Feeling better

I don't know what hit me last night. All I know is that it hit fast and hard. I was read to post my blog and just that fast I felt terrible.

I feel much better tonight. In fact I even did some research on an NPO that I am considering contacting. While I am sure their mission fits well with my criteria, I am still not convinced that the organization is a good match for me. I have got more research to do before I can make a final decision to go ahead and contact them.

bzm: Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. I am sure they aided in my fast recovery.

Tom

Out Sick

I had a really good day, finished all but one thing in the project I was working on yesterday.

However, in the last few minutes I have taken sick. No, it is not the H2-N2. I just don't feel well, actually, I feel pretty bad. I will be better by morning.

Tom

Special Project

I spent the entire day and night working on a special project.

Tom

Monday 4/27

Once again, today was my long day at work, I did not get home until after nine PM. I am happy to say that work went well, in fact better than expected. I had a great day. Now that I have told you what a great day I had, I have to say that because I worked late I missed an important meeting that I was supposed to be at tonight and I did not get much done on MPM.In fact the only thing that got done on MPM was to discuss some emails with my wife.

sw: Congrats on the new birth.

Tom

Friday,4, 24

Worked late, overtime, and have to be in for an early morning meeting tomorrow. Nothing done on MPM today.

Tom

Short

I continue to make progress on my priorities.

bzm: I had a good day, I wouldn't call it splendid though.

Tom

One of those days

Today was one of those days that happen every so often. I had non MPM appointments, my wife had a honey do list, and when they were all done, it was the end of the day and nothing got done on MPM. That's the way it is when you have one of those days.

I'm not complaining, I had a super day, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I just did not get the MPM things done that I had planned.

bzm: Thanks for all those nice things you said. (!#$%^&* ?---I was just thinking about Kokopelli).

Tom

Tuesday

I contacted the new NPO from the lead I got yesterday. They are in the midst of their big fund raiser which will be held on April 30th. I talked to the man in charge and he was interested but wants to hold off for a week until the fund raiser is over. He asked that I call him the first week in May to set up an appointment.

I also took some time to review some basic MPM things. You may find it suprising but I had never seen the together We Can Change the World web site until today. I am just now tasking the time to look at these things.
The highlight of my day was communicating with my Earth Angel. If you don't have one, you should get one.

bzm: Thank you.

Tom

Improvement

I am happy to report, although anything that has to do with the Internet is taboo at my work, an NPO lead came to me at work. It goes to show that if you are looking for leads and if you believe they will come to you, THEY WILL!

I will follow up this lead to morrow and let you all know what happens. At this stage it is only a lead but again I say, if you believe it will develop, IT WILL!

bzm: I am counting on that angel to make an appearance.

Tom

Decision

After a good nights rest I awoke with a decision. I hope everything is as I believe it is. If that is the case, then I have made the best decision. In any event, the decision has been made, the paper work turned in, and it is off from my desk.

bzm: Thanks for your comments. May be an an angel can help me eliminate some of those fires.

Tom

After a day at work, I spent the evening trying to figure out the new health care package. there are three options, each one a little more expensive than the previous one. The information given on the options is helpful but there are many questions that are unanswered. Whether there are questions or not, I must make a decision by tomorrow morning as to which option I am taking. It is very frustrating trying to make a decision without important information. Which ever option I pick will be locked in tomorrow and money will start coming out of my check. I will not be able to change it for a period of one year.

bzm: thanks for the kind words about my trip.

sw: Thanks for the information on time management. I have checked out the site and found that I have too many fires--I will have to eliminate some.

Tom

Trip

I am happy to report that I had a successful trip. I was able to present MPM to one individual. He indicated that his wife would be the person to talk to. The jury is still out as to whether there will be any future action here.

Quite by accident, I was able to make a presentation to two organizations. The first, a foundation that my wife has been working with for some time but with little results. Not that I did any better, but I did find out names of other people to contact who might be more supportive. The second, an NPO which fits into my criteria for cause but is a little out of my range for distance. Since this is a cause i want to fight for, I assured myself before making the presentation that I would be willing to go the distance to make this work. They have had two fund raisers and have been unable to raise the funds necessary for them to go forward with a project. I spoke with the person in charge and he is interested in more funds no matter where they come from. However, he is not interested in doing any more work. He is completely tapped out from the two fund raisers he has done and they have just had some staff reductions and he has had to take on some additional responsibilities. I tried to assure him that the work he would have to do would be very little. I am not sure he is convinced but he did agree to meet a gain. Normally, I would have scheduled the next meeting at this time but since this NPO is out of my 30 mile radius I did not know when I could get back so I did not schedule the next meeting. i will however, follow up with an email to set something up.

Tom

Tuesday

I am going out of town tomorrow and may not be at a computer to post my blog. I will be talking to some people about MPM while I am gone. these will be individuals, not NPOs.

I will keep you posted when I return.

Tom

Monday

The week is off to a great start! I did really well at work today. It was a very long day, 14 hours, and it did not leave any time for MPM.

I had a great Easter yesterday, even got to talk to two people about MPM. They have more interest now that they are seeing some money come in.

I believe things are going to move a little faster from now on. Its' a good thing and it's been a long time in coming.

Hope you all had a great Easter,

Tom

Good Friday

Today was my long day at work. I am happy to say, I had a good day. Things went reasonably well. On the other hand, I got home late and did not have any time for MPM. I am sure once this holiday gets over, I can get back to a more normal routine.

May you all have a happy Easter!

Tom

Easter week

I am in slow mode these days, I think it is because it is Easter Week and I believe I should be concentrating on Easter. None-the-less, I have agreed to write this blog and I am doing just that. I have nothing new to report on MPM. It seems I have a time management problem. I worked at my job all day, when I got home I made my supper, and cleaned up the kitchen. I then immediately went to my computer and answered my emails. I have not been getting enough sleep so I made it a goal to get seven hours of sleep a night. To get seven hours of sleep I need to be in bed by 11:30. It is now11:45, I have just finished the emails and have started my blog.

It is clear, I am not going to get seven hours tonight. Does anyone else have this time management problem? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Tom

Full moon

It's a Full Moon tonight. In light of the fact, no pun intended, I am going to leave you to get your enlightenment form the moon instead of from my blog tonight.

Tom

Tuesday 4/7

bzm: Yes Earth Angels is like T-Day, and yes, it is more frequent than once a month. However, I think the most important component is the fact that it is the MPMers who get to be helped. As you well know, they need help and support just as much as anyone else. I am glad Earth Angels is here to give that help.

Tom

Monday 4/6--Earth Angels

Yes, it is Monday, another nine hour shift. I have been giving some thought to the Earth Angel project these past few days. It seems to have taken on a life of its' own and with very little encouragement from me. Now that it is started, and I am happy to say it is working, some parameters as to what it does or is supposed to do should be in place before we mislead people into believing it is something other than what it is.

I have some basic ideas. I know what it has done. Perhaps others have some ideas of what they would like to have it do for them. Nothing is cast in stone yet, I am looking for suggestions. If you don't know what Earth Angels are, post a comment with your question. I will try to answer it in the next blog.

Tom

Another beautiful day

We had sunshine again today. Almost all of our snow is gone--melted away. Of course, we are expecting six more inches just south of us tomorrow--it could drift northward and catch us. I had a great day today and I am grateful. I was in the right frame of mind to receive the many blessings that came my way today.

bzm: I have not thought about the name. When I talked about MPMers helping MPMers I was referring to the concept but it could easily be used for the name.

Tom

A nice day

We've been having a lot of not so nice weather here. Today was a beautiful day. After 3 days o snow and cold we finally had sunshine and warmth. I worked all day so I did not get out in it but it was nice to see the sun shine.
I would like to expand on the angel concept. First, let's add the word "earth" to make it earth angels. My intention is to have a group of MPMers helping each other do things that we don't seem to be getting done by our selves. The term accountability has been suggested. I would prefer not to use that word. It has the connotation of one person being accountable to another and while in practice that may be close to what is happening but I would prefer to look at it as MPMers helping MPMers. We all help each other be accountable to ourselves. This got started because I needed help and I got it. I am very thankful for that help and I want to help others who may need (and want) help.

bzm: I will contact SW. I will be happy to be an earth angel for her. I liked your comparison about the horse and rider.
Tom

Angels

Last night I reported that I had spent all of my MPM time on organizing my office with the intent that it would make me more effective. I can already report that my effectiveness has improved. I can work at my desk, my computer key board has a place to sit flat when I type on it. Until yesterday, my desk had so many piles on it that there was no place for the keyboard-- it had to sit on one of the piles and every time I typed, the keyboard rocked. I was forever correcting mistakes resulting from an unstable key board.

In fact, I was so pleased with the progress in effectiveness that I spent my MPM time again today organizing my office. Please don't get the wrong idea here. At the beginning of boot camp we were advised not to spend time organizing and to get right out and do what we needed to do. This was good advice. Many times people have a fear of starting a new project and they will organize their papers and reorganize them, and analyze them, and shuffle them some more. They organize until the home of the fallen angels freezes over but they never start the project. This is not organizing, this is PROCRASTINATION.

In my case the disorganization which had been building up since the early 1980s had built up to a point that it just had to be dealt with. A comment to yesterdays blog referred to this as "old business". That's exactly what it is, and old business is exactly that--and now it is time to move on. I am sure some of you have some "old business" that is keeping you from moving forward in your MPM business. I was fortunate to have an angle come to my rescue. Perhaps we can be "angels" to each other. If anyone wants more information on how these angels work, please leave a comment after this blog. If there ever was a time us MPMers needed an angel it is now.

bzm: Yes, it is wonderful to be able to spend time organizing my office and it is even more wonderful to have an angel to help me do it. Congratulations on your commitment, perhaps I can be an angel for you.

Tom