I've been a member here for almost a year now, but I wanted to finally make an intro to myself and also get some guidance.
I just turned 24 last weekend, live outside of Chicago, and work a full time job at a restaurant. Since my birthday just passed, I usually reflect on my life around this time of year. And to be totally honest, I'm not where I want to be at all. I don't even feel like I'm moving in the direction I want to be moving, and I feel powerless and like I can't change the momentum I've generated so far.
My story starts off similarly to a lot of entrepreneurs. I didn't like school, always felt like coloring outside the lines, didn't like being told what to do, etc...
When I was 19 I found 2 things: MJ's Book The Millionaire Fastlane , and internet marketing.
I'll admit, I fell for some guru sales pitches. I've bought a course or 2 over the years, and they weren't all useless. Heck a guru was the one who told me to read MJ's book.
When I was about 20 I made some OK money with my ecom store, about $15k profit in 3 months. It wasn't bad for a kid working at a restaurant.
But I took "fake it till you make it" way out of context and I started to get into debt. I went out and bought a $35,000 car, And I had at least $6,000+ in credit card debt. I had dropped out of college a few months prior.
I was about to be rich wasn't I? Who cares if I had a car note that was the same amount as my yearly pay at my job. Who cares if I put that new TV on a credit card. I'll be rich soon and I'll pay it off no problem!
I was living like a future me that wouldn't exist as soon as I thought.
But of course, my store stopped turning a profit. Competition crept in and I got blindsided. I went from $1,200 a day in sales to 0 in a couple of weeks.
And from then until about a year a go I really tried to make ecom work. I tried different products, marketing angles and copy. But I just couldn't make it work for me. I got discouraged and I decided it was best to move on. I didn't feel like selling trinkets on Facebook was really going to make a dent in the universe anyways.
After I decided to move on from ecom, I also thought about what my next move would be. I saw that there are a lot of local businesses that are struggling to detach from yellow pages, and other outdated marketing methods, and to adapt to social media and advertising on Facebook and AdWords.
And since I had a lot of experience running Facebook ads for my stores over the years, I knew I could help these business owners.
At first I was pumped, I was excited to move in this new direction. But when the excitement inevitably fades, and the reality of having to reach out to total strangers hits, I stopped right in my tracks.
And thats how I've spent the past year or so. In analysis paralysis, and also hopping from business to business. I tried to restart ecom stores, start another business, youtube channel. It all seems like I'm doing all of these as a way to procrastinate on the things that I actually want to accomplish.
I've also been cleaning up the debt mess I made earlier for the past year or so. I threw most of my savings at the credit card debt, and I sold the $35,000 car that I bought. That also seems to be a form of procrastination from starting my business funny enough. Paying off my debt.
I'm 24 and live with my family still (I pay them $450 a month), But I don't want to end up a man child who never leaves the nest. I feel like I'm just comfortable enough now to not have the fire under my a$$ to move in this direction. I make OK money, have food water shelter, good relationships. All my basic needs are covered and I have plenty of free time. And while living with my family isn't ideal, It provides a mediocre comfort.
Funny enough I don't care about having super nice things or some crazy life style right now either. I went from a late model muscle car to a 10 year old Toyota with 100,000 miles. Yes, I want to be wealthy and have amazing life experiences, But I more so what to get fulfillment out of building something I'm proud of and serving my customers the best I can.
Has anyone else ever felt like they're just frozen in a big block of procrastination? If so how did you get out?
I just turned 24 last weekend, live outside of Chicago, and work a full time job at a restaurant. Since my birthday just passed, I usually reflect on my life around this time of year. And to be totally honest, I'm not where I want to be at all. I don't even feel like I'm moving in the direction I want to be moving, and I feel powerless and like I can't change the momentum I've generated so far.
My story starts off similarly to a lot of entrepreneurs. I didn't like school, always felt like coloring outside the lines, didn't like being told what to do, etc...
When I was 19 I found 2 things: MJ's Book The Millionaire Fastlane , and internet marketing.
I'll admit, I fell for some guru sales pitches. I've bought a course or 2 over the years, and they weren't all useless. Heck a guru was the one who told me to read MJ's book.
When I was about 20 I made some OK money with my ecom store, about $15k profit in 3 months. It wasn't bad for a kid working at a restaurant.
But I took "fake it till you make it" way out of context and I started to get into debt. I went out and bought a $35,000 car, And I had at least $6,000+ in credit card debt. I had dropped out of college a few months prior.
I was about to be rich wasn't I? Who cares if I had a car note that was the same amount as my yearly pay at my job. Who cares if I put that new TV on a credit card. I'll be rich soon and I'll pay it off no problem!
I was living like a future me that wouldn't exist as soon as I thought.
But of course, my store stopped turning a profit. Competition crept in and I got blindsided. I went from $1,200 a day in sales to 0 in a couple of weeks.
And from then until about a year a go I really tried to make ecom work. I tried different products, marketing angles and copy. But I just couldn't make it work for me. I got discouraged and I decided it was best to move on. I didn't feel like selling trinkets on Facebook was really going to make a dent in the universe anyways.
After I decided to move on from ecom, I also thought about what my next move would be. I saw that there are a lot of local businesses that are struggling to detach from yellow pages, and other outdated marketing methods, and to adapt to social media and advertising on Facebook and AdWords.
And since I had a lot of experience running Facebook ads for my stores over the years, I knew I could help these business owners.
At first I was pumped, I was excited to move in this new direction. But when the excitement inevitably fades, and the reality of having to reach out to total strangers hits, I stopped right in my tracks.
And thats how I've spent the past year or so. In analysis paralysis, and also hopping from business to business. I tried to restart ecom stores, start another business, youtube channel. It all seems like I'm doing all of these as a way to procrastinate on the things that I actually want to accomplish.
I've also been cleaning up the debt mess I made earlier for the past year or so. I threw most of my savings at the credit card debt, and I sold the $35,000 car that I bought. That also seems to be a form of procrastination from starting my business funny enough. Paying off my debt.
I'm 24 and live with my family still (I pay them $450 a month), But I don't want to end up a man child who never leaves the nest. I feel like I'm just comfortable enough now to not have the fire under my a$$ to move in this direction. I make OK money, have food water shelter, good relationships. All my basic needs are covered and I have plenty of free time. And while living with my family isn't ideal, It provides a mediocre comfort.
Funny enough I don't care about having super nice things or some crazy life style right now either. I went from a late model muscle car to a 10 year old Toyota with 100,000 miles. Yes, I want to be wealthy and have amazing life experiences, But I more so what to get fulfillment out of building something I'm proud of and serving my customers the best I can.
Has anyone else ever felt like they're just frozen in a big block of procrastination? If so how did you get out?
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