When the idea to start this blog first planted itself in my head, the intention was to create blog which inspired people to take that exhilarating leap into the great wide open. So my focus was to write articles dealing with goal setting, lifestyle design, productivity, and everything in between. Some of my favorite ones so far include The Formula For Success, How To Successfully Reach Your Goals, and Are You Doing What You Love To Do?.
But those kind of articles only carry so much weight to them. It is one thing to read about the power of belief or how to set goals but seeing those things put into action- that is where the real magic is! This is why I’m going to focus more on talking about my own experiences as I jump into the great wide open.
Some Background First
If you are interested, you can learn more about me on my About page. To save you some time, here’s the Cliff note version of my life at this point:
- I’m 42 with 3 kids and a loving wife.
- We own a cleaning business which provides us a steady second income, the first being her income from being a full-time nurse
- I have started over four businesses within the last six years with two still in operation. The others failed due to lack of finances (in other words, they were not making any profit.) In addition to My Adventure Today, I also run a consulting business called Digital Soapbox Consulting. I also plan on doing some freelance writing in the very near future.
- I have written and published a moderately successful horror graphic novel entitled Before Dawn with artist Jason Whitley. The graphic novel got some great reviews in the horror and comic and even some loving from Sam (Spiderman trilogy) Raimi
- My wife and I own one car (a second-hand Ford Focus), and a 2,000 square foot house which we plan on renovating and selling for double what we paid for it in five years.
- We don’t have any other investments in addition to the businesses and our house
Not too shabby of a life so far but nothing awe inspiring either. While I have accomplished more than a lot of people do, I’m not fulfilled because I know there is far more to experience in life than what I have so far. In order to do that, I would have to make some major and significant changes in my life. And these changes and how I make them will become a major focus of My Adventure Today.
What The Future Holds For My Adventure Today
I’ll still write articles about personal development, lifestyle design, and such, but I will also incorporate articles about my progress towards the changes I will be making in my life. By doing this, I hope to accomplish three things:
1- I will be held accountable which can be a great motivator!
2- I hope to help people by writing about my progress as I achieve my goals and work towards building my dream life. Not everyone is working towards the kind of life I want for myself and my family. But I imagine there are some who share some of the same goals I have and will find my articles helpful in their own progress. In other words, I want to provide value to you- my reader.
3- Meet others who share the same motivations and goals that I do so that we can help and support one another in our progress
Being this open about my progress is both exciting and scary. I’m a fairly quiet person till I get to know someone. So to be totally transparent (I think this is a theme for a lot of people in 2010) is daunting. But it is also necessary in order for this to work for myself and for anyone reading this blog.
As the week progresses, I’ll be posting about goals I have for different areas of my life along with how I plan on achieving these goals. I hope you stick around and join in the conversation by leaving your comments in the Comment section below. Thanks!
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