Every now and then I get in a phase where I will mostly listen to one genre of music. Sometimes its progressive rock,sometimes its punk rock, sometimes its electronica indie. Right now it just so happens to be what they call “Backpack Hip Hop.”

Backpack Hip Hop – Mainly consists of local underground rap/hip-hop music artists only. The sub-genre or sub-categoration of the music means nothing, as long as they are a local unsigned (no recording contract) artist.

I don’t regularly listen to gansta rap or anything of that nature, but the backpack genre is really catchy to me. These 4 songs don’t necessarily fit neatly into that category, but musically they share a lot of similarities.

It wasn’t that long ago that I was writing multiple times per week. And then I changed jobs, bought a house, and did a bunch of other stuff. However, some normalization has returned and I fully intend to “be back” once again.

The Only Constant is Change

As Heraclitus said in Ancient Greece, the only constant is change. And before moving on to the future, I wanted to let you all know what I have been up to. Here is a brief synopsis of the past year!

Job Changes

I was working as a supervisor in the supply chain of a Fortune 100 company.

My last post went over my one year anniversary. And then I disappeared.

I did not intend for this to happen, but it did! I’ll give you a little update about what has happened in my life since then, and when I intend to return to my normal posting schedule. I guarantee you that I have been swamped.

Life Events

So, this has been what’s been keeping me away:

1) I was in the process of house hunting and found a house I liked.

One year ago today, I started MyLifeROI.com. I just wanted to write about personal finance. I didn’t have a lot of debt. I didn’t have aspirations to be a full-time blogger. I had no expectations of income from this blog. But I had opinions!

How times have changed (obviously not referring to the opinions part ;) heh)

I appreciate everyone who has followed my site for the past year. You make it more enjoyable for me to share my opinions and findings a few times per week.

MyLifeROI.com in Numbers

Here are some of the statistics from the past year:

I am going to give you tasks that require your attention, memory, concentration and creativity. For example, I am going to give you a puzzle to assemble while throwing tennis balls at a target.

Now, I am going to run three different rounds in a vacuum. In other words, pretend each round is given as if you have no previous knowledge of the exercise. In round 1, I will give you $200 if you perform well. In round 2, I will give you $2,000 if you perform well. In round 3, I will give you $20,000 if you perform well.

In which round will you perform the best?

Most people would say round 3. After all, higher rewards usually drive better results, right? That is the typical line of thinking