Hi all,
I'm reading Escaping the Rat Race and new on this forum. I recently read Yula's Fastlane Journey thread and got inspired to write my own. I will do my best to update this thread every weekend.
I'll structure my thread in three sections:
I am 28 living in the Netherlands. After working 4-5 years in Marketing, I decided to switch to a data job. I am now doing a traineeship in Data Engineering. I like the field but after reading The Great Rat Race, my eyes opened. I'd better build something of my own. I spent weeks thinking of a business idea aligned to the CENTS framework, and reading through the forums. I realized I have zero entrepreneurship experience, and that I should just jump in the water instead of reading swimming books forever.
My product
A food item based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. There are many obstacles between making it at home and legally selling it, but if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
WEEKLY PERSONAL GOALS
BUSINESS PROGRESS
THOUGHTS
Having a purpose motivated me in every aspect of my life. The excitement of building my business brick after brick makes me more excited and focused at my job, working out, and other general aspects of my life. Realizing I'm stuck in the rat race is painful, but the light at the end of the tunnel gives me hope and drive to continue.
On the other hand, I should focus on "eating the elephant one bite at a time", instead of acting too far in the future like searching up information for scaling my business. I should act short-sighted with the bigger picture in mind.
I'm reading Escaping the Rat Race and new on this forum. I recently read Yula's Fastlane Journey thread and got inspired to write my own. I will do my best to update this thread every weekend.
I'll structure my thread in three sections:
- Weekly personal goals: namely sports, and physical and mental health. I do want to do it all for my business but I must not sacrifice my health for it.
- Business progress: Last week's business progress + Next week's plan: This allows me to track my progress and to treat all Fastlaners in this forum as my accountability partners.
- Thoughts: A concise, unfiltered paragraph including the main thoughts I had during the week. This can space from satisfaction in getting things done to frustration for being in the Rat Race.
I am 28 living in the Netherlands. After working 4-5 years in Marketing, I decided to switch to a data job. I am now doing a traineeship in Data Engineering. I like the field but after reading The Great Rat Race, my eyes opened. I'd better build something of my own. I spent weeks thinking of a business idea aligned to the CENTS framework, and reading through the forums. I realized I have zero entrepreneurship experience, and that I should just jump in the water instead of reading swimming books forever.
My product
A food item based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. There are many obstacles between making it at home and legally selling it, but if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
WEEKLY PERSONAL GOALS- 5 workouts: 2x kickboxing, 2x strength training, 1x football
- Eating enough calories and macronutrients to sustain my workouts.
- Replace mindless content consumption with reading. This involves reading books, articles pertinent to my business, and this forum, everytime I would otherwise scroll social media (for example, commuting to work).
- Being present and performant at my daily job, while protecting my work/life balance to be able to take care of my business.
BUSINESS PROGRESS
| Next week | |
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THOUGHTSHaving a purpose motivated me in every aspect of my life. The excitement of building my business brick after brick makes me more excited and focused at my job, working out, and other general aspects of my life. Realizing I'm stuck in the rat race is painful, but the light at the end of the tunnel gives me hope and drive to continue.
On the other hand, I should focus on "eating the elephant one bite at a time", instead of acting too far in the future like searching up information for scaling my business. I should act short-sighted with the bigger picture in mind.
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