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I recommend trying to expand your circle of friends to people who are looking to do the same thing as you. It is really easy to be stuck with people who are not progressing and aiding in making you stuck in old habits and ways of thinking. If you can't avoid them, then just minimize the amount of time you spend with them.

I would invest all of your efforts into making your mental health better right now. Heavily research your symptoms and find solutions for them. It is going to take a bit of work, but it will really be worth it. Try not to cling to much to the idea of something being wrong with you. Just use the information to find resoruces that will help you better yourself. Find people who have dedicated their lives to making those issues tolerable. I would recommend that you invest a lot of research into your diet as well. From micro nutrients, clean water, food categories, and learning what is really healthy. The standard diet is not healthy at all and can lead to a lot of the issues you are describing. Adding in good exercise daily and meditation will really help boost this progress in the right direction.

Really getting things on track and moving today. I decided to put in some extra work today and I was able to use my time quite wisely I feel like. I do notice now that at the start of the month is the best time for me to source online. I got quite a few good deals today and the last few days. Not sure what the correlation is, but that is how it worked out last month. I am going to spend more time sourcing earlier in the month as a result of that because that seems to be a consistent finding now. I have really go the ball rolling it feels like and I have a lot of inventory coming in that is fairly easy stuff to sell. This is really going to help keep the income consistent since this stuff is fast selling and I can replenish it fairly easy. Got some good reading in today. I do notice with this book it is harder for me to get a grasp of what the actual story line is. It seems like it changes kind of sporadically. I have not got really any notes in the last few hours on it. I do think it is a pretty good book, but the value is not super high. It was more of a challenge for me to read stuff like this though as it is not just a fun read for me. I loved reading the investment stuff for example because I am really interested in that. I have seen very good results already from just reading about 1000 pages on investing. I almost doubled one of my investments and the outlook is quite good so far. There is a possibility of a market crash still, but that is fine since I am just investing monthly at this point. I am going to keep investing into larger ETFS and mostly the s&p 500. I am not really worried about much of the short term with any of it. I am starting to feel more confident in myself and what I want to do. I have added in 15 minutes of contemplation a day and have been using that strictly on life purpose stuff right now. I do plan on increasing the time in the future, but so far this has been really good. I did try an hour at a time in the past and I did see really good results from it. I am going to keep working at it though and do that best I can to just make it a solid habit that I have. I think this is going to benefit me in all areas of life really. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Marathon Today I am thankful for: Getting stuff done! Lot of work areas cleaned up Strong habits

Hiking is a great hobby depending on your location. I have found it to be a very fulfilling and challenging experience. It really makes you connect with the environment and depending on the difficulty it can be an extreme workout. I have had some unforgettable experiences with it and would love to have some more ventures with it.

I highly recommend Trello and Onenote. I have all linked between my PC, Ipad, and phone. It has made a huge difference in my overall productivity and learning. I am building a lot more focus and and I find that each thing allows me to be really in tune with what I am wanting to do.

It's worth buying for sure. Your future is well worth investing into and discovering your purpose will make it much better. It is a lot of work, but so far it has been worth it for me. I would suggest finding a way to bring in more income on the side. It might be worth selling some old items that you no longer need to raise some funds. If you have any skills or can offer a service it would be a good way to make a few extra bucks.

@Calcifer Thanks a lot! I will add that one to my things to read! I appreciate the description of the book.

Got some cool stuff set up today. I will see how it works over time. I am making some good progress with stuff. I needed some time to clean and get things back in order, so things are ready to go. I can't just work and sort stuff in a disaster all the time lol. I am going to put in a good amount of work tomorrow and hopefully get a good amount of stuff listed. Since it is early in the month I probably should see what I can get out at the least. I am going to work on some other cross listing things too. I have had good luck so far with etsy actually. I only listed 3 items there and I sold 2 on there that were not selling on the other platforms. Not a big fan of the .2 up front to list, but it seems like it will be worth it on slower moving stuff. I am going to start studying micro nutrients and nootropics a lot more. I think this is going to help give me the energy and focus that I am looking for. It seems like I do really well over all, but I think if I were to add in some more research it will take it a step further. I need to get the reverse osmosis stuff researched too, so I can have that set up. My diet and eating will be at a very optimal level once I get more of this stuff in place. I will also be able to get bulk organic frozen fruit again soon, so that will save me a lot of money and I can cut out more and more non organic. Only a couple items I think are left now. Pineapple, which is not that contaminated with pesticides and maybe something else slips in. I will examine a bit further. I can see a lot of potential with adding in more research on this. It will only pay me dividends over time. I am really starting to get a lot of benefits from meditation it seems like. It is difficult earlier in the day, but excellent at night. I need to try doing it right as I get up and see if that helps. I have a really hard time being too sleepy, when I get up though and it lasts like an hour or so. I know that I probably don't quite get all of the hours of sleep, but I feel pretty well rested. I try to read a bit more during that time, but I could almost fall asleep with that, so I might try changing it up a bit more. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Marathon Today I am thankful for: Inventory Motivation Feeling good!

@Mind of a beast The hard part is it is more of what you think and not me. I have struggle with the same thoughts while trying to forge my path as well. Imagine if you could create something that deters from their paths? Maybe reach a higher level? Innovate new ideas and ways of thinking? I would go into it wanting to become the best. Make a change and progress in your field. Something you can work to even if you have no Concerns for money. Don't settle. That is probably the biggest thing that I have learned with myself. There is always enough time to make a change and find what you are willing to commit your life to.

@Mind of a beast Getting really good and having people pay to learn from you. I am not as familiar with prospects in your country, but I found this online: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-career-opportunities-in-India-for-philosophy?share=1 Hit the continue reading part and it gives you some ideas. The thing is if you figure out something new or do your own thing you can get a lot better rewards than just doing what every other philosophy major does. It's worth the time to contemplate and see what you think of other prospects for it.

Sales are going phenomenal. This is really helping me get things in order and get stuff moved well. I am really thankful for how things have worked out for me during this time. I am going to keep pace and try to get as much stuff as I can moved while people are still staying home. This seems like it is going to last awhile and I have a lot of stuff still to move. This has been the first time in a long time I have cleared out so much stuff. I am still not in a shortage though and I am really glad that I did stock up as much as I did. Once things start to reopen I can hopefully position myself to keep things moving well. Really starting to focus on my higher priority things. Getting expensive items up for sales and big things that are taking up a lot of space. I still have quite a few larger projects that I need to handle. I have been keeping myself really organized and on track. I am managing what I need to do a lot better and getting so much done in a shorter period of time. Focusing in still on forgiveness and it is going really well. I am already starting to notice some tension leaving my life and in some relationships. I am going to keep working on forgiveness with my dad and step mom. I am getting closer to calling them. Mostly just want to maybe have some sort of relationship with my dad. If not it isn't too big of a deal. I think overall it will still be something good for my growth. Working on studying more about nootropics. I have only had a few that were my stack, but I am starting to do a bit more research on just supplementing too. I think this is going to compound really well with my diet as long as I put the work in. I am probably going to skip the pharmaceutical stuff, but who knows if there is good enough research on it. I just don't have much trust for that stuff. All of my habits and such seem to be coming back in full force. It seems like I worked through the ego backlash of the last trip well. I read nearly 100 pages today, which is great for a weekday. I felt really good, but I did get a bit mad earlier. Aside from that though I had a really good day and seemed to get a lot done with the time I had. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Marathon Today I am thankful for Big sale! Progress Contemplation

That is ego backlash. I'd suggest really building one habit at a time until you can get it to stick easier. It can take about two months to get something to stick and even then it is tough depending on what you want to do. This is where you start hitting resistance on making a real change in your life and why you see most not able to make a sustainable change. You need to let the cycle play out, but do the best that you can to maintain the habit your are building and the ones you have built. Ideally I would just build a really strong meditation or exercise habit and keep that at the forefront not matter how you feel. You got to work on getting out of this mindset. Work on building positive thoughts and building a positive attitude. It's a tough one I struggled with for a long time, but you are in control of your thoughts. Practice catching yourself when you say something negative about yourself and change the thought to positive. Instead of thinking "wow I did not do good", think I am going to change or improve for next time. Keep playing those Earl videos or some Napoleon Hill and really work on making that stuff stick. You're doing great as I have seen your progress. You have to consider not many at all are even willing to consider doing deep personal development work. It's a lot of work, but you know it's worth it. You just have to keep trying and taking the little wins.

@Mind of a beast Life is very short. I wouldn't do anything you can to not invest 2-3 years on something you don't want to do. It is all up to you on what you think is the best route.

@Artiekee It will really start to compound the more you put awareness towards all that you have. There is so much to be thankful for, but it takes time to appreciate it. From what I read so far it seems like you're making really good progress. I think it would be a worthwhile investment to update your journal when you can because it really helps you reflect and monitor behavior changes. I know with myself it is something gradual, but it really starts to compound at some point.

Really starting to make progress on what I want to do for videos. Not too sure how I will consistently produce them, but I think this will work good. I got some new stuff to protect the mic from wind protection coming. I really put a lot more effort and opened myself to new ideas for the the up coming video. I think this is going to go well. I need to work on setting up a schedule where I can practice the speech a few times during the week. It is quite hard for me in time balance, but I really want to produce more consistent work. On the flip side of that I do want to make good work too. It might be more realistic for me to produce stuff twice a month if I really want to invest the extra time in it, but I feel that will allow me to slack off. I am sure that I could get more if I tried. I made some good efforts this week, but I let fear back me off from the one decent attempt I had. I am not comfortable yet just recording by random people, so it makes it hard and inclement weather did not help. I am going to give it a good shot this week and keep practicing. Who knows maybe I will even get a good crack into the next project. Building this master mind has been incredibly powerful. Utilizing others brain power, knowledge, and experience is very beneficial. There is very much to share and give to others who are on a similar wave length. I think this is going to be huge for my growth this year. I feel like I have progressed so much in the last few months. I have worked very hard to grow like this though. I feel like this is an excellent path to be exploring. I feel like I have opened up a new world for myself. I need to work on getting more criticism in on my work. I want to improve and make something great. I know that this training is going to be worth it in some way or another. I want to work hard to build something great with this life. I don't want to take it for granted. I feel like I have the potential to do something great. I just need to build a stronger vision and a purpose for what I want. I have to be willing to let myself rest though too. It isn't realistic to overwork myself. But I need to find a balance where I can push past my pain threshold to really work on this. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Marathon Today I am thankful for Time at the beach and enjoyment with my dog Deeper forgiveness work Still maintaining good sales

@WaterDroplet--00 Now that I have seen it suggested more times I will be sure to put this one on higher priority! Thanks!

@sure I would say to invest your time into acquiring knowledge on the topic. I am not sure how dire the situation is, but assuming you can hold out. I would recommend that you invest into some high quality business books, or free materials just online if you don't have the funding currently. If you can dedicate that time to getting a grasp on the actual understanding of business and I recommend that you learn about investing eventually too. You are going to want to explore business options and see what you like and if you even really want to get into business at all. If you are just in the mindset that you want to make quick cash, then unfortunately it's going to be rough. Most businesses require about a year to really get off the ground and become profitable. Although, you should get an idea of at least how you can get money coming in and do some tests as soon as you can. If you do want a business that generates profit faster, then you will want to offer a service and not a product. I could bet you that people in your country would pay you to do things like bring them groceries and supplies as an example. This would be a faster way to make money during the current situation. Do you have any skills or talents? Anything you are really knowledgeable about? If you really need it immediately, then getting a job is about the best bet that you have. Please consider that there will likely be a gap in my knowledge about your country and laws. So you will have to research into what it would actually take to get something running there.

No one could really just tell you what the best path for you is. It sounds like you want to do both things from the sound of it. You should take some time to reflect and think about where your development will be in 10-20 years. You will change quite a bit and from the sounds of it you're not in quick need of money since you will be studying. If you really are wanting to pursue philosophy as your ultimate goal, then you would benefit the most from starting now. If you put it off, then you will just get further and further away from ever actualizing your purpose. Also, you can make plenty of money with either field. One is not going to be better than the other necessarily if you plan to be the best.

@sure What is your living and expenses like currently? How much time can you allocate to something? How fast do you need money?

Seems like I have a very full schedule all the time, but I do enjoy it. I have a good balanced day. I am starting to read for two hours a day again now too since I fixed my sleeping schedule. I am really enjoying this book and it is giving me some good insight on life purpose. I am practicing a lot of speaking with my clubs and things seem to be going quite well in terms of practice. I am starting to think that I am narrowing down this life purpose more and more. I am hitting a point where it is more emotionally difficult, but that is okay. I made a good speech for tomorrow, but I need to work on keywords still. I am a lot more organized this week. I have to admit I am normally kind of tired at this point of the week because of intense reselling work for 3 days straight. I took it a bit easier this week and did more organizing and stuff that needed to be done. I am thinking about doing this more in the evening to give me more time to reflect on the day, so I can look for improvements. I will see how things go though. I seem to have more time during the morning for stuff like this. I feel like if I were to reflect more on the day that I would get more benefit from this journal. I feel pretty optimistic for the video tomorrow. I am definitely getting better at doing this and the practice is showing. I have had a lot resistance to doing this, but it is not like I don't like doing it. I just have to fight off negative thoughts of it. I am also not sure where this will take me and that is alright. I don't even know what niche I would go to or anything and I will be okay with that. I think in terms of my growth I will inevitably out grow reselling. While I do really enjoy reselling and a lot of aspects of it. It has really let me take control of my life and with how things are going it could give me a lot of funding to help me build structure for a more prosperous future. It has really given me so much opportunity to work on myself and turn my life around. I know that if I go the path of being a speaker that it will take time to build the career capital anyway. I am not in a rush and I think reselling will be a fine avenue for funding until things change. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Less than I thought, but a good chunk of 600 page ones in there Marathon Today I am thankful for: Not getting too sun burnt lol Feeling really good about reading The general outlook and direction of my life

You will want to go to export and make a back up of one note like that. However, I am not so sure that you will be able to edit it and what not offline, but you will at least have a backup of it that way.

It takes quite a bit of practice to get there for sure. I am working on it myself and it is slowly getting. You should consider joining a public speaking group like toast masters to get in a good amount of practice. That or put yourself in more situations where you can practice that skill. It will all come down to that amount of times you do it really.

Make time every day to practice your writing in some way and make sure to actually write as well. Taking time to learn and practice the concepts you want to write about. Also, building up a good schedule that involves practice of it every day. You have to make a habit of it and be consistent to get really good at it. Also, find others that would be willing to check your work and make suggestions. Get a good variety of opinions. Now don't get too caught up in it being perfect, but note and document what people suggests, so you can improve gradually. I know for myself I don't always see even the obvious that could be changed.

While extra money is always nice it will be much better for your future to figure out how you want your life to be. Now don't get me wrong if you grind out this summer and built up a good contribution for retirement, business funding, etc it could be a worthwhile grind. However, if it has taken this long to do the course and you have the time and finances I would invest this into your own personal growth.

Really making a lot of changes with how I take notes and really bringing my learning up to the next level. I am going through my notes system and really upgrading and maximizing what I get out of the stuff I read. I am starting to add in my notes a link to a quick overview of the book, so I can listen to that and they last about 30 minutes or so. I did a refresher on 3 books and I did actually notice a little bit more concepts coming back to mind. Granted this stuff was partially just being picked up subconsciously while running. This is going to be huge for how much I get out of each activity I do for learning. Feel quite good that I was able to buy the airline stuff near the bottom. I am doing quite good with this investment strategy. I am going to be putting most of my funds into ETFs now and not individual stocks. I am going to mostly buy single stocks if good companies have a significant price drop from a circumstance that is likely to pass. I think airlines will advance enough in the future to make this less of an issue. If this reoccurs again I will just buy into again companies with enough cash on hand to withstand things. I think with how I am going to go about it I am not going to sell anything at all over my investing life time. Eventually this should grow enough to pay me good dividends into retirement assuming America continues to grow well. I am going to write out an investment plan and stick fully to that. It feels really good to be able to produce better cash flow with my reselling business. It it really taking pressure off of things. I need to get it to a point where I have a big variety of inventory and enough of it to pass through slower quarters easily. The stability is going to be much better for me. Where I am sitting right now on just ebay I am selling 90% more than a year ago, which is crazy. That does not even include the new platforms I am on now. I am sure it is in good part due to the people at home more too though, but I am going to use this revenue to really expand while it is on the uptick. Ideally I will be able to maintain a good amount of income through the year. I need to be mindful of all of the new inventory I keep bringing in too is mostly just inflated in price/demand due to the current issues. I am moving stuff pretty fast though and I think even if I lost some or have to wait out sales at the end it won't be a big deal. Goals for this year: $1,256.00 out of $6000 IRA contribution $1,200 out of $3,000 savings 18 out 44 books Less than I thought, but a good chunk of 600 page ones in there Marathon Today I am thankful for: Having enough to buy my VOO ETF share Great weather Good progress