A small step becomes a giant leap

I just sent out my first newsletter to 10,000 people who said they wanted to hear more from me. What made this such a sweet victory for me was the countless hours of hairpulling frustration finding and installing the right software to allow me to do it. It’s taken 5 weeks to find, install and debug the right software, a process repeated a few times to find just the right set of features. What should have been a fairly easy installation turned into a real bear to install. And then once I got it installed and configured and everything, I find out it doesn’t have a key feature. Anyway, I’m glad to have finally worked that piece out.

One very cool feature is being able to sort by zip code (for the people who’ve given me their zips), so when the day comes (soon, I hope) I start touring, I’ll be able to contact people in specific areas. If you’re not already on my list (which is to say, if you didn’t just get an email from me called “New Years Greetings from Ian Rhett”, then you might consider signing up.

I committed to playing a 30/10/4 playing regimen. At least 30 minutes a day, at least 10 hrs a week, and performing at least 4 times a month. I’m gonna give the maxim “Do what you love and the rest will follow” a serious test.