February 2014, and the last series of snow storms made me hold off from advancing to rolling as an Owner Operator, and store the truck, for better weather. But the decision happened in the first week of February, and a two storm event lead to lost time putting the truck to bed. Another week to settle, and while at my brother’s house, share the work of shoveling snow. The issue of “switching gears” from driving a truck to Blogging and building software (while actively rolling and writing) now faces different activities, but at a less consistent pace. So, in short, I am running out of excuses.

I am also my own worst enemy. I spent a morning looking to set up an office, which defeats the whole purpose of being so portable. It took time to realize that this whole project centers around the netbook as the office, and I should be able to perform in any enclosure. So, now I need to focus on turning on the machine and staying focused at the keyboard. Where getting a load picked up and delivered in a certain time frame, there has to be a measure of expectation in keeping the Blogs going, while working for tax year 2013 books, and developing at least two software programs. Time still is money, and as an Independent and Sole Proprietor, generating the money will still be based on finished products.

Comparing the professionalism of trucking, the overall appearance of these blogs must also start improving. The next part is recalling all those ideas and activities I had when rolling down the road. I made this time for this to get accomplished. My original plan was to roll 71% of the time. Mother nature has thrown that to the wind. Changing the expected results for 2014, will have to be based on the annual income, and for 2014, I now have to produce at least 71% of the overall income of the highest year driving. It may sound like I have +10 months to work with, but now I can easily be found by family and friends, other obligations will arise. This venture has again become work. To make this worth while, I have to succeed.

This project remains a One Man Show, and with at least one product geared for professional driving, the truck needs to be back in service, and if not this year, then by April 1st, 2015. Sounds like I gave myself time? No. I have so much to prep and share, and when it covers the last four years of rolling OTR, I think I’ll be skipping gears to find that faster pace. I do have one other possibility, aside from this project, but I cannot consider it my “Ace”. A television runs in the room, but not for me, I am guest, and the work in progress means learning to finally stay focused with my own agenda, and make nothing else matter. Talking the family dog for an occasional walk, well, not everything can be put off.

My goal in improving the Website is to add more pages, specific to my established categories, and to start showing presentations and more visual pictorials relating to the articles. I’ll know have measured up to another level when I make thirty second video demonstrations a routine. I am hoping the Website takes on a life of its own, and becomes helpful and informative, and never loses its ability to do it in the form of concepts. I don’t want to lose a struggling computer user, who just needs that right concept to make the wall shatter.

I have high hopes…but like so many with a sparking idea or revelations, I have to process what is a true inspiration, a new direction, and what is simply a pipe dream only worth mentioning.