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About Me

David Stoddard
T h e U n m o t i v a t e d M o t i v a t i o n a l W r i t e r

I am a writer ! I admit that not so much to speak the obvious, but to convince myself of that same fact. For too long, I thought that when I typed out words, put them in some order which made sense, it was not a huge deal to me. It was just what I did.Over time, I have learned that it is a big deal, it makes a difference and it is worth the effort. Today, I'm taking it more seriously by not taking it so seriously.In the days, weeks and months to come, you'll begin to see what I mean by that. It's been said that life is too important to be taken seriously. Well, we'll take that a step or 3 further with what is to come. What's In It For You?

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My Interests

follow djstoddard at http://twitter.com One question I get from time to time is just what is this Unmotivated Motivational Writer thing? Well, let me see if I can break it down for ya.Basically, it started in some chat room. The saying just sorta popped into my head, then out to my fingers and they magically appeared on the screen. In short, it's something like this...Umotivated
I have these constant feelings that I should be doing so many different things. I have thoughts of countless things to become involved with. I think about them and think about them until eventually the urge to do one of them comes along. So I do become motivated, but not nearly as one would imagine.Motivational
It's been years since I first became interested in the motivational, self-improvement area. The first book was by Dr. Robert Anthony "Doing What You Love, Loving What You Do." But since then, I have never really figured out if it was meant to be something for me to become motivated, or if it was something for me to help others with. So I sorta split the difference.Writer
It's what I do to share what I have learned or experienced. It's not that I "Know" the answers, but I share my own way of looking at things by writing about it.

I'd like to meet:

Writers, presenters, trainers, professional speakers, humorists, funny people and anyone interested in becoming better tomorrow than they are today.

Books:

What's Been Written Three short ebooks: "In Search Of Ourselves," "The Time For Me Is Now," and "A Time For Us." I've been published in various online outlets as well as in print. My words have appeared in the Alton Telegraph, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Presentations Magazine and others.What Is Ahead Getting Back To BasicsToday, thanks to roaming around on MySpace and finding various friends, I have begun the never-ending process of getting back to what I started with so long ago - writing for the sake of writing.What exactly that means, I don't quite know. I imagine it will involve not taking things so seriously, adding more bits of humor to what is written and talked about. And making sure I don't lose myself in the process.

My Blog

Just Twittering Around

Sometimes one has too much time on their hands. I guess that's what makes connecting with folks through things like MySpace so simple. I have met (meaning read words on a screen), from a lot of differ...
Posted by David Stoddard on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:46:00 PST

When Good Happens For Others (April 23)

Over the past several weeks (maybe months, who's to say), good things have been happening to folks around me. Two guys I used to work with are moving ahead with projects, having commercials created, w...
Posted by David Stoddard on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:35:00 PST

Writing with Squids (January 8)

For the writer in you (or in some cases, the unmotivated writer in you), I am starting a lens at squidoo.com. It's for writers and those who have this urge to be writing, but just don't get around to ...
Posted by David Stoddard on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

Time On My Hands (December 18)

This is one of those days we all have I suppose.Here I am sitting at the day job awaiting the arrival of the many users of the lab in hopes of passing the time a bit faster. It's been 4 1/2 hours sinc...
Posted by David Stoddard on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:31:00 PST

What Do I Have To Be Thankful For (November 22, 2007)

I live in a world where at any moment, some nut can come in to a restaurant and open fire on everyone inside. Or go in and rob a bank, and get on the road and drive faster than those at the Indy 500 ...
Posted by David Stoddard on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:57:00 PST

Best Use of Plan-less Time (August 23, 2007)

This weekend was yet another one of those productively unproductive versions which seems to take place way to often. I managed to get some things done. Eating, sleeping, driving for shoes and a cou...
Posted by David Stoddard on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:39:00 PST

Ride Like Nobodys Watchin (August 4, 2007)

Last weekend, I took my bike out for a ride. Not that the bike needed the exercise, but I thought it would like to pal around with me for a bit. Plus, I could use the lift. Our journey together was fa...
Posted by David Stoddard on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:46:00 PST

What Amusement Park Activity Are You? (July 17, ,2007)

It was your typical day after a week or so of 92+ degree days. So one could see that it wasn't exactly something we were dying to go do. But since we had already spent the money on the tickets the day...
Posted by David Stoddard on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:11:00 PST

Start Where You Are (July 3, 2007)

"If you wait, all that happens is you get older."-- Larry McMurty -- That is so often the case, isn't it? With my birthday happening last week, it got me thinking about my own life. What hav...
Posted by David Stoddard on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:01:00 PST

When It's Time To Go (June 14, 2007)

There comes a time when we are presented with an opportunity for something better than what we have. A new job or promotion which will take us closer to what we have dreamed, or you get a letter in th...
Posted by David Stoddard on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:01:00 PST