It’s a blessing and a curse because on one hand I’m always entertained. I can literally sit at home in solitude and not feel bored; I just get lost in thought. On the other hand it hinders my ability to not be interrupted. My mind is always drifting to new business concepts to the point that I get so excited I frequently stop what I’m supposed to be doing to call someone on my short list of friends and family who I can bounce ideas off of.

I know I need to control these urges to let my mind wander but I live in a constant fear that if I do I will miss out on my next idea to put in my mind box of awesome. I live for the adrenaline rush of coming up with something new on my own. It’s a game I play with myself; think of something I think is new, then find out if it’s actually new, if it’s not I plan out how I would do it better. As a result I have 4 or 5 business plans written around these various ideas.

I sleep with either a notepad or a computer by my bed every night because I frequently go to bed dwelling on something and will wake up knowing exactly what to do…only if I don’t write it down instantly I forget.

The important thing in all of this is that I know that those business plans won’t create themselves, and I need to find the right one to throw myself into in order to really make anything happen. My ideas are a dime a dozen; so are yours. We have to make something happen for them to be worth anything more.

Rascal?…Check

Cooler?…Check

Fishing Pole?…Check

Flashlight?…Check

Umbrella Hat?…Check

Fake Leg?…Check

American Flag?… Well, five for six ain’t bad.

Daniel P. Bowen

This will be my new primary blogging home. I’ll still work on the other site(s), but this is where I will call home. It’s not that I don’t love my other site(s) anymore, it’s just that, this one is more “me.”

I’d like to have DanielBowen.com, but it’s taken by a nice Australian.

Anyway, enough about me.

If I were to tell you that I took a photo in the bathroom today you’d probably assume that I had some sort of Brett Favre incident. Well I didn’t, it is of something impressive though.

This is a photo of the bathroom wall at a restaurant I ate at today. It’s a series of overlapping bike wheels wrapped in lights. I liked it and it thought that it was awesome enough to be in my idea box.

Daniel P. Bowen