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12.12.12

photo of McDonalds place mat slogan — 12.12.12 – a date that’s outrageously rare, it happens once n 100 years

One hundred days ago – “big buzz on Facebook this morning with 12.12.12”.

Here we are March 22, 2013. Does the awareness of that special December date mean anything today? Why did it catch our attention in the first place? Nothing unique happened that day.

What does the trivia of the moment do for us? And is it more that just trivia?

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This month I’m inviting the Mid Life Celebration community to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It couldn’t be easier to go from this HQ blog to the mental attitude blog , just click -> go to Next Blog

WordPress 3.5 came out today

photo of MacBook keyboard keys — WordPress code, php, and the future

The highly anticipated WordPress update 3.5 came out today, December 11, 2012. When this post goes live on March 21 (100 days from creation), it will be Spring.

Will any of the release day excitement linger? Will it be better? Worse? Non-existent? I’m learning interesting life lessons never before revealed. All because of the desire to blog ahead.

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Speaking of being decisive

photo of jeff noel on stage at WordCamp Orlando 2012 — thank God for WordPress (photo: Chuck the Pool Guy)

Speaking of being decisive, have spent the past four days reading, thinking, experimenting, and making decisions on Mid Life Celebration’s websites and blogs. The biggest changes are being implemented as I type this.

Ending the fourth year of building the business foundation, content and contacts.Now for some bricks and mortar, wallpaper, carpet, and a Paypal account.

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Are the struggles and sacrifices to get ahead worth it?

A November 2012 screen shot of jeffnoel.com landing page

Are the struggles and sacrifices to get ahead worth it? We must look into the mirror and answer this question for ourselves. No one else can do this for us. It’s one of life’s biggest gambles.

Deep down the answer is, yes.

Day to day, it feels more like, no.

Contrast above pic with current home page.

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The unspoken pain of obligation to your brand

Disney's Tomorrowland Raceway sign — sign should read, Thank you for being part of the greatest spectacle in blogging

The unspoken pain of obligation to your brand. For four years, I’ve written five daily, differently-themed posts. There is so much to do today and I wanted to get a jump start on it.

But first, there’s an obligation, a promise, to solemnly swear to walk the talk. To actually write five different blogs. Every single day. Without fail.

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