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- Jun 10, 2024
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Hi. New kid here. My name is Jeremy but I often go by MrLexington (or some variation) online. I'm a writer and attorney in Northern Virginia.
I read Millionaire Fastlane years ago and it defined my goals since then: reach the magic number where income from interest/dividends could pay for monthly bills.
Now I've gone back to read Unscripted and The Great Rat Race Escape , and they are forming the foundation of my Next Act for when I can leave the law firm I work for right now.
As both of those books suggest, this has come with a few existential crises, mostly involving the shift from being an employee to being a business owner/entrepreneur--and dealing with the fact that I don't like "entrepreneur culture" even though I am one. Maybe I am an anti-businessman?
All of that said, I feel more ready to move forward with this sort of endeavor now than when I first read Millionaire Fastlane . Right now I have a side business (small niche publishing house) already going that is essentially a form of community service (I promised myself I would take no income from it). But I intend to use it to learn a few lessons that I can apply to build a larger empire: publishing, writing, and selling curated items to a narrow, niche audience.
Will that be enough to get me to my various Key Numbers? Probably not--but I know I'm at the beginning of a road, not the end of one. I can't quite see how it all ends yet, but I'm damn interested in how to get there.
Not quite sure what else to say, but I wanted to introduce myself at long last. I have actually been reading for a little while before the Great Gating, but I know I didn't contribute enough to be grandfathered in. Happy to answer any questions folks have.
I read Millionaire Fastlane years ago and it defined my goals since then: reach the magic number where income from interest/dividends could pay for monthly bills.
Now I've gone back to read Unscripted and The Great Rat Race Escape , and they are forming the foundation of my Next Act for when I can leave the law firm I work for right now.
As both of those books suggest, this has come with a few existential crises, mostly involving the shift from being an employee to being a business owner/entrepreneur--and dealing with the fact that I don't like "entrepreneur culture" even though I am one. Maybe I am an anti-businessman?
All of that said, I feel more ready to move forward with this sort of endeavor now than when I first read Millionaire Fastlane . Right now I have a side business (small niche publishing house) already going that is essentially a form of community service (I promised myself I would take no income from it). But I intend to use it to learn a few lessons that I can apply to build a larger empire: publishing, writing, and selling curated items to a narrow, niche audience.
Will that be enough to get me to my various Key Numbers? Probably not--but I know I'm at the beginning of a road, not the end of one. I can't quite see how it all ends yet, but I'm damn interested in how to get there.
Not quite sure what else to say, but I wanted to introduce myself at long last. I have actually been reading for a little while before the Great Gating, but I know I didn't contribute enough to be grandfathered in. Happy to answer any questions folks have.
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