Of all Saturday nights for the power to go out for a couple of hours, it just happened to be the one where Mommy and I weren’t there.
We were staying at a hotel about 20 miles away, while Nonna and Papa were in town from Alabama to take care of you and your sister.
But the power outage was no problem- in fact, it was probably more exciting…
You and your sister got to camp out on the floor of the bedroom with Nonna and Papa; using blankets as sleeping bags, as you both held on to some of your favorite stuffed animals.
As you can see from this picture, your sister was proud to be a part of all the fun!
I’ve been telling you all week how proud I am of you for volunteering to have a speaking part in your upcoming play at school. Two students from every class in 2nd grade will have a speaking part in the play.
This is your line:
“Our first song is ‘Top of the Music to You’; in this song, we live about the orchestra, which consists of four instrument families: woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion.”
As your parent, I never know how seriously you let my life advice soak in. But for the past couple of months now, I have been telling you what an advantage it is to be the boy in your class who jumps at the chance to participate in a play. It builds confidence and provides opportunities in life; so I have learned. (This is coming from a dad who has been on national TV, of course.)
I explained that typically in elementary school, boys are afraid to get up in front of people and have a speaking part.
But not you. You volunteered and you got the part!
You found this article by Googling something like, “What does a buzz cut look like if you’re balding?”
Maybe specifically, you are searching what a #4 guard buzz cut looks like, or you simply want a non-commercialized demonstration of the Remington ShortCut Pro.
Either way, you came to the right place.
Recently my dad asked me to serve as his barber, using my Remington ShortCut Pro to buzz off his hair with a #4 guard. So first, let me show you the “before” photos…
And now, enjoy the video of when I did the #4 guard buzz cut on my dad, using the Remington ShortCut Pro:
Lastly, here are the “after” photos:
My dad is very pleased with the results of his new look.
If you are considering purchasing the Remington ShortCut Pro, I personally highly recommend it.
The device is so easy to use and it doesn’t have to stay plugged in to work. You can choose which number guard to use.
My episode was entitled, “Dudes from Different Latitudes”, which was based on the song I wrote and performed in front of the studio audience; near the end of the episode.
A year ago when the episode finally premiered, I was prepared for a huge jump in the number of visitors on my blog and viewers on my two YouTube channels. I was even anticipating the possibility of getting more opportunities to be on TV in the future.
Instead, my blog readers and YouTube viewers only knew about my TV debut after I brought it up. Even then, they had trouble even finding a way to watch my episode of This Time Next Year.
So how is my life different because of the show? I can’t say that it is.
But being on a nationally aired TV show did teach me this truth: TV is mostly irrelevant.
It is true that since the airing of my episode of This Time Next Year, that my viewership on this blog and my YouTube channels have dramatically increased; along with the revenue I make from these side hustles.
However, that had completely nothing to do with people seeing me on TV. Instead, people are discovering me, in growing numbers every day, thanks to the content that I as an individual am constantly producing.
In other words, the Internet is mightier than the TV show.
And that’s because the Internet is much more relevant than television.
So while it was fun to be on TV, I never needed to be on TV to find an audience; or to make money on the side.
When your audience is the Internet, they find you; despite who you are; not because of who you are.
It’s sort of like the opposite of being famous. They accidentally discover your content through a Google search without ever needing to know your name first.
I definitely wouldn’t turn down another opportunity to be on TV, but I no longer see it as the next big step for my creative career.
For me, though, the best part of being on TV was getting to meet my doppelganger, Steve. He was such a cool guy to hang out with and get to know.
If we lived in the same city, I know we would be friends. He was the best part about being on TV.
And Steve, if you’re reading this, just know I still feel you are the brother I never had.
This month when my wife and I would file our taxes for last year’s income, instead of getting money back from the IRS as we have every single year we’ve been married, it would be a very real possibility we could actually owe several thousand dollars instead of receiving that as a return.
When I said that I had 5 side hustles last year that earned a minimum of $1,000 each, the thing is…
For some of those side hustles, it was a bit more than a thousand dollars… or even a lot more.
I had never made that much in side income before. It was never an issue or a concern for the years prior.
The problem is that my superhero power of finding random ways to make money from my SEO skills didn’t mean that I automatically knew anything about being prepared for the taxes I would owe on that money.
It was a bit intense last Saturday morning, walking into H&R Block, knowing that in just an hour, we would know our fate; for better or worse.
Forty-five minutes into our consultation, it was looking as if we were going to owe about a thousand dollars; which wouldn’t have been awful.
But fortunately, and I would even say miraculously, our H&R Block representative found a couple more items that had not been considered yet as tax write-offs; like how I mainly use my phone for managing my side hustles, and the fact I have a room in my house dedicated exclusively to my side hustles, serving as my office.
Plus, our H&R Block representative helped us get set up on a system where we are now able to easily pay back 25% of my side income earnings in advance each quarter, so that there’s no reason for anxiety in paying those taxes next February.
At the 55 minute mark into our hour-long consultation, it was confirmed: Even after the consultation fee for H&R Block, we would still get a few hundred dollars back!
Our sense of relief was actually greater than our sense of celebration.
And it was perfect timing, as that money would ultimately end up covering our “24 hour parent staycation” that began the moment we left the moment we drove out of the H&R Block parking lot.
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