Time & Money – What is that?

 

Aahhhhh….I finally get to write again….. I like to write because it’s like I just get away from everything and just breathe. Unfortunately, I don’t get to write as often as I’d like. The only part I don’t like is when my fingers and wrists start hurting like they are now. Ouch!

 

 Anyway…back to writing. You know…I’ve been reading this book by Max Lucado called “Cure for the Common Life – Living in Your Sweet Spot” and it’s helping me to really see life in a different way. This book talks about finding your self and what your passion is, and then following that passion. But is doesn’t teach you to do it for self gain….it shows you how to do it for the glory of the Almighty God. That’s what I’m talking about! I love this book and hate this book at the same time and I’ll tell you why. I know what I love to do….skateboarding, music, public speaking, writing. Ok, that’s easy, but I’m finding it hard applying those things so that I can make a living off them. For example, I’ve made money with skateboarding before. It takes hours and hours and hours of practice but I’ve done it. I’ve perfected every move and have had a pretty good track record of getting 1^st place in competitions….but does that help me in my life spot today? NO! I still love to go out and skateboard because it’s like writing….I can breathe….get away from the race and just worship God through my movements….but I don’t see myself getting paid for it right now because 1) I’m married so I just can’t go throwing myself off buildings anymore (even though I still do sometimes….don’t tell the wifey…hehe just kidding). She knows me better than that. J And 2) I have a job!! So, I can’t just take off for 8 hours like I used to and perfect the 360 kick flip to tail slide to fakie….I don’t have that time!!!

 

Ok, let’s talk about music….I love music, and always have since I was about 5 years old. Why can’t I do music? Well let’s see….have you ever heard of a thing called writers block?!! That’s me!!! I can freestyle all I want to but when it comes to putting actual lyrics on page….my mind goes completely blank. I’ll put down the pen and pad and then freestyle a little bit….I’ll get a motivating lyric in my head….RUN TO WRITE IT DOWN…..AND………………it leaves my brain right when I put the pen on that freakin peace of paper!! And it all falls under the same thing…..time….and money. I would like to make my music a full-time career, but I need the thousands of dollars to record an album that is barely even store worthy! Much less have to give the hours of my precious time to market my own music!! Ahhh!!

 

Now let’s chew on the public speaking a little bit. I don’t know what it is about me but I really like to talk. However, I don’t like to talk about all kinds of nonsense things like sports, food…you know…normal guy stuff. I will if I’m with a bunch of friends but I normally like to dig into a subject and just talk about it. I’ll read about it and talk about it to myself if I have to! Seriously! Sometimes I find myself walking down the sidewalk for my lunch break talking about how it’s going to be when Christ returns….out loud too!! Yeah….I’m pretty weird like that. Thanks for loving me Jenelle!! Man…I don’t know what I’d do without her. Anyway…so yeah…I love to talk, and if I can be put in front of a thousand people EVERY single day….and just talk to them…..I totally would!! I would absolutely love to do that!! Can I right now…no. I would need to research a job that has that involved, take the time to interview…..OR…….try to market myself as a public speaker, which again takes time & money! And I just don’t have either of those things right now to be able to do public speaking….

 

Writing….I get to right pretty often. I’ll write in my journal or post a blog once in a while, but I want to write a book…..wait….a ton of books! But what does that take?.....Time….and money….that’s right. Once again with this time and money thing!!

 

I guess what I should title this is “Time & Money – What is that?”….yeah….that’s going to be the title of today’s blog. But do you see my frustrations?! Do you understand where I’m coming from? I know that a lot of you out there probably do. Well, I’m doing something about it….I know that my time and money is limited right now but I am finding the time to make money so I can have them both. My wife and I are trying to start our own internet company that I know is going to succeed. It’s going to be awesome to be able to read this blog like two years from now and just laugh as I’m sitting on the beach with my lovely wife…as we search the web in the middle of the weekday. I can’t do it alone though….I need God first, then I need a support group, and then I need to turn off my TV and get to work.

 

Lord, help me to find time so I can pray to you and seek you. Help me with my finances to I can give back to you for what you have given to me. And Jesus, please help me to give it all to you so you can show me how to balance my life, and talents so that I may multiply them for your great, and perfect will. Thank you Jesus. In Your Precious Name I pray, Amen.

 

Thank you all for your time today.

 

Always,

Greg Romero II

One Year!!

I know this is kind of a late post but that's because my life has been super busy and exciting!! A couple of great things have happened in my life since I last posted. The first is my wife Jenelle and I just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on 07/07/08!! It was so awesome! I had just gotten a new job that I had been waiting for and they granted me a week off even though I had just started! Praise God! So yeah, we took that time to just enjoy each other on a wonderful road trip to New Mexico....that's right...New Mexico. Now, I grew up in NM so when my wife suggested this trip I thought, "I've tried for years to get out of there, why would I want to go vacation there!?" The fact is I really love NM....I love the beautiful sunsets, and the scorching hot weather (well....maybe not the hot weather)...and I love the people there. So, Jenelle and I packed our bags and headed out on Saturday, July 5th.

Our first stop was the Grand Canyon. It was magical going back there because the Grand Canyon is where I had proposed to Jenelle on January 5th, 2007!! We got to go to the exact spot where I got down and one knee in the snow and waited for about 10 minutes for Jenelle to say "yes"....Haha! (I'll always remember that...hehe...I love you Jenelle!) We got to look out into the Canyon and just enjoy the amazing views and just remenisce of our amazing first year together.

We stayed at a few motels and hotels on our way that were nice and cozy, and we arrived to Santa Fe on the day of our anniversary. We spent our anniversary at the Old Santa Fe Inn....and oh my goodness...this place was so romantic! Jenelle is the one who found it so I give her mad props for doing that for us. She's just amazing like that! But yeah....we had a stand alone suite. There was a little staircase that led up to our room, and inside the room there was a Kiva fireplace and beautiful Old Santa Fe Decor. It was absolutely amazing! Then dinner at Tomasita's!!....man, that was so yummy!! I think we enjoyed the Sangria the most though...lol

The rest of the week was just checking out some of the local tourist sites like Bandelier National Forest, The Spanish Museum in Santa Fe, etc....what kind of stunk though was we went to several museums that needed a drive out to them, and when we got there they were closed!!! Haha! But it was all good because we were driving a Toyota Prius Hybrid, which got an average of 60+ mpg. :)

Overall, it was a great trip. If you've never been to NM you should definitely road trip out there...it's worth the time and money.

Alright, well that's it for now, but I'll be back soon!

-Greg Romero II