Last week out surfing I noticed a photographer standing on the beach. He had a professional camera with a huge lens and was taking pictures of all the surfers! I thought to myself, “maybe now is my chance to become a famous surfer… If I surf really good and he takes some killer photos, maybe Read more about I am an idiot #10 πββοΈ[…]
One day, about 10 years ago, I went to the pool with my new girlfriend. I wanted to impress her with my sweet diving skills, so I told her to “watch me” as I dove head first into the deep end – with my hands by my side. Well, I misread the pool depth and Read more about I am an idiot #9 π€¦π»ββοΈ[…]
It was a Tuesday, July 18th, 2017… exactly 4 years ago. It was my wife and my 2nd wedding anniversary. That week I was really busy at work, so I convinced my wife that we should just celebrate “later”… Instead of taking her out, I worked 12 hours that day. Instead of coming home with Read more about I am an idiot #8 π€·ββοΈ[…]
A little while ago I stumbled across a job listing. While Iβm very happy where I work currently, this new company sounded so cool! I got really exited and wanted to apply – just to see what happens. I wrote βapply for that jobβ in the bottom right corner of my to do list. Then Read more about I am an idiot #7 π§π»βπ»[…]
8 years ago, I loved home brewing. I loved it so much that I considered starting my own micro-brewery with a buddy of mine. We made pretty decent beer, too! In fact, one day a wealthy neighbor came to my house and offered us $10,000 towards starting our own brewery! But, I was young and Read more about I am an idiot #6 π¨βπ¬[…]
Good morning and Happy Monday! I got funny email from our street sweeper friend last week… ***** Mr Joel, driving a sweeper is always interesting. 1 thing is after I have my fruit I can throw it in front of the sweeper and away we go. But yesterday I finished my banana and my attempt Read more about I guess i’m not the only idiot… π[…]
Last week I was walking the dog. I was holding his leash with one hand, and had a piping hot coffee in the other. I also somehow was holding my phone, some letters, headphones and a face mask. Hands completely full. All was going well until Cooper stopped and did a big poop. Then I Read more about I am an idiot #5 π Multitasking…β[…]
Last year I met a really interesting guy. He was late 50’s, retired, uber successful in real estate investing, had travelled the world, and now spends his time volunteering. Super smart, super nice, it was like meeting a human superhero. We spoke for about 45 minutes and I loved every second. Just as I was Read more about I am an idiot #4 πββοΈ[…]
In 2013 I bought 25 x shares of Tesla. I got really excited, because the stock prices rose immediately. I picked a winner! So, a few weeks later I sold those 25 shares and made $900 profit! Woohoo! Then, I went to all my friends and bragged that I was an awesome investor… But today, Read more about I am an idiot #3 πββοΈ[…]
Once I was walking across an intersectionβ¦ Since I was the only person walking, I was the center of attention for all the stopped cars… So I thought this was a good opportunity to show everybody some of my βsweet dance movesβ. I was wearing baggy sweatpants (just returning home from break dance lessons), and Read more about I am an idiot #2 π€¦π»ββοΈ[…]
Sometimes I do really dumb things. Like the other day, I got home from surfing and realized I had a big cut on my foot… Since the cut was too big for a bandaid, I decided to superglue the skin back together. Well, somehow I ended up supergluing my hand to the bottom of my Read more about I am an idiot π€·ββοΈ[…]
I’ve been having strange and vivid dreams the past few weeks. Have you? Some of my dreams are completely whacky, apocalyptic stuff. But others are pure genius! Like solving a problem, coming up with awesome blog topics or millionaire business ideas. A few nights ago I wanted to capture some of these genius ideasβ¦ So Read more about Genius? or Idiot?[…]