TOWN IS DONE :D (Self-reflection)

Finalllyyyyyy, town is over. I don't have to worry about buying groceries, or my nonexistent kids that I can never keep track of, or the reality add-ons that I can't afford. In spite of all of that though, town was really fun. Even though it was stressful, it was still fun, and MUCH better than working out of a textbook. I did, however, leave myself a little behind. I'm writing this blog the day town is due, at 12:35 AM. Oops...
This is my last one though so I'm pretty excited. After this, I have to finish my spreadsheets, fill out the handouts, and just get down the bare priorities.
In hindsight, I could've utilized my work time better in the last few weeks. At the beginning of town I was doing really well, other than being behind in blogs, but in year 3 I really got behind, and only realized it a few hours ago. I fooled myself into thinking I had WAY less work than what I should have.
At the beginning of town I was so hyped up and had this mindset where I was going to finish everything on time and still have time for awesome reality marks...
that didn't really work out though....

Even still, town was fun, regardless of staying up all night, scrambling to pull the final product together.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS !

For Midnight Madness, Eli, Tristan, and I held another lawyer presentation. This time we discussed different things to do with law. Eli did 'what is law?', I did 'how does relate to you', and Tristan did 'what are your rights?'. On top of that, in order to generate some business, we sold family packages to the people who attended our seminar. The packages consisted of wills, adoption certificates, a marriage license, and a prenup. Throughout the course of the night, all three of us also had a 13% off sale. We charged our customers the price before tax minus 13%. The whole night was really fun and I made a lot of money. I got put on retainer for a few people, which means they pay a certain amount of money and I become their lawyer for X amount of hours of X amount of days... you get the point. Annnywaaayss, the whole thing was really fun and I enjoyed it. The downside was that before the sale began, I was a little unorganized. I had to organize the packages, set up my office, print off my catalogue, not to mention the countless times my printer didn't want to cooperate. Oh well, it all worked out in the end.

Blog Post #13

In 2014, Tristan, Eli, and I hosted a will workshop. A bunch of people attended to be informed on how to fill our their will properly. We did this because none of us had made a lot of money in year 1, and no one was really doing what they were supposed to be doing when it came to legal stuff. We had made several announcements but it just wasn't working. The will workshop opened up all our businesses a lot and expanded our customers. From that point on, I started making a lot more money and getting a lot more business. It wasn't just wills though, the workshop, and other means of 'awareness' made more people came to me for real estate and adoption certificates. The format of the workshop was that we handed out wills to everyone who came, and answered everyone's questions about how to fill something out or what something meant, etc.

Blog Post #12

In 2014, the election really heated up. The mayor and candidate brought up the issue of homelessness in Horizonia, and presented us with some very inaccurate stats. They told us that 10% of our population. This brought up some real confusion in the debate but I think Jonah handled it very well, even if he was completely misinformed. He had a good idea, that would work regardless of the amount of homeless people in Horizonia, but it's much easier to do since we're now aware that only around 750 are homeless, rather than 15, 000. Jonah's proposal is to build public housing, drug rehabilitation centre(s), and mental hospitals. I think these ideas will definitely combat this newly brought up issue. Once again, Jonah's campaign outweighs Emma's, but he hasn't done that well in the debates. He has good points and ideas, but nothing to match Emma's rebuttals. He seems to avoid what she brings up which isn't good if he wants to be re-elected.

Blog Post #11

I started 2014 off with a bang. Going to City Hall in Toronto, seeing the countdown with my family, this year has a lot of promise. Midnight Madness was in year 3 and that was really fun. But before that, there were a lot of community events I attended regarding the election, specifically the condo issue. First of all, there was a panel discussion with the mayor, the mayor candidate, Roy Buck, the town planner, the environmentalist, the head of the business association, and the owner of the country club. Emma had some strong points but she really didn't convince me that she had any campaign of her own. She did, however, shut down Jonah's points a lot. I was very disappointed at Jonah's rebuttals, as they didn't even address Emma's points. In that aspect, Emma would make a better mayor, but her platform is completely transparent.I'm totally behind the idea of the condo but Jonah did NOT do well in the debates. His speeches were good, but he just had no rebuttals.

Self Reflection #4

Year 2, AKA 2013 has ended. It was legit so much work, but really fun too. I developed my persona a lot more in year 2. Now I have hobbies, interests, and I've translated some of those into my kids' personalities. I also made a lot more money in year 2, so it's much easier to do stuff I'd want to do as an adult. I can go on trips, buy nice clothes, invest in my hobbies, like buying thousand dollar watches ;) Anywaaaaays, I got on track with my reality add-ons in year 2, I wasn't completely caught up, but I got on top of all that stuff in year 23. I finished my spreadsheets before the year ended this time, unlike year 1, which carried over into year 2... oops. Overall though, I really got on top of my work in year 2, which meant year 3 wasn't too hard.

Blog Post #10

For the new year of 2014, Anthony and I took the family to City Hall in Toronto. I had never been to the new year's celebration there but Anthony had as a kid and said it was awesome. We left in the morning and spent the whole day in the city. We had a really nice breakfast at BOOM on College St. It was pretty expensive but the food there is great.In the afternoon we saw a 4-D movie at AMC, then spent a few hours shopping downtown, which was really fun doing as a kid, and the stores down there are so good. Anthony and I satisfied our obsession by buying a few pairs of shoes, and bought the kids some toques, and other things. The whole day was really fun but the greatest part was City Hall.

We got there at around 9pm, and got some really good seats. The kids were having a great time, not complaining a bit.They loved the show, which most people skip because they just want to see the countdown.We stayed at Anthony's parents' house for the night, got some breakfast the next morning and drove home.

The whole thing was really fun.