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Lisbon, Portugal

      Lisbon, Portugal...  My great grandfather on my mother side came here to the United States when he was very young, in search of a better life.  My how things have changed...  For over a decade now, I have been wanting to go to Portugal.  With the changing of the world today, and the sharp decline of the United States, I have been looking for a permanent place to call home for my future generations...  With that being said...  Over time, I have been checking out several cool YouTube Channels that have other Americans who have made the big jump (like I am thinking of doing ASAP)...  

      Here are 2 videos that I found on YouTube from a family that successfully relocated to Lisbon, Portugal from here in The United States and they have some very good advice, points and comparisons that make a lot of sense for those (like me) who are thinking of relocating as well.  Check out these videos and tell me (and them) what you think...   

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Career Choice : HVAC

      I have been looking at the HVAC career field for a very long time now.  If you don't know what HVAC is, it simply means : Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning.  It's a career field that's in high demand and you can always find a job with a good skilled trade.  Think about this...  In the north where is typically cooler or cold, they always need heat.  In the south where it's typically warmer or hot, they always need Air Conditioning.  Everyone and everywhere needs Ventilation (and Refrigeration).  So, you can be sure to always have a good-paying job somewhere and anywhere.  

      At this point in my life...  I find myself in a very unique position.  A lot of my younger life is resurfacing (I always loved working with my hands), and I want to have a good salary and well as the enjoyment of fixing things.  Currently, I have a good-paying job and even I have to admit, they really do treat me GREAT (certainly much better than I deserve, I think).  With that being said...  No matter how good an employer treats you, sometimes you just need more...  Good treatment is wonderful, don't get me wrong, but at the end of the day, the bills must be paid and it wouldn't hurt to be able to build a little personal nest egg as well.  

  

      HVAC is a good career that you can use ANYWHERE !  You can dress comfortably while you work and earn a good living.  I also love the fact that it's a career that a woman or a man can do.  Besides, in this day and age, learning a good skill is something that's worth its weight in gold.  As I said earlier, I make a good salary, its NOT GREAT, but good...  After doing a lot of research on salaries in various career fields and locations, It's crystal clear to me that HVAC Technicians make way more than I do currently and they don't have to deal with rude customers screaming in their ears or upset angry people and past-due bill payments, lol.  I've had enough of that so I am looking to now go a much different direction in life.  For many years I've admired Skilled Labor Professions like Carpentry, HVAC, Electricians, and Home Builders.  I think it's time for me to learn a new skill before I am too old to do so.  I've got a good 20 to 25 years left in me still, before retirement.  I want to be more active again, instead of just sitting behind a desk and gaining weight.  I just want to do something different, that's more hands-on and physical with skills that are in demand and I can enjoy it.         

 

 

 

 

FINAL THOUGHT : It is Honorable to be able to create things.  Especially in this day and age when more people are becoming pure destroyers.  Did you know that Jesus Christ himself was a Carpenter !

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I Wanna Start Bangin...

       I have noticed that since my kids have grown up and my wife passed...  I have looking in been looking at myself in the mirror more And more lately and thinking...  WHO THE F**K IS THAT ?  I remember I was so young, so fearless, so strong, so creative and so dam visioned...  I loved doing creative things and fun things like play Drums, Pool and Video Editing...  

      Well... For quite a long time now I have secretly been wanting to get back into playing drums.  I miss the aggression, the creativity and the passion all rolled in one.  Now of course I have no where to put a drum set.  And that angry fat bastard COVID-19 has everything completely shut down.  So I don’t even have a place to go and feed the hungry Beast in me that is roaring to break out.  It’s well known about me that I am a hard core music lover, but you may not know that I really want to make music ! 

  

      I have become a classic “DAD”...  I really want to get back to being... : “ME” !  My eyes are so much more open now.  Maybe age and hard lessons of life are making me wiser ?  Maybe I have "Finally" grown up to become the person that I was always meant to be ?  Who knows ?   Either way, it’s about time I get back to being “ME”...  Start enjoying MY life and start doing the things that I love doing again...  I may have been born in the wrong body and forced to “Not be myself”, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy doing the things that make me who I am... 

      I have had many loves and even more disappointments.   Through it ALL, the 1 person that I never really paid any attention to was...  ME !  ME, DAM IT !!!!   I was someones SON.   I was someones Brother.   I was someones Husband, Father, Nephew, BLAH BLAH BLAH.   

      NOW... WHO THE FUCK AM I ?   That is the 1 main question that I have yet to still answer, and I am past the BIG 4-0.   I have lived for everyone else, but ME.   I have lived for this one and I lived for that one.  I pleased my family and I humored my "so-called" friends.  Does anyone really care for "ME" or want to know who I really am inside or what makes “ME” happy ?  It’s time I start living for ME !   

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FREEDOM

      As I look back on my like...  I can't help but wonder : Why did I have to learn lessons the HARD WAY ?  I have been in the most horrific situations unnecessarily.  So much of my life wasted unnecessarily, only because I made the wrong choices and I didn't listen to the advice of my elders.  In other words, I was told the stove was HOT, but I still had to touch it and get burned to truly "LEARN" (and retain and understand).  That being said...  Lets's talk about : FREEDOM !  

      Now, FREEDOM is a precious and fragile thing.  You can lose your freedom (and peace of mind) in more ways than you may think.  I bet the first thing you are thinking right now as you read this is that I am talking about people going to jail Right... : WRONG !  I have some news and food for thought, for all of you (my readers).  You can lose your freedom in many ways, other than just being put in a cage.  In fact, there are millions of "lost people" walking up and down the streets, than in any prison.  Did you know that in many regards, none of us in today's world are "TRULY FREE".  However, for the purposes of this blog entry today, I am specifically talking about, losing your freedom by your own misguided choices.

      Throughout my lifetime, as I look back..., WAAAAAYYYY  BACK...  I remember...  I had the opportunity to make choices that, at the time, I didn't see or was obviously made aware of.  However, I want to tell you that I am finally at a point in my lifetime, where I can make some choices that I wish I had made when I was in my late teens / early 20's.  That's so bad to admit openly, but it's true. However, times were much different back then.  I lost my freedom many years ago just by making 1 bad decision when I was about 18 / 19 years old.  If only I could have had a glimpse of my future, I swear...  Long story short...  Here is wisdom for all you young people out there.  If you are single and have no kids : DON'T !!!!  Protect your life, your body, your peace of mind, your future, and your FREEDOM.  Stay by yourself and put your energy into the one person that you will always overlook...  YOURSELF !  Some people say, "I don't want to be alone" or they are afraid of being alone.  STOP looking at the glass as half empty and look at the world of opportunities that you have right in front of you, without ANYONE, ANYTHING or ANY SITUATION standing in your way.  You are the first and only person that you should be thinking about right now !  You have the most golden opportunities sitting right in front of you if you can open your eyes and open your closed heart to see it.   

      Stay alone and enjoy your FREEDOM !  You have no idea how easy it is to lose it and how hard you will have to fight to get it back : IF YOU CAN EVER GET IT BACK ! 

      There are oceans of opportunities out there in life that you will never see until it's too late and you can't reach it anymore but once could and didn't know it, and you can only wish you could now...  So if no one has told you this yet, STOP...  Look around you...  WAKE UP FOOL and live your life.  My father always said : Son... It is those who are closest to you that can hurt you the most (and always do).  So peacefully and quietly eliminate everyone from your life that is no good to you and are holding you back.  Separate yourself from everything and everyone around you.  Get a fresh start.  Go somewhere, where you don't know anyone and no one knows you (on purpose and WITH a purpose).  Get a fresh start.  Don't be afraid.  Don't end up like me, over 40 years old, full of regrets, shoulda, coulda woulda's and no way to go back in time to recapture all those lost wasted years.  Live your dreams NOW, enjoy your freedom, and whatever you do, NEVER ALLOW ANYONE TO GET "TOO CLOSE" TO YOU.  After all, No one in life has your best interest in mind and in the heart than : YOU YOURSELF !  Freedom...  So precious and easy to lose...  So hard to protect and get back !  If you can...  BREAK THE CHAINS, don't have kids and steer clear of rotten, life-draining, dead-end relationships.  Put your life and your trust in GOD and stay to yourself.  Break the empty bondage.  Now move forward...

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