Follow through

Lately, I've been talking to Ben about different goals that I have and business ideas and you know what he said? DO it! SO you know what that means, don't you? Yep. Now it's up to me.

It can be an easy out when everyone around you is telling you the reasons why you can't do something or asking you to hold off on your ideas for a while. Well, drat, I have not found myself in that situation. I find that I'm one of those lucky people who has a growing support group and I guess that leaves me with only one thing to do. Follow through.

Some of my goals include:
- Writing and publishing a children's book
- Starting my own business (most likely in event planning)

My strategy is to take these ideas (which I do have set, but have decided to omit from here for the time being), and research, plan, work out details to, and follow through. Hopefully, I accomplish them.

Anyway, I just happen to have a woman in my ward who has some contacts with the Deseret Book Publishing company and I recently looked on their site for what was needed in order to submit work. Two nights ago I started the brainstorming for the outline of the book and have a general idea of the layout.

Wish me luck that I stay motivated.

the cart

There seems to be no common trait in the dempgrpahic of shopping cart leavers. Based upon my own research, people from all walks of life leave their shopping cart in odd and inconvenient places. I sometimes think about asking some random cart offender why it is that they can not take their cart at the most a few cars down to the shopping cart return or back in the store, but think the answer may be something about providing job security to supermarket employees. If it isn't already apparent, this abandonment of carts in random places through out the parking lot is a definite pet peeve of mine.



At a time of year when a common new year's resolution is to get into shape, be healthy, lose weight, etc., I am even more surprised at the laziness that is visible by a lot full of grazing shopping carts. Even more herendous are the carts blocking a parking stall where not one, two, but three and four carts are piled into a makeshift return because apparantly it is too hard to walk a few more feet. I think that attitude extends beyond the cart. Someday maybe I will do shopping cart research and compare it to other aspects of people's lives.

So fellow shopping cart users, this is my plea. PUT AWAY YOUR CART!
By doing this, you will gain needed exercise, help those around you, assist in lowering the shopping cart/car accident ratio, and make me a happier person. Thank you.