It has been 4 weeks since my last post, and I am committed to posting every week. The impact of my delinquency has been that I made not one student loan payment since the last time I posted. The whole reason I set up this blog and this game was to give myself a structure so that I would stay in action and achieve my result. My not posting has cost me valuable time. The impact on you is that you had no fun content for a month, I didn't let you into my world, and for some of you, I even caused you concern that I was not well!
Please know that you can count on me to at least post a note here every week, even when I don't have time to make a video. That said - here's the video!
As I got back in action here, I saw that I was $12,586 behind in my game! Thanks to a tax refund, and my having been frugal while traveling, I am going to make a $3,000 payment this week. That will being me back under $10,000 behind - this week . . .
I want to give a shot by shot background of what the hell is going on the video, because I know it is not clear. From the top:
My Mom and Cari standing in the back yard at my parent's house in Westcliffe on the morning we left to go to LA.
A fast-forward account of riding to 450 feet on the free, tethered hot air balloon in Orange County. Cari's parents took us there when we got to LA.
Huntington Beach, and surfers riding some decent waves below the pier you can see in the background of the beach shot.
A sound stage on the lot of the Jim Henson Company in Los Angeles, where I spent a day filming a series of commercials with my friends at Happy Owl Studio. During wardrobe changes, the crew (myself included) found some epic angles and played around a bit.
The 'tower' is a random 8ish-story wooden structure rising from the middle of an apartment complex on the shore of the channel connecting Marina Del Ray to the Pacific Ocean. Kris Cuaresma-Primm took Cari and I up there to talk about changing the world (our favorite topic).
Tanker in the sun was shot from the plane landing at JFK. I thought it was gorgeous, and this shot is sped up about 5 times.
And finally, the farmer's market is in Union Square, Manhattan, and my tour guide was my good friend, and established NY food writer Jessica Claire (who just got into the Gastronomy program at BU!!)
Seriously, thanks to all of you who read this regularly. Heather and Natalie, that also for the kick in the butt!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Week 15: Domesticity
Back from the West Coast and returning to the daily routine. As I work from home now, I have flexibility to work in most of the domestic chores for Cari and I. Usually these are accomplished very quickly while I'm running to something and I think this video captures it very well.
As I mention in the video, (and as you can see on the statistics tab) the good news is that my weekly income is now up to $950 before taxes, and more leads are coming in all the time. The bad news is that I am about $8,400 behind on my target payments. I'm going to have to get to, and then surpass my target weekly payment soon . . .
As I mention in the video, (and as you can see on the statistics tab) the good news is that my weekly income is now up to $950 before taxes, and more leads are coming in all the time. The bad news is that I am about $8,400 behind on my target payments. I'm going to have to get to, and then surpass my target weekly payment soon . . .
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Week 14: ERIC
First-off, sorry for the relatively rough edit on the video this week. I am running out of memory on my computer, so I had to make a cut without the benefit of rendering to see how I did before printing the video.
That said, I think you'll enjoy!
ERIC has a Facebook page here, and a mailing list here. Here is our lovely website. Please join us!
For now though, here is what we aim to do:
The Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) is a growing collaboration of experts, visionaries, inventors, and entrepreneurs dedicated to creating a model for economic and environmental sustainability that can be adapted to cultures worldwide. By taking responsibility for the process that created a product, policy or practice, individuals as well as companies and governments can use their economic power and social interaction to ensure the rights of people and the health of the natural world.
ERIC is currently causing this change through five projects:
The App
Giving consumers the information to choose products based on their environmental and human rights records empowers them to use their economic leverage consciously. With the click of a button or a quick barcode scan, the app will instantly compile this information and put it in the consumers hand before they put a product in their shopping cart.
The Map
Local economies are healthy economies. Helping consumers to see and support the rich network of local businesses in their area contributes to the health of their community. These interactive maps will be built and maintained by local partners, and will be pushed through ERIC and it's partners to ensure that wherever you are, you can find and support the local economy.
The Wiki
Finding transparent, verifiable information on product sustainability is difficult. Using the open, crowd-sourced model that powers Wikipedia to collect sustainability information on companies and , and subject it to oversight by anyone including the companies themselves, is a much-needed vehicle to see the forest of a company's record from any particular tree.
The Store
Some companies and products take sustainability so seriously that their products are on par with ones ERIC seeks to develop. For these companies and products, ERIC will offer its endorsement and a platform for sustainability-minded consumers to purchase products with the full confidence that they a using their economic power in the best way possible.
Island Conference Center
Located on an island a mile off the coast of Washington, 80 miles North of Seattle, is the future site of ERIC’s sustainability research and conference facility. The facility is being designed by a team comprised of the top minds in sustainability from a wide range of disciplines. The island itself will be a showroom of sustainable technologies and practices, both cutting edge and rediscovered, as well as a collaborative workshop to foster breakthrough innovation.
The Center will focus on sustainability in the following three fields:
1 Environmental
o Energy: Powering the island exclusively from renewable sources
o Agriculture/Micro Farming: Producing food for the guests and staff
Developing partnerships with local sustainable food growers & producers
o Water: Utilizing wells and rainfall to meet water needs
o Shelter: Designing and building housing that will provide for modern convenience while remaining true to the mission
o Waste Management: Reuse all waste
o Land Management: Assimilate the facility into the existing ecosystem
2 Economic
The Center for Economic Studies will focus on establishing and promoting macro and micro economic theory as well as business models for practical implementation of sustainable economics.
o Conscious Capitalism: Working with businesses to adopt the triple bottom line (profit, people, planet)
o Consumer Driven Change: The power of the consumer to determine the means of production
o Sustainability Metrics: Examine the adequacy of current methods of assessing sustainability
3 Social
The Center for Human Potential will focus on the balance between mind, body and spirit.
o Philosophy: Applying value theory to environment and economy
o Spirituality: Belief systems. Awakening of consciousness
Meditation Center
o Creative Expression: Arts, Literature, Music
Resident Artist, Writer & Musician programs
Recording Studio, Sculpture Garden
o Active recreation: Yoga, kayaking, hiking, etc.
Again - I need your help. Please join us.
That said, I think you'll enjoy!
ERIC has a Facebook page here, and a mailing list here. Here is our lovely website. Please join us!
For now though, here is what we aim to do:
The Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) is a growing collaboration of experts, visionaries, inventors, and entrepreneurs dedicated to creating a model for economic and environmental sustainability that can be adapted to cultures worldwide. By taking responsibility for the process that created a product, policy or practice, individuals as well as companies and governments can use their economic power and social interaction to ensure the rights of people and the health of the natural world.
ERIC is currently causing this change through five projects:
The App
Giving consumers the information to choose products based on their environmental and human rights records empowers them to use their economic leverage consciously. With the click of a button or a quick barcode scan, the app will instantly compile this information and put it in the consumers hand before they put a product in their shopping cart.
The Map
Local economies are healthy economies. Helping consumers to see and support the rich network of local businesses in their area contributes to the health of their community. These interactive maps will be built and maintained by local partners, and will be pushed through ERIC and it's partners to ensure that wherever you are, you can find and support the local economy.
The Wiki
Finding transparent, verifiable information on product sustainability is difficult. Using the open, crowd-sourced model that powers Wikipedia to collect sustainability information on companies and , and subject it to oversight by anyone including the companies themselves, is a much-needed vehicle to see the forest of a company's record from any particular tree.
The Store
Some companies and products take sustainability so seriously that their products are on par with ones ERIC seeks to develop. For these companies and products, ERIC will offer its endorsement and a platform for sustainability-minded consumers to purchase products with the full confidence that they a using their economic power in the best way possible.
Island Conference Center
Located on an island a mile off the coast of Washington, 80 miles North of Seattle, is the future site of ERIC’s sustainability research and conference facility. The facility is being designed by a team comprised of the top minds in sustainability from a wide range of disciplines. The island itself will be a showroom of sustainable technologies and practices, both cutting edge and rediscovered, as well as a collaborative workshop to foster breakthrough innovation.
The Center will focus on sustainability in the following three fields:
1 Environmental
o Energy: Powering the island exclusively from renewable sources
o Agriculture/Micro Farming: Producing food for the guests and staff
Developing partnerships with local sustainable food growers & producers
o Water: Utilizing wells and rainfall to meet water needs
o Shelter: Designing and building housing that will provide for modern convenience while remaining true to the mission
o Waste Management: Reuse all waste
o Land Management: Assimilate the facility into the existing ecosystem
2 Economic
The Center for Economic Studies will focus on establishing and promoting macro and micro economic theory as well as business models for practical implementation of sustainable economics.
o Conscious Capitalism: Working with businesses to adopt the triple bottom line (profit, people, planet)
o Consumer Driven Change: The power of the consumer to determine the means of production
o Sustainability Metrics: Examine the adequacy of current methods of assessing sustainability
3 Social
The Center for Human Potential will focus on the balance between mind, body and spirit.
o Philosophy: Applying value theory to environment and economy
o Spirituality: Belief systems. Awakening of consciousness
Meditation Center
o Creative Expression: Arts, Literature, Music
Resident Artist, Writer & Musician programs
Recording Studio, Sculpture Garden
o Active recreation: Yoga, kayaking, hiking, etc.
Again - I need your help. Please join us.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Week 13: Off of Unemployment
Big step this week. Thanks to my friends at Happy Owl Studio, I am now making enough to come off of unemployment. As you'll see from the video this week, I want to be clear how glad I am that unemployment insurance was there for me, and how important it is to keep it around.
For more on Jonathan Kim, check out his movie reviews on his site. I have many favorites, like Twelve Angry Men, and Wall-E.
If you'd like to enter the Happy Owl Studio poetry competition, you can do that here or here. They really have a great product and (hopefully) a clever and smart social media presence :) . Keep up on Facebook and Twitter.
I am out of the gate early and out on a limb (as a happy owl should be) with my first press release on the Valentines Day Poetry Competition. There is a line somewhere, and I don't know if this is over it . . .
For more on Jonathan Kim, check out his movie reviews on his site. I have many favorites, like Twelve Angry Men, and Wall-E.
If you'd like to enter the Happy Owl Studio poetry competition, you can do that here or here. They really have a great product and (hopefully) a clever and smart social media presence :) . Keep up on Facebook and Twitter.
I am out of the gate early and out on a limb (as a happy owl should be) with my first press release on the Valentines Day Poetry Competition. There is a line somewhere, and I don't know if this is over it . . .
WIN A PAIR OF iPAD CASES FOR A SONG (OR POEM)Happy Owl Studio Launches Valentines Day social media contest
2/09/2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Venice, CA – Happy Owl Studio is running a promotionAnd we seek your help in creating commotion.Two iPad cases will be given awayTo the best poet this Valentines Day.
“Find us on Facebook or go onto our blog,and clear from your mind the webs made of cob.Submissions are made in comments section,And on the 14th of Feb we will make a selection.”
Says Amy Olivera, HOS’s Co-founder.She also advises, to make sure you don’t flounder,“We accept all poems, no matter how crappy,but extra points will be given if they include: ‘Think Happy’”
To the poet who wins, who has written so much,Goes a wallet in black and nice new red clutch.Within these cases, iPads can be nicely secluded,But in this contest, no iPad’s included.
If you think that poetry is sort of a curse,Find the contest rules here, without all the verseIf you are intrigued, and would like more information,Please reach out to our new contact, Nathan.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Week 12: Siblings
Ladies and gentlemen,
My sister Alysha:
It is no small thing to have a relationship with your sister that you can be proud of. My sister and I have one. We didn't always, but our moments of tension are more and more rare. Instead we behave like a team and enjoy banter in person, over the phone, and thank goodness, G-Chat.
My sister is working for a group called the IDP foundation and frequently travels abroad to look at education policy solutions that really make a difference in developing communities. Her focus has been Ghana, and she has traveled there regularly over the past 9 months or so. We like to pitch in as a family, so take a look at the video my sis put together with the help of the team at Havey Productions.
Cool stuff huh?
In other news, I just finished work on my new video for my amazing friends at ChiveEvents in Boston. These are three women who are redefining what it means to have a responsible business. I absolutely love what they do and am so happy to be able to help them. This video will debut at an event in Boston tomorrow, but for those who not only check in on 80 till 30 from time to time, but also read to the end of the blog posts, you can see it now.
My sister Alysha:
It is no small thing to have a relationship with your sister that you can be proud of. My sister and I have one. We didn't always, but our moments of tension are more and more rare. Instead we behave like a team and enjoy banter in person, over the phone, and thank goodness, G-Chat.
My sister is working for a group called the IDP foundation and frequently travels abroad to look at education policy solutions that really make a difference in developing communities. Her focus has been Ghana, and she has traveled there regularly over the past 9 months or so. We like to pitch in as a family, so take a look at the video my sis put together with the help of the team at Havey Productions.
Cool stuff huh?
In other news, I just finished work on my new video for my amazing friends at ChiveEvents in Boston. These are three women who are redefining what it means to have a responsible business. I absolutely love what they do and am so happy to be able to help them. This video will debut at an event in Boston tomorrow, but for those who not only check in on 80 till 30 from time to time, but also read to the end of the blog posts, you can see it now.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Week 11: My Time
In the truest sense, it is your time. You decide how to spend every precious moment of it.
I think I've know this at different levels for a while, but since separating from my job, I have found a wonderful freedom to determine my own schedule and make time for things I never had before. The ten-step commute from my bedroom to my office helps :).
I think I've know this at different levels for a while, but since separating from my job, I have found a wonderful freedom to determine my own schedule and make time for things I never had before. The ten-step commute from my bedroom to my office helps :).
Friday, January 21, 2011
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