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- Apr 19, 2018
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Howdy folks! I'm a 48 year old who spent most of my life being lazy, fat, broke, depressed, and unhealthy in every way. I had ideals instead of plans. I hit bottom more than once.
About a year ago I started to make some positive changes, one at a time. I'm diabetic, so I did a trial and error with different diets until I found the most effective one. For me, it happened to be plant-based. Yes, I miss the hell out of bacon cheeseburgers, but I'd rather keep my feet.
I started gradually distancing myself from toxic people in my life, including going no-contact with my father who is a narcissist slow-laner who thinks becoming an accountant like him is the only path to a good life. He retired at 65 having paid himself first like a good boy, but ended up with bad health and alcoholism and went into a massive depression when he no longer had a purpose (work for retirement). I had a lot of friends who I'd known for 30 years that I got away from because they waste their lives in negativity and hated seeing me change for the better.
I weaned myself off of debating on social media and am now only using it for marketing.
I spent most of my life wondering what the hell to do with my life.
Two months ago I started exercising for 15 minutes every morning. That has had profound changes in my mental clarity, physical energy, confidence, and so many other factors. I think that one decision was one of the most important I've made.
When I realized I could do that, I decided that I was going to upgrade every aspect of my life: physical, mental, emotional, and financial. I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck and that was a huge life changer. It taught me how entitled and victimized I was being, and taught me to take responsibility for everything about myself and my life.
I read Rich Dad Poor Dad and it gave me a couple of good core ideas, specifically about knowing the difference between an asset and a liability.
Then I picked up Millionaire Fastlane and it permanently rewired my thinking! I just finished it and I'm finally coming up with ideas that I believe are workable and fit CENTS well. I feel invigorated and excited and am already taking action to make things happen. I have a site up, I'm writing like mad, I'm learning SEO, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Swift, and recently switched to Linux Mint because a Windows update destroyed months of writing (my fault for not backing it up, but they proved I can't trust their OS anymore, either).
I know I'm late to the game, but not so late that I can't turn things around. Thank you, MJ, for sharing your knowledge! You're saving my a$$! Or rather, empowering me with the knowledge to save my own! I'm gonna go dig into Unscripted now!
About a year ago I started to make some positive changes, one at a time. I'm diabetic, so I did a trial and error with different diets until I found the most effective one. For me, it happened to be plant-based. Yes, I miss the hell out of bacon cheeseburgers, but I'd rather keep my feet.
I started gradually distancing myself from toxic people in my life, including going no-contact with my father who is a narcissist slow-laner who thinks becoming an accountant like him is the only path to a good life. He retired at 65 having paid himself first like a good boy, but ended up with bad health and alcoholism and went into a massive depression when he no longer had a purpose (work for retirement). I had a lot of friends who I'd known for 30 years that I got away from because they waste their lives in negativity and hated seeing me change for the better.
I weaned myself off of debating on social media and am now only using it for marketing.
I spent most of my life wondering what the hell to do with my life.
Two months ago I started exercising for 15 minutes every morning. That has had profound changes in my mental clarity, physical energy, confidence, and so many other factors. I think that one decision was one of the most important I've made.
When I realized I could do that, I decided that I was going to upgrade every aspect of my life: physical, mental, emotional, and financial. I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck and that was a huge life changer. It taught me how entitled and victimized I was being, and taught me to take responsibility for everything about myself and my life.
I read Rich Dad Poor Dad and it gave me a couple of good core ideas, specifically about knowing the difference between an asset and a liability.
Then I picked up Millionaire Fastlane and it permanently rewired my thinking! I just finished it and I'm finally coming up with ideas that I believe are workable and fit CENTS well. I feel invigorated and excited and am already taking action to make things happen. I have a site up, I'm writing like mad, I'm learning SEO, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Swift, and recently switched to Linux Mint because a Windows update destroyed months of writing (my fault for not backing it up, but they proved I can't trust their OS anymore, either).
I know I'm late to the game, but not so late that I can't turn things around. Thank you, MJ, for sharing your knowledge! You're saving my a$$! Or rather, empowering me with the knowledge to save my own! I'm gonna go dig into Unscripted now!
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