A good friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook the other day asking, “What’s the deal with flimjo.com?  You still doing that, or have you moved on?”

My answer: No way.  I’m still here.

Indeed, I haven’t posted on here in a month.  It certainly isn’t because I’ve abandoned this blog.  Rather, a lot of things have been going on in my life in the past month, and I have had literally no time to gather myself, get on here, and post. 

In short, this is what’s happened:

1) My day job has been hell.  When you work 60 hours per week, it’s tough to do much else.

2) My wife is having our second baby, and we’re preparing for that.

3) I’ve had to travel a bit.

4) I’m working on a website for a business I recently incorporated, and that’s taken up a lot of my spare time.

5) I’m pursuing other employment in a different industry, and I’ve had to put together numerous writing samples for them to look at.

Now, my job, my personal life, and my other side projects have never prevented me from posting on this blog.  However, the economic downturn illustrated to me that, in particular, I needed to buckle down at work because, right now, that’s what pays the bills.  I didn’t want to jeopardize that, so I started working harder, putting in more hours, and, in general, just focusing on my work stuff.

My fears were realized when, this past week, my firm laid off about 10% of its lawyers.  Thankfully, I survived. 

That wasn’t a shocker for me.  I knew it was coming.  The reality of it, however, was sobering.  Two of my good friends were among those who got laid off.  It’s been a rough week.     

Nevertheless, these events and this economy have rejuvenated me a bit.  Now, more than ever, I want to emphasize how important it is to diversify your income and develop streams of passive income.  No job is secure in this economy.  Not one.  Even local government entities are laying off people. 

I don’t want to go into a long monologue here, but this country has to get back to its entrepreneurial roots.  We need to emphasize financial intelligence.  We need to learn how to manage our money.  Individuals need to maximize their skill sets and start businesses, instead of relying on finding “safe” and “secure” jobs. 

I’m currently turning up the heat on that website I’m working on.  I’m also going to increase my efforts on other projects.  I’m going to get back to posting on this blog, and I’ll be writing about all my side projects and elaborate on the ideas I touched on in the previous paragraph. 

Bear with me as I work out my writing schedule.  I know, previously, I had promised to write on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.  I’ll outline a schedule in the coming days and let everyone know what it is.

For now, thanks for reading.    

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