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I’m making this thread to keep track of my journey, hold myself accountable, and get feedback from members of this forum. Two years from now, I want to have something to look back on similar to my other threads to see how far I’ve come in life.
Context on my journey: MINDSET - From low wage jobs to a Junior DevOps Engineer at a Fortunate 100 company within a few years: My journey | The Entrepreneur Discussion Forum: Talk Fastlane Business (thefastlaneforum.com)
Current situation
My main focus during these two years will be building my skill set to gain technical skills. With these skills, I will have the ability to freelance and build a portfolio of projects.
The next thirty days
My meaning & purpose: I have a niece that I have not seen since 07/17/21. My family won’t let me see her and I know she misses me. The last letter she wrote to me was “I love you so much” before I walked out the door. She’s ten years old and at her age, I had no one to protect me or look up to.
I’m open to feedback and suggestions if you have any. Thank you for reading my thread
Context on my journey: MINDSET - From low wage jobs to a Junior DevOps Engineer at a Fortunate 100 company within a few years: My journey | The Entrepreneur Discussion Forum: Talk Fastlane Business (thefastlaneforum.com)
Current situation
- I live in a studio apartment and pay 1k for rent. Utilities are around $60-$70
- 73k salary in the I.T Field at 24 years old
- Skill wise, I feel that I do not have any technical skills.
- I’ve been at my job learning the software we use and getting familiar with them to provide I.T Support but I do not have anything to fall back on.
- My job title is an IT Analyst, but I do DevOps work.
- $19,500 saved up
- Dealing with health issues such as TMAU2, adrenal fatigue, low cholesterol, gut dysbiosis, low stomach acid,
- Little social media presence
- Was a sex addict for one year
- Few friends & no family
- No kids
08/26/2022 - 08/26/2024
- Building my specialized skill set.
- Since I am in IT, I want my skillset to be web based. I can get a two for one deal by doing this. I can learn skills I need for my job and myself to be self-sufficient
- In addition to learning how to be a DevOps engineer, I want to build my web development skills up as well.
- Become a DevOps Engineer | Roadmap to DevOps Engineer 2022 | Great Learning - This is what my company wants to use as a reference to keep track of the skills I’m learning. Right now, I’ve been learning how to use git (version control).
- View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0prVO3DCtU
- This is where I would like to end up
- Earning IT certifications
- I only have a high school diploma and would like to earn some certifications since I do not have a college degree
- The company I work for will pay for them if I pass them.
- I want to earn the AZ 900 as my second certification to demonstrate I have knowledge in cloud computing.
- So far, I’ve earned my Google IT Certification back in February 2021.
- Gain more life experience
- As stated in The Great Race Rat Escape, you only find problems to solve when you go out and experience life instead of sitting at home all day.
- There’s an app called MeetUp where you can find local meetups in your state and do various activities. This is a good way for me to get out of the apartment and live life.
- I prefer my business to be an offline opportunity rather than an online one.
- Also, I made $39.47 on Mercari by providing value to other people. I sold two items
- Building an online presence
- This thought popped up when I read this thread (NOTABLE! - INVESTING - Your Best and Worse Defenses for Inflation... | The Entrepreneur Discussion Forum: Talk Fastlane Business (thefastlaneforum.com)).
- This will be later into my two-year Planasy because I don’t have much to offer at the moment to provide valuable content to people.
- Getting my health in order
- I’ve been working out with a personal trainer for four months (started 04/18/22). I’ve gotten a better understanding of how to lift and structure my workouts.
- Unfortunately, I have a skinny fat body so the pounds I gain went to my belly (118.5 to 135.2). I’m back at square one where I want to trim my fat to get lean so I can build muscle with a lean foundation.
- I’ve had massive chest pains where I felt I was going to have a heart attack and that’s not good. The stress has been killing me, so the gym helps with it.
My main focus during these two years will be building my skill set to gain technical skills. With these skills, I will have the ability to freelance and build a portfolio of projects.
The next thirty days
- Spend time learning web development and DevOps to build my skillset
- Stop wasting time on porn, doing nothing, feeling sorry for myself,
- Find hobbies I enjoy
- Be consistence and develop discipline
- Focus on my physical and mental health
- Seek therapy for my past trauma
- Sell valuable items to people via Mercari. I sold two already and want to keep the streak alive.
My meaning & purpose: I have a niece that I have not seen since 07/17/21. My family won’t let me see her and I know she misses me. The last letter she wrote to me was “I love you so much” before I walked out the door. She’s ten years old and at her age, I had no one to protect me or look up to.
I’m open to feedback and suggestions if you have any. Thank you for reading my thread
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