I’m already getting too lazy to type “Thoughts of the Day”, but I guess if I ever miss a day, then this title makes more sense anyway.
I am thinking about getting a therapist. Any suggestions in downtown Minneapolis or the North Loop?
Sports Thoughts:
If anybody wants to buy me a 3D camera set for my bike, go for it. However, one of the things about the goals I wrote about is that I need to save as much money as I can in order to go full-time for myself.
The counterpoint, of course, is that my cycling videos could be part of me working for myself. Given the hit counts on my video though, and my experience with videos on YouTube, I don’t think it’s a reasonable thing to consider. Doing proper, professional video, requires a team. Anything I do by myself it’s going to be single angle, POV. If you watch the Red Bull cycling videos…they aren’t that.
I had been excited to give Bicyclists on Bikes talking Bull a serious shot. I was going to buy my friend the equipment he needed. However, he doesn’t have the time, and I don’t know anyone else in the area that does video.
I can’t remember if I have mentioned this before, but the reason why I wear a camera on my bike is because cars are death machines. If I get hit, at least there will be video and I hope a license plate number. Of course, what I really need is a rear-facing camera as well. That will be a much higher priority than a 3D setup. So, why do I upload the video? Why not? I don’t spend that much time on it. Plus, it shows drivers that the cameras are out there. I would highly encourage my cyclists to wear a camera!
I mentioned yesterday that I had a soul-crushing amount of stuff to do. It is good to remind myself that things like uploading the videos to YouTube don’t have to happen. In fact, I recently declared video bankruptcy.
I had been thinking about doing the Strava distance challenge for October, but I think my time might be better spent looking for a new job. I have generally not wanted to publicly say I was looking for a job, fearing retribution, but I am too the point where I no longer have such a fear. I am not sure if I am just far enough into my career that I feel safe, or if I am just that fed up. I am not going to be posting that all over social media, or making any post titles that say that, but I have already been talking about it on my YouTube videos. I really doubt there will be much more traffic here than on my videos, which is generally zero views.
I was so stressed out today that I forgot to turn on my Strava. Oh well. It’s not like I was going for a monthly goal anyway.
Music Thoughts:
Another thing that has been stressing me out is getting back to the judges about CC CMA, but there’s no real hurry on that. I just want to get back to people so they can begin working on the project.
Tech Thoughts:
I had my first person apply to a job through a LinkedIn post. It’s interesting timing, because I was just thinking about how moving to my blog and off of LinkedIn wasn’t really going to be costing me anything. I do think I’ll keep the job posts on LinkedIn though. For one thing, it’s just like three clicks for me to do that, so I might as well.
We lost another person on my team today. We knew this was happening, but it still sucks.
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