What to focus on?

So, here I am, unemployed since Thanksgiving, and I have been busier over the past 10 weeks than I ever was with my former job (where I basically served 3 full time job functions).

I'm enrolled in my last 2 quarters at Seattle University pursuing my MBA at a Full Time + 1/2 rate, I've remixed a song for a Dandy Warhols' contest, written half a business plan, streamlined my mother's eBay business processes for professional clothing leveraging knowledge from my MBA courses (http://www.theprofessionalscloset.com/), interviewed a few times, delievered a few quotes to clients regarding online tutorial creationg (insulting one potential client in the process), readied my vacant house for rental, and have become a contributor to two blogs (including this one).

Sigh... I'm tired. I stayed up 2 nights ago until 4, then slept till noon on accident.

This past monday at Value Village, I found an original working Nintendo Gameboy (they are bigger than you remember) which I purchased simply to amuse then mock my son and his Nintendo DS with. It should be fun, and I'll keep you updated.

I continue to move forward with writing my business plan for an Enterprise Software Company (yes, I capitalized the words - It's that important) and hope to have it completed fairly soon. Today I will be creating the last portion of an online survey for this business, and posting links to several professional groups on LinkedIn. If you happen to be an educator working in a non-profit environment, please contact me via email, and I would be happy to send along the link for this survey.

I find my time taxed currently, but not overly so. I simply need to avoid taking on other projects in the near future, at least until the business plan has completely solidified and I only have to worry about presenting to investors and web-demo'ing to potential clients.

Until November, I had been employed for 12 consecutive years, almost to the day, with only a weeks gap between the two jobs I held in that timeframe. It's a bit disconcerting to not have someone to 'report' to when you are used to that being the norm, but I am finding my way.


Below is my art and music remix submission of The Dandy Warhols' 'Mis Amigos' Remix contest. Yeah, that Pee Wee Herman with The Dalai Lama, Neitsche, David Bowie, and Willie Nelson. You can view a higher res image here. If you absolutely desire it in a pristine original format - email me. I'm unemployed, and checking my email every 15 minutes.

The absolutely wonderful stick figure drawings of the Dandy's above them is courteousy of Chris Packard, who drew those for his review of Warhols show in Lawrence, KS in late 2008, after he forgot his camera. Classic.