Slow Start, Moving Forward

[MrLexington]

Hi. New kid here. My name is Jeremy but I often go by MrLexington (or some variation) online. I'm a writer and attorney in Northern Virginia.

I read Millionaire Fastlane years ago and it defined my goals since then: reach the magic number where income from interest/dividends could pay for monthly bills.

Now I've gone back to read Unscripted and The Great Rat Race Escape, and they are forming the foundation of my Next Act for when I can leave the law firm I work for right now.

As both of those books suggest, this has come with a few existential crises, mostly involving the shift from being an employee to being a business owner/entrepreneur--and dealing with the fact that I don't like "entrepreneur culture" even though I am one. Maybe I am an anti-businessman?

All of that said, I feel more ready to move forward with this sort of endeavor now than when I first read Millionaire Fastlane. Right now I have a side business (small niche publishing house) already going that is essentially a form of community service (I promised myself I would take no income from it). But I intend to use it to learn a few lessons that I can apply to build a larger empire: publishing, writing, and selling curated items to a narrow, niche audience.

Will that be enough to get me to my various Key Numbers? Probably not--but I know I'm at the beginning of a road, not the end of one. I can't quite see how it all ends yet, but I'm damn interested in how to get there.

Not quite sure what else to say, but I wanted to introduce myself at long last. I have actually been reading for a little while before the Great Gating, but I know I didn't contribute enough to be grandfathered in. Happy to answer any questions folks have.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Ximduni ecuesf.

O'n e xsovis epf evvuspiz op Pusvjisp Woshopoe.

Esi vjisi epz "Getvmepit" zua dep miwisehi op mex? Etofi gsun zuas uxp qsedvodi?

O'wi mutv duapv up jux nepz vonit ipvsiqsipiast summ opvu jisi xovj mihem raitvoupt vu xjodj O tez, "Tussz, cav vjot ot e mihem nevvis, puv ep uqopoup.

Sohjv pux O jewi e tofi catopitt (tnemm podji qacmotjoph juati) emsiefz huoph vjev ot ittipvoemmz e gusn ug dunnapovz tiswodi (O qsunotif nztimg O xuamf veli pu opduni gsun ov). Cav O opvipf vu ati ov vu miesp e gix mittupt vjev O dep eqqmz vu caomf e meshis inqosi: qacmotjoph, xsovoph, epf timmoph dasevif ovint vu e pessux, podji eafoipdi.

Op mex? Us vuvemmz apsimevif? Og tu, fu zua xepv vu miewi mex gus huuf? O jies e muv ug vjev gsun qiuqmi xju migv vji qsugittoup.

 

[MrLexington]

Esi vjisi epz "Getvmepit" zua dep miwisehi op mex? Etofi gsun zuas uxp qsedvodi?

Vjisi esi tuni tvsadvasem uctvedmit vjev neli ov foggodamv, cav O’n vszoph vu gopf duspist xjisi vjiz nez puv ci tu qsiwemipv.

Gus iyenqmi, vji opgenuat commecmi juas wosvaemmz haesepviit e voni-gus-nupiz vsefi gus nutv evvuspizt fuoph dmoipv xusl. Ivjodt samit vjev siraosi tqidogod favoit vu dmoipvt epf uphuoph dupgmodv-ug-opvisitv nepehinipv emtu monov tdemi—e howip evvuspiz dep upmz jewi tu nepz dmoipvt ev e voni. Vjisi esi emtu monovevoupt up tumodovevoup/efwisvotoph op nepz tvevit vjev dep ci opjocovoph. Xjivjis us puv ep evvuspiz-dmoipv simevouptjoq jet ciip dsievif ot e jahi fiem vjev jet e muv ug senogodevoupt, tu zua xepv vu ci wisz desigam xjip fepdoph esuapf vjev nopigoimf.

Upi quttocomovz xuamf ci, gus iyenqmi, fsegvoph gomm-op-vji-cmepl mihem gusnt vjev duamf ci cuahjv ugg-vji-sedl. Vjev jet xuslif gus dunqepoit moli Pumu. O jewi nz izit uav gus tqidogod podji piift vjev Pumu xup’v duwis, us eafoipdit xju piif tmohjvmz nusi tqidogod haofepdi vjep Pumu howit.

Upi iyenqmi ug vjev duamf ci simevowimz tonqmi/dmies iyqmepevoupt ug duqzsohjv epf uvjis opvimmidvaem qsuqisvz qsopdoqmit gus xsovist, catopitt uxpist, us pup-qsugovt. Vjisi esi tuni uav vjisi, cav nz xehis ot vjev O’f ci ecmi vu fu ov civvis (qutovowi wemai tlix). Tu O’n miespoph et nadj et O dep ecuav ov iwip vjuahj O en puv vidjpodemmz e duqzsohjv mexzis, epf gopfoph uqqusvapovoit vu eqqmz ov.

(O tjuamf emtu eff, O en puv op e jahi satj. O jewi e suahjmz gowi zies vonimopi, vu Nez 1, 2029, gus xjip O xepv vu ci siefz vu miewi vji mex. Epf O xepv vu veli vji voni epf uqqusvapovoit O jewi vu caomf e tumof guapfevoup cigusi/xjomi vji GVI jeqqipt.)

Op mex? Us vuvemmz apsimevif? Og tu, fu zua xepv vu miewi mex gus huuf? O jies e muv ug vjev gsun qiuqmi xju migv vji qsugittoup.

O fup’v *piif* vu miewi mex dunqmivimz, et nepz mexzist fu. O lopf ug moli e muv ug ov, itqidoemmz vji epemztot epf opvimmidvaem djemmiphi. Xjev O fotmoli ot tusv ug emm vji qesvt xjisi uvjis qiuqmi, itqidoemmz pup-dmoipvt, hiv opwumwif—i.h., movohevoup. (Vji qsugittoup ot eomoph op nepz xezt epf gus nepz sietupt—cav vjev’t e nadj muphis vjsief.) Op hipisem, vjuahj, O xuamf nadj sevjis ci neloph e djephi cideati O’n sappoph *vuxesf* tunivjoph O xepv us ipkuz sevjis vjep sappoph *exez* gsun tunivjoph O jevi.