Time Bank exchange for Services

    When I received a note about this meeting I said well, uh, maybe, so I e -mailed the person back and let her know I will think about going that this sounds good. Oh boy, the next day she sent an invite to go with her.
    Nooo, that means I have to commit. I do not like to commit, but hesitantly I thought if I do, that means I go and just might learn a few things. All in all I love the idea. You donate a few hours a week or month pertaining to your skills or you list a skill and what you need in exchange. Sometimes, or most times you don't have to exchange at all. If you give three hours to someone, someone else will give you three hours. NO MONEY! Unless of course parts are involved like fixing my dryer.
    These are old fashioned people, but not necessarily old. Remember the hippies? They took care of one another, met each others needs. Many churches are like that, so hey, in a way you'd be going to church once a week, doing in the name of Jesus or ?
   That money you just saved? Put it away. The time you just gave ? Figure out what it would cost and save it-if you can. Imagine every car inspection only adding up to the service charges because some person repaired everything and in turn you cleaned a home, watch kids and made meals for a week and heck, cleaned their car too. But it's all about time, give, take and managing.
     I'm all for it. I bet you have skills you forgot all about. Why not try it in your area ?

Ron Myrnes did it again! Home repair... the guy to get !!!

    Yup, he was here today and did a fantastic job, but not just great, better than some of the regular floor installers. I stared a self stick tile floor in my bathroom about a year ago, and my knees gave out, so then did the floor as far as looking half as-ed. Ron finished piecing the floor together with what tiles I had left and into the linen closet with spare pieces. I hard a hammer, smelled some paste, saw a lot of sweat and a bead of caulking to finish off the job. This certainly was not easy.
   Many will look at such a job and say, hey that won't take long, just a few pieces here and there, and I too thought it wouldn't be long. However it was longer to piece my floor together, that it did me to do the larger area of the floor.
   My bathroom now looks like it all comes together. Go get im' Ron! Anyone, who needs such a guy, with skills, talent in the trade of craftsmanship as home repairs, he's the guy to call. Don't make a mistake and call anyone else, Call Ron. Here's how... dial 717-887-4219 Once again, Thank you Ron okay will be also hanging out laundry now thanks to you and my new thing a muh jig

What's Your Passion?

      Many people have a few passions. It can be the arts, education, a craft/skill, or they can be passionate about people. Like many I only learned late in life about doing what you want to do within your passions, and then fill it up and let it overflow. Too many of us grew up being taught to get an education,a job, get married and take care of your responsibilities. That's all true, but I don't believe we were taught in a right order.
      As I mention in my blog about college, Missionary Work, The Service etc. we don't usually know what we want by the time we're supposed to be ready for college. But it sure is a good time to examine your passions. That takes time. When you meet with a college counselor they, in many cases want you to fill you schedule with a few classes you don't actually need and won't get credit for, but you sure will have to pay for it and pay you will!
      Talk it over with parents, friends, experienced business people, the chamber of commerce people who have been through what you're going through, all of them. Please remember how many times you've heard your own parents say, if I had to do it all over again I'd...then of course they'll also say, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Why? Because then it sounds like they didn't want you, and they really did. Yet if they had to do it all over again and still have you, how would they change the road they took? Dirt or blacktop? Follow your passions. That's not in the book.