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Here's my first post (hopefully the start of many!), I wanted to introduce myself, and post regular updates on what will hopefully be my Journey to Family, Fitness & Freedom!<br />
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I'm 39, 40 in October this year, and I need to make some big changes, I'm unhappy with where some of my roads in life have led me, don't get me wrong, I am blessed with 6 beautiful kids, and a gorgeous wife, but we live on the sidewalk, hand to mouth, saving nothing, and spending more than we can afford.<br />
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My health is crap, I weigh in at just over 19st, I have Spondylosis in my back and neck, and have just had tests to see if I have rheumatoid arthritis in my hands, I have Asthma, and smoke around 20-30 cigarettes a day...<br />
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I live in a crappy area that I hate with every ounce of my being, and I don't want my kids to grow up here, its a bad place!.<br />
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So for me, I need to make some HUGE changes to my life, and quickly!, I need to improve my health, 90% of my problems come from the excess weight I am carrying, and the fact I smoke.<br />
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I have stumbled my way through life, always looking for the answer, wasting tons of money I couldn't afford on the latest 'push button magic millionaire maker', I have had many different businesses, from Market Trading to owning an Ecommerce Fancy Dress shop. <br />
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My current business is building websites and providing marketing services for my clients, which generates me around $5-$6k per month.<br />
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<b>MY EPIPHANY...</b><br />
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Last week I read MJ's book, it didn't switch on a lightbulb in my head, it set off a <b>nuclear explosion in my brain</b>!!<br />
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So many things became so clear, I have never been truly 100% devoted to any business I have had, they have always been a tool to keep me afloat money wise, and I pretty quickly lose interest in them. <br />
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This I see now is because I have never been completely devoted to every aspect of them, I procrastinate terribly, I play on my Xbox, watch TV, and I also ended up with a gambling problem, having some good wins, then invariably losing more than I could afford to...for me it was an escape from the grind of my daily life, but ended up being a very costly one!.<br />
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<b>What now?</b><br />
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Now I get my a$$ into gear!, I am having a week off work this week, and I am going to read, I've already taken a look at some of the posts in the forum, and I want to heavily invest some time in picking them apart.<br />
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I'm a member of the local 24/7 gym, so gonna make more use of that, reasses my eating habits, and do my best to kick the smoking habit, I don't want my kids to have to lose their Dad in the next few years due to my poor health, I owe it to them and myself to make these big life changes.<br />
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I consider I have a decent skillset with PPC campaigns, I understand for the most part how SEO works, especially the Local SEO, and I design some pretty nice looking websites - these skills I am sure will be the cornerstone of my new business, but I don't want to provide them as services for others, a million other people do that, I want to use them in my own business, to build it, nurture it, and help it grow into a monster.<br />
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I have a few ideas of what I would like to do, I think the biggest problem I will have is choosing the one which I consider can make me the most money and give me the most freedom when its successful, I am no stranger to 60-100 hour weeks, but this time things will be different, more focussed!. (famous last words, but I feel it in my bones, this time its gonna work!!!).<br />
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So, there you have me, warts and all, I want to update this thread on my upcoming trials and tribulations, successes and failures, and Ultimately my crowning Glory, I want to be leaving the UK in 6 years time with my family for a better life, hopefully in either the US or New Zealand, but I want to be able to know I can do it without having to worry about my health or money.<br />
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This is a great forum with some amazing information, I look forward to getting to know you better <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>
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