A one year project to become a better man in America's south
Day 148 – It’s the last day of 2011. You don’t have time to read blog posts and I don’t have time to write, so I’m going to leave you with an end of the year gift, my favorite Avett Brothers tunes.
We had so much fun yesterday touring microbreweries in Asheville, NC. This morning we ate an amazing breakfast, toured a little more and then hit the road for Greenville. I just woke up from a quick nap and in one hour we leave for a big Avett Brothers concert to ring in 2012.
Day 147 – I love Asheville. I’m a conservative who loves Austin, Key West and San Francisco too. Asheville is a southern mountain version of those liberal bastions.
I just stumbled across an amazing fact that has me pumped. Asheville, NC has been rated “Beer City, USA” the last two years because of the large number of microbreweries within the city. From what I hear, those microbreweries are cranking out some seriously amazing beer.
Day 146 – While the ball in Times Square is just two days from being dropped, I look back on the balls I dropped this year. I didn’t find that hobby, learn to play the harmonica, quit cursing or get a six-pack. Watch here:
Day 145 – When it comes to personal blogging, business blogging and Pub Politics, my 2011 was simply to “step it up.” Seeing that Pub Politics viewership is skyrocketing and this is 145th straight day of blogging, I would have to say that I knocked this goal out of the park. Watch this quick video:
Day 144 – One of my top goals of the year was to “build the business 3 times its current size.” Watch this quick video to see how I did. As always, thank you so much for reading my blog. You guys made 2011 such a fun year!
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Day 143 – I certainly didn’t make all of my resolutions become reality. I dropped the ball on a good many of them. This week is my ‘year in review’ as we head into the new year.
Last January I resolved to travel more, both within the United States and abroad. I certainly did that.
The year started off pretty slow as I was busy with the South Carolina legislature, but it picked up and I spent more time on airplanes this year than I ever had before.
Day 142 – It’s a creepy question. It makes you sound like a creeper. Quit asking. Please.
Today I finished ‘Start Something That Matters’ by TOM’s Chief Shoe Giver (or CEO) Blake Mycoskie. One section that really stuck out to me was titled “the timing is never right.” Ain’t that the truth?!?
Mycoskie writes “one of the key fears that we all have the fear that this is the wrong time to start whatever our project is and we should wait until the time is right.” Mycoskie then quotes Tim Ferris, author of best-selling ‘The 4-Hour Workweek:”
Day 141 – Really trying to stay off the computer today so that I can spend some time with the family on Christmas Eve. I just wanted to say Merry Christmas. During all the gift giving, pause to give glory to the one who was born a man for the sole purpose of dying for you. He truly is the greatest wonder.
Day 140 – Everything changed when I turned 30. I realized that my life could be half over and that it was time to pick up the pace.
I traveled a little bit, but I had not seen so many parts of the world.
I was working hard, but building someone else’s company. They traveled the country and made a name for themselves while I stayed locked up as the workhorse.
I sacked away half my paycheck for a retirement I may never see.
Why all the doom and gloom and talk of an early death?
Day 139 – Any day in Charleston, South Carolina is going to be a good day, even if its just for a few hours.
After spending some time in the office, recording Congressman Wilson, getting taped by Nancy Mace (more on that sometime later) and meeting with David Asiamah about his Columbia Blogger Series, I hit the road with Elizabeth for our Christmas break in Charleston. Tonight we spent time with some of our best friends, Kristin and Jason Fry, to exchange gifts.
