HB Vic
01-05-2015, 09:44 AM
Hopefully everyone made it through the New Years Celebrations. I made it through unscathed thankfully. Spent a relatively quiet NYE in Vegas at a small club that surprisingly wasn't jam packed. And I remember everything about the night, guess I'm getting old lol.
Looking back over 2014, many major changes have occurred in my life. Some needed to happen, while others, in the end, were quite a surprise to me. Some decisions were easy, others were the most difficult of my life...so far. As I've gotten older, I always try to picture the end result before making a decision. Most of the time I've been pretty successful picturing the end result, other times not even a headscratch can describe the outcome lol. But in the end, and sometimes after the dust must settle, I've been pretty happy with my decisions.
In regard to this site, Hotboat.com, I will tell you that I certainly did not think things through in the beginning. Not having owned a website before definitely put me behind the eight ball. In fact, until I started this site I wasn't even on social media for the most part. Although I was on the original hotboat.com site, amongst others, I was not in the position of an owner/operator. And most of the stuff I posted back then was strictly for shock value lol.
Well I've learned a lot in a relatively short period of time.
This site has been through several redesigns. Its been through at least three hosting changes, and all three were a complete nightmare. We've somewhat survived a few members who were hell bent on taking this place to the far depths of internet purgatory, even after numerous promises to wash their souls of wrongdoing. This site has also personally cost me friendships. I hold myself personally responsible for these mishaps as I had the foresight to see the future, but still let it happen. In retrospect I should have said NO. Just more proof that the gut is a powerful intuitive tool that should never be ignored. Never.
Through all of this, life goes on. It must. The alternative is not an option. But not only must life go on, it needs to flourish, it needs to grow, it should not stand still.
An old guy at work once said, "lets do something even if its wrong". At the time I thought, as his employer especially, wtf is wrong with this guy? But after taking a step back, I thought about what he said and he was absolutely right. Not in the sense of literally doing something wrong, but in the sense of not standing still.
If I have a NY resolution this year, it will be to not stand still. To not let time waste away. To take full advantage of this flesh and the time on this earth. And to live life to its fullest.
Happy 2nd Anniversary www.hotboat.com (http://www.hotboat.com), the show will go on!
So, Lets do something even if its wrong :partyguy:
Looking back over 2014, many major changes have occurred in my life. Some needed to happen, while others, in the end, were quite a surprise to me. Some decisions were easy, others were the most difficult of my life...so far. As I've gotten older, I always try to picture the end result before making a decision. Most of the time I've been pretty successful picturing the end result, other times not even a headscratch can describe the outcome lol. But in the end, and sometimes after the dust must settle, I've been pretty happy with my decisions.
In regard to this site, Hotboat.com, I will tell you that I certainly did not think things through in the beginning. Not having owned a website before definitely put me behind the eight ball. In fact, until I started this site I wasn't even on social media for the most part. Although I was on the original hotboat.com site, amongst others, I was not in the position of an owner/operator. And most of the stuff I posted back then was strictly for shock value lol.
Well I've learned a lot in a relatively short period of time.
This site has been through several redesigns. Its been through at least three hosting changes, and all three were a complete nightmare. We've somewhat survived a few members who were hell bent on taking this place to the far depths of internet purgatory, even after numerous promises to wash their souls of wrongdoing. This site has also personally cost me friendships. I hold myself personally responsible for these mishaps as I had the foresight to see the future, but still let it happen. In retrospect I should have said NO. Just more proof that the gut is a powerful intuitive tool that should never be ignored. Never.
Through all of this, life goes on. It must. The alternative is not an option. But not only must life go on, it needs to flourish, it needs to grow, it should not stand still.
An old guy at work once said, "lets do something even if its wrong". At the time I thought, as his employer especially, wtf is wrong with this guy? But after taking a step back, I thought about what he said and he was absolutely right. Not in the sense of literally doing something wrong, but in the sense of not standing still.
If I have a NY resolution this year, it will be to not stand still. To not let time waste away. To take full advantage of this flesh and the time on this earth. And to live life to its fullest.
Happy 2nd Anniversary www.hotboat.com (http://www.hotboat.com), the show will go on!
So, Lets do something even if its wrong :partyguy: