Well, I found my groove, and I'm in a writer's stream of consciousness!
Part 1: A 10 year journey in the life of Manifest_1 (well a snippet)!
It has taken me a while to get to this point in my life, in which I actually see the fruits of my labor paying off. I'm excited about the launch of my website designed by Moi. I'd been working on this website from concept not to finish for 5 months. Are we ever finished? I've met some wonderful people this year inside and outside the virtual realm. My Twitter Peeps were brought forth from the One which dwells in each and everyone of us. I was ready for a change, but it was up to me to be open and receptive to it!
I've been in the business world amidst the Entrepreneurs since 2001! On my quest of Financial Independence, I've experienced many setbacks like most people. At the age of eighteen, I vowed to myself that I would not work at a j.o.b. punching a time clock for the rest of my life. I vowed to not ever get caught in the Illusion of job security. I needed to do something about it. I went to college and majored in Mechanical Engineering, but it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. I had always been passionate about art and music, but I kept listening to the voices of others and mine, saying, 'you can't make money doing this.' I couldn't force myself to follow society's course much longer. In 2000, I walked away from the Engineering Program all together, and began taking various art and music courses to see what direction I wanted to go. Well, I fell in L.O.V.E. with the Visual Communication & Graphic Design Program! My heartbeat oscillated to a hire frequency, little did I know Omni Sound Productions would be manifesting itself in the process of a series of winding turns and circular courses in my life.
Thought: The ebb and the flow of the tide no one knows when it comes to writing prose! Where was I...
I found myself engrossed in my design work, it's as if time ceased to exist, and all was One! Yet, I couldn't escape from the job 'matrix'. I have worked many jobs: food service, as a mail clerk, medical records clerk, deli - clerk etc... (damn that's a lot of clerks)! All the while, I was freelancing and going to school, and for a period of time, working two jobs. I know what it's like to work at a job for years and then see it decline rapidly. I know the feeling of uncertainty, and that feeling has been my source of strength! Over the years, I have lost close family members, and I use this as my strength to make positive things happen. Life is a continuum, yet you only pass this way once! Once the Now is gone it is the past, and the past no longer exist.
In late 2001, I began researching t-shirt start ups and how much capital was needed to get it going. Then, in early 2002 my first business venture was formed. Found a business partner and was up and running. Even then, Omni Sound Productions was working its way out of my subconscious to its manifestation point (still needed time). The t-shirt business was a success, but I was not satisfied with the way it was going. I enjoyed and still enjoy the process of creating art for apparel, but I wanted to do so much more. Particularly in the music industry and on the web. My passion for music and poetry had become suppressed. You know the saying, 'eventually spirit must express itself.'
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