I’ve decided that my main goals for this coming semester are to have more self discipline and continue working on being social, but this time I want to try to really get to know more people and not just know then superficially.

I’m thinking discipline is important for me at this point in my life because it’s something I’ve lacked for a long time and could help me accomplish my other goals. The last time I remember being completely disciplined was when I was in sixth grade. I don’t know exactly what happened that first week in school, but I simply decided I was going to start coming home and doing my homework. That year I was in the Honor Roll every bimester, I was the Mrs. Woods favorite student, I also was appointed a C.O.D. (Cuerpo de Orden y Disciplina) (Body of Order and Discipline), which is sort of like a student aid for the teachers/example for the rest of the students to follow and the next year I was assigned to the Plan Piloto (Pilot Plan) program, which is the classroom where all the smart kids go. It’s meant to increase competition amongst the students and help them feed of each other. I know there are similar programs in schools here in the states, but I don’t remember their names.

My point is that discipline has been good to me in the past. I am disciplined only with the things I care about the most and even then not all the time. I get this great ideas for business and I start working on them, but there’s always going to be some obstacle that is just too boring, hard, detailed, technical, whatever… and I eventually drop the project. If I had the discipline to just continue working on them even if it is just a little bit at a time then I can see all of those projects realized. At least that’s my theory right now.

I just finished doing my Finance homework. Something that I’ve done three times out of maybe ten times the professor has assigned one. It felt good just having something completed. If I would only do all of my homeworks and study a little bit every day, I know I would be getting straight A’s in this class.

So those are my goals.

Peace,

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I’ve been studying for my test and I feel more confident about the results I’m going to get, but I still need some more practice. Right now I’m going over the sample test the professor gave us. After that I’m going to take a shower, then study some more and leave around 5:00 p.m. The test is not until 7:30 but I want to buy a couple of school supplies and then I may come back home and keep studying or go to school and finish studying over there.

My textbook talks about “opportunity cost”, which is basically what is given up in order to get something else, and it uses Lebron James as an example. The textbook says that he understands the concept of opportunity cost because he was willing to give up going to college to go straight to the NBA and make millions of dollars. I’m still trying to make that happen for me. I’ve been trying by starting different businesses and now it’s music, but I think that if that was to happen I would still end up finishing college. I would put my studies aside for some good money in a heartbeat, but after spending so many years studying… shit I want that piece of paper that says I graduated. I just need to finish what I started. Especially after all that effort.

I’ve failed in business one too many times already and I don’t want to start from scratch every single time anymore. I know I’m always going to be trying and I will never give up, but once I fall I have to pick up all the broken pieces and start over again. That can get pretty expensive and it’s time consuming. I’m still paying old business bills and I can’t wait until that’s done. The thing is… if I can get a good paying job I can pay things off quicker if I fall. That’s where this college education thing comes in. It’s a backup plan. This is why I’m so focused on finishing school right now.

Working full time, taking 5 classes and coming home to work on my business ideas was the busiest and hardest thing I’ve had to do. As much as I wanted to keep going, my body was physically and mentally shutting down. The fucker wouldn’t give me more juice. I’m so happy right now because I’m not working and I’m rested and things just happen so much quicker now. I wish it could always be like this.

Because of all the times I’ve failed, it is going to be that much sweeter when I start getting that recognition and money that I’ve been working for all my life. I’ve acquired a lot of experience over the years so I’ll know how to handle situations better. I’ve learned everything from how to open a business to getting what I want out of people and I just need to get into business my way. That means I need to be the man in charge, and right now I need something with low costs. That’s why I figured getting in the music market is the right move. I  know that with hard work I can create good music at a cost I can afford. What I have to do is appeal to peoples emotions. The only other type of business I can think of right now that you can create something out very little is sports.

One of the things I learned from Bullen Tea is that you need to have a good amount of money set aside to start and run the business before starting. I think that’s something that is needed more on a regular type of business. When the product is more about a physical or emotional appeal, I think it’s a little different. The product sells itself so less money is needed for advertising. And because I’m dealing with music, I don’t need an inventory. Marketing will be my main expense.

Alright, this was supposed to be some quick thing. I need to get back to work.

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Tonight is the first time I actually get to live in a place that is completely mine and not shared with anyone else. No family, dorm, roommate, nothing… Just me and nobody else. And it’s nice.

It’s nice coming home and knowing you have the whole place for yourself and you can get as comfortable as you want. No sharing nothing or waiting for someone to finish using anything.

The new Mac is a work of art. It’s the perfect system for making my music, I think. All I got to do now is finish setting everything up and start creating.

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