My team is shutout 3-0, I slowly step to the plate, mind about to pop out of my head and home-run itself out of the stadium. The pitcher is a conglomeration of everyone who has ever doubted me or thought I wasn't good enough, glued together by my own self-doubt. It has scalding red eyes, yellow-hued foam escaping through its teeth, and a world-class slider. If this monster strikes me out, it would love nothing more than to rush the plate and eat me alive. I stare it down as it huffs and puffs on the mound, and decide I'm swinging for the fences. This will be the story of my all or nothing at bat.
Me:
-24 Years old.
-Just quit accounting job I was supposed to start in November.
-About $10,000 to my name, just graduated college.
-Live with Dad.
-Moving to Arizona in November.
*I'm very nervous about making this thread because I feel like it puts my entire reputation on the line, and I don't want to be known as a quitter. I've been inspired by a lot of you here in my short time on this forum, and I want to have the privilege of joining the ranks with you guys.
Alright so here's what's going on, I'll keep it short.
I've got a huge idea I've been working on for a few days now, and that idea evolved into a whole new level last night. I couldn't sleep and that "wow this could turn the world upside-down" excitement is coursing through every vein in my body. I'm pretty sure there are coffee grounds in my blood stream as well. It's a HUGE scale idea, and it would impact the lives of everyone in the US and more. I couldn't even go to bed until 6am, and I woke up a few hours later to get back to work. I don't want to say the idea because I believe it's so valuable(yeah yeah everyone's idea is gold), and people with any programming background could blow right past me in executing it right now. That's all I will say about it at the current time. I want to execute a part of it before I go on anymore about how great I think it is.
My temporary site is pollbeast.com for anyone who wants to follow my progress, and I'll also be posting updates as I see fit in here. It will keep me more motivated and provides accountability. I feel like this thread is a small, but very necessary step in turning this idea into a reality.
The site really has nothing to do with my idea as of yet, and I spent almost no time on layout and color scheme. The domain name is random and won't be the name when everything is ready to go. I spent the better part of my last few days learning how to edit some code. It's all Wordpress, but I've been going into the files and changing things around. Right now I'm like a bird who can't finds its mother. It all looks very foreign to me, but it's very exciting when something "clicks" and shows up on the page the way I want it to. Yesterday it took me 10-12 hours to make some good progress on my Register page, but I like it how it's coming along.
What I want to get done today:
-Finish the registration page, and make sure all submitted information shows up correctly in my database.
-Talk to my best friend who's a computer programmer. I'm not exactly sure how capable he is, but I know for a fact he knows more than me about this stuff so I'm gonna ask him for help. I texted him at 3AM this morning telling him how we can take over the world with this. He probably thinks I'm a nutjob. Maybe I am, oh well.
At they very least I want to entertain you guys on my journey. I hope to make it interesting.
Thanks for reading.
Jake
Me:
-24 Years old.
-Just quit accounting job I was supposed to start in November.
-About $10,000 to my name, just graduated college.
-Live with Dad.
-Moving to Arizona in November.
*I'm very nervous about making this thread because I feel like it puts my entire reputation on the line, and I don't want to be known as a quitter. I've been inspired by a lot of you here in my short time on this forum, and I want to have the privilege of joining the ranks with you guys.
Alright so here's what's going on, I'll keep it short.
I've got a huge idea I've been working on for a few days now, and that idea evolved into a whole new level last night. I couldn't sleep and that "wow this could turn the world upside-down" excitement is coursing through every vein in my body. I'm pretty sure there are coffee grounds in my blood stream as well. It's a HUGE scale idea, and it would impact the lives of everyone in the US and more. I couldn't even go to bed until 6am, and I woke up a few hours later to get back to work. I don't want to say the idea because I believe it's so valuable(yeah yeah everyone's idea is gold), and people with any programming background could blow right past me in executing it right now. That's all I will say about it at the current time. I want to execute a part of it before I go on anymore about how great I think it is.
My temporary site is pollbeast.com for anyone who wants to follow my progress, and I'll also be posting updates as I see fit in here. It will keep me more motivated and provides accountability. I feel like this thread is a small, but very necessary step in turning this idea into a reality.
The site really has nothing to do with my idea as of yet, and I spent almost no time on layout and color scheme. The domain name is random and won't be the name when everything is ready to go. I spent the better part of my last few days learning how to edit some code. It's all Wordpress, but I've been going into the files and changing things around. Right now I'm like a bird who can't finds its mother. It all looks very foreign to me, but it's very exciting when something "clicks" and shows up on the page the way I want it to. Yesterday it took me 10-12 hours to make some good progress on my Register page, but I like it how it's coming along.
What I want to get done today:
-Finish the registration page, and make sure all submitted information shows up correctly in my database.
-Talk to my best friend who's a computer programmer. I'm not exactly sure how capable he is, but I know for a fact he knows more than me about this stuff so I'm gonna ask him for help. I texted him at 3AM this morning telling him how we can take over the world with this. He probably thinks I'm a nutjob. Maybe I am, oh well.
At they very least I want to entertain you guys on my journey. I hope to make it interesting.
Thanks for reading.
Jake
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