Know Your Limits by Testing Them.
I’ve been thinking. I’m wondering what YOU would do if you didn’t have to pay for your housing next month?
If you’re a home owner; what would you do if you didn’t have to pay you next mortgage payment, or save that extra money away to make your property tax payment?
I know our home mortgage use to be a little over $…
When I was around twelve years old, my mom and dad started taking me and my brother and sister up to my aunt’s cabin in Minocqua, WI. I had the fortune of spending extended weekends on Twin Bear Lake almost every year.
I remember experiencing the coolness of the dark cabin as my dad creaked open the door in early spring. It felt as if we were the first explorers to enter Tut’s Tomb. The rush of cedar and damp stillness of the air added to the mystery. Dad would walk over to the curtains and slide them open with a silence-breaking woosh. Blinding light poured into the cavernous great room as clouds of dust that sat patiently on the wool curtains for seasons awoke with the thunder. My brother, sister and I then hauled in crates and bags of delicacies from the family station wagon.
The Caprice wagon was like another character in our story…
I have flown first-class and I have to say I did like it. I was bumped from coach because I asked to be put on a list. I just asked the person at the Delta desk, “If first class is not full, I’d like to be put on the waiting list. Thank you.” That is it.
That doesn’t work every time obviously. I want to tell you the best second option.
Far From Haggersville Mystery – Original Trailer from Matthew Peters on Vimeo.
One of my biggest achievements to date has been the making of the interactive music album Far from Haggersville. FFH is a music album, short film, mystery and cross-country hunt for thousands of dollars in GOLD from on-line and in the real world. The treasure hunt IS solvable but extremely difficult to solve. I’ve always been fascinated with hidden treasure and realized that the likelihood of finding one would be very slim. So I took the opportunity to create my own.
I used graphic design, sound effects, multiple ciphers & cryptography, music, lyrics, geocaching, web, emerging technologies, stone-age technology, sound triggers, radio waves, history, UV light and based it around a web 2.0 platform.
Unlike “treasure hunts” that big name films and cereal companies alike create as a marketing strategy geared to the lowest common denominator, I realized that most people using the web will talk and share hints, solutions and strategies to either show off their intelligence or just be social. I guarantee that hunters will not be left with, “Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine.”
I love filmmaking, song writing, singing, playing music, mystery, writing, travel, treasure hunting and was able to create a project that encompassed all of my passions into one. I was able to sell my business and broker a large real estate deal to pay for it all. It allowed me to write the screenplay, hire the actors, shoot the movie, edit the footage, sing, play multiple instruments, sequence, reverse-engineer a real treasure hunt (national treasure style), create sound scenes, work with some great people and have the time of my life doing it. Who could ask for anything more. I’m glad I took the risk.
I get to say that I accomplished a life dream and will always have that.
http://www.haggersville.com (old site is down for db maintenance)
My latest song under “Music” >>>
The complete title to this article is, “How I Gained 10Lbs of Muscle & Lost 12.9Lbs of Fat in 2hrs 5min of Lifting weights over 30 days.”
If you know Tim Ferriss and his “Geek to Freak” Experiment, you will read that he was able to loose 3 lbs of fat and gain (back +) 34 Lbs of muscle by working out a total of 8 x 30 minute lifting sessions over the course of 30 days.
I have commented back to Tim on his blog and instead of going into all of it here, I will copy my post on his blog here:
I’ve recorded about 150 videos in the last 60 days. Many of them will make it here eventually. Until then, here are a few of the first I captured.
Click here to watch Haggersville trailer.
Far From Haggersville is a music album, cross-continent treasure hunt, mystery and short film.
Yes, this is me when I went by the stage name “Peter Mathews” – now I’ve done it!
I didn’t want to record another album/cd just like the 35,000+ others that are released in one form or another every year. The Haggersville story is about a boy named “A.D.N”. or Aidian (whom I named my son after) because of the initials on the demo tape that was found with the journal and other items in a backpack in a bus station locker in the Chicago area. There is a lot more information on the website.
You will find that the best drivers use their car as an extension of themselves. They know the handling the top speed, the breaking the acceleration and can call upon it at the mere thought.
A basketball player becomes one with the ball. They know how that ball will respond to the angle and force they throw it. They have trained with is for so long it becomes a part of who they are.
The best musicians (and drummers) use their tools as an extension of their hands.
It all comes down to connection through familiarity…
