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CHAPTER X | Future Millionaire’s Journey As A Former Dishwasher

A detailed account of a Fastlane process...

Hartrun

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CHAPTER X: A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT
"Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would grow." - Eknath Easwaran

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Hope y'all had wonderful holidays. As for the new year, I'm excited to embrace the challenges and opportunities that come with it. I'm determined to make the best of this year and take on every opportunity with an open heart, a clear mind, and relentless determination.


Part I: Progress Stats

December's Financial Statement
December's Financial Statement.PNG

Gross Income: $10,172
Net Income: $6,524
Assets: $6,952
Cash: $13,373
Expenses: $1,616
Debt: $0
Passive Income: $46
Net Worth: $20,325
Profit/Loss: $4,908


Part II: Fastlane Progress

Specialized Labor:
Surprisingly, I managed to write a $92 article of the 4 I wrote in December. Each article takes me approximately an hour to write. In total, I made $142 in active income for December, which is $33 per article on average.
Hmm... I wonder what could happen if I write 40 this month? Quite unlikely because I want to leave this side hustle on the sidelines and focus more on building a Fastlane business.

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Specialized Skill:
I might not have sufficient expertise in sales, but I'm confident that if I apply it in some way through a Fastlane business perhaps, I can gain experience & improve on it. And I think I just may have the right plan to do it in Q1.


Part III: Highlights

The last few months, I have had some instances filled with a lot of uncertainty and a bit of anxiety about my 14-year-old sister's well-being & job performance in Q4 since I know that Q4 is the busiest quarter at my job, especially because it is near Times Square. However, I believe I gave my best at work, but I must humbly admit I wouldn't have done it without drinking Monster and other energy drinks several days every week.

I'm aware this can cause long-term downsides to my health, but for the moment, I try to limit my consumption of it to a couple of days every week. Therefore, now I can start easing myself a bit from my job and give more attention to my Fastlane journey in Q1.



Part IV: Counterpunches/ Accomplishments

EXECUTION (Inputs & Outputs)

Foundational Job:
196 Hours = $10,172 (Gross Income)

Specialized Labor:

  • 4 Articles (Total: 255) = $178
Specialized Skill:
5-10 Hours = In Progress...



Part V: The Future

December was my peak month, which is good to some extent because I get paid every Friday, and December conveniently had 5 Fridays instead of the casual four that most months have. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if my January income is close to half of my December earnings unless I keep up the momentum going.

Additionally, now that 2022 Q4 is over, most of my concentration would now start to get fixated on new ways to increase my income by reinvesting every month's profit into a new planned Fastlane business & myself, even if it's at the cost of not making any short-term profit in order to increase Q4's profits to the maximum in 2023.

In other words, the savings stage for creating my safety net is now completed, and I will now proceed to increase my income every month without worrying about penny-pinching every dollar for an emergency fund in a potential upcoming recession in 2023. However, I will still continue to live frugally by buying what's necessary and not my wants.


*Disclaimer:
This content is for entertainment/ informational/ personal purposes only. It was not created to be a substitute for professional guidance. Consider consulting with a professional or a specialist. Take what you think works for you, and discard what doesn't.

In addition, I only do or say what I think will work or currently works for me or where I personally lack; the monthly updates are primarily based on how I choose to respond to whatever this game called life decides to throw at me personally (actual real-life events). What I do obviously doesn't apply to everybody.
I might've or may give advice by accident or request only, or until I become a Legendary Contributor, this is the reason why I'm currently only active a couple of days here every month. Thanks in advance!


CONTENTS

PART 1 (THE PAWN) | THE DESERT OF DESERTION (TUNEF)
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION (March 2022)
ROUND 1
CHAPTER II: IT'S ALIVE!!! (April 2022)
CHAPTER III: HOPE (May 2022)
CHAPTER IV: 4 LIBERTY (June 2022)

ROUND 2
CHAPTER V: INDEPENDENCE MONTH/ CONFESSION (July 2022)
CHAPTER VI: GLORIOUS RAIN (August 2022)
CHAPTER VII: MY BLOOD (September 2022)

ROUND 3
CHAPTER VIII: MY CLOCK'S TICKING (October 2022)
CHAPTER XI: SPIRITUAL ROCK BOTTOM (November 2022)
CHAPTER X: A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT
 
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This is great! Love the progress write up, this is a good way to keep motivated.

May I ask where you sell your articles? I don't know anything about writing articles, but seems to work for you. So it has peaked my interest.

Thanks!
 

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CHAPTER X: A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT
"Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would grow." - Eknath Easwaran

View attachment 46655

Hope y'all had wonderful holidays. As for the new year, I'm excited to embrace the challenges and opportunities that come with it. I'm determined to make the best of this year and take on every opportunity with an open heart, a clear mind, and relentless determination.

Part I: Progress Stats

December's Financial Statement
View attachment 46657

Gross Income: $10,172
Net Income: $6,524
Assets: $6,952
Cash: $13,373
Expenses: $1,616
Debt: $0
Passive Income: $46
Net Worth: $20,325
Profit/Loss: $4,908


Part II: Fastlane Progress

Specialized Labor:
Surprisingly, I managed to write a $92 article of the 4 I wrote in December. Each article takes me approximately an hour to write. In total, I made $142 in active income for December, which is $33 per article on average.
Hmm... I wonder what could happen if I write 40 this month? Quite unlikely because I want to leave this side hustle on the sidelines and focus more on building a Fastlane business.

View attachment 46656

Specialized Skill:
I might not have sufficient expertise in sales, but I'm confident that if I apply it in some way through a Fastlane business perhaps, I can gain experience & improve on it. And I think I just may have the right plan to do it in Q1.


Part III: Highlights

The last few months, I have had some instances filled with a lot of uncertainty and a bit of anxiety about my 14-year-old sister's well-being & job performance in Q4 since I know that Q4 is the busiest quarter at my job, especially because it is near Times Square. However, I believe I gave my best at work, but I must humbly admit I wouldn't have done it without drinking Monster and other energy drinks several days every week.

I'm aware this can cause long-term downsides to my health, but for the moment, I try to limit my consumption of it to a couple of days every week. Therefore, now I can start easing myself a bit from my job and give more attention to my Fastlane journey in Q1.




Part IV: Counterpunches/ Accomplishments

EXECUTION (Inputs & Outputs)

Foundational Job:
196 Hours = $10,172 (Gross Income)

Specialized Labor:

  • 4 Articles (Total: 255) = $178
Specialized Skill:
5-10 Hours = In Progress...



Part V: The Future

December was my peak month, which is good to some extent because I get paid every Friday, and December conveniently had 5 Fridays instead of the casual four that most months have. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if my January income is close to half of my December earnings unless I keep up the momentum going.

Additionally, now that 2022 Q4 is over, most of my concentration would now start to get fixated on new ways to increase my income by reinvesting every month's profit into a new planned Fastlane business & myself, even if it's at the cost of not making any short-term profit in order to increase Q4's profits to the maximum in 2023.

In other words, the savings stage for creating my safety net is now completed, and I will now proceed to increase my income every month without worrying about penny-pinching every dollar for an emergency fund in a potential upcoming recession in 2023. However, I will still continue to live frugally by buying what's necessary and not my wants.


*Disclaimer:
This content is for entertainment/ informational/ personal purposes only. It was not created to be a substitute for professional guidance. Consider consulting with a professional or a specialist. Take what you think works for you, and discard what doesn't.

De plus, je ne fais ou ne dis que ce qui, selon moi, fonctionnera ou fonctionne actuellement pour moi ou là où je manque personnellement ; les mises à jour mensuelles sont principalement basées sur la façon dont je choisis de répondre à tout ce que ce jeu appelé la vie décide de me lancer personnellement (événements réels de la vie réelle). Ce que je fais ne s'applique évidemment pas à tout le monde.
J'ai peut-être donné ou donné des conseils par accident ou sur demande uniquement, ou jusqu'à ce que je devienne un contributeur légendaire, c'est la raison pour laquelle je ne suis actuellement actif que quelques jours ici chaque mois. Merci d'avance!


CONTENU

PARTIE 1 (LE PION) | LE DÉSERT DE LA DÉSERTION (TUNEF)
CHAPITRE I : INTRODUCTION (mars 2022)
TOUR 1
CHAPITRE II : C'EST VIVANT !!! (avril 2022)
CHAPITRE III : ESPOIR (mai 2022)
CHAPITRE IV : 4 LIBERTÉ (juin 2022)

2ÈME ROUND
CHAPITRE V : MOIS DE L'INDÉPENDANCE / CONFESSION (juillet 2022)
CHAPITRE VI : PLUIE GLORIEUSE (août 2022)
CHAPITRE VII : MON SANG (septembre 2022)

TOUR 3
CHAPITRE VIII : MON HORLOGE COMPTE (Octobre 2022)
CHAPITRE XI : LE FOND SPIRITUEL ROCK (Novembre 2022)
CHAPITRE X : UN APERÇU DE LUMIÈRE
Awesome for writing.
I have Some questions for you.
Where do you sell your items?
What must an article have to be purchased? (more read??? more interesting??? or what?)
 

Hartrun

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Awesome for writing.
I have Some questions for you.
Where do you sell your items?
What must an article have to be purchased? (more read??? more interesting??? or what?)
The website is called medium. Members pay $5 a month to read unlimited articles. Therefore, the article must be able to retain members' reading retention time for as long as possible to outperform other articles in the algorithm. Anyone can publish; it works similarly to YT but in writing format.
 

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This is awesome @Hartrun ! Keep it up.

Not sure how Medium's programme works now, but a couple of years ago a former business partner of mine was a new writer and one of her first 5 articles got picked up by one of the bigger publications and she 1) made about $3000 from that article and 2) it really got her going as a writer (credibility, exposure, followers etc).

She didn't keep up the consistency to really take advantage but I think with your approach you would (especially with the accountability you're doing here). Similar to something I read today... you can try to write a needle in a haystack, or just write the whole damn haystack (with quality of course!!)
 

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