Yesterday, I went out to make some money driving a taxi. Here are my results.

I started out with $105.00. I spent $70.00 on my taxi lease, I was left with $35.00

After putting gas in the tank, on the freeway, I realized that my gandolf meter wasn’t working. I had to turn back around and get another cab. That was a loss of $10.00.

After 12 hours of working. This is what I end up with after putting $10.00 on my bus card ($224.00), a profit of $119 after breakfast, lunch, coffee, and a few energy drinks.

Here are concepts, quotes and ideas from the book “Quantum Leap Thinking” that I want implement and remember.

Chapter 1 What is Quantum Leap Thinking?

• The path comes into existence only when we observe it.
• The challenge becomes apparent when we realize that the choices we make are the result of the way we look at life, often the result of what we have been told is true.
• If we are unaware of our power to do that, we become victims. We believe we are powerless– that people, things, or situations are doing things to us.
• Each of the three sides is composed of a survival skill that must be in place and meticulously maintained before the rectangle can spin

Chapter 2 Continuous Learning

• It is within the Willingness to Learn circle that you find the potential for personal growth.
• What takes place in the classroom must create a foundation for a lifetime of learning, yet even the best classroom training doesn’t include the basic principles of creating personal vision, thinking creatively, or managing change.
• Those who are always learning are those who can ride the winds of change and who see a changing world as full of opportunities rather than dangers.
• Learning is the starting point and does not have an end point. Learning is ongoing, a habit, a process.
• There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our day, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.
• It takes courage to test your ideas because you must be willing to have them fail.
• True learning is constantly adding to and even changing the way we view the world.
• Fortune Magazine has noted again and again that those who survive in the workforce are the individuals who have taken responsibility for their careers, and in order to be responsible for your career, you must take responsibility for your learning.
• Making the choice to turn judgement into curiosity is the leap that moves us to the next level in the Cycle of Discovery.

Today, I’m claiming my artisanship. I’m an artist. In 4 hours I have to get up and make money.

Today, I decided to go back to my hosting provider I’ve had for 7 years now to create a website from scratch using the html editor.

The first problem I had was trying to figure out where to go since the last time I create my page.

Here is what my pages looks like currently.

Yesterday, I had two experiences that awoke me out of my funk. The first, I was awarded full restitution to my old cab company overcharging me. It was the conversation I had with the City of Chicago”s attorney at 400 W. Superior that surprised me. He was giving me an explanation to the $500.00 fine imposed on Carriage Cab Company. He has a boss. And, his boss, reports to the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, Rosemary Krimball.

The second awaking came from watching the documentary film,  ”We’re Not Broke.” I realized my work as a film maker, journalist, writer, musician, creative artist must start now.

What does that mean? After watching the film, I realized that the big corporations are in control of government and people. The labor market is shifting right before our eyes. But, the question remains, how do we fight back? That is where I begin. To begin a serious dialog through my art, filmmaking, and writing about how we fight back.

After a long discussion with a good friend last night, I thought I throw my hat into to dating world. I spent the late night hours on Plenty of Fish. With no success of starting a chat or getting a response, I finally went to sleep.

This morning, I tried again. I sent a message to a woman that I hadn’t responded. Finally, she did with, “No, thank you.” to my reply to my question to should I keep trying to communicate with her.

The dialogue continued as I asked a simple question of “why”. Her response was “I’m not attracted to you.”

I’m a big boy. I’ve been rejected most of my life with this type of response to those I was attracted to. But my response back was mainly to have a conversation about making judgements based on physical pictures.

My thoughts on this is successful relationships are more than just being attracted to someone physically. I might be an intelligent guy, who would treat you with all the love you desire. But the possibility is cut off because you looked at the can on the shelf and decided “No.”

I could not and did not put one thing up for sell yesterday among my personal belongings  that I want to sell. I’m not sure why as I want to start a business buying and selling things.

But, today is  a new day. If I don’t put anything on Craigslist today, I’m going to start driving a cab tomorrow.

I have exactly $976.00 to date. This is not including the change I throw in my desk drawer. But today, I’m venturing to start a new journey as looking for a job that will allow me to pursue my creative nature will be nothing but a deter ant.

Starting with $100.00, I plan on documenting my start on earning a living buying and selling things. I spent the entire morning looking on a auction website for things to buy. But unfortunately, the profit margins with shipping and auction prices wouldn’t allow much profit. In addition, I’m very green to this business.

I attempted 10 years ago to buy computers at an auction. I got stuck with a bunch of useless merchandise that I couldn’t sell. My first attempt at buying at auctions,  I bought a monitor for $40.o0 thinking it was an entire computer.

In 2006, I bought 800 candle holders. The shipping cost, due to the weight, was almost $300.00. These experiences lead me to just give up the idea of trying to make a living buying and selling things.

Now, almost 20 years later, I find myself once again giving it another shot. I’m with out a car, so I have another handicap that restricts my options, as transporting is a huge cost, especially if I have to rent a van. And, I’m much to old to be carrying and lifting things.

I know nothing about trying to sell things on Ebay or Amazon. As matter of fact, I sold a movie on Amazon 4 years ago, and still don’t know how to collect my $3.00.

But with all that said, I know that the answers to these problems can’t be solved without trying to come up with the solution. No one is going to come knocking on my door handing me the answers to solve my financial problems.

One of the concepts I’m having trouble with is understanding lighting. Meaning, how light works with film and photography. I’m currently enrolled in a lighting class and I’m totally confused with concepts. So, what I thought I would do is put together my own research in order to help others that might be having similar issues with learning.

This may take several weeks as well as be out of order. But I promise to organize it as I continue.

Color Temperature