A Day In The Life
On a few of the other blogs I read, they made a “day in the life of” post and I thought I would do the same. Why?
First of all, I’m not a “Pro Blogger”. I do this part time because I enjoy it and because I’ve become good at marketing what I know and making money from it. Success in blogging doesn’t happen overnight and you can’t expect instant results. I don’t expect everyone to read every single post I make either because not all posts interest everyone. I certainly don’t read every post John Chow or Darren Rowse make. I’m not always interested in what they have to say. Having said that, I hope you find this interesting. If nothing else, you learn a little more about who I am.
My day starts early. I get up when the alarm clock goes off at 5:25 am. The first thing I have to do every morning is shower. I can’t fully wake up until I’ve showered. For a lot of people it’s coffee first, but not me. I need to feel clean and the hot shower helps get me alert.
Breakfast(after I get dressed of course) is usually either a Protein shake (pictured is similar). It’s a great way to start the morning because your body is usually starved for nutrients after all that sleep. Here’s the recipe:
1 cup 1% lowfat milk
1 banana
1 scoop whey protein powder (chocolate flavor)
1 tsp ground flaxseed
optional:
1/4 cup blueberries (frozen, as it helps thicken the shake)
You can use whatever fruit you like, or add a few ice cubes to help thicken it.
Having sucked down my shake, I check my email and see if there are any news stories around some of my investments in the stock market. At 6:15 I’m out the door for my 25 minute walk to the bus. The bus leaves at 6:45 en route to San Jose, 25 miles north. I get on a train which leaves at 7:45 to take me to San Francisco where I work.
At 8:45 I de-train and walk 15 minutes to my job.
I work full time for the 5th largest bank in the world as a web developer. I’ll let you figure that out on your own. All my work is internal to the bank so you will never see it unless you work for them. 11:30 is lunch time…if you work in this city you have to go at 11:30 or at 1:00 in order to avoid the crowds.
After lunch it’s back to work until 3:45 when I head back to the train.
At 4:09 the train leaves and I do any work I need to on the train. Mostly it’s reading or coding, or watching videos on my iPod Touch.
At 5:10 the train arrives in San Jose and I board a bus back home. Arriving in Santa Cruz at 6:30 I then walk the 25 minutes back home.
Now it’s time for dinner, playing with the kid, visiting with the wife, watching some Simpsons or Family Guy episodes I’ve recorded over the weekend or playing some Everquest 2. I also read blogs, check my entrecard accounts and do any marketing or advertising for my blogs. I’m basically a night owl. Around midnight I’ll climb into bed ready to do it all over again. I get most of my personal work done between 8pm and midnight.
That’s pretty much an average day in my life. On Monday nights I hang out with a few friends at a local organic brewery and on Friday nights we play poker a lot. Sometimes we just head downtown, and often I’ll take in a movie (which I podcast about on The East Wing Podcast).
As you can see, I lead a very exciting life! No really, I do. 
I just wanted to give you a glimpse of how a blogger like me lives. I don’t drive fancy cars, actually I don’t drive at all…I let my wife do all the driving. I don’t buy $60 burgers (yet) and I am trying live within my means. I make a good living and I do take vacations, just not every month. I hope you’ve enjoyed this and learned a little more about me.
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