I've been going to lunch at the Winking Lizard solo on Tuesdays for a couple of weeks now. Tuesdays the chicken sandwiches are a couple of bucks off and new DVD's and games are released at Best Buy across the street. It works out.
I like the alone time, and Amy the bartender is always attentive (love smoke-free bars). I always bring a magazine too, usually Wired, and sometimes Business 2.0 on the rare occasion it has something worth reading. That reading material is interesting because it tends to cover people doing fascinating new things in business, on the Web and in technology in general. It's very inspiring.
Today I had a realization about the difference in my entrepreneurial spirit versus those I read about. They tend to find the next big thing and ruthlessly pursue it. I don't, because I don't care so much about the next big thing. I just want to do things I'm interested in, with the hope that it's something that is a sustainable business. That's unfortunately not so easy. I can't get behind something that I don't care about. I suppose that's why I've stayed with CoasterBuzz for so long, because I care about the topic. I just happen to insist I make a buck too, however limited those bucks may be.
I did see a pearl of wisdom though that I have managed to follow for CB, if not other things. Don't concentrate on your competition. Do what you do as best you can. You can control your own product, and if you stick to your own values and goals, that's well placed energy that you can control. If someone came along with a "CoasterBuzz killer," I can't control that. But I can stick to what has worked for me for seven years. See, I can justify not having updated it in three years. :) The only part I'm lacking on is the ability to evolve, and I'm slowly getting to a better place in that respect.
So I've got these other things I'd like to build, and if I can merge those interests with my everyday life, I'll pursue them. There is no shortage of ideas, and I continue to resolve to not get bogged down in resentment toward myself for not executing on them. Life is being too good to me in the general sense to do that.
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