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Figured I'd start a thread here to share where I've been, where I'm going, and my journey along the way. I'm a VERY long ways from "there" at this point, but for the first time in my 40+ years, am confident I'm on the right track.
I grew up a poor Midwest overgrown-hobby-farm girl, raising our own food, or hunting it if we wanted anything other than ground turkey over the winter. I have not been unemployed since I was 12 years old, most of my life working multiple jobs. "Work ethic" has not been a problem. Everything else has been.
I was raised and brainwashed so badly into the Scripted life it's almost embarrassing. I questioned it, but that is all I saw or was exposed to, so I ended up swallowing it hook, line, and sinker.
Honestly, until a layoff in the middle of the Covid pandemic, I was still very much rooted in the Scripted life. Dissatisfied, but chalking all of my financial "shortcomings" up to "poor" career choices. Part of me, that innate part of my mind, knew that wasn't true - that the system was designed to set me up for failure, but having zero other exposure, I didn't know what other conclusion to come to. Eventually my hard work would pay off.
It did - in my almost becoming homeless (only reason I am not was due to my boyfriend willing to let me and my pets move in with him WAY before either of us would have preferred). I had an okay job, but made poor financial choices, stuck between YOLO and how I was raised (really bad combination). I had a career I was working on, but fell for that "comfort trap" that the Scripted life relies on you falling for - which, like a good little child, I did.
That layoff, and inability to replace my income, led to my FTE. A friend told me he enjoyed podcasts - I had a p/t labor job (in addition to a day job in a weak attempt to make ends meet) where I listened to music every day. Bored with the same tunes, I started listening to some podcasts for some variety. Happened across episode 107 of Andy Frisella's MFCEO podcast, and it literally transformed my life. I honed in on the "Power List" and started one the next day. That was December 28, 2021.
Over the next year, almost every single day, I did my power list. Sure, I failed many days, missed some days, but it was always on my mind and most days, I "Won." 18 months later, I have a LLC that is set to bring in 6 figures this year. I've also raised my day-job income by 35% (with a pending increase). I also brought my scary-high blood pressure into a normal for me range, have significantly improved my health and strength, and lost some weight. One small step at a time, chipping away at things I've dreamed of my entire life, all the while significantly reducing my debt and improving my lifestyle.
There is a long ways to go, hence this journal, but my Power List is still here, and still active. As an INTJ with ADHD, loss of focus is common - this stupid little list keeps my mind on the big things, which impacts all the small decisions I make throughout the day, and has a subtle but seriously large impact on the choices I make.
Right now, business is going well, but my goal is to grow and move out of the day-to-day "in the weeds" work to a point where I can operate in my strengths of visionary rather than worker, while helping bring others up and on to their own journeys. Will try to keep this updated every few months with any news, updates, struggles, or wins. Hopefully someone else can find some inspiration in my journey as well.
I grew up a poor Midwest overgrown-hobby-farm girl, raising our own food, or hunting it if we wanted anything other than ground turkey over the winter. I have not been unemployed since I was 12 years old, most of my life working multiple jobs. "Work ethic" has not been a problem. Everything else has been.
I was raised and brainwashed so badly into the Scripted life it's almost embarrassing. I questioned it, but that is all I saw or was exposed to, so I ended up swallowing it hook, line, and sinker.
Honestly, until a layoff in the middle of the Covid pandemic, I was still very much rooted in the Scripted life. Dissatisfied, but chalking all of my financial "shortcomings" up to "poor" career choices. Part of me, that innate part of my mind, knew that wasn't true - that the system was designed to set me up for failure, but having zero other exposure, I didn't know what other conclusion to come to. Eventually my hard work would pay off.
It did - in my almost becoming homeless (only reason I am not was due to my boyfriend willing to let me and my pets move in with him WAY before either of us would have preferred). I had an okay job, but made poor financial choices, stuck between YOLO and how I was raised (really bad combination). I had a career I was working on, but fell for that "comfort trap" that the Scripted life relies on you falling for - which, like a good little child, I did.
That layoff, and inability to replace my income, led to my FTE. A friend told me he enjoyed podcasts - I had a p/t labor job (in addition to a day job in a weak attempt to make ends meet) where I listened to music every day. Bored with the same tunes, I started listening to some podcasts for some variety. Happened across episode 107 of Andy Frisella's MFCEO podcast, and it literally transformed my life. I honed in on the "Power List" and started one the next day. That was December 28, 2021.
Over the next year, almost every single day, I did my power list. Sure, I failed many days, missed some days, but it was always on my mind and most days, I "Won." 18 months later, I have a LLC that is set to bring in 6 figures this year. I've also raised my day-job income by 35% (with a pending increase). I also brought my scary-high blood pressure into a normal for me range, have significantly improved my health and strength, and lost some weight. One small step at a time, chipping away at things I've dreamed of my entire life, all the while significantly reducing my debt and improving my lifestyle.
There is a long ways to go, hence this journal, but my Power List is still here, and still active. As an INTJ with ADHD, loss of focus is common - this stupid little list keeps my mind on the big things, which impacts all the small decisions I make throughout the day, and has a subtle but seriously large impact on the choices I make.
Right now, business is going well, but my goal is to grow and move out of the day-to-day "in the weeds" work to a point where I can operate in my strengths of visionary rather than worker, while helping bring others up and on to their own journeys. Will try to keep this updated every few months with any news, updates, struggles, or wins. Hopefully someone else can find some inspiration in my journey as well.
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