Colored warnings

Today we are alerted all the time with colored warnings: yellow color for raining, orange color for snow or red color for snow. There are times when you ask yourself if it is worth going out. I understand the codes when it comes to major threats but I do not understand them when are used for a normal storm for example. During winter we have snow and during  summer we have sun and rain. During summer is very hot and during winter is cold. It is something normal.

I hear on radio for example all the time "it is to cold for this period of time", then three days later "it is to hot for this period of time". I do not understand what is the "normal" anymore.

We have so many rules, restrictions and warnings that sometime one might feel that our life is controlled, that we do not feel free anymore. I understand the laws and rules, we need them, the majority of people need to be controlled because they do not behave but some things are unnecessary.

Taking time off from work

If you are one of those people who are able to go on holidays and forget about everything then I think you are a lucky one.

I have never been able to take more than a couple of days off and even when I have did this I wasn’t relaxed, I have always been  somehow connected with my work, with the clients who always tried to reach me etc. After I have graduated from university I have been transferring from one company to the other not staying long enough to be able to ask for a longer vacation.

After I have finally settled for a stable job, It was for a small company where if I was gone there wasn’t anybody to substitute me. So I have always taken one or two days usually before or after weekends.  These is not enough time to disconnect and try to relax, after returning from a few days of free time you cannot say that you have been disconnected from work and fully enjoyed a vacation because by the time you have use to the vacation you have to go back to work.  

Now since I have my own business I have the same issue, I do not have time to take vacations and if I would take a long vacation, during this time I would be paid. Of course I am looking to solve this issue because in my opinion our life should be balanced we need to have a equilibrium between the things we are doing.  

The environment where we live

I was talking yesterday with a friend of mine from California. One of the subjects was the weather. While I am experiencing minus degrees he is enjoying all year round almost the same temperatures. He doesn’t have for example to change he tires from winter tires to summer tires; he doesn’t have to heat its house at least 4-5 month per year, wear/own different clothes according to the season (winter, summer, autumn or spring).  So its invoices for utilities are lower than of those who live in a temperate climate.

I thing that living in a Mediterranean climate gives you a lot of satisfaction,  you do not have to worry about many things, it is a stable life,  the business can function properly. For example in a country or area where snows a lot the transport will be affected, constructions and the list can continue. 

This doesn’t mean that a nation or people can’t exist or prosper well in a climate that varies a lot. The best examples are the Scandinavian counties which are very developed.

What I was trying to say is that living in Mediterranean climate is more relaxing. Of course this is only my opinion.

Partnership in business

Since I have started working I have been working for successful businesses that are run by  a family. I have always wondered why these businesses manage to succeed. Is this the way to start or run a business if you do not want to do it alone?  At the beginning I thought that no is not the way someone should be advice to start or run a business, for many reasons in fact.

During time, after experiencing myself a co partnership with an old friend from childhood which didn’t work at all I realize that having a family run business or single ownership business is the way to go.  This is of course my own opinion based on my experiences and on experiences of other people that share me the same things or experienced the same issues.

There are many exceptions to the rule, there are many big companies there with co-partnership between fiends but I believe that as overall may be this kind of venture is not the best idea.

What I have seen regarding my co partnership experience is that people are influenced by their family and they often give them bad advices. Anyways it is disappointing (at least in my case) when you invest in a business, in an idea you do everything to work, you sacrifice and believe that you’ll go old with the person you started something, you will accomplish great things together, practically you think that your destinies are linked, to be left alone.

Thoughts at the beginning of the year

 One of the common question that I am asked (or I what I am thinking at the beginning of the year) is what I wish for myself. As more and more years I have added to my life the answer has changed during the years. From more money and a better job for example in the past and all kinds of material things to things that really matter.

If someone would ask me today these question (nobody asked though) I would answer something like this: "I wish to be as healthy like last year." By saying this I think that you cover everything. In my opinion if you have health you have everything. You are able to work, to do things that you like and enjoy to live your live in other words.

I would also reply that I wish everybody to be healthy, to be better persons and may be we can make the world that we are living it a better one.

I think that how we think or behave is influenced by the environment we are living in and people we meet. These factors can influence us in becoming better human beings.