Erik’s Blog: Board Shorts and Business Suits

I’ve been tidying up the blog a bit in the recent days because I’m looking to make each category more focused on what I feel this blog can provide.

I recently contact David over at Mind Petals to let him know that I thought it was really interesting that he sold candy on the bus as his first business back in the day, and I just wrote about doing the same thing. It wasn’t my first business (I sold lemonade, and tried to open up a trading card shop out of my garage) but it was interesting to see others with similar ideas. I also mentioned that I was going to check out Mind Petals and might be interested in the entrepreneurial group he has over there.

Before I could even say, “Looks interesting, I want to be considered in the network,” he wrote back and said that my blog wasn’t entrepreneurial focused enough. Which was a great observation! It wasn’t started as a entrepreneurial blog but him mentioning that I only had the one category about it made me look at my categories and realize that my blog is pretty scatter-brained. (Don’t worry David, no offense taking, I’m a big fan of criticism good or bad, it helps me learn and build things better!)

This blog was originally started because I saw Steve P. doing so well with personal development I thought it would be great if I could list all the goals I’ve wanted to accomplish and see how I do. Since then I’ve been majorly side tracked by blogging and building businesses on-line and have strayed from a pure personal development blog. I’ve also begun to shift towards the name Why Rest?.

The name comes from the fact that I really can’t sit still and I have a need to always be doing something. I’m making the shift in my blog towards providing a great resource and list of things people can do if they need to always be active or are looking for information on the subjects that I keep myself busy with. I’m keeping it related to personal accounts and my experiences because I think these help people the most. It’s not just some schmo that says you should do this without giving any credible background or experience in the subject. I’ll try my best to explain what I’ve done and learned.

So be prepared for this blog to make a continuous shift until January towards a more organized and much more helpful setup. It should be nice for all those that try and follow my scatterness.