the matthew Z project

Ever think about what it means to be an organ donor?  Ever wonder how to do it?  Or even if you could donate, given the need?  At one time or another you will be faced with this decision.  Whether it’s at the time you recieve your license for the first time, or when you have a family, or perhaps if someone in your family becomes ill and is in need of a donation.  Here are my 5 reasons why you should think even more about it.

1. it HELPS!

Each organ and tissue donor saves or improves the lives of as many as 50 people. Giving the “Gift of Life” may lighten the grief of the donor’s own family. Many donor families say that knowing other lives have been saved helps them cope with their tragic loss.

Get Started

• Register with your state donor registry, if available.
• Designate your decision on your driver’s license.
• Sign a donor card and carry it with you.
  • Download a page of eight donor cards that you may print and sign.
• Talk to your Family. To help your family understand and carry out your wishes, sit down with your loved ones and tell them about your decision to be an organ and tissue donor. They can serve as your advocate and may be asked to give consent for donation or provide information to the transplant team. 

To learn more visit www.organdonor.gov

2. there is a huge NEED for donors

The waiting list is getting bigger and bigger.  The number of patients requiring a life-saving transplant continues to increase, and at a much faster pace then available donors.  Conservative estimates are that 300 new transplant candidates are added to the waiting list each month. Read more…

cute Packer's fans

Hi, I’m matthew Z.  Nothing special about me.  I have a beautiful wife, Melisa, and two wonderful daughters named Lauren and Lindsay.  That is Lauren in the picture with me.  As you can tell we’re Greenbay Packer’s fanatics.  Although she didn’t have a choice, she’s embraced it well! We live in small town USA, average to say the least.  Melisa is a stay at home mother (more than full time) and I am a blue collar, drive 20 minutes each way, wannabe middle manager who is looking for that “Ah-ha!” moment.  Sadly I’ll tell you I haven’t found it yet. But I will keep you posted.

What do I hope to achieve over the next year? I’d like to offer anything that I feel will help anyone better themselves.  I’ll try to give better ideas, better gadget advice, better strategies for happiness, just anything better! I want to help better you, and perhaps in doing that I will help better myself.   

extended family Christmas party

First off…health.  Anything I find that may make you (and I) healthier, I’ll share.  Hopefully this won’t be as painful as I think. Health and Happiness…happiness and health. I may be on to something.

Secondly…wealth.  This can be approached in so many ways.  This one I will only offer opinions and self examples, but will in no way try to sell you anything, or offer get rich quick schemes.  I WON’T! Correcting financial issues, especially in our rat race, instantaneous click here to fix, lifes, it will take time.  So be patient and disciplined.  Good things come to those who stick to the key values outlined and don’t let bad situations change them.  Don’t let financial hard-times alter your goal or strategy.  Doing so will only make things worse.  In our debt = money environments, it’s often good to go back to the basics.  We’ll touch on this more later. Read more…