I woke up.

[BecomeAllFlame]

Ask and ye shall receive....

***

Friends, I've got a confession to make.

I've been an action-faker for about 8 years. Wasted pretty much the rest of my 20's and half my 30's on nothing but air.

I went to university, got a degree in English. About the only good that degree's done was getting me into a bunch of customer service jobs. I wanted to be a writer, but after a while, I realized I didn't have the desire nor the patience to become a writer.

But, sure, I tried going out and getting writing jobs. I dabbled in a bit of cold emailing, learned and forgot all about SEO, but most of all, kept getting discouraged when the cold emails I sent got me nothing.

Crickets....

There was that one guy who thought I was a robot and replied to my cold email with "!UNSUBSCRIBE". He got me angry, and I told him that I was an actual human. told him I wouldn't bother him again if he said so, politely. Well, he did, politely, ask that I not bother him again.

I tried and tried pitching on Upwork, and got nothing again. Hell, I even purchased one of Lex's Upwork proposal template courses and modified my pitching. Suddenly I was getting interest. But....no paying clients. I got discouraged and angry again.

I came across the Fastlane Forum 4 or 5 years ago and just lurked every once in a blue moon, reading a cool post that got me fired up and eager to try again. Then I'd get tired of being all positive and go back to Reddit or NotAlwaysRight and read about the despair of the world again and get angry about that.

I've bought tons of courses over the years, hoping that they all have some sort of secret sauce that would get me to the life of my dreams. They do, certainly, but the way of gettng there is spelled W-O-R-K, not "listen to Lex or Fox lecture with nice cameras and fancy whiteboards about things to do, then go to bed feeling happy that I did something to my business, yay!"

But, I've woken up.

I've awoken to the fact that if I keep doing what I've done, I'll stay where I am. Miserable. Getting old. Not treated nicely at all by the parents, and stuck on the dream of moving overseas to my beloved.

I've awoken to the fact that if I hate myself, my life and my jjob, the only person who can change things is myself. I have to take responsibility.

***

Last night I said to myself, "Self....you know, if I want to do this business thing right, I need to go find where the people are. I need to hang out with like-minded people, right? You know where they are. Show me."

This morning I woke up with the very clear bell-ringing feeling to "check the Fastlane Forum."

Like, DUH? That place that I went to once in a while? There's a gajillion other people on there who want the same things that you do.

So, here I am.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Welcome aboard, appreciate the intro. The best way to start is to find that problem you aim to solve and let that be your guide.

 

[Nevah Lucky]

Ask and ye shall receive....

***

Friends, I've got a confession to make.

I've been an action-faker for about 8 years. Wasted pretty much the rest of my 20's and half my 30's on nothing but air.

I went to university, got a degree in English. About the only good that degree's done was getting me into a bunch of customer service jobs. I wanted to be a writer, but after a while, I realized I didn't have the desire nor the patience to become a writer.

But, sure, I tried going out and getting writing jobs. I dabbled in a bit of cold emailing, learned and forgot all about SEO, but most of all, kept getting discouraged when the cold emails I sent got me nothing.

Crickets....

There was that one guy who thought I was a robot and replied to my cold email with "!UNSUBSCRIBE". He got me angry, and I told him that I was an actual human. told him I wouldn't bother him again if he said so, politely. Well, he did, politely, ask that I not bother him again.

I tried and tried pitching on Upwork, and got nothing again. Hell, I even purchased one of Lex's Upwork proposal template courses and modified my pitching. Suddenly I was getting interest. But....no paying clients. I got discouraged and angry again.

I came across the Fastlane Forum 4 or 5 years ago and just lurked every once in a blue moon, reading a cool post that got me fired up and eager to try again. Then I'd get tired of being all positive and go back to Reddit or NotAlwaysRight and read about the despair of the world again and get angry about that.

I've bought tons of courses over the years, hoping that they all have some sort of secret sauce that would get me to the life of my dreams. They do, certainly, but the way of gettng there is spelled W-O-R-K, not "listen to Lex or Fox lecture with nice cameras and fancy whiteboards about things to do, then go to bed feeling happy that I did something to my business, yay!"

But, I've woken up.

I've awoken to the fact that if I keep doing what I've done, I'll stay where I am. Miserable. Getting old. Not treated nicely at all by the parents, and stuck on the dream of moving overseas to my beloved.

I've awoken to the fact that if I hate myself, my life and my jjob, the only person who can change things is myself. I have to take responsibility.

***

Last night I said to myself, "Self....you know, if I want to do this business thing right, I need to go find where the people are. I need to hang out with like-minded people, right? You know where they are. Show me."

This morning I woke up with the very clear bell-ringing feeling to "check the Fastlane Forum."

Like, DUH? That place that I went to once in a while? There's a gajillion other people on there who want the same things that you do.

So, here I am.

I feel that for me, my brains used to relaxation as its go to area when not at work. I’m trying to start creating value but I see what MJ meant when people said it was too hard for them. The battle is certainly a mental one. I don’t want to procrastinate my process but I do want to balance in a healthy dose of my former fun. I wish you luck on your path.