I was thinking this morning what I’ve learnt from the Christmas break – so here goes.

• Fact – In Florida 24% of all mortgages are in default and 44% of mortgages are more than the homes are worth. What should I do with that stunning information?
• That the work we’ve been doing on almost every website has resulted in an improved Google Page Rank – some now as high as PR3.
• Tools – If you are operating in a niche then a very useful tool to monitor some of what’s going on around the world is a new tool by Google – It’s called Google Alerts -  http://www.google.co.uk/alerts?
• Ponder – That Global warming doesn’t mean everyone will get warmer – at the moment it’s between – 8C and – 2C in the UK and yet again the cold weather is exceeding all records

So that brings me back to an eternal question – two actually.

• How can I play my part in being responsible on this planet so that everyone gets a fair crack at life?
• Where are the opportunities in life that these changes will bring – how can we spot them? By the way many of these opportunities are not commercial but that doesn’t mean they are not worth pursuing.

Ok – its been a long time coming but what started out as a simple monday morning call with some freinds who shared a common goal (health in this case) has become something much more. Start Something Today is a beginning that might just lead anywhere – It depends on what we want to do and what we want to start – hence the name.

In todays economic climate we have recognised that we need to be proactive and actively create what matters to us. If we don’t do that we run the risk of getting stuck in a passive state where we watch the hurting world pass by and do nothing about it.

The key categories we have put in place ( we can add more later on) are the things we talk about most often. So here we are at the beginning of what I hope and Trust will be a wild ride where a few people get together to make a real difference and have a lot of fun in the process.

We will have some editorial guidelines to put in place but we have to start some where.

Paul Barton – excitedly

WE have today lived up to the title of the site START SOMETHING TODAY