The Middle of Nowhere (Can you find it on a map?)

Written by David Leonhardt


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For instance, Chesterville is actually a seven minute drive past cows, horses, trucks, corn fields and Dunbar's famous tulip lady. In theory, we could walk it in a brisk three hours, but we have not tested that theory yet.

Another complication is that Chesterville does not technically exist. The municipality is actually called North Dundas Township, and Chesterville is just one of three towns located in that municipality.

Then there isrepparttar small matter of our house not even being located inrepparttar 116425 same municipality as Chesterville. Our land is in fact located in Williamsburg, another town that technically does not exist and can also be reached by a brisk three-hour walk - pastrepparttar 116426 vacationing truck driver. Williamsburg is actually part ofrepparttar 116427 municipality of South Dundas Township. The South Dundas municipal staff happily confirm this fact every four months by sending a friendly property tax missive.

Trying to explain this to somebody in London or Brisbane can be quite confusing. So I just tell them I am located inrepparttar 116428 very middle of nowhere, with a 28k Internet connection (thank God for satellites) andrepparttar 116429 sweet aroma of crop fertilizer drifting in throughrepparttar 116430 window.

Lately, however, my conscience has been gettingrepparttar 116431 better of me. Am I really being honest to say I live inrepparttar 116432 middle of nowhere? We are midway between two hamlets, midway between two non-existent towns and our property clearly straddles two different municipalities. Would it not be more accurate to say we are onrepparttar 116433 edge of everywhere? And if we are onrepparttar 116434 edge of everywhere, can we atrepparttar 116435 same time be inrepparttar 116436 middle of nowhere? Or are we onrepparttar 116437 edge of nowhere? I should have paid more attention in high school when we were studying relative geography.

Of course, all this is academic, since geography is irrelevant when working onrepparttar 116438 Internet. And when a client occasionally calls, they know immediately where I work.

"It sounds like you have your hands full Should I call back later?."

"That's OK," I answer. "Little Lady always reacts that way when Little Sister's diaper overflows on her lap. She'll get over it. Now, about that contract..."

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Do You Know Who You Are?

Written by Geoffrey Faivre-Malloy


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Think about it for a moment. If you know who you are -- I mean, who you really are -- then you're more likely to DOrepparttar things that are important to you.

You'll dorepparttar 116424 things that you love and as you dorepparttar 116425 things you love you'll get whatrepparttar 116426 things in life that you want. You'll have all those fancy toys, money, whatever it is that you want.

But for all of this to happen, you've got to do it inrepparttar 116427 correct order - BE, DO, HAVE.

Don't fall intorepparttar 116428 trap of becoming who you want to be after you've gottenrepparttar 116429 things you want. It's is possible for you to be successful this way but you're much more likely to have a hollow success that fades away with time.

And you're not creating your home based business for that are you?

Geoffrey Faivre-Malloy is a published author, speaker and owner of Make Money at Home Based Business Opportunities ( http://home-based-business-opportunities.getthescoop.info ), one of the most popular home based business sites on the internet.


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