February 4, 2012

I am still here

I realize I haven’t been posting often this month.

Many factors have led to this and any one of them could be enough of an excuse.

  1. I’ve had to deal with the IRS. This was arguably a huge waste of time that didn’t accomplish much. The matter is finished and ironically, it turns out that I have actually OVERPAID my taxes. I mean that in the legal sense, that I paid more than I was obligated to by law. If we look at in the moral sense, almost all of us overpay our taxes, seeing how the government surreptitiously takes more than a third of every dollar that we make in some way or another through federal tax, state tax, sales tax, property tax, social security, medicaid, disability, and those $1.58 surcharges we see in our cell phone bills. To further interfere with our freedom, the government then goes on to devalue our dollar’s spending power even more by diluting the money supply and contributing to inflation. In order not to get angry thinking about it, I just realize there’s little I can do other than move to a different country. Sadly, neither of the two current major political parties seem to have any interest in reversing this runaway trend. I’ve learned long ago to focus on being grateful for the chance to do something fun and spiritually meaningful every day and not think so much about the unfairness of our over-regulating government.
  2. I’ve taken time to make many improvements to our office’s workflow process. This has been very exciting and I’ll share more about this elsewhere.
  3. I’m had some exciting welcome distractions in my personal life, for which I’m always grateful.
  4. Honestly, I got a little bored of blogging. It’s been close to one year already since I started this site. As it happens often in my life, doing something the same way for a long time leads to my losing interest. However, this type of boredom is GOOD NEWS, as it inspires me to shake things up and try new things. As you may have noticed, I have upgraded the look and feel of this site, and I will continue to do so. I am about to start another blog (more on this later). I also have some other very exciting related projects on the horizon. I don’t want to say too much yet, until I’m ready to deliver!

So please grant me this little break and I promise you’ll see bigger and better things soon!!

Comments

  1. geomark says:

    “I just realize there’s little I can do other than move to a different country.” Yep, that’s what I did. But not so fast. Regardless of where you live if you earn any money at all the IRS still claims you must pay taxes on it. So you have to move to another country and avoid any sort of income that can be traced.

    On a lighter note, I just discovered your blog and plan to do some reading. Wife and I are planning another try at IVF and I want to know as much as possible. BTW, there are some world class medical centers over here in Thailand, including several dedicated ART centers.

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