This month I’m paired up with Michael @ Your Own Pay. He’s a really inspiring guy, and you should check out his blog and podcasts!
This month’s topic is Beyond the Blog. Here is Michael’s post discussing what his life looks like when he isn’t blogging.
You can see my post—a semi-rambling depiction of my clueless high school existence—on his blog here.
“The alarm goes off promptly at 6:30 AM, isn’t it interesting how that thing’s never late! I drowsily feel for my phone, and when I find it I hit one of the volume keys to silence it and give me another 10 minutes of blissful sleep. I know however that I won’t take advantage of those 10 minutes; I need to get up and get my brother ready for school. So I disconnect my phone from its charger and tap the lock button to display the lock screen. Flicking through I noticed that one of my clients paid me via PayPal, that’s always nice; 3 new followers on Twitter, and my wife commented on last night’s Facebook status I posted. After I’ve reviewed all of the notifications on the lock screen, I quickly brush my thumb against the thumbprint raider at the bottom of my phone to unlock it and roll out of bed.
Drowsily I stumble into the kitchen and opened the cupboard above the coffee maker. Feeling around I find that the coffee can is about in the same spot I remember it last being. So I take it out and place it on the counter. Then I recall that yesterday I did not empty the coffee filter in the K cup machine. So I deposit the already used grounds into the garbage, and fill up the filter with fresh grounds. Reaching over, I grab my coffee cup off the counter where I left it last night, put it under the receiver for the brood coffee, and fill up the back of the K cup machine. As I smell my poison brewing, I turn to the cereal sitting next to the microwave and grab a bowl out of the cupboard. Pouring some cereal into the bowl, I remember that yesterday my brother asked if he could have bananas with the cereal in the morning. Grabbing a banana out of the fruit bowl on the counter, I peal it and break it up into small chunks mixing it in with the cereal. Adding some milk I place the bowl on the table and call out, “Benjamin!”
Benjamin comes into the kitchen and asks, “Can I turn the light on?”
Chuckling to myself as I walk over to the coffee machine to grab my cup I say, “Of course you can”!
I pull my phone out and ask my personal assistant Siri what’s on my calendar for today, and while he is reading that information to me I will introduce myself and thank Jocelyn for letting me post on her blog. This is a guest posting inspired by Emily and her Guest of the Month blog group. I’m very excited to be part of this like-minded group of bloggers so I can share what it’s like when I’m not blogging, and connect with those who truly want to learn more about the environment of bloggers.
So it looks like I have a conference call at 8 AM, then an online seminar I’m attending related to acquiring new followers on Twitter at 10:15 AM. I’ve also got a doctors appointment this afternoon, and it sounds like I’ve even got a paid coaching call at 2 PM. Finishing up listening to my calendar events, I check the reminders I have as well thanks to my amazing personal assistant. Siri lets me know that I have set a reminder to contact a blind advertising site to market my WordPress training from a blindness point of view. In addition, I’ve also got a reminder set that Benjamin needs to have his shots done for school by the end of the month so I need to set an appointment for that to be done. It sounds like I’ve got a busy day, and then I remembered that it’s Tuesday so I need to speak with the team about the marketing objectives I gave them last week to see where they are with them.
Benjamin has finished his cereal and bananas now, so after prompting him to brush his teeth and get dressed so we can catch the bus I begin pondering the idea I want to Podcast about today. It’s my objective to release one podcast per day through the end of the year, and sometimes coming up with podcast topics can be a little bit difficult especially since I’m pretty sure I’ve covered quite a bit of stuff already. As Benjamin finishes up brushing his teeth, andgetting his clothes on we walk out the door at 7:20 in the morning. After Benjamin gets on the bus, I start my day when it comes to not blogging.
This is just a quick glimpse into the morning of a stay-at-home digital marketer who is completely blind. I like to not let my blindness hold me back, and am always encouraged to step out of my comfort zone and connect with people who might not understand that it’s possible for someone even with a “disability” to be able to do anything he puts his mind to. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Blab, Periscope, YouTube, and more have made it so much easier for me to connect with other like-minded individuals off of my blog, and bring them back to my blog to share the content I’ve got with them.
When I’m not blogging I’m connecting with people on other social media sites and doing stuff around the house while my more than amazing wife is working! I won’t admit it publicly to my wife, but I also enjoy spending some time with our two cats and just hanging out. If I’m not doing work related stuff, I’m typically reading some sort of marketing or personal development book to help better myself personally and the businesses I work with. (Thanks Audible and Youtube!)
What about you? What does your day look like when you’re not on the Internet? Or, maybe you are on the Internet all day, what types of things do you enjoy doing?
Leave me a comment and I look forward to connecting with you. Once again Jocelyn, thanks a lot for allowing me to share my message with your readers!
Thank you, Michael, for sharing this amazing guest post! And thank you Emily for making this possible!
You guys can listen to his podcasts and get to know him at his blog or on Twitter @PayOwn.
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