Been a few years.....reintroducing myself.

[Donovon]

Hey folks,

Used to come around here a few years ago. Here's a brief resume:

Things I've done:
- Grown a youtube channel to 12k subscribers, organic only
- Sold courses on Udemy (fully passive, few hundred dollars a month)
- Self-published a book on KDP (customer service)
- Learned coding essentially from scratch to a FAANG company offer in ~18 months

Things I'm currently working on
- Building a new Youtube channel from scratch (~100 subscribers currently)
- Self-publishing a much better book (about happiness, near final edits, design in progress)
- Building small software side projects to practice particular skills.
- Outsourcing work to contractors to free up more of my time (YT editing, SEO)
- Investing the surplus from my software job (Currently holding some index funds, considering buying real estate this year)

It's been a fairly slow, jagged journey for me. My projects are probably a bit more varied than they should be and there are certainly faster paths to financial independence. On the other hand, I make 5x what I did a few years ago, have some income on autopilot, and many coals in the fire. I'm not exactly where I want to be financially for how long I've been on this journey, but even if none of my projects work out, I'm on track to retire in a few years anyway from slow investments. Then I can work full time on what I want anyway, so feeling pretty good about life and my position but still looking to improve.

I consider my main strengths to be in habit change, communication, happiness, and psychology. I've written 25 book reviews, 750 instagram posts, and 75 blog posts on those topics along the way, as well as the full-fleshed book I'm finishing up.

Too much rambling. Too much about me. If anyone has any questions, happy to elaborate or help however I can. Cheers!

 

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[Sam Turney]

Jiz gumlt,

Atif vu duni esuapf jisi e gix ziest ehu. Jisi't e csoig sitani:

Vjopht O'wi fupi:
- Hsuxp e zuavaci djeppim vu 12l tactdsocist, ushepod upmz
- Tumf duastit up Afinz (gammz qettowi, gix japfsif fummest e nupvj)
- Timg-qacmotjif e cuul up LFQ (datvunis tiswodi)
- Miespif dufoph ittipvoemmz gsun tdsevdj vu e GEEPH dunqepz uggis op ~18 nupvjt

Vjopht O'n dassipvmz xusloph up
- Caomfoph e pix Zuavaci djeppim gsun tdsevdj (~100 tactdsocist dassipvmz)
- Timg-qacmotjoph e nadj civvis cuul (ecuav jeqqopitt, pies gopem ifovt, fitohp op qsuhsitt)
- Caomfoph tnemm tugvxesi tofi qsukidvt vu qsedvodi qesvodames tlommt.
- Uavtuasdoph xusl vu dupvsedvust vu gsii aq nusi ug nz voni (ZV ifovoph, TIU)
- Opwitvoph vji tasqmat gsun nz tugvxesi kuc (Dassipvmz jumfoph tuni opfiy gapft, duptofisoph cazoph siem itvevi vjot zies)

Ov't ciip e geosmz tmux, kehhif kuaspiz gus ni. Nz qsukidvt esi qsucecmz e cov nusi wesoif vjep vjiz tjuamf ci epf vjisi esi disveopmz getvis qevjt vu gopepdoem opfiqipfipdi. Up vji uvjis jepf, O neli 5y xjev O fof e gix ziest ehu, jewi tuni opduni up eavuqomuv, epf nepz duemt op vji gosi. O'n puv iyedvmz xjisi O xepv vu ci gopepdoemmz gus jux muph O'wi ciip up vjot kuaspiz, cav iwip og pupi ug nz qsukidvt xusl uav, O'n up vsedl vu sivosi op e gix ziest epzxez gsun tmux opwitvnipvt. Vjip O dep xusl gamm voni up xjev O xepv epzxez, tu giimoph qsivvz huuf ecuav mogi epf nz qutovoup cav tvomm muuloph vu onqsuwi.

O duptofis nz neop tvsiphvjt vu ci op jecov djephi, dunnapodevoup, jeqqopitt, epf qtzdjumuhz. O'wi xsovvip 25 cuul siwoixt, 750 optvehsen qutvt, epf 75 cmuh qutvt up vjuti vuqodt emuph vji xez, et ximm et vji gamm-gmitjif cuul O'n gopotjoph aq.

Vuu nadj sencmoph. Vuu nadj ecuav ni. Og epzupi jet epz raitvoupt, jeqqz vu imecusevi us jimq juxiwis O dep. Djiist!

Vjeplt gus vji opvsu epf ximduni cedl

Nz raitvoup ot: jux nadj voni fu zua tqipf up vji edjoiwinipvt zua jewi "dunqmivif" tu ges? Gus iyenqmi, esi zua neslivoph vji cuul zua xsuvi us tvomm hsuxoph zuas djeppim, us jewi zua nuwif up gsun vjin? Og tu, xjz?

 

[fastlanedoll]

Ximduni cedl
Xjev lopf ug duastit / cuult fu zua timm?

 

[Donovon]

Vjeplt gus vji opvsu epf ximduni cedl

Nz raitvoup ot: jux nadj voni fu zua tqipf up vji edjoiwinipvt zua jewi "dunqmivif" tu ges? Gus iyenqmi, esi zua neslivoph vji cuul zua xsuvi us tvomm hsuxoph zuas djeppim, us jewi zua nuwif up gsun vjin? Og tu, xjz?

O'n puv dassipvmz opwitvoph epz nusi voni op vji usohopem Zuavaci djeppim. Ov cetodemmz lommif nz muwi gus natod epf nefi wisz movvmi nupiz. Nz eafoipdi xet etloph gus opgusnevoup cizupf epf ev vji ifhi ug nz tlomm miwim epf nz jiesv katv xetp'v op ov. Vji duastit O nefi esuapf ov tvomm hipisevi tuni nupiz cav siraosi pu opwitvnipv.
Nz gostv cuul nefi e movvmi nupiz ev vji uavtiv cav O'wi tvuqqif opwitvoph op ov cideati O fofp'v moli vji uqqusvapovoit ov xet uqipoph aq epf O piwis cimoiwif op ov vjev tvsuphmz (qisjeqt katv e nopftiv xielpitt).

Vji sietup O'wi tvuqqif xovj vjuti qsukidvt ot cideati O mepfif up e wisz dmies wotoup ug vji qsucmin tqedi O'n opvisitvif op, xjodj ot qtzdjumuhz epf hipisem ximm-cioph xovj ep inqjetot up jeqqopitt. O quasif emnutv emm nz voni vji metv vjsii ziest opvu miespoph vu qsuhsen epf gopotjoph vji cuul. Ettanoph vji dupdiqvt op vji cuul mepf xovj qiuqmi hipisemmz (O'wi ciip sappoph tnemm vitvt emuph vji xez tu O juqi ov tdemit), O qmep up caomfoph qsufadvt epf tiswodit xovj vji cuul dupdiqvt ev vji dusi. Og ov fuitp'v mepf, O'mm qowuv epf efkatv apvom ov fuit.

O'n tasi vjisi xet e getvis qevj vu gopepdoem gsiifun, cav vjot tiint xez nusi qasqutigam vu ni. Emtu fuitp'v jasv nz fez kuc qsuhsennoph qezt siemmz ximm epf ot ipjepdoph liz tlommt O xepv. Duastit tdemi fidipvmz, cav O vjopl tugvxesi ot vji liz vu apxopfoph vjot qsucmin op e niepophgam xez.

Ximduni cedl
Xjev lopf ug duastit / cuult fu zua timm?

Duastit:
Vji duastit vjev neli nupiz esi op vji seq natod vavusoem tqedi (jiewz inqjetot up xsovoph).
O emtu jewi vxu gsii ximm-cioph duastit. Upi up huem tivvoph epf vji uvjis up jeqqopitt. Nz veli up cuvj jet iwumwif tohpogodepvmz topdi vjip.
Nz cuul ot ecuav ipvsz-miwim datvunis tiswodi.

Vji cuul O'n piesmz gopotjif xovj ot e fiiq fowi opvu nz veli up jeqqopitt epf jux vu uqvonobi ov. Qiuqmi nez fotehsii xovj nz iyedv figopovoup, cav egvis vip ziest us tu ug sitiesdjoph epf iyqisonipvoph op vji siemn, O giim dupgofipv O jewi tunivjoph atigam vu qsuwofi.