Oh 2011- What will you bring?

So yesterday, I bought some lottery tickets. Oh yes, they say if you don't play you don't win. The pipe dream of some may be a reality to very few. Why not me. They say the odds of winning the big thing is a gazillion to one. But I guess if you played the "Lost" numbers last night you would of won $150. I didn't play the "Lost" numbers and gave my $10 to the pot of whatever. C'est la vie. I guess that is why they call it gambling. If you never try, you will never know. Which brings me to this thing called life. In 2010, I went on a gazillion job interviews. More or less to see what's out there and the pressures of family life to get a paying gig. In retrospect, all these fails were a good thing.  It got to me to learn about myself...what I want, what I definitely don't want, the robotics of the interview process and ignoramous questions they ask - I am finished with this. I feel like that episode of the "Middle", where he spews out the stupidest answers just to show how stupid the questions are.  That brings me to doing more reading in 2011. I just finished Chris Guillebeau's book "Art on Non-Conformity." I think this book solidified that I am not a conformist and I don't want to be someone's bitch for the rest of my life. But at the same time, I know myself and know if the right opportunity came along, I would want to learn from it. So I think 2011 for me is going to bring discovery and risk taking. Last year, was the year of observing. I currently am re-reading (because I have a short-term memory) "The Four-hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss. From what I read so far, both the Art...and The Four-hour Workweek compliment each other. I am getting the notion not to waste time doing things I don't want to do and simplifing my life will be a good thing. Life is to short to do stuff you don't want to do. If you can live within your means and find that happy place, why not? I think that is what 2011 has in store for me.

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