What's Your Dream Job?

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In my upcoming book: House of Cards from 2 Moon Press, I discuss a little about the plight I share with countless others in the pursuit of finding work that transcends the daily grind of just having a J.O.B. to afford our existence. Most of us have to work to just pay bills, sometimes we don't always have much else to save for, and it can be rather depressing. I've dreamed and thought of Being many things in my life for many reasons: money, fame, excitement, pride...how about you? In a world where many people work jobs that don't necessarily bring any other meaning to their lives, the idea of the American Dream seems to have varying meaning these days...

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The core of my book is really about finding my place in life amid personal struggles and outside forces...I've learned that in life we are driven by different and changing perspectives on what Happiness means to us. With the 4th of July here this week, the elections coming up in November, and the struggles of this country (like many other places in the world too), I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be American, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Sometimes it almost seems as if our dreams are nothing but...

In my heart I know that my Dream Job provides for me, gives me pride and personal happiness, but it also should have meaning to other people, not just for the Needs and Wants of my own little bubble of a life. I've had desires to serve in the military or as a police officer, to protect and serve the people and the nation I love...but in reality I could never do such work. I've fancied myself being an actor: to play different roles and make a bunch of money to be a world renown philanthropist with my fortune and fame; I could never be that kind of person (an actor), I have social anxiety and probably couldn't act my way out of wet paper bag. I have had dreams of being an astronaut: to go into outer space, be among the stars, aid humanity in their reach to explore and conquer the universe! Alas, that is a profession and opportunity few are fortunate to achieve.

Reading and writing has long been at the core of my life, it gives me great joy and it has long been a great outlet for the stresses of my life. Reading and writing I can explore lives, worlds, and open my mind to ideas that don't necessarily present in my daily life. The stories I have read, real and make believe, helped me get through some rough times, and helped open my heart and mind to new thoughts, ideas, and hopes. With writing, I can write anywhere and anytime...there are no hours of operations, there is no desk or cubicle, and there are no limitations to what I can write about or where I can write. That is my Dream Job, and it is more than just Work, it is a lifestyle that I want to one day achieve and live. I honestly would not care much if I ever had a million dollars in my bank, as long as I could live the life of writing- that it paid my bills and funded  story after story...and to know that my words and ideas could reach anyone, anywhere, and have the same kind of affect on other peoples lives as it has of my own, well that is a very special thing.

TGIF #1

Today is Friday Friends! This is the first of my Friday postings that is all about friends and friendship...

A friend has many different meanings and they play a multiple of roles in our lives. Sometimes friends come and go, sometimes the friendship we forge with certain people grows, and we count them as something a little more, sometimes even like family. In the pantheon of friends, and as human beings, friendship is a relationship of give and take; it may well have its roots in our primitive origins: the old "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" paradigm. There is an entire psychology and philosophy behind what friendship is and what it means, as humans we like to label and define the things of our lives, as we did in our earliest cultures when we strove to find the meaning behind that which we didn't always fully understand. We often put a value on our relationships, a definition of the worth of what our friend is to us, as if it is something to barter for.

Generally we accept certain people in our lives because we share common thoughts and interests, and being the social creatures we are, we need relationships to fill varying needs and wants in our lives. We all see the world through different perspectives: similar schools of thought and meaning and contrasting, so too we see and regard friends and friendships in different lights. We all have to decide for ourselves what is important and of worth in the friends and relationships we cultivate. There may very well be truth in the idea behind reaping what you sow. So what is a friend to you? What does friendship mean in your life?

For myself, I am attracted and drawn to a wide range of people who not only share something of similar interest the likes of mine own, but people who exude other factors that make me stop and think, wow! My truest and best of of friends are those who may be like a brother or sister, someone who I can share my unabashed thoughts and feelings. I am blessed with a wide range of people who I call Friend, and they play different roles and have different meanings and places in my life. One friend isn't so much more special or of more worth than the other: just different. I try to take the people in my life as they are, and for what they mean to me, without putting a restriction and label and price tag of worth on our friendship.

I invite all the people who are my friends to comment on this post with their thoughts on friendships, and what sort of things they have going on in their life that they are passionate about and want to share with new friends. Every Friday I want to share and help connect more people and their interests, and I will be adding your links and sharing the posts every Friday. I hope to see the list grow and help to widen the circle of friendships between us all...

Friday Friends!

TGIF! Right? Well, it is still Thursday, but Friday is just around the corner. I often don't look forward to Friday like a lot of people do. I have one of those jobs where I typically work the weekend...Booo! Friends and family often post their excitement about Friday and the weekend, and sometimes I get them back come Monday (which is MY Friday), and I nana-boo-boo them as they have to start their work week all over. 

In my previous post, I mentioned the release of my book this summer: House of Cards. One of the topics in the book is my need to identify areas in my life that I have somewhat negative perspectives on, or that I just have some difficulty dealing with. Friday is one of those things...I dream of a career, and not a J.OB., where I can have those coveted weekend days off once again. In my line of current work, the weekends can be pretty stressing and hectic...BUT they are also the bread and butter of my wallet. That's life. So, I want to try and make Friday a little more fun for myself...but not just for myself, as I also discuss in my book. I have, for some time now, realized that what happiness is for me, is not just what I can get and take out of life for myself, but to find real meaning and success, I want what I do to have some kind of meaning and impact for others. So I am proudly introducing FRIDAY FRIENDS! here on my blog and on my Facebook pages.


FRIDAY FRIENDS! is a day, each and every Friday, where I would like to share with the world, whatever it is YOU have going on in YOUR life. Are you a writer? An artist? Did you start a business? Have a cause? Whatever you want to share with me and the folks I share with, let me know, hit me up, send me a line! I will post your links, a Q&A, pictures...whatever I can do to be a friend, and help you share!

Reading & Writing

I've been writing since I was old enough to do so. I remember in the 2nd grade I wrote and illustrated a story called: the Princess and the Unicorn, and I won 2nd Place! For a time I fought the concept of reading, I wanted to play with toys and watch cartoons! My parents made sure I devoted at least 30 minutes a day to reading, and one day I sat and read longer...and longer...and before I knew it I was looking for things to read, and spending hours reading! I remember my grandmother and I taking turns reading Lassie when I lived with my grandparents. 

Sometimes I hear people talk about how they don't like to read...reading is boring. I couldn't exist without reading, or writing for that matter. Some people cannot live without their sports, their crafts...reading and writing is the very core of my soul. There are so many worlds to explore and ideas to ponder through reading...and you can't read unless it was written. Sometimes when I had trouble finding new stuff to read, I would write my own stuff!


In school I didn't always do so well, not that I wasn't capable, I just had difficulty paying attention and focusing. I had a lot of challenges growing up. In the 6th grade I had a reading comprehension level of a college freshman. In high school when we were exploring the works of Shakespeare, Homer, or Hemingway, and the teacher would assign us chapters 3-5 for the next days' discussion, I would read the whole book within just a couple days. 

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I've recently finished writing a book: House of Cards, which is pretty much an autobiography. I talk a lot about things that had happened to me in my childhood, and the first years of my being out in the world as an adult. I share a lot of things I have long kept to myself for the most part. I speak about genetic disorders, of which I had been diagnosed as a kid, growing up with divorced parents who had their own demons, issues of abandonment, being adopted, childhood abuse of every nature, not fitting in, striving for acceptance and understanding, love and loss...and the passion for writing, writing which has helped me through the years, and even now it is a powerful force in my life. 


I plan on blogging every week about my writing endeavors, and my thoughts about being a writer. I think writers see the world differently than most...we have a unique and varied perspective on life. As an Indy, or independent writer, I also want to share my quest for exposing my work. It is a very intriguing and oft times perplexing journey to transform my life of a low-wage clock-watcher to that of my dream to support myself through writing. 


As a reader and writer I love the science fiction and fantasy genres, horror and paranormal, I love the whole scope of speculative fiction...I love George R.R. Martin before HBO picked up the Game of Thrones series, Gail Z. Martin, R.A. Salvatore, Michael Stackpole, King and Koontz, Timothy Zahn, to just name a few. 


I would love to share your web content, let's help each other! Let me know how I can help you, so we can help each other realize our dreams!


House of Cards will be available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble, from me, and through my publisher: 2 Moon Press Book Publishing. 


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