Average Investor

I had kind of slacked on the reading there for a few days. I managed to get about two hours in today and I finished the Steve Jobs biography! I am going to keep researching it a bit and make a couple videos about him I think would be worthwhile to do with it. That sounds like a good way for me to really help reabsorb the information I learned with the book. I would have to say this is probably one of my favorite books I have read so far. I think that biographies are probably going to be one of my favorite things to read. Going to work this week on getting a lot of music cds, video games, and dvds listed. These are going to be good sellers right now with a lot of people staying home. I am going to work on mailing out a thousand or so cds to a company for them to buy it as well. I have to scan a couple thousand to do that. Not really an ideal way to spend my time, but I want them cleared out and it will be guaranteed money. I think I am going to invest a lot of time into learning about warren buffet as well in the future. I think that is going to be someone really worth studying. So many great people even in our time that are incredible. If I can just spend the time to study and learn from them, then I am sure I could create an amazing life for myself. I think learning from others like that is the best way to expand and grow in life. Having lessons from many years compacted into a book can help avoid many mistakes and show what makes something great. Today I am thankful for Finishing the book Getting some sun Taking a day off to rest

Getting a bit back into the groove today. I think I need to focus more on the quality of work and not really so much the time I invest into it. I think I am going to keep the stock thing as more of a hobby as it does not really matter that much short term because the roth ira I have to be 59.5 to take the earnings out tax free. Not to say that it is not enjoyable to learn about it. I have a few investing books I have been wanting to read anyway. I imagine the stock prices are going to continue to head down quite a bit for awhile. I just hope that I am able to manage and keep my own finances in order while not going to crazy, but contributing to my "retirement" while the prices get better and better. It felt awesome to produce a good thumbnail in a few hours today. I am starting to really get better at all of this stuff. I need to set more defined goals around it though for sure. I guess where I am at I am not really aiming to get rich off it or something. I just think that is one of the better things I could do that contributes to the world with my time. I do have a urge a bit to start a company though. I like the idea of making something big and impact, but I am not so sure how I want to go about it. I don't think it will matter as it does not really conflict with the video stuff. While I realize the real importance of getting really good at one thing. I feel like each adventure contributes to that. I would not regret doing something that I have had a hard time doing for a long time and feel like it has been my calling to do. I am going to double down on my relaxing this weekend and not get too hard on myself. I am going to do the best I can and try to use my mind to create more money and not so much the work. I know there is better ideas that will not suck up a bunch of time that I can create a good amount of money with. I want to spend my time to continue to invest in myself and my future the best that I can. I want to keep my mind in abundance and keep myself healthy and well. Today I am thankful for Feeling good! Feeling creative! Getting back on track

It would be worthwhile to focus on having a main habit that you consistently do every day. I would recommend mediation for that and keep working on that and growing it well. But I started with exercise myself and found that the best for my situation, however I have traded it off to mediation for every day. I maybe take a day off a week for exercise. Sometimes none at all though. It can be hard to juggle a high amount of habits at once and that is why I recommend having the main focus. Eventually you will have a few that are built up. But you need to really get one down for about 2 months and it will start to form in a more concrete habit. I have a lot of habits going and I find that to be one of the best ways to live. Sometimes some will drop off as I get sick, or other things happen in life. But as long as I stick to the core ones, then everything seems to recover fine and I start to reintroduce those other habits later. As you go you can start building a morning routine that will help you grow exponentially each day and get a lot more done. We all get the same amount of time, but if you use it efficiently, then you can get a lot more out of it.

I'd try to focus your attention to finding out what gives you the most interest in life. Find some new hobbies and a lot can come from just that. Unfortunately, most who judge you are going to be making those judgement based on how they see the world and what they think it should be like. If you continue to follow those through life, then you are going to end up miserable. Find out what is out there that makes life worth living. I use to have issues with that type of thinking. I would account a good amount of that to having poor health and low energy. It would be worthwhile to have your blood tested, researching diet, and build a good exercise routine. What interests you the most currently? Or have you not been looking for something new to catch your attention? Do you read at all? If so grab some motivational books and that would be well worth your time to read.

Forgot to post this last night Doing much better today and I feel a lot more grounded. Going to work on getting my schedule back on track again, but it is not off by much. I get the feeling I am not doing a lot in the day, but I am going to try to keep myself more assigned on tasks. Have a few projects to really work on tomorrow that will be fun to do. I need to change pace a bit and not focus so much on reselling. Granted I do want more income coming in, so it will require more attention currently. Although, I am definitely not over working. I am spending a great deal of time learning about stocks. So much information to absorb on all sorts of companies and stuff. I did not have any issues with thoughts though today it seemed like. Going to shift my mind a bit off that stuff I think though. not really going to worry that much about it and just see how things go. I want to get the most important things done and I will keep learning that stuff on the side as I go. I like learning new stuff I think is one of my main things. But I feel like I need to really focus in on a few things and keep them as a top priority. I did actually do the toast masters online today and that was honestly pretty good. That is going to help me a lot with getting use to talking on camera a bit more. Granted I liked doing the in person a bit more. But this will be fine for now. At least we are still doing it. I think the other group might be doing the online thing here pretty soon as well. I think with that stuff it really helps keep me on track. Same with the sleeping schedule around it too because I have to be up so early for the one. I feel kinda of bad that I blew off an old friend today, but I honestly did not want to spend time explain why I had not seen them or been talking to them. It has been about a year at this rate and I just want to leave it at that. I was not going out of my way to meet them or anything, but they ended up towing at my neighbors house that I was helping. I don't like to hurt peoples feelings, but I am not going to hang out with people involved in that type of life style anymore. Today I am thankful for Online toastmasters Lots of free information Sales

I have seen it go either way really. A lot of that is really the interviewers fault that they are asking those questions. Most are looking to make some money and they really don't care much about the job. I think you should give it a shot with more authenticity because it would stand out. But not only that show up and ask them some questions about how it is to really work there and what the environment is like. I am sure that would really make them take a bit more interest in you your are really curious what it would be like to work there. I have known people who even make up their job history and get jobs from that too. But I think honesty is a good way to go. If you can connect well with them, then it will really help give you and edge. But it would not hurt to pause and come up with a bit more than I don't know though as well.

Yeah, I had regretted suggesting my ex getting the birth control a long time ago. I was aware of the effects, then she refused to stop taking it, when I told her how bad it was. But that was just how she was. I had read some stuff about vitamin C not doing much unless you're deficient. Do you have an opinion on that? I don't buy any of it since I read that. But I do take the vitamin D. I am keeping up with almost all of that stuff. So I hope I am able to stay in good health. It seemed like I had a bit of a bug for like 3 weeks there. But not the covid 19. I am going pretty strong it seems like now though. I feel quite good overall.

Today was kind of hard with a lot of compulsive thinking. I usually don't have much issues in regards to this at all, but everything with the virus and all that crap just had my head spinning a bit. Ironically I spent most of that attention on stocks though and the news around that. I have a problem a bit with that, when I get really excited about something that I am doing. That and just the general prices of stuff is a bit exciting to me at the moment. But I realize I need to take a steep back and relax. It was really hard for me today, I just felt really scrambled and seemed to just over think about all of this stuff. Just in a way that it seems to waste a good chunk of the day to a degree. Granted I learn a lot about the companies I have been buying into as I decided to just pick single stocks. So there is a lot more to pick up and I only have invested a lot of time into the two. Not only that but just juggling how I am going to use other avenues to keep the business running well, then working on the youtube stuff, tax stuff, and adding in the stock stuff. Mixed in with all the practices, exercise, etc. It was actually bad today in regards to the fact I did not exercise and only did 30 minutes of meditation, which I got in a bit ago. My mind just seems to be wound up a suppose today. But it will be alright. I am going to get back to all of it and I don't mind a day off of exercise every now and then. I think it is good to keep that going with the muscle healing anyway. Also, in my town there is only one person with the virus and they actually came from elsewhere and let the hospital know before they arrived. So there is not really a whole lot going on in regards to the people around here. But I am still making sure that I wash things well. I managed to get a good haul of organic avocados and roma tomatoes, so I am just running some apple cider vinegar, then water on them before I cut into them etc. I am still meeting people to sell stuff locally. But I am using gloves and putting the money in a "contamination area". That seems to be working pretty well and I keep it brief as well as the fact it is outside. I will probably still have to go to the grocery store 1x a week to keep up on a few of the things I regularly eat. I am going to do my best to be responsible with it though. I stopped going to goodwill and all of that even though I know there is a lot of good stuff there with the lack of people. I would stop meeting the people, but the income is needed as I really have no idea how long this will go for. Not to mention if there is any sort of relief for people I am unsure if I would qualify with the small business and I am not particularly interested in any of their loans, I'd rather just keep it a float as much as I can. Online sales are really slow right now, but I think once people catch up with the supplies they need and get some relief, then they will get bored and start buying entertainment etc. Today I am thankful for Opportunity to buy cheap stock Not being sick and family not being sick Still making some sales even with slow economy

@SamueLSD I can understand that. It can be hard to find something like that in life at times. I suppose you could find something else where you do that though too. If you decide to go I wish you the best of luck with it. I hope you find what you are looking for in it.

Finally setting up a roth ira for myself. I have wanted to start something for retirement for awhile, but never got around to it. I think it would be a good time to start adding some money I can spare to help speed that up a little bit. I am not super educated on the traditional markets though, so not something I am sure of. But I am likely just going to go for ETFs to get started with it. I want to learn some more as I go. If I get some extra I am going to toss some into ETH as well. I think that would be really good to balance out what I have going. I am happy with myself for going and doing this. I am lucky to be in the position I am in to consider investing, but I am not going to overdue it in case thing do get worse for me financially. But I honestly think things will be alright as online sales have held up well. I am taking the day to focus in on tackling this tax stuff finally. I finished most of it. But man is this crap frustrating sometimes. But I think I will be able to do it efficiently in the future. I got that and a few other tasks that needed to be done. Going to focus another day into reselling stuff tomorrow. I am making some progress on clearing out part of my inventory space. I have so much stuff ready to sell I am going to get on it for sure. I am going to stop buying inventory during the virus problem. I could honestly not buy anything for a long time. But I want to move as much as I can and invest my money while the market is low. I think that will be really wise for me to help me set up a bit more for my financial future. I have been spending like two hours a day reading and just loving it. I am just about done with the Steve Job biography. I think that I will be done with it tomorrow I imagine. I am going to read Can't Hurt Me next by David Goggins. That should be amazing I bet! From the interviews I have watched with him they have been incredible and really inspiring. So I am going to learn more about him. Today I am thankful for Getting daunting tasks done. Buyer coming through for local sale Good health and leg muscle seeming to heal Jogged over 2 miles straight today! So healing well

Got the car sold and I might get the opportunity to sell a 90s bmw roadster with 80k miles on it! So that will be exciting if I can do that. I will see how it goes with everything though. I am not sure if I can or not, but either way that is a cool opportunity for me. I think that sales should pick up once people settle down a bit and start getting bored. I would assume most people are going to want more entertainment stuff and such coming soon. But we will see. Things seem to be going well so far though at least. I really need to work through my old inventory as it is anyway and start clearing up more space. I love reading now it seems like. I am already almost 500 pages into this Steve Jobs biography. I wanted to get a couple movies around him and then buy a couple more books on it I think. He really changed the world in some spectacular ways. It surprises me of how much he was able to do. I think he is a good role model to look up to for sure. I mean yeah, he seemed like he could have been an ass in some of his personal stuff. But his drive and creativity were incredible. His ability to run and manage companies was spectacular. I am really thankful to be in the position I am in right now. It really seems like going the extra mile with stuff pays off. I think helping other people is well worth the time too even without monetary incentives to do so. I think even if I made no money helping doing any of that stuff I am just going to make businesses that pay me well over time. I am starting to really get the hang of business it seems like. I want to go further and read more into it and study it more. I have mostly the experience vs a lot of theory and knowledge that might come from books. Today I am thankful for Finding some really good stuff at goodwill because no one was there (Yeah, going to relax on going out) Deal going through smooth and maybe opening up new opportunities! Getting through some of the work I have had pilling up for a bit.

It likely has nothing to do with the quality or how your are presenting your product, but you can show me what it looks like in PM if you want. I could share my opinion on it. But most likely it is just due to not having enough traffic. The people following and watching might just enjoy your free content and without many more you might just not have a person willing to buy. I have seen a big decline in the popularity in blogs, but that is not to say that you cannot make a popular one. I would see if you can start bringing in traffic from social media and other avenues where it could be easy to share your blog. If you are making some videos, then consider making some youtube videos that direct to your blog as well. Also, work on using keywords and such in your blog with https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US By finding hot search terms it will help your blog become more discovered directly through search.

I have definitely let these entries slip by for a few days, but I have been busy. I got some really awesome footage done this week and I am really learning adobe premier now. Really trying to step up my game and get really good at it. I am trying to step up my game with the photoshop too. I had my first 4-6 minute speech and did really good with 6 minutes this week. I have another one coming up next week, so that stuff has been keeping my really busy. But I got some really good results from practicing so much. People in my group thought I was a natural, but I am not sure they know that I am in two toast masters groups for almost 2 months and shot 17 youtube videos in that time to practice lol. I would not say that is quite natural, but I am have been working my ass off to get good at it. I am hopefully sealing the deal to sell that car tomorrow. That will earn me $600 off of it, which I am really happy about. I had a bit of slump with online sales and worried a little. But I think everything is going to be fine. I am seeming to find ways to stay afloat fine. At this rate I might actually make more than last month possibly, but online sales have dried up a lot. I really do need to list in some new inventory though. I am going to be on the lookout for really good deals while I am at this too. I think with the "panic" some deals should be pooping up more. If not I will just invest in the market or crypto I think. Probably crypto though, because I understand that the most. I am starting to build up a lot more energy again. It seemed like I had been sick for like weeks. I seem to have passed the fatigue part though. Kind of annoyed that I lost access to some organic items I was eating. I was eating almost entirely organic. But since everyone raided the stores I have not had that luxury fully. I had to admit that is huge part of where my money goes. But it seems like I just feel fucking awesome, when I am only eating good organic foods. Today I am thankful for Car deal Detailing my car finally! It looks spectacular Having a nice weekend of rest and reset.

Well, I am not as familiar with how the military operates there as I am in the US. Discipline would be one major thing you could build up on while in the military. But I don't think that you are going to be learning any of the stuff that is really going to help you improve other aspects of your life. It will be more along the lines of learning to be told what to do, then doing it. You are also going to be around a lot of stuff that is likely going to be much lower on the spiral, than yourself and that would make it harder to grow in my opinion. Also, if you have to kill others is that really what you want to do? There is a lot of trauma from wars that do not go easily. I was friends with a guy who had shot down a kid that was running at him at a US base in the middle east. The kid ended up being strapped with explosives, but it still haunts him. It isn't easy to shot someone down as it might seem. That type of trauma could really hinder your progress if you have to do that. Do it if that is really what you desire to do though. I would ask what is the main thing you really want to get from enlisting?

Check out these: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfdYcA62Vip6EFKKLUij-4g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5RsHynktqGlvUaP2ML0Faw I have had OCD since I was very little and managed to control myself with ERP techniques that I just figured out myself. I did not have access, or did not know about the resources out there. Since you are actively looking for help, then that is half the battle right there. I also had major success using mushrooms against it before too. If you want you can PM me about it. I am not an expert on the subject, but maybe talking to someone who has been there can help.

By just realizing it you are already on your way to better things. I would try to save up some money to help you find other ventures. If you still want to just work a job, then search around for what seems to be a better fit for you. At least what you are doing is a start in the right direction. I recall working at buger king and literally watching a regular customer collapse on the floor after eating some of the food. It is a bunch of toxic crap, but that is what I had to do at the time to get by. I have left since and never looked back.

@actualized1 Cool, thanks so much for the suggestion.

I think it is fine to play some games. It really depends on the person playing them. I am taking a year off, but I will have some casual games to play on the weekend occasionally maybe in the future. There is a lot of awesome stuff in life to do though. I suppose I get more excited to read most of the time now though too.

I notice it does change the thinking I have from doing LSD a bit. I have been thinking a bit more about more big picture questions. I am not sure if that is a good think or a bad thing. I definitely want to take it at pace and see how things go. I have the feeling this can go much much deeper, than just the bit that I have picked up so far. I will see how it goes and how I change a bit with just this one for now. Focusing mostly on reselling right now. But I am still going to keep doing my other stuff. I am going to try to make sure to keep my positive thoughts at a max while I can. I guess most of it is trying to find out what I want to make the most. Deciding what would be worth mastering the most. But I suppose I like the idea of just sharing the things that I learn and that makes a big mix of stuff. I have a lot of speeches to come up with soon too and a lot of projects. Feeling fairly good today and motivated to move some inventory. I need to clear out some space and I feel like that will make me feel more relived just with stuff I have to do. I don't feel really overwhelmed, but I just know how much is in there and I need to get stuff moving. I want to get stuff cleared up to start getting more garage sale inventory and stuff. But this is going to take quite a bit of time to really move all of this. Ideally I could at least get rid of the storage unit sooner. Today I am thankful for SUN $45 music cd found Sold a big thing of hand creme/cleaner I assume because of the virus thing and them taking regular hand clear off ebay.

It can be pretty hard to juggle a lot of stuff at once. Especially if something is mentally demanding. I like to put my time into sections and keep things a bit separate with dedicated time towards it. You could try to get up a bit earlier and do some web design stuff before work while your mind is still fresh. I try to aim to be up earlier, so there is not distractions and stuff. I find it pretty helpful for getting some of the things I want done. Granted it is not always easy to get up extra early, but it seems to pay off well. You could see if you could join some sort of club web design too. That would really help keep you on track. Because you would be doing things revolving around that. That and putting yourself in a space that is based completely around that.

I might be going to a Zig Siglar event with my new friend from my toast masters. That sounds like it could be really cool. I have never really paid to go to a self-help seminar type of deal. I would be interested to see what it is all about. I think that could be really fun for me to. I have a lot of projects going on with both groups it seems like. It is really going to keep my busy. I am adding that in on top of the business work and my days seem pretty filled up. I am not to worried about it though as I seem to be really enjoying a lot of time with what I do. I still need to work on maxing out my positive thinking. It is strange how I can be so excited for ideas, then feel like I am not sure if I want to continue with what I am doing. It is not really a sense of doubt in myself, but more of like what I really want to fully enjoy doing. I am not sure how much more I can enjoy the things I do, than I already really do. I feel like that is mostly just a feeling of doubt though. I like the stuff that I learn and do. I am going to do the stuff regardless, so why not build something and help others a long the way. I think I finally figured out Napoleon Hill's master key to success. All it is is to just help others that are worse off, than yourself. Which honestly makes so much sense. The most successful people I see are usually doing that. People that you actually would aspire to be like are usually that way. Who knows maybe if I help enough people I will find what I am looking for that way. I do need to set more clear and accurate goals of what I intend to achieve. I suppose that is really my main issue with going through on my stuff. I know I could grind out anything really and be successful in it. But that is not really the point. I suppose I enjoy helping people a lot with business stuff. I find that really enjoyable. I think it is really cool to help someone else out and give them a hand in their adventure. I am not sure what I want to do to add all of this together. I want to make something original and make an impact on people. I know once I pass all of the survival needs that I will just want to enjoy all of the stuff I am doing. I am not really sure what I want to do. I have a lot of time to think about it I suppose. I want to commit to all of this for at least a year and see where it goes. Really put in my best efforts and just enjoy the ride. Today I am thankful for Getting a lot of organizing done Setting up to get more stuff done Learning new skills!

I really need to stop sleeping in as much. A bit harder coming off of being sick, but I do not want to waste the say. I will be up early for toast masters tomorrow though, so it should be easy to help reset it. I am pretty excited to be a member in both clubs now. It is going to add a lot more challenge for me. Doing my first 5-7 minute speech this week in the other group, so that will be a great start into that. I really want to work hard on this reselling business and get it as proficient as possible. I want to maximize the earnings as much as I can. That and I really need to get old inventory moving. I have had so much stuff and a lot of it is even costing me money from storage. So I really need to get on top of everything and get to selling. I am actually still selling pretty well even with the scares of the virus going around. So that makes me think I could do well even if there is more economic uncertainty. I think will help me to diversify around more on the platforms I sell on. But really max out my returning clients through facebook and ebay. I don't care as much for amazon or the others, but I am sure Amazon could bring me some great money as the platform is lager. I just think with what I sell it will not be as efficient. I still feel quite motivated after the trip. I really need to buckle down and put my feet to the fire a bit though. I have a lot of plans of stuff I want to do and I want to go through with them. I want to work as hard as I can and produce the best work I am capable of. I am so thankful to be in this work. I am not sure what I would be doing right now, but I cannot imagine I would be living even as close to a good life as this. Today I am thankful for Finding good books and keyboard Stocking up on bulk groceries Feeling better My top 9 values are Personal Development Knowledge Honesty Creativity Connection Contribution Fun Adventure Productivity

I would try to find a good paying job with the business degree, then pursue your passion fully. But that is just my opinion on it. I think that by spending a ton of time going through the hops of learning coding is not going to be of much value if you plan to just drop it all together. I can see what you would want to do it though because it can pay well. I just cannot imagine sticking out something that you don't like doing and trying to become that proficient with it. If you have it that comfortable there I would find yourself a job and max out the amount of money you are saving. All while pursuing your passion on the side. I would say the longer you go away from your passion, then the harder and harder it is going to be to pursue it over time. I mean if you are already deep enough the freelancing, then go ahead and do it and use it to make yourself stable income wise. I am sure that would feel a lot more pleasing than most 9-5 jobs. You could use the coding skills to make your own stuff later too if you wanted. It all just really depends. But how I see it with the degree and stuff I imagine you could find a good paying job and if you have little expenses just save and invest the money. I do understand the the fact of youtube being a hard one to bring income. Most take a few years to start generating much. But it all just really depends. Some luck is involved, but it requires you to be actively posting and increasing your value there. That is why it is better to start sooner, than later. You could work hard on the side for it and save up a good chunk of cash in a 9-5. I would imagine it could take some years to get the freelancing really of the group depending on where your skill level is. I had actually seen a guy getting a bit shy of 2k revenue a month with only 6k subs. But it was because his niche was in gambling games and I assume the ad payout is really high with that type of videos. Same with ones about credit cards and that type of stuff. Usually the lowest conscious stuff pays the most for a platform like that. But you can aim to offer products and services of high value and make up for that. You can monetize earlier, but I think to a degree it could be off putting to newer potential subscribers. Also, if you feel the need to go through all of the stage orange stuff, than go right to it. I feel like it can be well needed for most. I have done a lot of it myself. I owned 6 cars at once one time. I am sure I still have some tendencies towards it, but not much at all anymore. I don't really care about that type of stuff much at all now. As you go deep enough in it you will realize how time consuming even having a lot of material goods are. That and just chasing money just to chase it can get old fast. I like the feeling of building a business and skills. All of those things are enjoyable to me. I like the idea of independence. But it really only go so far after that. You can live a really nice life without a ton of money and items. The girls and stuff I could see that. I had sex hundreds of times with my ex and just got bored of most of that. I like to flirt a bit, but really once I am pursuing a purpose and stuff a lot of that is just secondary it seems.

I found it helpful to put myself somewhere without distractions to write out ideas and scrips. Not quite the same thing, but for me that seems to make a difference. I have had some resistance to it for a bit, but today I just sat in the car for an hour and wrote out a bunch of stuff. I would see if you can find some space where you are not distracted and can just think about writing. I would consider reading some inspiring books as well.

@actualized1 Never really thought of him for one. That sounds pretty interesting. I never watched his show much. Anything particular you liked about it?