Well Here I am!

Here it is 2020, I never thought I would be here. but here I am. I am now 30 years young. lol. still as silly as usual. honestly I'm still trying to figure out life... I am now married with a beautiful wife, no kids yet. but I do plan on having some. I actually still play music, except this time I just bring the heavy in Jesus Name lol. still skateboard, can actually heelflip. whaat!! and my new youtube channel is almost at 500 subscribers. I have officially released 2 songs. but I am still writing and creating. but for what I have produced, the work brings me joy! still trying to figure out the career thing. Yeah really just leaning on a regular job is definitely not for me. But I am in technology. I work tech support for apple. and these people need help. Jesus!...... I will most likely make this my last call center job. been there for 5 months though. so yeah accomplishment for me. lol I am also like a christian christian now. like I did not see myself going this route.

    I am actually an established Christian now. I can say I have a relationship with the LORD, and I am proud to say that. I am grateful for everything he has done. and is doing in my life. Also I am thankful that he has never let me go. I now play for Sounds of Kingdom one the most baddest music ministries in this land. they are my 3rd family next to TWC. I love those guys. Also I have a desire to seek the LORD in his WORD and attend church. this was unheard of about 10 years ago. but here I am. I'm not perfect I still have my faults and I am learning day by day. This has been the year of call on the name of the LORD. lol I will say he has given me grace, mercy and strength and peace throughout this entire year. I need the LORD everyday.

    Now lets talk about this christian apparel though. like ya boi has an online christian T-shirt store. It is fully functional I just needs some customers. lol I feel like my designs are simplistic yet eye catching. And they have the WORD on them like yo! To be honest though it is alot of competition out there and I get intimidated. Social media is no help. It is so over saturated now. Like content, content, content, everywhere no breaks, you can't breathe. youtube is professional now. But even in that I must keep going. I know someone wants to buy these shirts. I just have to find them. So Landon Keep Going. you got this bro! And God is with you. Always remember that. No matter what you do God is with you. Joshua 1:9, Psalm 145:18-19

    Yo wait though I forgot to mention there is like a whole virus this year like what?!!! Like we are in a pandemic scared to visit anyone. some places actually shut down a lil bit. but hopefully sometime next year we will be back to normal. I have not been to guitar center in like a year. for me that's weird. this Covid 19 crap, ugh just slowed everything down. But I think It was for the better in a weird sense. This was the year I managed to change jobs, change church homes, grow spiritually, built a freaking computer yes!, and learned to heelflip. so overall it still has been a good year. a couple people have passed away though. My Sister Nicole, Uncle Pank, Larry, and now Uncle Alvin Rest in Heaven. I know you all were sick and hurting. So I'm happy you all can rest and missed the corona. Glad I got to spend some time with you all. 

    So yeah I still stay up late. I guess I'm a night owl. lol but luckily my wife understands. I was nervous to get married but it turned out to be a really cool thing. Hopefully kids will be the same. lol I guess I will read this a couple of years from now and laugh. actually it is about 3am right now. I need to go to sleep, but I guess what is weird about me is that I have to feel like I accomplished something. otherwise I can't sleep. That accomplishment could be just beating a game but. it has to be something. creatng a new song, recording something. making a new concept, applying for a different job. something. only then, then can I sleep. I don't know why I'm wired like this.

    Yeah so here I am 30 years old, still like videogames, skateboarding, being goofy, and I am a christian, also am a loving husband. I wonder what's next......

Where Is The Accomplishment?

          In this life that we live. We are born, start school, and then after we are done with all that. We believe that getting a job is the way to go. As for me this is not the case. I have been out of high school for about 6 years. When I first got out I had found a manufacturing job working full time. I had thought that getting a job wouldn't be so bad, I mean my parents and most of my family stay at their jobs until they can retire. So I figured it was the way to go. However for me about 2 - 3 months in and I was already tired of the job. I just didn't feel like I was accomplishing anything. Doing tasks that meant absolutely nothing to me. What true benefit was I getting from producing those parts. I mean yeah I was making money, that's always plus right? But my time was leaving me.. I was putting most of my time into something that brought me no joy. Felt like I was wasting my life away. Wake up, go to work, get off, run errands, eat, and sleep was my life cycle. The only time I had to work on other things only came on weekends, but eventually the weekend turned into 1 day off. So each week I was spending about 50 - 60 hours dying to myself.. Selling my time for a paycheck. There are 168 hours in a week. if you work full time, about 30% of your time is taken away.
which leaves you with about 117 hours, but you will need about 6 hours a day to sleep. So you now have 75 hours to yourself. Then you might have to sit in traffic, so that's about another hour taken from you each day. which brings your time down to 70, then you have to run errands. which I'm gonna say takes about 2 hours a day. So now you are left with 65 hours to try and enjoy yourself,  learn something new, and try to live.I believe you aren't living until all your errands are done, and you are not working at a job,. I believe this is where your life truly begins.
       
           Now I believe there is a difference between work and WORK. Now I consider work as something you do like on a job just to pay the bills and stuff. But WORK is something that I believe makes you feel like you are accomplishing something important to you. Even if you are doing hard WORK, it wont feel like it because you will have the drive and motivation to get it done. You feel that it is a goal, an accomplishment behind that task you are WORKing on. For me one of my WORKs is my music. I enjoy it very much. it is my passion. Anytime I have time I am creating or WORKing on  new music. Someday I will end this work cycle and then I can invest all my time into music. Another thing I consider WORK is my Youtube channel.. On there I can release my gifts to the world. I've even had times where I have had to push myself to record a certain video. Even though most of my family couldn't see why I was doing it. It didn't matter. I felt like I was accomplishing something good. Something that made me feel good on the inside that I produced that. I created that.
         
            In those 6 years of being out of High School. I have gotten 3 different jobs. And out of all these I have discovered that No matter how much money I get. I still feel there is something pulling on me to stay away. The money can't control me. Just let me have the tools that help me do my WORK. What have I accomplished by working at a job. nothing. Does it matter if I perform good? No matter how hard I work I have discovered that there is nothing inside me that says. It is good that you have done this. The whole time I be thinking. I need to hurry up and do this So I can leave. Which is dangerous because it's kinda like slavery. Even though we aren't forced to go to work. Out thoughts are mainly about what do we do If we lose this job. How am I going to live? How am I going to Support my Family? I told them I could make it on my own but Now What? Will my woman leave me because I can't support her? Are we going to be on the streets if I do this? The questions never end.. This is where I am. In the middle. So until I do enough WORK to support myself I will have to deal with this.
         
           I believe there are ways you could make it without working at a job till retirement. Because me I don't want to wait till I'm like 60 to try and do awesome things. By that time I'll be moving slower. I want to get the best out of my life now. Don't want to waste away. I want to feel accomplished and be successful while doing my WORK. That is my dream. Well now time to go. got some WORK to do..

Cellphones!?

    I have come to believe that some people pay too much for cell phone. The reason I say this is because I believe many people are not using the device to its fullest potential. Generally all smart phones do the same thing. They have wifi capabilities, the ability to play music, good quality cameras, touch screen. There might be a few different features, but other than that they are generally the same.

   My girlfriend says she wants a new phone. She wants the  Samsung galaxy s4. I ask her "what are you going to do with it." She says, "I'm going to use it for facebook, internet, music and games, and take pictures and videos. I was like that's it. my phone does that and I have a samsung exhibit. I just don't see the point in paying more for a phone that basically does the same thing. There are multiple devices that do these things but I would not spend 600 bucks for it. Now I know you don't have to spend the whole 600 but still your monthly payments are going to be about like I don't know don't feel like doing math, Imma just say 40 extra bucks a month on your bill.

  There are some people who just simply want a new phone because it's the latest. They feel wrong if they don't have the latest. like my coworker. He has a totally workable samsung galaxy note and now he says he wants a note 2 because it has a bigger screen. Like why!!?? why. The note is already a huge phone. With the note 2 you might as well pack a tablet in your pocket. It just makes no sense to me.

Well these are just some of my thoughts on smartphones and the way most people use them. I believe if you're going to do basic tasks like facebook, music, games, and take pictures just find a cheaper phone that has a good camera for you. No use in spending more money for basically the same thing. Kinda like That cricket phone company commercial. would you rather pay $5 for a burger or $10 for one.
 

Hobbies

       Hobbies are great. They help keep you busy, and keep your brain from just sitting up not doing anything.. There are many great hobbies you can try.. Playing sports, Card games, board games, Videogames, Skating, Fishing, Sowing, Painting, Reading. etc...

       I do not consider facebook a hobby.. I have no idea how people can stay on facebook all day. I just check it, maybe chat a little bit with whoever is online. Then I get off.. I feel that facebook is not that serious.. I mean it's just facebook. I especially hate when people post stuff like, "going to the store".. I be like ok great.. Like what is the point of you telling the whole world you're going to the store. Another one of my favorite posts. "I'm Bored", Like really!? Go find something to do.. What do you want us to do about it..

      If you don't have a hobby I strongly suggest that you find one.. My 2 favorite hobbies are Skateboarding, and playing/making music.. I may not be the best at either of them, but these hobbies, I really enjoy them.. They take the weight of the day off of me.. There are also some new hobbies I'm trying like going to the gun range, and well Writing. I'm slowly getting into the whole blog thing.. Just writing and releasing my thoughts. So go find yourself a hobby. Turn off the TV, get off facebook, and do something..

Who Knew Cars Were this expensive!

     When I was younger I didn't understand how to really take care of a car. I just thought you just had to put gas in it. Now I know that there are spark plugs that might need to be changed (about $30), your spark plug wires need to be changed (about $40), your tires wear out and you have to get new ones eventually (maybe about $300), Oil needs to be changed ($30), You have to buy various fluids, and on top of all that, you have to buy your registration and inspection stickers...(about $130)

I actually almost tore my car up one time. I was driving it with no transmission fluid in it. I had just got it and about a month later my dad was like, ay check those fluids.. Now here I am thinking everything was fine since I just really got the car. However that was not the case.. there was no transmission fluid on the dipstick at all. I was shocked... I was like really!!?. I learned something that day. Gotta check your fluid levels..

Now on to my tires.. I knew tires could wear out but I did not know that the thread could be shown.. I rolled my tire so far down that my freaking needles were showing. I was afraid to drive the car after that. Had to go get that tire replaced immediately. that's about 70 bucks right there.

Well I am very glad that I know now how to keep my car in good shape. I know how to change my spark plugs, wires, and oil... I must say it feels good to know how to do that stuff.. and not overpay a mechanic to do simple tasks like these..

Career Paths

By the time you're a senior in High School I heard that you are suppose to know what kind of career path you want to take.. Well here I am in 2013 still don't know what to do. I'm one of those people who needs to experience the job or career to figure out if I want to do it. I believe there should be some kind of job share program where the person just tries the job out for a day to see how it is.. You know.. go there and see what you really have to do, and not those over explained job summaries they give when you are applying for the job.

I am currently going to school for computer programming. I know I am very interested in technology. I like going to frys and looking at the computers, tablets, cameras, televisions, mp3 players etc.. always curious of what will they come up with next.. Getting back to my point... How do I know if I'm making the right choice. I don't want to spend all of this precious time and money going to college and the end result be me in a career of boredom and me wanting to kill myself of how much I hate my life over a decision I made...

Well I hope that I made the right decision. hopefully I won't be doomed.

Adult Skateboarder

                   Skateboarding is one of my new found favorite hobbies.. But it seems like the older I get the less time I have to do it.. I mean with a job and a girlfriend time has been kinda cut.. I always think about when I have kids how I am gonna only skate every blue moon.. I really enjoy skateboarding. It is a sense of rush and excitement that also helps me release stress..

There are some benefits though.. like you have a car to go to different skatespots and parks.. no more waiting on mommy and daddy. just go when you feel.. Also you can leave on your own time and go eat at your choosing.. I don't think I'll ever stop skateboarding.. #always progressing

well unless my legs fall off..