Hey everyone. I actually joined this forum some years ago but somehow lost my way. I had a fastlane business - online subscription based software but ultimately I blew the opportunity and it's now gone. I somehow ended up working in the sports industry for a couple of years and then C0VlD-19 hit, and all the sports went away, and my income with it.
I wallowed in self-pity for a day or two and then gave myself an internal kick up the butt and started fresh. I have a totally clean slate now. I have years of experience of software development, of being self employed and of the fastlane principles. Covid took away my work but what I was doing in sports couldn't have been further away from fastlane and I wasn't enjoying it anyway. Covid actually gave me an opportunity I had all along but simply couldn't see before.
So now I'm working at getting my development skills up to date. Free education on the internet has exploded in recent years. I've always been self taught but it's easier than ever now. I've been astounded by how much I can learn for free or very cheap. Whilst I bring my skills up to date, I'll re-read MJ's books, peruse the forum when my brain needs a break from programming and I'll start looking for opportunities for a new software service.
At least now I have all that experience behind me and a wide open field of opportunity before me. I'm also fortunate in that my living expenses are very low so I only need to do a few hours trading time for money to keep myself afloat and thus have a LOT of time to dedicate to my new venture, whatever that may be.
So that's my little story
Caroline
I wallowed in self-pity for a day or two and then gave myself an internal kick up the butt and started fresh. I have a totally clean slate now. I have years of experience of software development, of being self employed and of the fastlane principles. Covid took away my work but what I was doing in sports couldn't have been further away from fastlane and I wasn't enjoying it anyway. Covid actually gave me an opportunity I had all along but simply couldn't see before.
So now I'm working at getting my development skills up to date. Free education on the internet has exploded in recent years. I've always been self taught but it's easier than ever now. I've been astounded by how much I can learn for free or very cheap. Whilst I bring my skills up to date, I'll re-read MJ's books, peruse the forum when my brain needs a break from programming and I'll start looking for opportunities for a new software service.
At least now I have all that experience behind me and a wide open field of opportunity before me. I'm also fortunate in that my living expenses are very low so I only need to do a few hours trading time for money to keep myself afloat and thus have a LOT of time to dedicate to my new venture, whatever that may be.
So that's my little story
Caroline
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