Life of Justin: Greatest Hits
One thing I have never done here on Life of Justin is put together a list of my favorite posts of all time. In other words, a greatest hits album without any music (or album for that matter).
So last night I took a long look at my archives page and went through all the posts I have written over the years.
It took awhile…that’s for sure. I’ve written a lot more posts than I thought. It’s amazing how my writing skills have changed with time. My earlier posts were pretty bad.
Anyways, I managed to come up with a list of my favorite posts of all time. I chose these posts by hand without looking at any stats or comments. These…
Continue Reading »The Power Of A Notebook
Tags: Experiments, Life, Notebook, Tips
Creative Commons – photo credit: koalazymonkey
If I were to tell you about a cutting edge tool that will make your blog (and life) better, you would probably want to learn more about it. Am I right? I thought so. However, if I told you that this cutting edge tool was a notebook, you would probably call me crazy. That’s right, a plain ol’ spiral notebook with real paper in it.
It’s true that of all the tools I have utilized in my life, nothing has been more beneficial than a notebook. It’s the once place I can write down whatever I want, whenever I want. I constantly write down thoughts and ideas that I want to remember later on.
Carrying around…
Continue Reading »A New Journey Starts Today
Tags: Blogging, Life, Make Money
Today is officially the first day of the rest of my life. I am finally free of the cubicle and all the crap that goes along with it. I no longer have to be the “tech” guy that everyone comes to for problems and stupid questions. Office politics are a thing of the past. Instead, I can focus on blogging and making it a full-time job.
Taking A Look Back
I couldn’t help but spend some time this morning looking back at some of my old posts. Any avid reader of this blog knows that I used to blog about my job constantly. Just take a look at the jobs category and you can check some of my older posts out.
My personal evaluation really summed up how I felt at the time. And lets not forget the ways I tried to get fired. That post was written almost five months ago. It really surprises me how I managed to stay there as long as I did.
Continue Reading »News From the Weekend
Tags: blog, Life, Make Money, News
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I managed to get drunk, watch football, rip my blog theme apart, and completely rebuild most of it from the beginning up. I guess it was a pretty constructive weekend…
What’s New With the Theme?
Believe it or not, the entire theme itself is different. After hours on end of looking at php and css code, I managed to make it look VERY close to the old theme.
The first major difference is that the sidebar has been cleaned up and simplified. I wanted to incorporate a E-mail form so people can subscribe to receive updates, tips, and awesome information about anything I can think of. I even squeezed in links to all of my social network profiles.
I also added some new features to the homepage such as the Popular Posts section at the top. I wanted a way to showcase some of my best posts at the top along with some awesome pictures.
Continue Reading »Blogging: What’s In It For You?
Five Things That Keep Me Going
People often send me E-mails or ask me in person why I blog? Is it for the money, the fame, the non-existent fortune? Well, I really wanted to sit down and think about it.
photo credit: Wyetha
The Freedom To Express Myself
By far the most important thing I get out of this blog, is the ability to express myself. I find myself to be an unsual, creative, and funny (once in a great while) type of person. I love to write about topics that people can relate to. More importantly, I really enjoy writing about things others want to say, but keep to themselves. Writing about my office job, believe it or not, has reminded me that a lot of people are in the same situation. Therefore, I love to write funny things I do to help cheer everyone else up that is stuck sitting in there small, scary, cubicle.
Continue Reading »Immigration, English and the Drive-Thru
Tags: Life, Make Money, Opinions
Why It’s so Hard to Get My Order Right
Living in Arizona means living with a large population of immigrants. Especially Mexican immigrants. Now I have no problems whatsoever with people coming over here to improve their quality of life and to send money home to their family every month. I think that is one of the noblest things a person can do, risk everything of themselves to provide for the ones they love. I don’t even have a problem with the ones who come over here illegally.
America doesn’t make it very easy to receive green cards, and some people cannot wait through the entire application process before coming over. To the people who can make it over here safely, good for you. Welcome to America!
The Problem
The one thing I do have a problem with is the fact that people who immigrate to the US and take jobs where their main duty is to talk to other people and they do not speak or comprehend much English. Maybe my bigger problem is with the people who hire them to work at the counter, or work the drive thru, answer the phones, or anything else that requires spoken English and comprehension.
Continue Reading »Living A Happy Life
After disappearing for a few days, I am finally back. I have been really busy the last couple days entertaining friends, drinking, cleaning, and just sorting out my future plans.
Anyways, I have decided I need to change the attitude of this blog. I realized most of my posts are nothing but me complaining about my job. Don’t get me wrong, I dislike my job a lot. But I am never going to get anywhere by complaining about it constantly.
I may sound like a pissed off person, but I am actually a happy person 99% of the time. I have a positive outlook on life and can usually cheer anyone up when I talk to them.
I am a big…
Continue Reading »10 Questions to Ask Yourself Now!
Today I stumbled across a post at FrugalMarketing.com, that talked about 10 questions to ask yourself. I thought these were some very important questions that I needed to answer for my own. So here are my answers to some very important questions:
1.) If you could do anything you want to tomorrow, what would it be?
I would go somewhere quiet and take some time to myself to just clear my mind. It is hard to keep your head straight when there is so many things going on in life all the time.
2.) What are your core values?
Here’s five I think best describe me as a person:
Challenge – I love to take on challenges because they help make me a…
Continue Reading »100 Things That Make Me Happy Besides Money: 76-100!
So here is the final 25 things on my list, enjoy!
76. Staying up late
77. Solving problems
78. Hammocks
79. Riding My Bike
80. The Trade winds
81. Traveling
82. Fresh Baked Muffins
83. Concerts
84. Summer
85. Going to Goodwill
86. Fresh Fruit
87. Driving
88. Making new friends
89. Hiking
90. Fall
91. Vacations
92. Surfing
93. Wearing whatever I want
94. Grilling Out
95. New clothes
96. Not Shaving
97. Fireworks
98. Buying things for others
99. Waking up to a new day
100. Knowing I can be happy without money…Priceless
That concludes my list. I can officially say this goal has been done. 
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Continue Reading »100 Things That Make Me Happy Besides Money: 51-75
Here are the next 25, stick around tomorrow for the final 25 Things That Make Me Happy (Besides Money).
51. Getting unexpected mail (Not bills)
Getting mail such as greeting cards and postcards always seem to put a smile on my face.
52. Chocolate chip Cookies
I love cookies and they always make me happy.
53. Watching reruns
Sometimes sitting on the couch watching reruns of Seinfeld and King of Queens makes me happy.
54. Calling in sick for work
There is nothing better than calling in once in a while to just get some time to yourself to relax. Besides, jobs suck anyways.
55. Old home videos
I used to love watching old home videos of when I was younger, it always makes me laugh.
56. Febreeze
I…
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