everyone as a whole as we are all connected!

I will continue more on this tomorrow!

I have been pretty busy the last couple months trying to adjust to our new economy and figure out how to be profitable. So I must apologize yet again for the lack of blogs this year!

But I must say I’m renewed with a since of excitement to discover the awesome power of Wordpress self hosted blog servers!

If you haven’t thought about blogging before then I highly recommend Wordpress.com!

It’s truly remarkable how simple and accessible they have made it! Get this, you can write blogs or posts as they call it from Microsoft Word 2007+, from a powerful WYSIWYG admin, desktop applications like live or fireblog, and best of all, the iPhone!

It’s my belief that everyone should blog! After all WE are ALL human and individually we are interesting. The key is to figure out what YOU have to say that is important! Also being consistent when you blog whether daily or weekly, writing consistently will bring readers!

So if I could leave you with one great nugget of hope, step out side your normal routine and blog into success because YOU do have something important to say!

Its crazy to think that its been over 3 months since my last blog. Sorry everyone for now following up earlier. I really do LOVE blogging but its amazing how time flies by and you can’t even breathe let along put time into writing. But I am going to give it another whirl.

What is one thing that YOU love most in your life? For me, is finding new ways to express myself. Lately i’ve been learning how to use the power of social networking and creating a true social experience. The hardest problem with connecting to more than just your facebook or myspace is logging into those systems on a daily basis. But I found an easy system for allowing me to do link to 38 different networks.

Yes thats right, 38 different social networks. ping.fm is an amazing tool that allows any person create an account, link all of the social networks you subscribe to and thing with a simple click of a mouse button, instantly ping all of the networks automatically.

So, if you are interested in creating a blog and getting the word out, THIS one tool is the way you need to go.

I hope all of you are doing well and will try my best to keep you updated daily!

With respect the greatest respect & adventure for of randomness!