Moving Towards My Goal

[Lee Martin]

Progress is progress even if it is slow.

On my plans to create a line of specialized greeting cards that will hopefully turn into my own card company I have discussed the start up issues with a retired corrections officer in Oregon who has just sold a similar company of his own. I received a lot of good pointers about what to do and not to do. Sometimes we need to look at others failures and successes in order to map out our own future.

I have also found a skecth artist who is willing to assist me in the creation of my product. Believe it or not I found him through my son, he has a friend who is a professional artist and is willing to work with me on the financial arrangements. We are working out an plan on how to do this long distance. He lives in Atlanta GA and I'm in Topeka, KS...Thank God for email :)

While all this is beginning to fall into place I'm also looking for a good print shop to work with me.

Again the progress is slow but it is progress.

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SAME PLAN, DIFFERENT DIRECTION I still have to figure out a strategy for doing some investments that will move me toward my number and begin to investigate some real estate ideas.

If I can still move forward at least I know I'm not dead yet.

[Scott]

Lee, this sounds like a great idea. It will be very inspiring to me and others i'm sure, to watch it all unfold and come to fruition!

[Adrian]

Thanks, Lee. You - as was my father, who also began a new business at 60 - are an inspiration to me and hopefully, to others as well!

[Lee Martin]

Actually I was getting rather tired and a little frustrated until the sketch artist issue began to fall into place. That energized me, I guess it was the idea of someone else wanting to be a part of what is going on. Since I have published a couple of small booklets in the past I am aware of the process of dealing with the printers which I don't see as too much of a problem.

I really like the idea of the on-line card animated cards which is kind a intresting but probably way beyond my computer skills point, so I'll need some help on that.

Is the Journey worth it? Indeed it is. Because it's taking me places I have never been before and I enjoy that kind of trip. Eventhough I'm not all that old (just 60) I still get frustrated when people assume that I'm on the down hill side of my life and need not do or go anywhere different. Being retired has given me the freedom to do a lot of things and recovering from by-pass surgery have given me a new outlook on life. This is probably more that you really wanted to know but thanks for asking.

[Adrian]

Hi Lee,

Sounds great! Printing should be comparatively easy: a competitive business, a glut of suppliers ... assuming that you can afford to pay?

Changing subject ever so slightly, let me ask you, how do you feel about all of this: positive? committed? energized?

Or: tired? pessimistic? confused?

In other words ... is the Journey worth it (we know the Destination i.e. your Life's Purpose is)? I am interested in the perspective of a person perhaps a little further down Life's Road than many of our other members.