Hi Guys,
Here's my first post (hopefully the start of many!), I wanted to introduce myself, and post regular updates on what will hopefully be my Journey to Family, Fitness & Freedom!
I'm 39, 40 in October this year, and I need to make some big changes, I'm unhappy with where some of my roads in life have led me, don't get me wrong, I am blessed with 6 beautiful kids, and a gorgeous wife, but we live on the sidewalk, hand to mouth, saving nothing, and spending more than we can afford.
My health is crap, I weigh in at just over 19st, I have Spondylosis in my back and neck, and have just had tests to see if I have rheumatoid arthritis in my hands, I have Asthma, and smoke around 20-30 cigarettes a day...
I live in a crappy area that I hate with every ounce of my being, and I don't want my kids to grow up here, its a bad place!.
So for me, I need to make some HUGE changes to my life, and quickly!, I need to improve my health, 90% of my problems come from the excess weight I am carrying, and the fact I smoke.
I have stumbled my way through life, always looking for the answer, wasting tons of money I couldn't afford on the latest 'push button magic millionaire maker', I have had many different businesses, from Market Trading to owning an Ecommerce Fancy Dress shop.
My current business is building websites and providing marketing services for my clients, which generates me around $5-$6k per month.
MY EPIPHANY...
Last week I read MJ's book, it didn't switch on a lightbulb in my head, it set off a nuclear explosion in my brain!!
So many things became so clear, I have never been truly 100% devoted to any business I have had, they have always been a tool to keep me afloat money wise, and I pretty quickly lose interest in them.
This I see now is because I have never been completely devoted to every aspect of them, I procrastinate terribly, I play on my Xbox, watch TV, and I also ended up with a gambling problem, having some good wins, then invariably losing more than I could afford to...for me it was an escape from the grind of my daily life, but ended up being a very costly one!.
What now?
Now I get my a$$ into gear!, I am having a week off work this week, and I am going to read, I've already taken a look at some of the posts in the forum, and I want to heavily invest some time in picking them apart.
I'm a member of the local 24/7 gym, so gonna make more use of that, reasses my eating habits, and do my best to kick the smoking habit, I don't want my kids to have to lose their Dad in the next few years due to my poor health, I owe it to them and myself to make these big life changes.
I consider I have a decent skillset with PPC campaigns, I understand for the most part how SEO works, especially the Local SEO, and I design some pretty nice looking websites - these skills I am sure will be the cornerstone of my new business, but I don't want to provide them as services for others, a million other people do that, I want to use them in my own business, to build it, nurture it, and help it grow into a monster.
I have a few ideas of what I would like to do, I think the biggest problem I will have is choosing the one which I consider can make me the most money and give me the most freedom when its successful, I am no stranger to 60-100 hour weeks, but this time things will be different, more focussed!. (famous last words, but I feel it in my bones, this time its gonna work!!!).
So, there you have me, warts and all, I want to update this thread on my upcoming trials and tribulations, successes and failures, and Ultimately my crowning Glory, I want to be leaving the UK in 6 years time with my family for a better life, hopefully in either the US or New Zealand, but I want to be able to know I can do it without having to worry about my health or money.
This is a great forum with some amazing information, I look forward to getting to know you better
Here's my first post (hopefully the start of many!), I wanted to introduce myself, and post regular updates on what will hopefully be my Journey to Family, Fitness & Freedom!
I'm 39, 40 in October this year, and I need to make some big changes, I'm unhappy with where some of my roads in life have led me, don't get me wrong, I am blessed with 6 beautiful kids, and a gorgeous wife, but we live on the sidewalk, hand to mouth, saving nothing, and spending more than we can afford.
My health is crap, I weigh in at just over 19st, I have Spondylosis in my back and neck, and have just had tests to see if I have rheumatoid arthritis in my hands, I have Asthma, and smoke around 20-30 cigarettes a day...
I live in a crappy area that I hate with every ounce of my being, and I don't want my kids to grow up here, its a bad place!.
So for me, I need to make some HUGE changes to my life, and quickly!, I need to improve my health, 90% of my problems come from the excess weight I am carrying, and the fact I smoke.
I have stumbled my way through life, always looking for the answer, wasting tons of money I couldn't afford on the latest 'push button magic millionaire maker', I have had many different businesses, from Market Trading to owning an Ecommerce Fancy Dress shop.
My current business is building websites and providing marketing services for my clients, which generates me around $5-$6k per month.
MY EPIPHANY...
Last week I read MJ's book, it didn't switch on a lightbulb in my head, it set off a nuclear explosion in my brain!!
So many things became so clear, I have never been truly 100% devoted to any business I have had, they have always been a tool to keep me afloat money wise, and I pretty quickly lose interest in them.
This I see now is because I have never been completely devoted to every aspect of them, I procrastinate terribly, I play on my Xbox, watch TV, and I also ended up with a gambling problem, having some good wins, then invariably losing more than I could afford to...for me it was an escape from the grind of my daily life, but ended up being a very costly one!.
What now?
Now I get my a$$ into gear!, I am having a week off work this week, and I am going to read, I've already taken a look at some of the posts in the forum, and I want to heavily invest some time in picking them apart.
I'm a member of the local 24/7 gym, so gonna make more use of that, reasses my eating habits, and do my best to kick the smoking habit, I don't want my kids to have to lose their Dad in the next few years due to my poor health, I owe it to them and myself to make these big life changes.
I consider I have a decent skillset with PPC campaigns, I understand for the most part how SEO works, especially the Local SEO, and I design some pretty nice looking websites - these skills I am sure will be the cornerstone of my new business, but I don't want to provide them as services for others, a million other people do that, I want to use them in my own business, to build it, nurture it, and help it grow into a monster.
I have a few ideas of what I would like to do, I think the biggest problem I will have is choosing the one which I consider can make me the most money and give me the most freedom when its successful, I am no stranger to 60-100 hour weeks, but this time things will be different, more focussed!. (famous last words, but I feel it in my bones, this time its gonna work!!!).
So, there you have me, warts and all, I want to update this thread on my upcoming trials and tribulations, successes and failures, and Ultimately my crowning Glory, I want to be leaving the UK in 6 years time with my family for a better life, hopefully in either the US or New Zealand, but I want to be able to know I can do it without having to worry about my health or money.
This is a great forum with some amazing information, I look forward to getting to know you better
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