It’s business time

Posted on July 29th, 2010

I’m a little apprehensive about posting this, but sense my goal is to start posting more again I figured I would. Plus, I’m behind on part two of my trip report to Colorado. I have some pretty big news to share. Even though nothing 100% official yet I have begun work on a raw food snack company along with a friend of mine from Austin. I have already started trying to perfect recipes, test larger batches, and research production. We will be having our first actual business meeting tomorrow morning.

This may not come to a surprise to those of you that have tried my recipes before and even suggested I go into business selling them. It has been an idea I kept in the back of my mind for a long time. But, after recent career coaching with Kent Julian of Live it Forward, and reading Dan Miller’s books 48 Days to the Work you Love and No More Monday’s, I have decided it’s high time I go into business for myself.

Through reading Dan’s books and being coached by Ken I have been inspired to finally pursue work I truly love. I have always known I’m not truly cut out for the traditional 9-5 job, but have always been afraid to take a leap of faith and start my own business, or when I did, I quit pursuing at the first road block that came my way. I’m tried of mediocrity and know I’m fully capable of achieving something great. I have decided to take my passion for raw foods (especially snack and energy foods) and start something I can truly pursue and enjoy with all my being.

I have become a firm believer that we don’t have to settle for a job we hate just because it’s “secure”. With the current state of our economy, no job is truly secure. So why not take charge of your career path and begin working for yourself? Or, if you truly feel you need the structure of a traditional 9-5, then don’t just settle for a job because it pays well or has good benefits. If you don’t like your job it’s not worth the misery, and you will never truly succeed unless you are doing something you genuinely care about.

So, I would encourage any of my readers that may be frustrated with their job to take action and start living your dream! The two links posted at the beginning of this blog post are a great place to start for inspiration. I have spent the past seven years simply performing a job that I’m not truly cut out for. Fear has kept me from pursuing greater things in the past, but the material I mentioned above has helped me break free from that fear. I am looking forward to this business venture and will be sharing details here as they unfold. Be sure to follow me on Twitter and add me to your blog feed if you haven’t already.

Well, my weekend officially begins after work today. I’m headed down to Austin for a nice long four day weekend. I will be meeting with my business partner, spending time with my girlfriend, and rock climbing. It should be an exciting weekend!

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Could carb loading cause bad dreams?

Posted on February 26th, 2010

Last night I was running the Cowtown Half Marathon, but something was strange. I was running with my Patagonia puffy down jacked, but even more odd, I was carrying my sister’s little annoying chihuahua named Daisy. I hate this do, so I have no idea why I was running with her. But, along the way I realized I was running by my house and I could quickly run by, ditch the dog and take off the jacket that was making me hot.

As I approached the front door of my house I realized I didn’t have the key. I thought about just ditching the jacket on the front porch but then remembered I had that annoying dog taking residents in my coat. So, I ran to the back door to find my spare key, quickly unlocked the door, tossed the dog inside along with my coat and was back on course as quickly as I could get there.

I had lost way more time than I wanted to though by the drop-off. I began to wonder if I was going to even meet my goal. To make this matter even more difficult I had to stop along the way during the race to talk to a friend. As we sat chatting I saw the pack of runners start to dwindle to the point there was nobody else running. Looking at my watch I saw that time was slipping away, so I referenced my GPS which appeared out of nowhere and had the course map on it, but the screen kept doing funny things and I couldn’t figure out how far I had run or how much further I had to go.

At this point I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to meet my goal but knew I still had to finish the race. As I began making my way up a large hill from the place I was meeting with a friend I noticed there was no longer any road closures ahead and that people that had been watching the race were heading back to their cars. Now traffic was another hindrance to my progress in the race. I was extremely frustrated and couldn’t understand why so many things were keeping me from running.

The bright side of the race though was the sky’s were completely clear, the sun was shining and the temperatures mild. It was a perfect day for running. I even wore my large aviator style sun glasses which I always feel a tad bit goofy wearing when participating in sports. I would much rather be wearing a cool stylish pair of Oakly Flak Jackets. It was around this time that reality kicked in… I woke up. Ahh, thank God it was all just a dream. My first ever dream about running, and bad one at that. I have had numerous climbing dreams which are ironically usually always bad, not a horrific type bad but just things you would never want to happen in real life.

This all makes me wonder, does carb loading cause bad dreams? Perhaps it does, but possibly no more than cutting carbs out completely as this article suggest about people on the Atkins diet. I recently read that carbs increase your serotonin levels, which also helps you stay asleep, I can see since eating mostly all raw the past few days I have slept better. There could be some sort of link here, but not likely. I guess it’s just race anxiety. Fellow Twitterer @jldrunner also had a “bad” running dream last night as well.

Today I will be truly carb loading though, eating more than twice the amount of fruit I ate yesterday. It should be interesting to see if any more crazy dreams occur tonight as a result of the increase intake, but even then it would be hard to determine if that was the cause. I have always been interested though in what causes dreams and what things we consume that contributes to them. I would be interested to know more. So, if anybody is aware of any studies published out there in the world wide web please share them below in the comments.

Anyway, happy carb loading to all you runners out there racing tomorrow, and to all you climbers I hope the weather is nice to you. Oh, and try loading up on fruit the day before and during your climbs. You will be surprised how much more energy it gives you.

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