Yet another progress thread... this one is @Andy Black 's "fault"
Hey everyone, my name is Cristi, I'ma coder for hire, selling my time as a contractor/freelancer an entrepreneur.
I did an intro nearly two years ago so I won't repeat all of that. Not much has changed since then, only that this time I'm not giving TFL a try, I'm putting all my effort towards it.
I'm writing this more as a way to keep myself accountable. My wife always says that writing is healing. This is going to be like journaling on steroids, but I hope it will help someone. If one person finds value here, it will all be worth it. Most likely it will be less about execution and more about mindset, fighting the demons inside.
I finished a contract about a month ago and every time I finish one, I promise myself this time I will do my own product, I will start a business that can decouple my income from my time. Don't get me wrong, I am well paid, I have flexibility in when I work, how much I work, where I work and so on. But it's a trap! The truth is that when I close my laptop, my income stops. And even though I love coding, I love solving problems and such, I don't see myself working in my seventies. Plus, I have a young family and, from the little time I spend with them, they seem like nice people and I'd like to spend more time with them. The great financial crisis of 2008 and the one we're going through now, clearly show that saving and investing in funds, bonds, stocks, (even) crypto will not make me rich (without insane risks). Not only it will not make me rich quick, it will not make me rich at all.
I'm in the idea stage. Actually, sort of pre-idea stage. That stage where I'm trying to motivate myself to do things differently. I'm trying to learn new things, but the truth is I'm still kind of action faking. I lie to myself that I'm still searching for *the idea*, but I know that I just need to start already on any of the ideas I have. I lie to myself that I'm moving towards an UNSCRIPTED ™ existence, by reading and learning, but I know that I will really learn when I do something. I mean, that's how I learned to code. I didn't learn to code by reading documentation books, I learned by spending 12-14-16 hours a day writing code, by breathing & eating code, by surrounding myself with coders. That's how I learned everything I know.
So if I know what I have to do and I've successfully done it in the past, why the F*ck is it so hard?
Hey everyone, my name is Cristi, I'm
I did an intro nearly two years ago so I won't repeat all of that. Not much has changed since then, only that this time I'm not giving TFL a try, I'm putting all my effort towards it.
I'm writing this more as a way to keep myself accountable. My wife always says that writing is healing. This is going to be like journaling on steroids, but I hope it will help someone. If one person finds value here, it will all be worth it. Most likely it will be less about execution and more about mindset, fighting the demons inside.
I finished a contract about a month ago and every time I finish one, I promise myself this time I will do my own product, I will start a business that can decouple my income from my time. Don't get me wrong, I am well paid, I have flexibility in when I work, how much I work, where I work and so on. But it's a trap! The truth is that when I close my laptop, my income stops. And even though I love coding, I love solving problems and such, I don't see myself working in my seventies. Plus, I have a young family and, from the little time I spend with them, they seem like nice people and I'd like to spend more time with them. The great financial crisis of 2008 and the one we're going through now, clearly show that saving and investing in funds, bonds, stocks, (even) crypto will not make me rich (without insane risks). Not only it will not make me rich quick, it will not make me rich at all.
I'm in the idea stage. Actually, sort of pre-idea stage. That stage where I'm trying to motivate myself to do things differently. I'm trying to learn new things, but the truth is I'm still kind of action faking. I lie to myself that I'm still searching for *the idea*, but I know that I just need to start already on any of the ideas I have. I lie to myself that I'm moving towards an UNSCRIPTED ™ existence, by reading and learning, but I know that I will really learn when I do something. I mean, that's how I learned to code. I didn't learn to code by reading documentation books, I learned by spending 12-14-16 hours a day writing code, by breathing & eating code, by surrounding myself with coders. That's how I learned everything I know.
So if I know what I have to do and I've successfully done it in the past, why the F*ck is it so hard?
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