2011 was expected to be the most profitable and productive year of my life. Beyond just making money and growing my companies, I was not disappointed. I learned way more than I thought I would.

I was catapulted into a year of change by several life decisions I made last year and stuck with. This led me to experience a lifestyle I could have never imagined, before living it. I had finally figured out how to make serious money online, and had no idea how drastically it would change my life.

Things I had been building and putting together for years FINALLY came together, and are actually up and running and growing on a large scale. It’s a wonderful feeling, and I think I’ve learned more about business from this year of living than all of my schooling and study combined.

The advertising network, Chase Clicks, is starting to really catch on in multiple segments of the web. My lead generation service is integrated with it, and growing steadily as well. It’s super exciting on this end.

By establishing and growing a solid base of internet marketing platforms, I feel that I’ll have a reliable promotional channel for my future ideas and projects. I’m really looking forward to bringing a massive amount of exposure to my network of businesses and websites.

Unlike most other internet marketers, and online professionals, this is my full-time career and I haven’t had a “day job” or anything that resembles one in over 5+ years. Most of my time is spent dialing in campaigns, refining web properties, and improving things on the network in general.

I do this because it’s my passion, not because I’m looking for a quick payday. I would do this for free if I could! I seriously enjoy my work that much.

Before I started focusing exclusively on my own projects, I was busy designing websites and doing graphic design before it was trendy.

This can be a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that I’ve always been my own free spirit, and have complete freedom to do whatever I want… and of course a curse in that I spend ALL of my “free time” focused on how I can make more money, more effectively, and continue to grow my businesses.

Luckily, the longer I’m in the business world, the easier it seems to get. As things continue to build, network volume keeps growing and the word keeps spreading. I’m looking forward to working with a lot of new marketers and publishers over the next few years and building things up to an extraordinary level.

This year began on a different note than most I’ve experienced. I had been in a committed relationship with my fiance for almost 6 years and we’d mutually called things off in December and were decided to go our separate paths. This is something I had been premeditating for a long time, and we both agreed was necessary.

We had a close relationship for many years but things had changed, and it was ok. As sweet of a girl as she was, we didn’t have the same drive or life goals, and it endlessly wore on us both in a minor but lasting way. Life continues to go on, and I’m sure we’ll both find happiness again.

With that out of the way, the time had come to lighten the load of both my mental and physical responsibilities. I began aggressively getting rid of things I’ve held onto for so many years. Some of the items were old computer parts, aftermarket parts for one of the various project cars, or other interesting and quality items that once held a place in my heart, but had simply become junk to me over the years and needed to be posted on Craigslist, tossed, or given away.

Clearing out old boxes and possessions you don’t actually need or want anymore is a liberating experience. It comes with some element of reluctance, considering most of the things you’re getting rid of were once purchased or sought for a purpose. But, once your mental inventory of things begins to dwindle, you realize how unimportant those material things really are.

Giving away as much of what I can to friends and relatives, if the opportunity arises, has also been nice. New computer projects for some of my tech friends, better sound systems for a friend’s car, etc. If it was trash, it’d go in the dumpster, if it had some value but not worth my time to sell, give it to a friend! For any old clothing or household items furniture, down the hill to Goodwill they’d go.

The “house-cleaning” didn’t just start and end with my home and personal property, however. At the same time, I began to tear through my digital network and begin consolidating the 10 something “Downloads” and “Clutter” folders I’ve accrued over the years and various hard drives, organizing my media and storage folders on the network, and otherwise eradicating any unnecessary redundancy or disorganization in my file storage schemas.

Reducing the number of files I was keeping, organizing the files and folders that were staying, and deleting old project work folders that were no longer active and had since been archived held the same sense of freedom as the physical downsizing. This process, along with a few other network upgrades and changes, has helped dramatically reduce any digital stress or anxiety I’ve experienced over the past few years when it comes to file organization across my systems. That endless worry of backing up file stores larger than most people’s backup solutions, and juggling things across multiple (non-redundant) file systems can take a toll on an IT guy.

The biggest obstacle to overcome was the massively vast scope of my workload and responsibilities. Over the years, I fell into the trap of trying to tackle it all with a limited amount of resources and time. Namely, there only being one of me. Being a homeowner, serial entrepreneur, boyfriend/fiance, driving and maintaining my fleet of cars, and the list went on and on. With a new chapter of life already underway, I’m excited to see what I can achieve with a narrowed focus on my businesses and ventures.

My two biggest focuses are the behavioral advertising tracking platform, eInfer, and my advertising networks.

The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation’s drug issues.

“Regardless of how you try to explain to people it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them,” he said. “We’re not at war with people in this country.”

From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html

This world stops for no one, and the clock hands moves forward with a cold lack of sympathy. People are born, people die, people forget to watch the road and slam into the car in front of them. Things happen, and it’s nobody, and everybody’s, own damn fault. This 2008 is wrapping up at quite an accelerated pace and things couldn’t be changing for me any quicker. In fact, I think 2008 has been my biggest year of change to date.

I have gone through so much in the last 12 months it almost boggles my mind. I have had so many experiences, both good and bad. I started this year off with a goal to focus on my own endeavors and stop working so hard to please others. I began this year with a renewed passion for my work, a(nother) new car (Nissan 240SX, S14), an ongoing house-search, and a new outlook for this upcoming year. This lucid outlook on life was quickly interrupted however.

By the end of January, the 240sx had been rear-ended by a girl in a Tiburon (my neck and back still hurt to this day from it, see what being so tense gets you?) and my relationships were headed down the gutter. I had found out my current girlfriend(the mistake) was cheating on me with some pool boy mexican, my ex-girlfriend(the lover) who I still talked to almost everyday and was talking to about getting back together, was having sex with four guys, all of which I knew and knew me. She says it was “a mistake” I say “NO$H!T. I think I’m starting to understand why my dear friend made his decision, some things are just too much to bear. Things didn’t get much better from there..