Updates on my badges

It's funny to me that my last update was about Public Speaking, because I've had a few opportunities between now and then and I pretty much don't like it at all. I've also discovered that I don't like to raise money. I'm only 28, so that could change... and it may if I continue down the track I'm on, but as of now I pretty much hate it. The problem with that is everything in my life right now kind of circles around raising money.

I had the 5k this past weekend to support Engage Burkina and Joanna. For a few weeks I was involved in a campaign to fight muscular dystrophy. I'm signed up for Relay for Life which is in a few weeks. We had a silent auction at the church since my last post. And my full time job includes a monthly goal of raising $500. I told a friend the other day that I keep pondering if God is trying to teach me how to raise money right now...

I am hoping that I like to earn money though, as I just bought the small company based out of Laguna Beach. For those of you that don't know about it- William and I went to California and bought a company at the beginning of April. It is a T-shirt company and the t-shirts had been marketed to celebrities. There is even a link to a photograph on our website of Sharon Stone in the shirt. The website is www.iamoriginone.com

We haven't had a chance to do anything with the company over the last month, but that should change in the upcoming months. I put the website on the back of the shirts for Joanna's race, and I wore one of our Origin One shirts out today. We still need to update the website and follow up with some contacts that we were given. At least least half of the profits will be given to a non-profit- right now the plan is for that to be the foster care initiatives at the YMCA.

So, in the upcoming weeks I should be posting on drafting a business plan, and building a web site. I will also likely be starting a newsletter at work. I wanted to do this as an annual thing for my personal life, but just don't have the time- so work will be the way to go.