Week 6 in the books, so what happened? Work Week 6 of and it was quite the hectic work week, started the week off with news that Citrix (the company for which I work) is going private, the largest take private tech transaction in history. Had to work late multiple times this week, mainly due … Read more
With week 5 now behind me, what did I get done? February started this week, so my birthday is now just a few weeks away. Starting this year I set up a goal to get back to 170lbs, as at some point in time last year I said I would probably never be at that … Read more
What did I learn? Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover” is a booked packed with old school, tried and tested methods to get one into a good financial position. The concept of the book is that cash flow is king and that debt is a leak. In order to get to a great financial standing one … Read more
What I Learned Extreme ownership was a book about leadership in a team setting from 2 navy seals that now run a consulting agency for business leaders. In short the book teaches a number of things about running a team, from experiences hard learned while deployed at war. The list below is what I got … Read more
Looking back at week 4 of the year, what stands out: Birthdays 2 nephews and 2 cousins had birthdays this past week. Unfortunately for me I didn’t get to see them, or spend time with them on their birthdays. Happy birthday to Sean, Felipe, Charlie, and Marcos. Other Started the week out with a dental … Read more
What I learned? To win at the Game of Money, you need to understand the game and master it, and to master it you need to know what’s your goal, and where the game is played. The book suggest you take the time to name your goal, so find out the price of your dream; … Read more
With week 3 of 2022 now in the books, what did I get done? Finished the audiobook 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson; this was quite a long book, took a lot of notes on it. Summary of what I learned from it coming soon, but to sum it up the 12 rules is … Read more
Starting this year I had set a goal to listen and summarize 36 audio books, so far I’m 3 books in (12 Months to $1 Million, Money Master the Game, Extreme Ownership) working my way through the 4th book, summaries of notes coming soon. I’ve started intermitted fasting at the start of the year, for … Read more
Rebuilding Kitchen Cabinets With the kitchen torn down, now it was time to start rebuilding. Making cabinets, running electrical, and building the small wall for the breakfast nook. In building the cabinets, I wanted to start from scratch, so I made a few trips to the local Home Depot bought some 2X4’s, 2X3’s and multiple … Read more
Kitchen Tear Down I bought a house a few years back and decided I wanted to take a stab at remodeling the kitchen myself from scratch. So I did a couple of trips to the Home Depot and got started, on this project. Lets first show a couple of pictures of the kitchen before anything … Read more