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Hey everyone, allow me to take up a bit of your time to introduce myself.
I go by itxmi, yes it's an alias since I value my privacy
. On 10th of December 2022, a month before my 18th birthday, I was on my habitual nightly walk. To pass some time, I whipped out my Notes app and browsed through 100s of notes which mostly consisted of:
At this point you're probably expecting me to say something along the lines of "From that day onward, I went to the gym, ate 1500 calories, walked 15k steps, meditated and journaled every single day, and oh btw, I also started 4 businesses of which 1 succeeded and am making €100k a month in profit from. Life is awesome".
I'm sorry to break it to you but that's NOT the case here, not even close. The bad habits didn't vanish in one day, neither did the self hate or the SCRIPTED mindset. But it sparked something inside of me, I'm not sure if I can call it a FTE, but it was definitely a FTM.
Not soon after that I heard about TMF from a Youtuber called Hamza, on 17th of December 2023 the book arrived at my doorstep, but I put off reading TMF for about 3 months because of the excuses I made up for myself, "I'll read it when no one is home, that way I can fully immerse myself into it" or "I'll read it when I buy new markers, mine are running out",
Kinda embarassing but whatever, once I read the first sentence I was HOOKED, I felt like my whole world had changed, suddenly bad grades, a college degree and a 9-5 job didn't matter to me. Before reading, I knew creating something that thousands of people use was always something I wanted to do but simultaniously I wanted freedom and have wealth. Now I could do both, but as I previously stated, my whole life didn't suddenly change, I had gradually begun to replace bad habits, work out at home, stopped eating junkfood almost entirely, reading books, trying to get into SMMA etc but I still felt like I was lacking something, and because of that, my progress towards my goals (one of which was an SMMA) was very slow and I wasn't achieving things as I had planned to.
Even with a realistic and easy-to-stick to plan, I felt like I was stuck and I was at an all time low, it's how I gained back the 15lbs I had lost along with an extra 10lbs during summer, not only that but I had also been action faking for months. I was at my lowest, I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere, but around that same time I stumbled accross a Telegram channel, and I started making bits of money, I went from making €30 to €200-500 each time I did what I did, I can't tell you what I was doing for obvious reasons but I can assure you it wasn't drugs or scamming people, it was borderline ethical. But it was spent as easily as it was made, to me that money had no history, no value, no proof of my hard work.
At the start of October I began my first year of College, my parents gave me no other choice, and before I knew it, I already messed up my first year of college. Almost 2 months in, I had another FTM but this time it came with a vague meaning and purpose That's all I needed, even if it was vague it was at least something, and I started to lock in again, every day my purpose started to become more and more clear. I had found several purposes:
I started developing good habits and trying to change for the better. Around the start of December, as I was scrolling through this forum, I came accross an interesting thread involving Web Design.
After I thoroughly read through it, I checked out Rob's profile and signed up for his newsletter in order to receive a free version of his book, you see, after finishing his book in just 2 hours I was convinced this was IT, it was the jumpstart that I needed to go Fastlane, with this I could get a cashflow running and I'd be able to free myself from College in order to pursue the Fastlane way of life: solving problems. In short, I wanted free myself from having to work a 9-5 job which in turn would allow me to work less, earn more and use my free time to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. I now had a solid plan which lay well within my interests and skillset, webdesign. But here another problem arose: I was too broke to join the program. So before I figured out a way to afford it, I used Rob's free resources on Youtube
On the 13th of December, coincidentally a year after I had my first FTM, I received an email from Rob, I had the opportunity to join his program for just $95/month, so I purchased it with just $150 on the bank. Once I had access to the program I took notes on each section as I studied, in the meantime I still did some SEO work for my dad's business. Soon after this,I started developing more and more good habits such as journaling, meditation and planning my day the night before etc. As New Year closed in I convinced my dad to agree to a proposal I had set up: If I can get his website to rank in the top 3 results for [Locksmith + City], he'll have to pay me €1,000. Now I know, €1,000 isn't worth the effort, you have to keep in mind that this is my first "client" and as I progress, I can leverage these results to get more clients!
Fast forward to today, 2,5 months later, and I'm at a point in my life where I never imagined I'd be 12 months ago. Not only in terms of my knowledge but also mentally and physically. However I wasted pretty much the entirety of Januari on cold outreach because I didn't want to face the fear of the unknown: networking and socialising, but 3 weeks ago I got an mail about a networking event being organized in my city, and I stared at it for a few seconds, I had fear of the unknown but I knew I had to do it, it's moments like these that I have to overcome if I want to be successful. As MJ said, just wing it. So I did and would you believe me, I landed 2 clients for my webdesign services, one for €200 and the other for €300. Again, I know I asked for way too little but as I previously stated, for my first 2-3 clients it's all about the results which I can leverage to get higher-ticket clients. Believe me it hurts me too knowing I have to design a 4 page website for just €300 lol.
Anyways, the deadlines for these projects are set for next week, so when I'm done I can finally close higher-ticket sales. I know it may not seem like I have achieved a lot but as someome who used to scroll on Tiktok for hours, watch anime all day, eat junkfood, not work out and not get shit done, I am pretty proud of myself as someone who now has a fixed sleeping schedule, goes to the gym, eats healthy, barely uses social media, reads books, meditates, journals and makes use of a 10,5,1 plan. I am trying to be more active on this forum and document my journey so when I become successful and have a productocracy, new members or aspiring entrepreneurs can look back to this post and realize that if I can do it, anyone can.
I have 3 major goals this year:
Anyways I wish all of you success on your own journey!
I go by itxmi, yes it's an alias since I value my privacy
. On 10th of December 2022, a month before my 18th birthday, I was on my habitual nightly walk. To pass some time, I whipped out my Notes app and browsed through 100s of notes which mostly consisted of:- dream journal entries
- random thoughts
- self hate talk
- unrealistic plans to shred 20kg/44lbs in 2 months
- goals of becoming an ethical hacker because it looked cool on TV, although I gotta say it's still something I want to get into when I have all the time in the world
- habits that I had been wanting to develop for months
- a list of projects I wanted to make
- tons of skills that I wanted to learn in 1 year
- rants about the early morning commute to school, which honestly was justified; imagine standing in a crowded bus at 7am with less than 4 hours of sleep
- a plan I made at age 16 where I reverse engineered the process of making €40k right after I turned 18, surprise surprise it comprised of working 3,077 hours or 440 working days at a wage of €13/h until I turned 18. How I thought it was completely okay to trade 128 days for a mere €40k paycheck is still beyond me. Anyways.
At this point you're probably expecting me to say something along the lines of "From that day onward, I went to the gym, ate 1500 calories, walked 15k steps, meditated and journaled every single day, and oh btw, I also started 4 businesses of which 1 succeeded and am making €100k a month in profit from. Life is awesome".
I'm sorry to break it to you but that's NOT the case here, not even close. The bad habits didn't vanish in one day, neither did the self hate or the SCRIPTED mindset. But it sparked something inside of me, I'm not sure if I can call it a FTE, but it was definitely a FTM.
Not soon after that I heard about TMF from a Youtuber called Hamza, on 17th of December 2023 the book arrived at my doorstep, but I put off reading TMF for about 3 months because of the excuses I made up for myself, "I'll read it when no one is home, that way I can fully immerse myself into it" or "I'll read it when I buy new markers, mine are running out",
Kinda embarassing but whatever, once I read the first sentence I was HOOKED, I felt like my whole world had changed, suddenly bad grades, a college degree and a 9-5 job didn't matter to me. Before reading, I knew creating something that thousands of people use was always something I wanted to do but simultaniously I wanted freedom and have wealth. Now I could do both, but as I previously stated, my whole life didn't suddenly change, I had gradually begun to replace bad habits, work out at home, stopped eating junkfood almost entirely, reading books, trying to get into SMMA etc but I still felt like I was lacking something, and because of that, my progress towards my goals (one of which was an SMMA) was very slow and I wasn't achieving things as I had planned to.
Even with a realistic and easy-to-stick to plan, I felt like I was stuck and I was at an all time low, it's how I gained back the 15lbs I had lost along with an extra 10lbs during summer, not only that but I had also been action faking for months. I was at my lowest, I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere, but around that same time I stumbled accross a Telegram channel, and I started making bits of money, I went from making €30 to €200-500 each time I did what I did, I can't tell you what I was doing for obvious reasons but I can assure you it wasn't drugs or scamming people, it was borderline ethical. But it was spent as easily as it was made, to me that money had no history, no value, no proof of my hard work.
At the start of October I began my first year of College, my parents gave me no other choice, and before I knew it, I already messed up my first year of college. Almost 2 months in, I had another FTM but this time it came with a vague meaning and purpose That's all I needed, even if it was vague it was at least something, and I started to lock in again, every day my purpose started to become more and more clear. I had found several purposes:
- Become the best version of myself
- Provide value to people
- Freedom
I started developing good habits and trying to change for the better. Around the start of December, as I was scrolling through this forum, I came accross an interesting thread involving Web Design.
After I thoroughly read through it, I checked out Rob's profile and signed up for his newsletter in order to receive a free version of his book, you see, after finishing his book in just 2 hours I was convinced this was IT, it was the jumpstart that I needed to go Fastlane, with this I could get a cashflow running and I'd be able to free myself from College in order to pursue the Fastlane way of life: solving problems. In short, I wanted free myself from having to work a 9-5 job which in turn would allow me to work less, earn more and use my free time to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. I now had a solid plan which lay well within my interests and skillset, webdesign. But here another problem arose: I was too broke to join the program. So before I figured out a way to afford it, I used Rob's free resources on Youtube
On the 13th of December, coincidentally a year after I had my first FTM, I received an email from Rob, I had the opportunity to join his program for just $95/month, so I purchased it with just $150 on the bank. Once I had access to the program I took notes on each section as I studied, in the meantime I still did some SEO work for my dad's business. Soon after this,I started developing more and more good habits such as journaling, meditation and planning my day the night before etc. As New Year closed in I convinced my dad to agree to a proposal I had set up: If I can get his website to rank in the top 3 results for [Locksmith + City], he'll have to pay me €1,000. Now I know, €1,000 isn't worth the effort, you have to keep in mind that this is my first "client" and as I progress, I can leverage these results to get more clients!
Fast forward to today, 2,5 months later, and I'm at a point in my life where I never imagined I'd be 12 months ago. Not only in terms of my knowledge but also mentally and physically. However I wasted pretty much the entirety of Januari on cold outreach because I didn't want to face the fear of the unknown: networking and socialising, but 3 weeks ago I got an mail about a networking event being organized in my city, and I stared at it for a few seconds, I had fear of the unknown but I knew I had to do it, it's moments like these that I have to overcome if I want to be successful. As MJ said, just wing it. So I did and would you believe me, I landed 2 clients for my webdesign services, one for €200 and the other for €300. Again, I know I asked for way too little but as I previously stated, for my first 2-3 clients it's all about the results which I can leverage to get higher-ticket clients. Believe me it hurts me too knowing I have to design a 4 page website for just €300 lol.
Anyways, the deadlines for these projects are set for next week, so when I'm done I can finally close higher-ticket sales. I know it may not seem like I have achieved a lot but as someome who used to scroll on Tiktok for hours, watch anime all day, eat junkfood, not work out and not get shit done, I am pretty proud of myself as someone who now has a fixed sleeping schedule, goes to the gym, eats healthy, barely uses social media, reads books, meditates, journals and makes use of a 10,5,1 plan. I am trying to be more active on this forum and document my journey so when I become successful and have a productocracy, new members or aspiring entrepreneurs can look back to this post and realize that if I can do it, anyone can.
I have 3 major goals this year:
- Lose 18kg/36lbs of fat by the end of June 2024
- Breakdown: 18kg fat = 138,600 calories
- Days remaining: 118
- Daily Total Deficit Minimum: 1,174 calories
- Eat 1500 cal a day | BMR Calories: 2000 | Deficit: 500
- Walk 10,000 Steps | Deficit: 600
- 1.5hr workout | Deficit: 250
- Make €10,000/m with Webdesign by the end of June 2024
- Breakdown: 1 x 10k client or 2 x 5 clients
- Days remaining: 118
- Strategy:
- Attend 3 networking events every month
- Referals from past projects (or putting my brandname in the footer of a client's site)
- Warm leads
- Visiting 3 businesses in person every day
- Send 750 cold emails every week
- Cold call 10 businesses every day
- Move out of parent's house into a student apartment
- Good one costs around €600/month all inclusive
- Will do this as soon as I start making €1,500
- Benefits:
- Increased focus and privacy (I have 5 siblings all younger than me so you understand)
- Always wanted to live alone
- Is it a worthy investment?
- I have thought about it and F*ck yes it is. Can't focus at home whatsoever, get called downstairs 3 times every hour for some stupid shit, I share a room with a messy 17 year old brother as someone who values cleanliness, 2 year old brother barges in and messes up everything as well, get woken up early in the morning by someone who's making too much noise for no reason, can't fall asleep early because brother plays ps4 with friends till late in the night, etc. My concentration is at it's highest when no one is around to distract me.
- Overall I believe it will help me get better results, find more clients and improve my life in general, so yes it's necessary.
- Benefits:
Anyways I wish all of you success on your own journey!
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