Happy Earth Day! Today, April 22, marks another anniversary of the modern environmental movement which dates back to 1970. Whether you woke up to clear skies or grey skies with rain, there is always something to make this Earth a bit more healthy.

Earth Day is described as the “largest civic observance in the world.” The picture above is the doodle Google put on their homepage. Every year since 2001, Google has marked each and every Earth Day with a new design.

What did you do to celebrate Earth Day?

With the year 2011 coming to a close in under 24 hours, many seem to reflect on the past year.  The one thing everyone asks themselves is, “What can I do better in the new year?”  This question has started up something called New Years Resolutions and I’m going to share a few of mine with you.  These will all be goals that I wish to accomplish within the year and possibly things that will last a life time.  I hope you have your reading glasses on!

Zachary Tyler Johnson

Zachary is my newly born son who was born on December 25, 2011.  He is absolutely a blessing to my heart and my family.  My goal for him is for me to be the best father I can be to him.  Clearly, this is one of the goals I want to be lasting a lifetime.  Zachary has changed my life for the better and I love him with all my heart.  Things didn’t seem so real until I was the first person to hold him, then it hit me.  I want Zachary to grow up in a Christian family and I have to be his roll model.  I’m extremely excited to start my new lifelong journey with him and Alyssa.

Money

I have always seemed to struggle with my money situation in my life.  I’m praying that this year things will fall into place so I don’t have to struggle so much to keep up with bills and not be so stressed.  It’s a really rough economy right now in the US so it’s very hard to make a buck.  With my car bills close to $1,000 a month alone, it’s been really rough to have money for myself or even to get the car paid!

YouTube

As many of you know, YouTube has been one of my biggest online passions this past year.  I really started to push myself to create decent content for my subscribers.  For the new year, I plan on pushing on great content for all my subscribers.  I’m going to strive to hit 1,000 subscribers and open up a vlogging channel and leave my main channel for tech related videos.  I don’t want things to get jumbled up and such.  If you aren’t already subscribed to my YouTube channel, what are you waiting for!  Click here!

Blogging

Earlier in the year, I was creating close to 5 blog posts a day.  I want to bring back the website and having more blogs on the site.  This could be a long stretch with a new born and having YouTube my primary focus online.  But hey, I’ll do my best!

Freelance

Yes, freelancing has the same concept of making money but in my eyes, it’s completely different.  Making money through job is one thing but making money through things that you actually enjoy doing is different.  I want to better my freelance work over the next year in terms of graphic design, web design, photography…and maybe even video editing.  I think it would be fantastic to start working more from home on Freelancing and making a living that way so I can tie into my first resolution of my baby boy, Zachary.

Sleep

With a new born, I get no sleep.  I would love more sleep!

Believe it or not, that’s all that’s on my list of resolutions.  I like to keep things simple and logical.  Of course it would be nice to sign a multi million dollar contract with Google but it’s just not logical.  I want to keep everything simple and things that I could actually do.

Before you click away, I want to know what your New Years Resolutions are!  Leave them in the comments.

From everyone here at TechJohnson, we just want to take the time out of the Holiday weekend to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.  We hope you spend it with your family and show a lot of love and hospitality.  Remember, Christmas isn’t about receiving gifts, it’s about our Lord, Jesus Christ.  Hope you all enjoy your Holiday and have a wonderful day!  What did you get from Santa?

Happy Labor Day!

Yes, I’m aware that I’m a day late and a dollar short (I never understood that saying?) but it’s better to be late then never!

I’m not sure if people outside of the US celebrate Labor Day so my apologies if you do not.  Here in the US, Labor Day is a National Holiday.  To be completely honest, I’m not sure why we even celebrate the holiday.  If you know the true reasoning, please enlighten me in the comment section.

This year for Labor Day, I spent the night at my friends house.  They had a pretty fun party and a bunch of my friends were there.  They all took part in some beer pong.  No, I wasn’t involved in any of it.  I’m not legally able to drink yet.  In the US, the drinking age is 21 and I’m only 19.

I didn’t get much footage but it was a blast!

What did you do to celebrate Labor Day?  Leave your answers in the comment section.