Yesterday I went out and shot job sites for the gallery on the website I have been working on. I have a simple method, for now, that I will build the gallery, but it would be nice to learn more complicated code to make the gallery more effective. I need to do this to my Blue Felt website as well, it would make it look much more professional. I had been fighting website building for some time, and now that I am starting to learn more and embrace it I am getting other job offers as well. I need my skill to match my desire!

I have sold several more Stellar Ink designs since I got all the new stuff up on the storefront. I started working on more designs this past week but had a bid for t-shirt printing come in and take up most of my time Thursday and Friday morning. I am not sure if I can pull this bid through, and I am going to meet with the client today to hone in on some details. My past vendor is gone, just completely off the map, and finding a new one with great prices and service on short notice has been a challenge. It is strange to see businesses just disappear: my vendors, clients, retailers, local restaurants.

I am still here, and still pushing through. I though I do not have too much going on (I should say coming in) I am certain that the actions I am taking today are helping to build my foundation for the future. Its coming, I know it.

I spent several more hours this morning really getting the storefronts organized. This one is looking better than this one, but I think it is mostly because both store’s backends are set up so differently.

And I guess my three days of work paid off and I sold a shirt right away today. Yeah, buddy. And while it is only one, it gave me that little pat on the back I was needing. I think our Stellar Ink designs are really good, and I hope they can get some recognition and some sales too. I tweeted twice today about the new designs, and though I don’t know how many of my twitter followers will see my tweets it is a start to getting the word out.

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I am going to design several more designs today, I feel like I am on a roll with it, so I am putting off my the website work for now. I am still waiting on quite a few materials any how. I have my entire weekend (while Rybear is sleeping) to work on website work.

I have met many successful people, both very rich and ordinary people, but the one thing a lot of them had in common was that they had tried and failed in something. Whether in starting their own business or taking that chance at a new job. Everyone that I have talked to has lifted their head back up and pressed on. Just remember, if what you first try does not pan out, it is not the end of the world, try again.

I recently became a huge fan of the magazine Heavy Hitters. In this magazine they interview ordinary people with extraordinary lifestyles. The magazine focuses on how they got to where they are, where they came from, and what they have now. Many of them say that they had many failures along the way, they just kept on trying. The magazine is also a car magazine featuring many exotics, and that was the first reason I ever picked the magazine up. You can find out more about this magazine at Heavy Hitters.

There were a few people in the magazine that now had millions that were once homeless, and yet they never gave up. I read stories like that and it makes me start to think about what I could do to change my life and my family’s.

My wife and I have started a few companies, such as Blue Felt Design, which is a marketing company that does printing and design. And Stellar Ink is our line of clothing and apparel. Neither company has sky rocketed us to wealth yet, but they are both companies that do make us a little bit of money and both allow Torie to be creative. Torie even has a website, torierion.com, that features some of her art work that is for sale . The one thing that all of these ventures have in common is though they are all work, they are all fun for Torie. I envy her everyday that I go to work, because she loves what she does.

I, on the other hand, work at a 40 hour a week job, where I am capped on pay (that is not very much) and there is little to no possibility for growth in the company. This is very frustrating. I want so bad to be more productive, do something more lucrative, and love what I do. This is why almost everyday Torie and I talk about what else we can do and try so that both us get to do what we love.

Torie and I have tried many things to be successful and thus far nothing has made any substantial money, but this does not deter us from trying new things and pressing on with what we have. We are continually making changes to better our companies, and think of new ideas for other business ventures. I encourage everyone to never give up whatever it is you want to do; for failure can happen and so can success.