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About This Author
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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
But that's just my resume.
My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
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GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 150.6
Meals:
9:00am Egg, cheese, turkey bacon on fiber wheat (5)
10:30am Coffee (1) and raw veggies (0)
2:00pm Skinny roast beef on multigrain (7), skinny hazelnut latte (2), oatmeal cookie (6?)
4:15pm  chai (1) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
7:00pm Chai (1) ...zzz... I think I crashed down from my cookie. 
7:30pm Fiber PopTart (3)
9:00pm Chai (1)
12:30am Green beans w/bacon bits (1) and chocolate pudding (1.5)
Exercise:
8:00pm Walked slurry building 5x
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending. I had a request at Facebook for "Dog and Butterfly" by Heart, so I've downloaded it. This week might be a tad aggressive for a song I don't know at all, but we'll see.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
 Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Goal met.
Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR].
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.
Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week.
Pending. I still have fifteen websites open, waiting for me to research and write. Haven't written a word.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
No activity. I thought I was going to get a review on this, but it didn't happen, so I may just go ahead and pick up this goal again. Soon...
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met. I'm still reading Midnight Hours by Vivian  .
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*kicks Amazon*
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress. |
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GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 150.6
Exercise:
Meals:
8:45am Egg, cheese, turkey bacon on fiber wheat (5.5)
9:15am Cinnamon bread (2) and coffee (.5)
10:30am Cinnamon bread (2), double chocolate bread (2), and coffee (.5)
12:00pm Three pretzels with Nutella (1)
1:00pm NutriGrain bar (2.5)
1:45pm Fiber PopTart (3)
6:00pm Party at Christie's house: 10-15 "hint of lime" tortilla chips, 5-10 chili cheese Fritos, a bratwurst with mustard (no bread!), slews of raw veggies, ~1/4 cup potato salad, ~1/2 cup tomato and mozz salad, 3 triscuits with cheese dip, a medium-sized iced brownie, a small lemon bar, a mini cherry tart, and two coconut martinis. 
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Goal met.
Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR].
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending... I need to do this today.
Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week.
Goal met.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
No activity.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met.
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress.
I can't believe it's almost June. |
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GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 151.2
Exercise:
Meals:
10:30am Raisin English muffin (2.5) with butter (2)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:15pm Oatmeal raisin cookie (4?)
2:30pm Tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2)
4:30pm Chai (1)
7:00pm Fiber granola bar (2)
9:00pm Chai (1)
10:00pm Fiber PopTart (3)
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Goal met: "The Butterfly Stone" (ezine) and "How Soda Is Made" (print magazine) are pending.
Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR]. This song hasn't had a lot of views or any comments, and I'm interested in feedback! {e:prettyplease} If I haven't said this before, I want honest feedback. That goes for everything I write or compose.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.
Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week.
Goal met. This was actually met yesterday, and I forgot to mention. I wrote an article for Textbroker worth $15.26 on Wednesday, which was accepted by the client yesterday, so, woo-hoo! I wrote another two articles worth $5.60 apiece yesterday; one has been accepted, and the other is pending acceptance.
I've also been "Leapfrogging" my articles at Helium to try and boost my score. I've had a couple rejected, which bummed me out because it looked like my only shot at fixing an article. However, help@helium.com informs me that I can try again after seven days. I'm thinking about doing an end-of-month push to get a bunch of Helium articles written, but I'm just not sure when.
Textbroker seems like the easier way to earn money. It's small money, but I've found a couple articles that were easy to write.
For any considering checking it out, be aware that it's basically a ghost writing service. The client posts a request for an article with the offered price, you sign up for the job, you write the article, the client either accepts or rejects your article, and if it's accepted, you get paid the offer price. At that point, the article is no longer yours. The client owns the rights.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
No activity.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met. I started Midnight Hours by Vivian . 
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress. I finally spoke with the General Manager at the other Potbelly, and starting next week I'm picking up two additional shifts per week! So now I'm playing Potbelly five days a week. That's good for my budget. 
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GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 150.2
Exercise:
Meals:
9:30am Egg, cheese, and turkey bacon on fiber wheat toast (5.5)
10:45am Double chocolate cookie (4?) and tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef (7)
5:00pm Chai (1)
7:00pm Chai (1)
9:30pm Steak-n-Shake Pepperjack Melt (?) and kid-size banana shake (?)
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met. Today I launched "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Black Velvet," and "You Shook Me All Night Long." I'd say that makes up for missing a new song last week.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Goal met with a short story submission to a fantasy ezine earlier this month, and I also submitted a children's article yesterday! I found "forever" stamps that I forgot I had and tried to use my mailbox. We'll see if it works.
Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR] Two additional songs in progress.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.
Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week.
Pending.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
No activity.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met. I finished the first Elizabeth Peters book that MaryLou  sent me. I like her. She's an intellectual writer with a sharp wit and a decent knack for suspense.
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress. Potbelly took my amplifier away, and they're running me through the PA like they used to, which just makes me a little less visible and more like background. It's a little disappointing, but I'm going to see if I can buy that amp for a really good price. I'm the only one who's really touched it.
And now that the piano tuner is done, it's time to try to get ahold of the other Potbelly again and see if I can pick up extra shifts.  |
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Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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(2) Potbelly asked me to perform at an event, where Potbelly will have a booth set up. It's coming up later in June; more information when I get it. It'll be a Saturday evening. A public gig outside the wall of my restaurant! It feels like a step up.
I need to figure that out.