Thanks again Walt Disney for never quitting

One Man's Dream photo
After applying my Mickey Mouse sticker to the Walt Disney tribute mural, i walked around a bit. Reminisced about my first role at Disney, “Jungle Jeff”.

 

One Man's Dream photo
Pressed for time, i decided to watch the movie anyway. Rather than exit the theater normally, the Disney Host invited us to exit (reenter) back into One Man’s Dream.

 

One Man's Dream photo
Notice “Project X”? The initial “top secret” name.

 

One Man's Dream photo
Notice the name change to The Florida Project?

 

One Man's Dream photo
Filming two segments: one for the general public and one for the Florida Governor (Hayden Burns).

 

One Man's Dream photo
Thirty minutes after the first sticker, there are two dozen more.

 

Disney culture experts
Hours later, this was in my Twitter feed.

 

i honestly thought there was simply going to be some type of inspiring presentation about Walt Disney. You know, something you passively observed and enjoyed at your leisure.

The hoopla over me being the first one was a “Magic Moment”.

Never expected it.

One Man’s Dream was literally a ghost town for the first 20 minutes.

This unencumbered time allowed several one-on-one conversations with four Cast Members.

 

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Home anniversaries

Prolific bloggers
Eight consecutive years of writing 5 daily blogs yields this many posts. Crazy. Add in two leap year days for 10 additional posts.

 

Home anniversaries:

  • January 1990, purchased 2-acres behind Magic Kingdom
  • January 25, 1992, moved into current home
  • June 1, 2012, 1st in-ground swimming pool
  • August 15, brought a 3-day old baby home to stay

Stuff adds up over time.

 

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In a garage or in a dining room, it’s all the same

Walt Disney and Steve Jobs and jeff noel
Forgot to take photos during last night’s vert first team meeting via Skype. This is afterwards.

 

Six creatives all gathered together for the first ever meeting as a team.

Two in person and four remotely via Skype.

One hour.

The basics.

  • Intros
  • PBJ metaphor
  • Responsibilities
  • Timelines
  • Q&A

Followed by three small followup meetings afterwards.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

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It was a great example of belonging to a tribe

2016 Florida Class 3A basketball Final
Tied 27-27 at halftime.

 

2016 Florida Class 3A basketball Final
Opponents up by two after three quarters. Each quarter is eight minutes long.

 

2016 Florida Class 3A basketball Final
Tied 50-50 with 4:22 left in the game.

 

2016 Florida Class 3A basketball Final
Less than 11 seconds left, the opponents plan unraveled.

 

One of the most exciting Basketball games i’ve ever been in the bleachers for.

The lead went back and forth repeatedly.

And at one point near the end, it looked like the other team would run away with the win.

For the 15-year old freshman, he witnessed an unprecedented display of school spirit and was there in person to be part of a first ever Boys High School State Championship win.

It was the fifth game we’ve attended, and there were more fans at last night’s final than the other four games combined.

It was moving.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

Never in a million years

Disneyland Hotel
Minutes after checking in, we checked out our view of Disneyland and Downtown Disney.

 

Disneyland Hotel at night
Walking back from Downtown Disney at Disneyland.

 

If you asked me how many consecutive days i’ve blogged or how many total blog posts i’ve written, i couldn’t tell you.

So please hold on a minute while i do some math.

Ok:

  • 2,487 consecutive days to date
  • 12,435 total blog posts to date

Crazy to remember two things:

  1. Deep down, i didn’t think i could make it 100 straight days.
  2. i never had any intentions of blogging past the 100th day.

Certain life events happen to remind us that we are limited by our beliefs. So be careful what we believe.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.