2006 Midyear update
update - 8 July 06
Hmmm… so much for ‘regular blogging’. It’s now 6 months later, and life has moved on. Mostly in positive ways, I’m glad to say.
The most significant change is that I’ve decided to focus on a face-to-face business rather than e-business, though I do use websites in the process. Earlier this year I started taking (seriously) a range of nutritional products that I knew to be helpful against tiredness – that “forever weary” feeling that was getting me down at times. Somewhat to my surprise, I found myself feeling greatly energised and having fewer headaches. As a bonus, I’ve lost about 10kg so far – a few more to go. So as soon as the editing load abated a bit, I shifted my attention to the wellness industry to start spreading the word – helping other people feel better, be “weller” and lose/gain weight as required, using the same range of products that had helped me (and still are).
Some of you may know that I had a stab at this before, about 5 years ago – but this time I chose my sponsors very carefully. It’s a multi-level marketing (MLM) business, so one’s upline matters – you want to be part of a team that offers excellent training and support. Which mine does – not only to me, but to my downline, which is small but growing. One spin-off of all this is that I’m meeting a lot of interesting people, both among potential clients/ downline distributors and among distributors already in the business. The environment is very supportive – the company encourages cooperation rather than competition among distributors, and it works brilliantly. The hermit in me is also constantly being nudged out of her comfort zone – another positive spin-off. I even gave a talk on healthy nutrition at Victoria Hospital the other day. Quite a departure for me!
I’ve often been irritated by the emphasis, in magazines & ads, on weight & shape, so I’ve tended to focus on the tiredness /wellness aspect of our business – but as it turns out, most clients who come to me are looking to lose weight (and a few to gain). Which is fine too. We also have some brilliant products to support the cardiovascular system, & I may make that another focus, especially as I’ve reached a stage of life when several of my friends are having heart attacks, bypasses etc – or simply other surgery, where increased blood flow to the site helps speed up healing. I hope to have a heart health site up soon – meanwhile, if you’re interested, you could look at www.nomoreheartdisease.com, which gives a little background, but mainly advertises a book by the Nobel laureate who researched the products. (Yes, I have the book, and it’s available on loan.)
We are also setting up nutrition clubs (Bophelo Impilo Clubs) in the townships around Cape Town, following the lead of Soweto & other Gauteng townships. These are an exciting development (pioneered in Mexico, where they are very beeeeg) because they empower people both to improve their health and to get out of poverty. One of my goals last year had been to help 10 jobless people find/create employment and become self-supporting. I failed miserably. But perhaps by the end of this year I’ll have achieved that.
An MLM business takes a while to really take off, and I’ll probably have to take on a few more editing jobs before I can do this full-time. First, though, there’s the tax return to do this week!
Enough of work. I haven’t hiked as much this year as I’d have liked – life’s just been quite busy. But I do get out occasionally, and did St James Circuit above Kalk Bay with a few friends yesterday. It was a beautiful day – gentle winter sun, streams flowing strongly after the recent rains, and the colours, especially of the mountains, deep and crisp. I missed my little digital camera, which I’d managed somehow to lose over Easter weekend. (There are some earlier pics up at www.carolameyer.shutterfly.com, if you’re bored.)
I did get to the150th Anniversary celebrations at my school (Hermannsburg) – and what a great time it was too! Most of my classmates returned for the occasion, including some who hadn’t made it to the reunion last year. While up there I also managed to get a copy of the Klingenbergs Book, which traces our genealogy back to Germany (on both parents’ sides, as they happen to have been third cousins). On my return I spent many hours and days poring over that family history and the Hermannsburg history in the Festschrift published for the jubilee.
A family update is that Woody & Sally, in Hong Kong, are planning to move to New Zealand in August. Woody’s lungs have been battling with the pollution in HK – particularly the high sulphur content. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to get to Hong Kong while they were there, but I look forward to visiting New Zealand instead – great hiking there!
Something else I’m looking forward to is (my nephew) Donovan’s wedding in the ‘berg in mid-September. Sav & I will probably take a 2-week break in some game reserve of other timeshare-type place after that, as I have a huge company extravaganza to attend at the Sandton Convention Centre at the end of the month. Should be fun all round.
Enough! Good night
Hmmm… so much for ‘regular blogging’. It’s now 6 months later, and life has moved on. Mostly in positive ways, I’m glad to say.
The most significant change is that I’ve decided to focus on a face-to-face business rather than e-business, though I do use websites in the process. Earlier this year I started taking (seriously) a range of nutritional products that I knew to be helpful against tiredness – that “forever weary” feeling that was getting me down at times. Somewhat to my surprise, I found myself feeling greatly energised and having fewer headaches. As a bonus, I’ve lost about 10kg so far – a few more to go. So as soon as the editing load abated a bit, I shifted my attention to the wellness industry to start spreading the word – helping other people feel better, be “weller” and lose/gain weight as required, using the same range of products that had helped me (and still are).
Some of you may know that I had a stab at this before, about 5 years ago – but this time I chose my sponsors very carefully. It’s a multi-level marketing (MLM) business, so one’s upline matters – you want to be part of a team that offers excellent training and support. Which mine does – not only to me, but to my downline, which is small but growing. One spin-off of all this is that I’m meeting a lot of interesting people, both among potential clients/ downline distributors and among distributors already in the business. The environment is very supportive – the company encourages cooperation rather than competition among distributors, and it works brilliantly. The hermit in me is also constantly being nudged out of her comfort zone – another positive spin-off. I even gave a talk on healthy nutrition at Victoria Hospital the other day. Quite a departure for me!
I’ve often been irritated by the emphasis, in magazines & ads, on weight & shape, so I’ve tended to focus on the tiredness /wellness aspect of our business – but as it turns out, most clients who come to me are looking to lose weight (and a few to gain). Which is fine too. We also have some brilliant products to support the cardiovascular system, & I may make that another focus, especially as I’ve reached a stage of life when several of my friends are having heart attacks, bypasses etc – or simply other surgery, where increased blood flow to the site helps speed up healing. I hope to have a heart health site up soon – meanwhile, if you’re interested, you could look at www.nomoreheartdisease.com, which gives a little background, but mainly advertises a book by the Nobel laureate who researched the products. (Yes, I have the book, and it’s available on loan.)
We are also setting up nutrition clubs (Bophelo Impilo Clubs) in the townships around Cape Town, following the lead of Soweto & other Gauteng townships. These are an exciting development (pioneered in Mexico, where they are very beeeeg) because they empower people both to improve their health and to get out of poverty. One of my goals last year had been to help 10 jobless people find/create employment and become self-supporting. I failed miserably. But perhaps by the end of this year I’ll have achieved that.
An MLM business takes a while to really take off, and I’ll probably have to take on a few more editing jobs before I can do this full-time. First, though, there’s the tax return to do this week!
Enough of work. I haven’t hiked as much this year as I’d have liked – life’s just been quite busy. But I do get out occasionally, and did St James Circuit above Kalk Bay with a few friends yesterday. It was a beautiful day – gentle winter sun, streams flowing strongly after the recent rains, and the colours, especially of the mountains, deep and crisp. I missed my little digital camera, which I’d managed somehow to lose over Easter weekend. (There are some earlier pics up at www.carolameyer.shutterfly.com, if you’re bored.)
I did get to the150th Anniversary celebrations at my school (Hermannsburg) – and what a great time it was too! Most of my classmates returned for the occasion, including some who hadn’t made it to the reunion last year. While up there I also managed to get a copy of the Klingenbergs Book, which traces our genealogy back to Germany (on both parents’ sides, as they happen to have been third cousins). On my return I spent many hours and days poring over that family history and the Hermannsburg history in the Festschrift published for the jubilee.
A family update is that Woody & Sally, in Hong Kong, are planning to move to New Zealand in August. Woody’s lungs have been battling with the pollution in HK – particularly the high sulphur content. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to get to Hong Kong while they were there, but I look forward to visiting New Zealand instead – great hiking there!
Something else I’m looking forward to is (my nephew) Donovan’s wedding in the ‘berg in mid-September. Sav & I will probably take a 2-week break in some game reserve of other timeshare-type place after that, as I have a huge company extravaganza to attend at the Sandton Convention Centre at the end of the month. Should be fun all round.
Enough! Good night
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