One of the smartest financial moves I’ve ever made.
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This is related to doubling my income, of course, but I stopped living paycheck-to-paycheck and learned how to stick to my budget, spend less, save and pay off debts. Completed NaNoWriMo for the 2nd time, writing 108,000 words in a novel in 30 days in November 2009.Actually, I still need to finish the ending and revise it, but achieving my goal of 50,000 words was awesome. I participated in NaNoWriMo 2006, and completed 50,000 words in November 2006 for my novel. Now I make much more than that working for myself. I got a job and continued free-lancing and effectively doubled my take-home by working two jobs (while still having time for exercise and my family). I was only working as a free-lancer for most of 2005, and wasn’t making enough to support my family, looking back on it. I first cut out meat, and then slowly transitioned to a 99% vegan diet (now fully vegan). In August 2006, I decided to become vegetarian. I ate leaner poultry and fish, more fruits and veggies, more whole grains. I began cutting back on unhealthy things like fried and salty and sweet foods. As a runner, and someone with the goal of losing weight, I decided I needed to eat healthier. I’m not perfect, but I’m much, much improved over how I was before. I learned how to keep my files in order, how to stay on top of my paperwork, to be organized at home and work. In early 2006, I decided to create simple systems for organizing. I get so much more done in the morning - not work, but working on my goals. I did it slowly, and once I began waking early, I began to discover the joys of the quiet morning hours. In order to get my running in, I decided to start waking early. Since then I’ve done two others, including the Honolulu marathon It had always been one of my lifetime goals, and completing it was one of the very best things I’ve ever done. About a year after I started running, I completed my first marathon. Soon after, I was so into running that I decided to run my first marathon.
I slowly built up my distance and within a month was running my first 5K. I started out by running about half a mile, heavily winded after doing so. In order to relieve stress without smoking, I took up running.
Success can breed success, if you take advantage of it. I had tried and failed to quit smoking before, and when I was successful this time, I analyzed it and learned from it and was inspired by my success. Quitting smoking taught me a lot about changing habits and accomplishing goals, and all the elements needed to make this successful. Really the change that set all the other changes in motion. Here’s what I’ve done since December 2005, when I began to make changes in my life (this is going to sound like bragging, so forgive me, please): But I have accomplished a lot over the last couple of years (and failed a lot) and along the way, I have learned a lot. I haven’t made millions of dollars and I’m not the world’s greatest athlete.Īll I am is a regular guy, a father of six kids, a husband, a writer from Guam (moved to San Francisco in 2010, now living in Davis, California). I am not an expert, or a doctor, or a coach. My answer is that I have no formal qualifications. So you’re reading some of my posts on how to achieve your goals, and how to save money or exercise or wake up early, and you’re wondering … what exactly are my qualifications?
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