Prosperity Attraction – you create your own reality

I’ve been having a blast indulging my inner geek lately!

It’s one of those things I just can’t deny. Every time I try to get too spiritual and serious, things seem to jump up at me and bite me in the butt. What’s up with that?

It’s likely one of those annoying lessons in self-acceptance! You know, the ones where you just have to accept that you are who you are!

So, rather than continuing to resist my geekiness,  I’ve finally decided to embrace it, accept the messages from the universe, and start offering up my web development and internet marketing knowledge to help other Conscious Business Owners thrive online.

And that’s what I’ve done with the Wordpress Launchpad Program. Today was the last day of the first round. And the entire 6-weeks have been a blast.

Here’s what one participant wrote:

Ed is a fabulous teacher. The Wordpress Launchpad Program was clear, concise, and really easy to navigate. He presents things in bite sized pieces that are easy to digest, and build in a natural, comprehensive way. The support system he has created for it, with workbooks, blog postings, and Q & A, adds to the value immensely and adds to the fun and group learning process.

It’s just a thrill to be able to create immediately, with confidence and watch others do the same. Ed is incredibly present and responsive…generous almost to a fault! This is not a job for him. It’s a passion.

The value is extraordinary and I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to build an excellent, kick ass website/blog that isn’t just pretty, but actually does something! Thank you so much Ed!.

Rachel Flower Sensoma

And why am I telling you this? Well I’m glad you asked. It’s because I’ve got the next round of the program beginning on May 13th. And if you register before May 1st, you’ll save $200. So I wanted to make sure I told you about this now so I won’t hear any whining after May 1st!

If you’re a conscious business owner and you don’t yet have a website - or if you have a website that is just sitting there because you don’t know what to do with it - you just might want to join the next round of the Wordpress Launchpad Program.

At the end of this six week course you’ll have a fully functional website up and running and have the knowledge and tools needed to update it yourself.

To find out more about the Wordpress Launchpad Progam and how it can help your Conscious Business thrive online, visit Mystic Marketing.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, this crazy economic “crisis” that all the media pundits tell us that we’re in, makes this absolutely the best time to launch a website!

When you do, you’ll have a professional, effective website up and running in just 6-weeks. You’ll know how to update and maintain the site yourself. And you’ll have the basic knowledge needed to drive traffic to your site.

So if you’re ready to get your business online, or upgrade your existing web presence, go check out the Wordpress Launchpad Program and take advantage of this virtually turnkey opportunity.

And, because of the backend work that I do to setup the servers and wordpress software and … oh right, you don’t have to worry about any of that, becaue I do it all… But because I do it all, I’ve got to keep this class small. And that’s another reason to get registered for this program now.

There’s been much talk about H20 powered vehicles recently. A few months ago, Mark Joyner, the creator of Simpleology, went and investigated a company in England that claimed to be able to run a diesel engine on 50% water.

Now, there’s a company in Japan that claims to be able to run a car on water alone!

Too good to be true?

Look at it this way, back when Henry Ford was attempting to mass produce automobiles most people said it was impossible. What did Ford say?

“If you think you can or you think you can’t, either way, you’re right!”

I don’t know about you, but I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this technology. And who knows, in a few years we may be driving around in Water-Powered cars!

Have you ever noticed that some mornings, when the alarm goes off, you’re wide awake and ready to jump out of bed and start your day, and other mornings… well, you just aren’t?

Well you probably know that during the night you cycle through different sleep stages from light, almost awake sleep, through the dreaming state, down into deep, dreamless sleep and back up again. You move through this cycle several times each night.

On the mornings when you don’t have to set your alarm and can wake up whenever you want, you naturally arise when you’re in one of those light, almost awake stages of sleep.

However, on the mornings when you have to be up at a certain time, your alarm clock does not know where you are in the cycle and wakes you up at the time you have set, regardless of where you are in your sleep cycle.

If the alarm happens to go off when you’re in a light part of the cycle, great! But if it goes off when you’re in a deep, dreamless sleep state, you are NOT going to feel like getting up!

Enter the SleepTracker Pro Watch.

I’ve been using this cool little device for about 2-months now, and I can tell you that it definitely works!

The theory behind Sleeptracker is simple but effective: It tracks your movements during the night in order to find the best time to wake you in the morning. Here’s what their website says:

SLEEPTRACKER® continuously monitors signals from your body that indicate whether you are asleep or awake. Because you wear SLEEPTRACKER® on your wrist like a watch, its internal sensors can detect even the most subtle physical signals from your body. SLEEPTRACKER® finds your best waking moments, so that waking up has never been easier.

To use the SleepTracker, you set the alarm for the latest time you want to wake up. Then you set a Window during which the SleepTracker will watch for a moment when you are in a light phase of your sleep cycle.
For instance, if I need to be up by 6:00am, I’ll set the alarm for 6:00 and the Alarm Window for 30-minutes. Then, at some point between 5:30am and 6:00am when the Sleeptracker senses that I am close to being awake, the alarm will go off.

Yes, that means that on some mornings, I’ll be up 30-minutes earlier than I “need” to. But because I’m waking up during one of the light sleep state, it’s much easier to get up.

Again, this is from the Sleeptracker website:

By monitoring your sleep cycles for optimal waking moments during the preset ALARM WINDOW, SLEEPTRACKER® finds those almost awake-moments and gently wakes you when you’re most alert. The result? You wake up refreshed instead of groggy. Waking up has never been easier.

Does it work?

In my experience, yes!

Now keep in mind that I’m a morning person, so in general it’s fairly easy for me to wake up. However, since becoming an early riser, there have definitely been mornings when the alarm going off at 5:00am caught me in one of the deep stages of sleep.

Since using the Sleep Tracker those mornings have been very rare. In fact, in the 2-months that I have been using SleepTracker there have only been 2 mornings when the alarm went off at the end of my Alarm Window and caught me in a deep sleep. And each of those mornings were after I had gone to bed much too late.

Usually, the alarm goes off when I am already becoming aware that it is time to get up. And, in fact, there have been quite a few mornings when I have been lying in bed thinking, “Hmm, if this was in my Alarm Window the SleepTracker would be going off right now,” just as the alarm went off!

Other Features:

Vibrating Alarm:

The SleepTracker includes a vibrate alarm which is great if you’re an early riser sharing a bed with a not-so-early riser! I also find that the vibrating alarm wakes me a bit more gently than the audible alarm.

Sleep Data Collection:

Another cool feature of the SleepTracker Pro is its ability to store the data from each of your night’s sleep. (Note that the standard version does not store and upload data). There is a USB cable and software included that allows you to upload your sleep data to a computer and track the quality of your sleep over time. This allows you to track what factors influence your sleep patterns both positively and negatively.

I used the data tracking feature for about 2-weeks and found it interesting. But for me it was not interesting enough to continue uploading the data each morning. Sleeptracker only stores one-night’s worth of data, so if you want to track your sleep patterns you need to upload the data every day.

Note to SleepTracker: If the watch stored more than one-night’s data I would be much more likely to use and benefit from this feature.

I do, however, check my data manually each morning. You can view your sleep data on the Sleeptracker with a view button pushes. And even without the graphs I have benefited from this information.

Nitpicky Stuff:

Other than a desire to have the watch store a week’s worth of sleep data, I have nothing negative to say about the functionality of the Sleeptracker.

The only area I have a little quibble with is the aesthetics of the watch. It’s just not a watch I would choose to wear on a daily basis. This would be less of a problem if they expanded the data storage capacity - then I would only need to bring it into the office once a week. But when I was tracking my sleep data I had to wear – or bring – the watch into my office every day.

And I will say that the Sleeptracker is definitely a conversation starter!

Interestingly, the SleepTracker Standard, which does not allow you to Download Sleep Data to PC looks more like a “normal.”

Bottom Line:

If you’re not a morning person and you have a hard time getting up in the morning, the SleepTracker can help get your mornings off to a better start. And that means that your entire day will be better!

After all, the way you feel when you first wake up often determines the tone of your entire day. The SleepTracker can wake you up gently and allow you to ease your way into the morning. No more jarring alarms and multiple snooze button cycles!

If you’re already a morning person and want your mornings to be even more graceful, the SleepTracker can help you too.

I wear SleepTracker every night, with the alarm set for 5:30am and the Alarm Window set for 30-minutes. Even on Sundays when I let myself sleep in I still let the SleepTracker wake me up and then meditate or go back to sleep if I feel like it.

Product Details:

Price: Sleeptracker Pro - $179; SleepTracker Standard - $149

Warranty: 1-year

Guarantee: 30-day unconditional money back guarantee.

Where to Buy:

You can purchase the SleepTracker Pro or Standard directly from the manufacturer.

Right now they’re offering free shipping (not sure if that will last). You can also have the Sleeptracker giftwrapped for an extra $4.99. And this would definitely be a great gift for anyone you know who could use a little help getting up on the RIGHT side of the bed!

First, the bad news. I discovered last week that the contact form as well as the Subscribe to Comments plugin here at Evolving Times were not working. And they have not been working since I launched the site redesign back in early December.

So… if you’ve submitted a comment and wondered if there’s been a response, there probably has been.

And… if you sent me an email using the contact form, and have been holding your breath awaiting my reply, you’re going to be waiting a quite a bit longer because I did not receive it!

Now, the good news. The contact form and subscribe to comments plugin are both working now! So if you tried to contact me in the past month or so, please try again. And if you subscribed to a comment thread, you should start seeing updates now.

And I apologize for any confusion or frustration this has caused.