Last year I hit a million in net worth, already this year I'm at 2 million.
When I hit the 1st million it was a rush and I felt like I finally hit that goal I always wanted to hit since I was like 21 years old.
Right now my health is all messed up, business is all chaotic, and I feel pretty shitty to be honest.
I have learned a lot on this journey, especially while doing it all with the handicap of Lyme - I can't really socialize, I can't go out to eat, I can't exercise, and I can barely travel therefore I can never go to conferences.
In a way, this is a testament to just working hard and never quitting. Lyme is a major disadvantage and I still made it happen. Sometimes I woke up and had to run a sales meeting and couldn't get out of bed, so I would inject toradol into my leg just so I could get up and run the meeting. I feel like shit most of the time and just thug it out. While I'm writing this my brain is in a lot of pain and wishes I could just die in my sleep already.
I have met a lot of crazy people and a lot of people have screwed me over in this journey as well.
Like they say, most people just see the results, they don't see the process you had to go through to get there.
Two things that I have learned that is interesting is that I thought once I got a lot of money that there would be things I could just pay to fix. It never works like that.
You hire someone and then you have to constantly keep them on track and manage them. Doesn't matter how much money you give them.
Hire a doctor to try and help you and you have to constantly make sure they are sending out the prescriptions on time, getting the lab results back and pinging them on it, etc. etc.
I can't really use the money to fix any problems. At least the major ones that I have. It is just nice knowing that I am multiplying and technically I could retire right now if I wanted to by just paying off the two 4-plexes that I own and I would have $10,000 a month passive income (but I'm going to acquire more properties instead).
It's been pretty lonely as well, since I have tried to join entrepreneur groups or similar but it is heavily based on things like traveling, conferences, eating out, etc. that I cannot do.
But, either way, here I am. It doesn't matter what limitations I have I am just going to keep going no matter what even if the day is full of suffering. I earned every damn F*cking penny of that 2 million.
My goal is to hit 10 million and then see what I want to do from there.
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