Coil is an amazing platform it has giving me my voice. A voice that I’ve never had being that I’m a stutter and shy. Until you get to know me and realize I’m not shy, I just don’t like talking unless I have something to say. I can never express into words what Coil has given me. I am eternally grateful to them, I’m expecting great things from this little beta Coil. The future is brite 😎 There is kind of an elephant in the room, so let’s talk about the boost a bit

When I first started to write it was because I wanted to. I’ve never been a good writer at all. But I thought why not? And I found a very welcoming Coil community to my writing. It was, and still is a shock to my soul, it warmed my heart and still does how everyone is so helpful. I was reading everyone’s Coil posts for months before I started to write. I’d read and upvote daily and I really enjoyed myself in doing so. Then one night I decided to write, I decided to write because I wanted to. I never heard of the boost program until someone brought it to my attention and said I should apply, my initial thought was ya right? I’ll never get picked But then a miracle happened and I was. I’m very grateful to Coil for boosting me.

The boost program is a about a year old now, check out the post from Coil on June 14 2019👇🏻

https://coil.com/p/coil/Coil-s-Boosting-Pilot-for-Creators/n8aqDrVti

In my own opinion Coil needs natural growth, it doesn’t need artificial growth or influenced growth. Natural growth will stand the test of time, influenced growth will most likely stop when the influence is taken away. Influenced growth is great but needs to be taken over by another influence to keep the growth.

For example – if I found a 100 people and told them to leave there current employer, come work for me and sell news papers and I’ll pay them $100 an hour do so. How many would leave and come to me ? I have a great company, support is awesome from all the other people, friendly place, truly an awesome place to work. Probably pretty close to 100 People but, we will say 90 will come to my company for 10% are really loyal to the previous company .... 2 years goes by and I tell them sorry can’t pay you $100 an hour any more. But here’s $3 an hour. Still an amazing place to work awesome people ect but How many will leave once their pay is cut to almost nothing? I think you and I both know the answer.. probably close to all the people. Again some loyal people will stay.

Coil has so much more to offer than a boost. That’s all I’m saying. If people come to Coil for the boost, what’s going to happen when/if the boost is gone. It is supposed to be temporary to attract new premium content. So if the boost goes away what will happen ? People who came for the boost will most likely leave.

I will still be here ? Will you ?

Coil is a baby in its beginning of life, Coil is still crawling and not talking. Very soon this baby Coil will be a toddler and running around while talking up a storm. I get that we are in the baby step mode of discovery, big things will be coming for Coil and I expect great success for them and all of us

DONT BE A SHANE , what does this mean ? Check out a past blog of mine about a friend of mine named Shane. https://coil.com/p/XRPGORD/DON-T-BE-A-SHANE-5-min-read-/Xh39hv8m6

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The dog days of summer. We have all heard this expression before, well at least most of us, I think? My youngest, Griff used to love the Diary of a wimpy kid series of books. There was a book called dog days and a movie. All the movies were really well done and a laugh for all ages. I suggest you check out both the books and the movies 🎥

My Mom would tell me when I was just young that it meant the hot days of summer, so hot it’s not fit for a dog. She would proceed to say the dog days of summer are from July 3 – August 11. But my mom was half right. She was wrong on where the name came from but, she was right on the dates.

Well to find where the name came from we have to go up, way up into the stars. The star Sirius is at its brightest in the night sky during the period from July3 – August 11. Coincidentally the sun is occupying the same section of sky at that time. Sirius acquires it’s name from the Greek word Σείριος Seirios “glowing” or “scorching”. And on July 23 this star is at its absolute brightest. The Romans actually thought because it was so bright that the star was giving off heat, accounting for the abnormally hot weather during this time frame.

Sirius is the brightest star in the solar system, you can see it from any place on earth. It’s part of the constellation Canis Major known as the Greater Dog. This is why Sirius is sometimes called the Dog Star. Hence where the name dog days of summer came from. But why is it so hot during this time frame? I wondered if there was truth to the Roman’s ideas that the star was giving off heat? Well maybe not heat but, radiation maybe? NOPE this was not true.

The reason it’s so hot is because of the earths tilt during that period. The angle allows for more direct placement of the suns rays. Add to that the days are at their longest. The 20 days before and 20 days after July 23 are the Dog Days, you have long, scorching hot days called the dog days of summer.

The dog days of summer will start in just a few short days. We all enjoy it. Be sure to wear sunscreen as you will burn really easy during this portion of summer. Don’t forget about keeping your furry friend cool in the summer heat🌞 I hope you enjoy the subscriber section today.

Do you suffer from cuteness aggression? Find out in one of my past blogs https://coil.com/p/XRPGORD/CUTENESS-AGGRESSION-4-min-read-/f4daoj2Sk

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Either way as always, thank you for reading ❤️

Success can be a very strange journey, your journey can not be compared to someone else’s, this goes for goals aswell. Goals are tailored to an individual’s desire’s. Setting goals or mile stones will help you achieve little victories along the way to success. While one persons path to success could be more of a straight path, some one else’s could be a bumpy, pothole filled winding road. If I were to answer what success is to me, I would say doing what you love. Now on the other hand if you ask my dog, Charlie, what success is to him he would say belly rubs and naps on the couch. Come to think of it, maybe Charlie and I share some of the same goals 🧐 When you talk with others about success, they might think to them selves that you are already successful. Well the goal of succeeding is an ever changing target, in your twenties it’s finding the perfect apartment. While in your 50’s it could be getting that promotion at work or maybe your retirement?

Some where in the world a gentleman looks out of his house to see a mountain view, with deer grazing in the front yard and dreams of having an apartment close to Central Park. While the lady in Central Park dreams of a mountain view cabin. Success is all relative.

So you want to achieve success? Do you ? Well let’s talk about getting on the path. If you were lost in a mountain forest, success would be finding your way out. You would not wander across the grain, looking in the strangest places to find a way out. You would find your path and follow it. Having a passion for something helps you stay on the path.

Find your passion and stay on the path. Generalized success is what most people would hope for, while I’m saying stay focused and stay on your path. There’s an old saying in the construction industry. Don’t be a jack.

“A Jack of all trades is a master of none.”

I have a friend who tried to do it all, kitchens, bathrooms, tiles, additions, siding, basements ect. He was only successful when he focused in on one aspect. Decks, that’s all he does now. He is now a master of decks.

Going all in on your ideas, all in on your passion is the only way to succeed. Sure you could test the waters and do a little toe dipping, but the only way to truly succeed is to jump in. Some would say you would fail by going all in? Well sure you might but what is failure? Failure is learning, Some of the greatest lessons I’ve learnt are from failing. If you learn from something then you haven’t failed. Working on your goal a day a week won’t get you there very fast. One day a week for 3 years would be 150 days, you could achieve the same in 5 mths working full time on something. Even sooner because your focused everyday on the same task. Going all in makes you fight harder for it. You now have skin in the game, you have something to lose.

Set realistic goals and work towards them

Saying I want to run a 15 km marathon in 2weeks isn’t realistic. But if I set goals to do 1 km runs, then 2 km, then 5 km and so on. Those minor goals are achievable, making the impossible 15 km marathon also achievable as a major goal.

Dreams are just unrealized goals, dreams do come true. But it’s up you.

In times like these it’s finding toilet paper and hand sanitizer

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Today on Coil I’m going to share my wedding vows that I wrote for Lee. I truly am the lucky one, truth is I’ve always loved Lee. I even thought of asking her out in High School but, one of my friends asked her out first so I backed off. When I have a bad day or things just not going how I’d hoped at work, she can always make me laugh and smile. She brightens the day for so many people at work, day in and day out. She has an incredible heart and soul. I’m sad that I’ve missed out on many decades with this gorgeous women by my side. But things happen for a reason and it all worked out in the end. I’ve vowed to never let her go and I never will.

I have a bad stutter sometimes, if you missed it check out ➡️ Yes I ssssstuter Mother f@cker most times I can control it pretty well. But on this day, our wedding day, I was really bad. I pushed on and made it through but, it was not easy.

I read these out loud to lee last night, I couldn’t even make it through without crying 😢

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n my way home from work I stopped in for a few drinks at my local watering hole. Well a few drinks led to a lot of drinks. Gary a guy I haven’t seen in probably 6 months came in, he kept on saying the age old excuse “come on I haven’t seen you in forever, have one more” so we kept drinking. While the hours flew by, it was now 9:00 pm, I was ready to cab it home. Gary in his wisdom says “let’s go to Oil City for a few drinks, a friend is there right now ” so I agree. Oil City is a night club down town on Jasper ave, a hot spot at one time. I reach for my wallet and I don’t have it, I check the truck and it’s not there ?? I must of left it at home. Jamie, the pub owner says “no problem man catch me next time your in” so that worked out good. “ thanks man, will do” I tell Jamie.

🎶🎶 I whistled for a cab and when it came near. The license plate said 'Fresh' and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was Shity. But I thought “Nah, forget it, yo, Holmes, to Oil City ! 🎶🎶

So we go to Oil City, on the way there in the cab I tell Gary I don’t think I’ll be allowed in? I have paint on my clothes, pretty grubby looking and really not looking like the Oil City crowd. Gary says “oh don’t worry man they will let you in” I’m still unsure but I nod in agreement. I tell him I don’t have my wallet so he has to buy my drinks and I’ll pay him back. He agreed and we get out of the cab and go to the door, the bouncer takes one look at me and chuckles “you ain’t coming man” while pointing at me. I say fast witted “what? these are designer jeans man?” Well he didn’t buy it, Gary says “hold on I’ll go inside for a couple drinks and then we can go” seems fair and we did come all this way so I agreed. I’d wait outside while he has a few drinks, it’s 9:30 and Gary goes in side “30 minutes I yelled at him”

I sit down on the park bench and wait, some people walk by and throw change at my feet. I pause and think why would they do that? They really must of dropped it, I really couldn’t figure it out. Also at this point I’m sure I smell like a brewery, another guy walks by and gives me a $5 bill? Wtf? Why do I keep getting money? I look at my phone and it’s already 10:15. Where is he I keep thinking to my self. It’s the end of September and I don’t have a jacket. It’s getting cold out.

So he still hasn’t come outside, I pull out my phone to text him again and it dies. GREAT, I’m on Jasper Ave in Edmonton, no wallet, no phone , no ID. Then a light bulb goes off, people are throwing change at me because they think I’m homeless. I look further down my 16 foot bench and 3 other guys are there to with there hats turned over collecting change and bills. Well, in the next hours, yes I said hours, it’s now midnight. I shuffle down and start talking to my new found friends, just small talk. They tell me they live over on 102st behind the tracks, they get enough money for McDonald’s and a little beer. They offer me a beer, I accept. Drinking beer with my new found buddies. They sure had interesting stories. We would all look up and say thank you to the people giving us change. Then go back to drinking our beer and gossip. By now I have a blanket on me from one of them, so I’m warm and drinking a ice cold beer. This is a damn good Saturday night I thought.

The one guy says it’s now 1:00am, god damn it where is Gary! But really I’m kind of enjoying this so I’d rather be here than in that crappy night club. Out comes a guy from the bar and starts yelling at us ........

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