Picture of the Day

Posted in August 18th, 2008

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I was walking down State Street and seen this guy with this sign up. I couldn’t resist passing up a picture of this.

Picture of young guy on State Street holding up a sign looking for people to smile.

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The StreetWise Experience Day 1

Posted in August 18th, 2008

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Registration Day

I’m leaving shortly to go register as a StreetWise vendor. Registration is at 10:00 a.m. I’ll be taking my camera and a new journal to record the experience.

Orientation

I arrived at the StreeWise building exactly at 10:00 a.m. I rang the button and was buzzed in. I went directly to the cage where I was politely asked by a man whom would later be introduced to as Ron. Ron picked up the phone and told someone that they had someone here for orientation.

A very tall man wearing black train conductor’s hat, a black tee shirt and black jogging pants with a red strip going down the side of his leg came in and introduced himself as Johnny. His first question he asked me was if I ever sold StreetWise before. I had assured him that I hadn’t. I was told to follow him into the next room and fill out some paperwork. I sat down at the round wooden table that was to my left as soon as I entered the room.

The room that I was in had painted red concrete floors. To my left were a dozen Gateway computers along the wall. One grey-haired man sat there with his back turned to me on one of them. He seemed to be in his late fifties, early sixties.

After I finished filling out the paperwork and reading StreetWise’s Mission statement, Johnny came back and gave me a history of Streetwise. I noticed as he walked towards me that he walked with a limp. It seemed he was born with one leg shorter than the other or he had an artificial leg.

Continued Tomorrow.

Hours	2.5
Sold Papers	6
Income Earned	$7.00
Average per hour	$2.80

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Health Log: Aug: 18th, 2008

Posted in August 18th, 2008

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Weight: 218 lbs.

Jog: 27:01 min.

Breakfast

1 Apple 8:05 a.m.

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Health Log: Aug. 16th, 2008

Posted in August 16th, 2008

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Weight: 219 lbs.

Jog: 23:24 min.

Breakfast

2 Oranges

Lunch

1 Can of Vegetable Soup with Crackers

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Fighting Life Back with Full Blow Punches

Posted in August 15th, 2008

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Getting Cut of at the Knees

This week has been an extraordinary week for me. Just as I had finished reading a few more chapters in the book “The Energy of Money” and really understanding a few concepts about forgivness and facing my own dragons, life throws me a blow so hard that it knocked me to my knees. It felt more like my knees were “cut off.” And true to form, fear became so strong that I wanted to run away from this financial disaster. Just as I have done before in the past. But not this time. I plan on facing my financial evil dragons and slaying them one by one. One lesson I’ve learned this week is money problems don’t go away no matter even if you pretend they’re not there.

Twenty weeks and counting

In twenty weeks, I’ve made the commitment to become a full-time student. This means that I’m going to have to creatively find a way to make a living while I go to school. I have a few ideas of how I could earn money. The financial disaster that happened to me this week has challenged my imagination greatly. What it has really done is awakened the sleeping giant in me. I will in twenty weeks become a full-time student, start on my trek to becoming an artist, and will leave the corporate world forever. I will begin immediately to start taking authentic action.

Ways I plan to make a living

Here are the ways that I plan on making a living.

Blogging
Bartender
Driving a Cab
Part-time week-end job
Affiliate Marketing
Selling StreetWise Newspaper
Selling Photographs
Forex Trading
Focus Groups
Selling on Ebay
Writing
Street Musician
Tax Preparer

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Health Log: Aug: 14th, 2008

Posted in August 14th, 2008

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Weight: 2:23 lbs

Jog: 21:12 min.

Breakfast

1 Large Apple 7:45 a.m.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bar 7:45 a.m.

1 Orange 10:00 a.m

Lunch

1 Can of Vegetable Soup

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Health Log: Aug. 13th, 2008

Posted in August 13th, 2008

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Weight: 220 lbs.

Jog: 19:12 min.

Breakfast

1 Bagel with Cream Cheese 7:26 a.m.

2 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bars 8:00 am.

1 Orange 9:00 a.m.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogar Bar 10:00 a.m.

Lunch

1 McDonald’s Chicken Sandwich

2 Cookies

Dinner

1 Can of Vegetable Soup

1 Salad

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Health Log: Aug. 12th, 2008

Posted in August 12th, 2008

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Jog: 17:03 min.

Breakfast

1 Apple 7:50 a.m.

1 Orange 9:00 a.m.

1 Can of Vegetable Soup 11:00 a.m

1 Apple 1:00 p.m.

1 Pack of Cookies 3:00 p.m.

Dinner

1 McDonald’s Double Cheeseburger 5:00 p.m.

2 Pieces of Buttered Toast 7:00 p.m.

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Health Log: Aug. 11th, 2008

Posted in August 11th, 2008

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Jog: 14:10 min.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bar 7:55 a.m.

1 Orange 9:00 a.m.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bar 10:00 a.m

1 Orange 11:00 a.m.

Lunch

1 Chicken Breast Sandwich 11:30 a.m.

1 Orange 1:00 p.m.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bar 2:30 p.m.

1 Nutri-Grain Yogart Bar 4:30 p.m.

Dinner

1 bag of White Chedder Popcorn.

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Chicago Distance Classic Half Marathon 2008

Posted in August 10th, 2008

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Over 11,000 runners participated this year in the Bank of America Chicago Distance Classic Marathon. The race began in Grant Park at 6:30 a.m. The City of Chicago closed half of Lake Shore Drive going south to 57th street and returned back to Grant Park along the lakefront to the finish line.

I took over 700 pictures. Did I get a photo of you? Take a look at the bottom of this post for your bib number, post a comment with your number and I’ll add your picture to the blog.