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Pay it forward Friday (January)!

Paul

English: Portrait of Walt Disney, 1 January 19... Image via Wikipedia

Pay it forward Friday!

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Walt Disney

It is times like this that I am really feeling blessed.  I thought this would be something that I wanted to inspire people.   If you’e not heard the saying, I’ll explain it to you.

“Pay it Forward” used to describe the concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead.

Wikipedia

It really is something that I would like to explain why I am asking people to help make someones day a little nicer.   I’ll explain why later on in this post.   I thought this was a good idea when I had something that just made me believe there are good people in the world after all.

 Acts of Random Kindness

Those of us who have fallen on hard times know how hard it is to get some of the basic things in life.   I am not saying that it isn’t always going to be easy but I do know that a lot has happened in my last few months and if it wasn’t for the support of my family, I don’t know where I’d be or what I would be doing.    That be said, I do have a small story I’d like to share with you to demonstrate just how much people need to help others right now.

Driving along in my small car, nothing says economy like a manual transmission car, I happen to stop to get a hair cut.   After 3 months of not having a hair cut, I knew it was about time.   My hair was constantly in my face and nothing I could do to it was to get it out of my way.  I decided to go to a nice little out of the way Barber shop and get my hair cut, but unbeknownst to me was the price of the hair cut.    I really thought I had enough money for the hair cut but when I walked into the shop, I found that I only had ten dollars and the hair cut was twelve dollars.

I tell the owner I don’t have enough money to pay him the twelve dollars, after all this out of the way shop doesn’t accept anything but cash.   One of the patrons told me relax and sit down, he’d probably not take the whole ten dollars.   I didn’t know if I could believe him but I sat down.   After the patron that told me to sit down was done, I was next and the next thing I knew he gave me a ten dollar bill, saying here this will help you today with your hair cut.

I only had to pay two dollars for the hair cut directly.   I know I’m blessed but I also believe that others should profit in his actions.   So I thought about asking people to do something good for a friend or relative.

Have you done something Good Today?

If you feel like sharing this post, I made it really easy to share. Just tell them to go to:

http://bit.ly/pttpiff

Paul Sylvester

 

 

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Your Chance to win a Free Pair of Glasses!

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Prescription Eyeglasses from $18

Did someone say Free??

I’ve been in contact with Glasses USA, and they told me they would be proud to sponsor this give away.  They have agreed to give away 3 pairs of Glasses.   They’ve told me:

There are no limitations. it only covers the cost of the glasses and cannot be used with a Free Shipping Coupon.  Users can get free standard shipping but will have to pay out of pocket for any upgrade to the shipping method. You will need to have your Prescription ready by the time this contest is over.   In their FAQ’s they say you will need a copy of your prescription to order your Glasses.  When You when I will need to have a verified email address so as to tell them the email address you will be using to order your pair of glasses.   I will also be giving your a coupon code to use to get your free pair of glasses.  If you need a new pair of glasses and can’t afford it then this is a way to get your free pair of glasses.   You can also get your free pair of sunglasses if you already have a good pair of glasses.

How do I enter?

I will be giving away three pairs and each pair will be from the following three ways:

  1. Sign up to my Mailing List — By signing up to my list that is one way to verify your email address.  It must stay valid for a month in order to email you the details on how to get your instructions on getting your free pair of glasses.
  2. Comment on this page — Again this will be a month long prize campaign, so you will have to put down an email address that will be valid for a least a month.   This will also be only seen by me, so you must not worry about getting spam emails.
  3. Link to my homepage or this page from your site — This is my last way to enter to win your free pair of glasses.   If you have a blog and you link to me by making a blog post or through a blog roll.   You’ll be entered into my contest.   The only thing about this is the more individual Internet Protocols that come my way the more chances your entered.   every 5 unique IP’s, you’ll be entered into the drawing.   So the more you send my way the more chance you will win.   This does not include forums or tweeting about it but if you know someone who might need a new pair of glasses then by all means.

This give away will be valid from 05/13/2011 to 06/13/2011.   This is done to maximize the chances of people entering this contest.  I will be using Random.org to determine the 3 winners.   Good Luck to all!!

Paul Sylvester

*Contest is Closed*

Although you didn’t have a chance to enter. Stay tuned to win something else from my site. I will be doing another contest. Winners will be announced later on today!

*Winners*

Congratulations to the two winners. Since I didn’t have anyone referrers from other sites I can’t give out the last pair, so I am going to get my free pair to review for later on. Have a good day!!

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“When it rains, It pours!” : Ways to fight stress!

Paul

The Emotional Side of Job Search Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr

Your doing your usual stuff and the something happens.   You really don’t know what to think or do.   You could be in shock, or just disbelief.   I have had that happen last week.   I thought it would be fun to discuss this and give a few insights as to what I learned.

The back story

I was at work doing what I normally did to make the customers happy.   My job was one of those really good jobs where you would have to always listen to the customer and try to help resolve their problem(s).  It isn’t the easiest job in the world, and I bet most technicians would also agree that sometimes the customer can be down right mean or even rude to the technician just because they have no one else to yell at.  Last week I lost one of my dearest and most paying contracts, it isn’t easy to just sit still and wonder how will I pay bills now without this retainer client.   I bet Mike Smith has this problem all the time and probably worries about it every week when he losses a client like this.  Some of things that I want to know is how do others deal with stress.

Stress is a killer

I know I am not the only one who has to deal with the stress.   I do however wanted to come up with a way to help prevent some of the stress from happening.  According to some places, Stress can be a great motivator and also be our downfall in the long.   I say this not to scare people but to bring up some very important topics that I thought we should at least look at:

  • Stress is different for each person — Now I am not saying that some people don’t have stress but they do not show it very often if never.   You may never know that some person you are talking to is having a stress full day because they may never show the signs of being under stress.

  • Stress makes you grow older quicker —  Now this is something that I have felt in the past when I have more stress it makes me feel older and not like I used to be.   This also can be a bad side effect, because it will sometimes send people into a depressed state.

  • Stress can give your High Blood pressure —  I should know about this one because this has been my case for the few years.  This is something that I have had to deal with because of what all stress has been put under my belt the last few years.

Fighting Stress

So you have thought about it and have come to the conclusion that you have to much stress in your life.   You’re probably like me and want to reduce some of the stress that you are having right about now.   I know I hate stress and what it does to my body.   I wanted to share some ways to reduce the stress in your life so you can live a healthier and longer life.

  • Exercising —  This is one of those many found truths that if you exercise everyday, either by walking or do aerobics you can decrease the stress in your life in one way or another.  You should however do something once a day for at least an hour.   I have found walking on paths to be my best way to relieve stress .

  • Journaling — I have found sitting down to blog to be a great way to reduce my stress in my life.  If you don’t have a blog or know how to blog this is great time to start.   You can start by creating your free blog at wordpress.com and not have to worry about any of the problems of hosting or domain services.

  • Find a friend — another great way is to talk to someone about your problems and your stress.   Although some people will not do this it is  however a good way to relieve or at least reduce your stress.  Just talking to someone can help you live longer.

  • Praying — Yes You’ve heard me right.   I have found this to be best way to reduce stress.   You may not know this but I do believe in God and every time something happens, I ask God what to do.   He has answered a lot of questions in his own way.   God has been a source of strength and peace in my every day life.

  • Music — Find some uplifting music and listen to it.   If you find music that lifts your spirit then you will reduce stress in more ways than one.   I have found this to also help my stress.  Most of the time I start singing and I feel my stress going away.   I might not be the best singer but I do sing and it does help.

These are just a few but I will let you figure out how to fight stress.   I’d love to hear how you fight stress and what has worked for you when it comes to relieving your stress.   Please feel free to comment and help me make my life less stressful.

Paul Sylvester

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