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Hello. My name is Stefan and this thread will be my journal to Entrepreneurship.
A few words about me:
So, by creating this thread, I want to be accountable and to see the progress I make. I will update it weekly, and I will not stop until I get where I want.
At this moment, I do not know exactly what to do, but I will not wait for the idea to come to me anymore. I have been waiting for 3 years and after I read TMF and Unscripted I realized that 5 years later, I will be in the same spot if I do not do something. Although I know this stuff, I have problems in getting things done.
For example, every day I repeat the same cycle: I plan to wake up at 5:00 and work before my job, cause I noticed that I come home tired and also I want to spend time with my wife. But in the evening, thoughts are coming to me that it is already too late, and I can not wake up at 5:00 cause I will not get enough sleep. Some days, even though I have those thoughts, I put an alarm at 5:00 and in the night I wake up and after I watch the clock and it is like 3:00 in the morning, my brain says "you only have 2 hours to sleep and you feel tired" so I stop it. And every morning after I get to the job I say "Tomorrow I will wake up at 5:00, I will work at my dream" But in the evening is the same, same thoughts. This is one of my battles with myself. I am sabotaging myself every single day. I do not know yet how to break this pattern.
Regarding business ideea, I am looking at finding a product to get it from China which resolves a problem. And I want to have an online store, to sell in my country first, to get some capital, and expand later. I do not have a company yet, cause I want to find the product first.
So my plan is this:
I tried the trello app to put my ideas there (read the laser focus thread), but I didn't use it for days. I will try to actually use a pen and a journal for my ideas and steps.
So, here it begins. Thank you for taking the time to read this long post. For me, it was a liberation to put my thoughts here and to reflect at my current lifestyle, knowing that through my actions I arrived in this spot.
Stefan.
A few words about me:
- All my life I didn't give a shit about doing things, knowing that a job is waiting for me. Because of this mindset, I lack skills.
- I have a 8-16 job in which I action faking how often I can. I earn ~800$, but where I live this is called medium lifestyle.
- I tried in 2017 Amazon FBA after I paid for a course 1.5k. Failed after 6 months, and I closed the "business".
- I have a wife that supports me and a baby on the road
. - I can't find my place in any job, and I can't speak about my dreams with anybody except my wife (most people look wired at me when I say that I don't plan to stay long at this job). In my city, if you earn like 500$, you have a nice job and you should do anything to keep it. Anything, like a$$-licking your boss and not speak what you think because it might get him upset and get fired. I can not do that, I do not want my life to be like that.
- I jump from one idea to another, especially when things get hard.
So, by creating this thread, I want to be accountable and to see the progress I make. I will update it weekly, and I will not stop until I get where I want.
At this moment, I do not know exactly what to do, but I will not wait for the idea to come to me anymore. I have been waiting for 3 years and after I read TMF and Unscripted I realized that 5 years later, I will be in the same spot if I do not do something. Although I know this stuff, I have problems in getting things done.
For example, every day I repeat the same cycle: I plan to wake up at 5:00 and work before my job, cause I noticed that I come home tired and also I want to spend time with my wife. But in the evening, thoughts are coming to me that it is already too late, and I can not wake up at 5:00 cause I will not get enough sleep. Some days, even though I have those thoughts, I put an alarm at 5:00 and in the night I wake up and after I watch the clock and it is like 3:00 in the morning, my brain says "you only have 2 hours to sleep and you feel tired" so I stop it. And every morning after I get to the job I say "Tomorrow I will wake up at 5:00, I will work at my dream" But in the evening is the same, same thoughts. This is one of my battles with myself. I am sabotaging myself every single day. I do not know yet how to break this pattern.
Regarding business ideea, I am looking at finding a product to get it from China which resolves a problem. And I want to have an online store, to sell in my country first, to get some capital, and expand later. I do not have a company yet, cause I want to find the product first.
So my plan is this:
- It is a site in our country where people put products (second ones, new ones) and it cost nothing to put it there. I plan to put products there, and see if people call me. If they call me, I will order the product and make an online store. I plan to read all the posts that Walter did about importing/exporting and also buy his book. Also, I want to learn how to make fb ads, to test also the idea of the product, without having it in my hands.
- For my battle with waking up at 5:00 in the morning, I took the app Alarmy and put the photo alarm which means that I have to get up and go to the bathroom and take a photo in order to stop. (Every day I am dreaming about freedom and entrepreneurship, except in the morning. Even though I have a lot of reasons why I should take action, in the morning I feel that it is not that important, LOL)
- Started BJJ and I love it. I plan to learn and stick to this art for a long time.
- I do not plan to leave my job until my business produces income. I want to not have the stress of money, especially that the baby is coming.
I tried the trello app to put my ideas there (read the laser focus thread), but I didn't use it for days. I will try to actually use a pen and a journal for my ideas and steps.
So, here it begins. Thank you for taking the time to read this long post. For me, it was a liberation to put my thoughts here and to reflect at my current lifestyle, knowing that through my actions I arrived in this spot.
Stefan.
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