Hey all,
Paul here. I found this forum (today), by typing in Google "how often should I write my goals down" and I saw a post from thefastlaneforum in the search engine results page.
A little background about myself:
I was born and raised here in Southern California as an "only child" (or so I thought), and was raised in the ghetto parts of Long Beach. Growing up, my mother was always at work from 2 PM to 11 PM, and my father was always drunk the moment he came home from work. The main thing that raised me was Nickelodeon, and MMORPG (massive online role playing games - Everquest).
Fast forward to the age of 20, my father got into a major accident where he landed on the floor, cracked his head opened and was sent to the ICU. He had a mild stroke / dehydration from drinking too much.
Thankfully, he was able to recover (but not fully). He wasn't able to work again, nor drive. However, having him as a "father" sober was the best feeling ever. This was the time I was able to experience a real father (from my age 20-28).
Fast forward to 2012, I discovered that I had a half sister, which made me realized why my dad was depressed and drank a lot. He was hiding something from his family. I found out she was a victim of human trafficking, and was in Aman Jordan at that time. Through a long process (won't go too much into detail), and dealing with a corrupted embassy, I was able to send her back home to her family in the Philippines. (I didn't meet her until 2016, but even though I haven't met her, I felt like it was the right thing to do).
Fast forward to 2015, my father had passed away and now it's just me and my mom... (sister doing her own thing in the Philippines).
Throughout this whole journey, I studied SEO through forums, and utilizing Google. I didn't learn a damn thing in school, but I still got a degree for my pops as it was his dream. Today, I work for a large e-commerce, doing SEO. However, I'm not happy.
I started thinking, what's my purpose? Or the fact that I know I have a BIGGER purpose, rather than just coming into work, do my thing, go home, go to the gym, sleep, wake up, repeat 5 days a week.
I have a skillset in SEO, and now I want to scale further towards affiliate marketing, and starting my own agency vs. working at a 9-5. I want to live the financial freedom. To be able to wake up at my own time, go to the beach, spend time with family, and then work. Rather than just wake up, work, go home, go gym, go home, sleep, repeat. I realized TIME is extremely valuable..
And I really want to give back to the world. And also make a change just like how I helped get my sister back home to the Philippines...
And so now I'm here, to hopefully gain the confidence, the mindset, and to know that I will do this. To take the jump, and never look back.
Paul here. I found this forum (today), by typing in Google "how often should I write my goals down" and I saw a post from thefastlaneforum in the search engine results page.
A little background about myself:
I was born and raised here in Southern California as an "only child" (or so I thought), and was raised in the ghetto parts of Long Beach. Growing up, my mother was always at work from 2 PM to 11 PM, and my father was always drunk the moment he came home from work. The main thing that raised me was Nickelodeon, and MMORPG (massive online role playing games - Everquest).
Fast forward to the age of 20, my father got into a major accident where he landed on the floor, cracked his head opened and was sent to the ICU. He had a mild stroke / dehydration from drinking too much.
Thankfully, he was able to recover (but not fully). He wasn't able to work again, nor drive. However, having him as a "father" sober was the best feeling ever. This was the time I was able to experience a real father (from my age 20-28).
Fast forward to 2012, I discovered that I had a half sister, which made me realized why my dad was depressed and drank a lot. He was hiding something from his family. I found out she was a victim of human trafficking, and was in Aman Jordan at that time. Through a long process (won't go too much into detail), and dealing with a corrupted embassy, I was able to send her back home to her family in the Philippines. (I didn't meet her until 2016, but even though I haven't met her, I felt like it was the right thing to do).
Fast forward to 2015, my father had passed away and now it's just me and my mom... (sister doing her own thing in the Philippines).
Throughout this whole journey, I studied SEO through forums, and utilizing Google. I didn't learn a damn thing in school, but I still got a degree for my pops as it was his dream. Today, I work for a large e-commerce, doing SEO. However, I'm not happy.
I started thinking, what's my purpose? Or the fact that I know I have a BIGGER purpose, rather than just coming into work, do my thing, go home, go to the gym, sleep, wake up, repeat 5 days a week.
I have a skillset in SEO, and now I want to scale further towards affiliate marketing, and starting my own agency vs. working at a 9-5. I want to live the financial freedom. To be able to wake up at my own time, go to the beach, spend time with family, and then work. Rather than just wake up, work, go home, go gym, go home, sleep, repeat. I realized TIME is extremely valuable..
And I really want to give back to the world. And also make a change just like how I helped get my sister back home to the Philippines...
And so now I'm here, to hopefully gain the confidence, the mindset, and to know that I will do this. To take the jump, and never look back.
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