The First Step

When starting something new, taking that first step is half the battle.

It took me a long time to even get to setting this site up and writing this post.

I knew how to set up a site, I’m not the best writer but I think I can get buy – so, it was procrastination and excuses.

Maybe, that’s why I’m here in the position I am now, wanting to change and get started on a different life path.

When you’re young, you think you have all the time in the world. Until you wake up and realize that you don’t have much time left. Sometimes, it takes external circumstances to give you a good shake, slap you in the face, and tell you to move quick.

For me, a few things happened:

• My son was born
• The loss of close family members
• Turning 40 next year
• Unexpected major expenses

Those events had me evaluating my life path. If I kept up with my same daily habits/trajectory, where will I/we end up in 10 years.

I didn’t like the future vision I was seeing:

• 1 source of income
• Increasing costs
• Few choices

Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful for what I have. I feel lucky to live in the city I’m living in, have a healthy family and be able to earn an income that allows comfort.

But, I’m also lucky to live in a time and a country where more is possible that the standard quo.

I’m not trying to be an internet guru, travel the world, drive exotics (although, that would be a nice-to-have).

Instead, my goal is to get to a place of financial comfort for my family that doesn’t rely on me clocking in and out.

So, given the years of procrastination and complacency. Today is the day I put it out there.

I created this site for 2 reasons:

1. Hold myself personally accountable in the open (even if only 1 person reads this)
2. Hopefully provide a blueprint for others who feel the same

Another side benefit could be fostering a community of like-minded people (like you! if you landed here, either I know you or you found me by trying to get some answers).

I’ll put my goals in the next post.

Still deciding my update frequency, but I will share learnings around personal development as I come across words that I think are worth noting.

I won’t be revealing my true identity right now because I don’t want it to affect any of my other projects that I’ll be working on for these new goals. But I am a real person (none of these posts will be AI written). The goal is not to rank for SEO on this site, but to provide value and have it be my public journal.

See you soon!