Happy Birthday!

Tomorrow is my birthday. Ok, not really, but borrowing a cheezy idea from a scene in the movie Surviving The Game where Gary Busey shows off a scar on his face, explaining that it was a "birthmark" (the details aren't important), the analogy holds.

The reason being, and the reason for this blog as it just so happens, is because tomorrow is the first work day I'm officially unemployed... and I can hardly wait. I've got a plan, and plenty of big ideas, a 4 month old daughter, a worried wife, and in the coming weeks and months I want to document for myself how things take shape. Plus, taking a page from when I was training for a marathon, the more you tell people about a goal you have, and the more you write it down, the easier it is to stick to it and not just give up.

In the coming days I'll go into my master plan for the coming weeks in a bit more detail, but (spoiler alert) it's not exactly a total entrepreneurial throw caution to the wind and bet all your chips on the table type of scenario. For some of you, that's probably a relief since you don't want to see me and my family out on the street in a few months. For others of you who enjoy watching reality TV, that's probably a bit of a disappointment.

Ultimately I'd like to be working for myself completely, but right now I'm looking both into finding another full time job, and also seeing what other part time / contract type jobs are out there, in addition to forming my own business. I know it's much better to transition into your own well established business then to just try and bring all the pieces together with no backup plan or other source of revenue.

I need to spend time with Debbie tonight, so I'll cut my first entry off here. Here's my basic plan for tomorrow - I'm going to get up early, run 5 miles outside, dress in a shirt and tie and then hit the local coffee shop / library for the rest of the day as I divide my time into searching for a job and crafting my own business. We'll see how things go...