Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyAvocado Toast Really Is Making Us BrokeOver the past few years, a debate has raged over the idea that avocado toast is keeping millennials in the poor house. The debate was originally spawned by Tim Gurner, the Australian business magnate when he appeared on 60 minutes. “When I was trying to buy my first home, I…Avocado Toast3 min readAvocado Toast3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-only1 Week Update: 2 Week Traffic Generation PlanSo the last week hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. There was a lot more to get this blog running than I realized. As I mentioned in my prior post about getting on Google Ad Words, I was rejected. In last week I posted 2 more ads for this site…Blogging3 min readBlogging3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyMy Financial ManifestoThe Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a manifesto as “a written statement that describes the policies, goals, and opinions of a person or group.” So with that in mind, it is time to write mine. Here are my main principles when it comes to how I want to live my life: Time…Finance6 min readFinance6 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyBootstrapping a Company that Can’t FailOne of my earliest memories is of me being at my childhood home, in my garage, pretending to be a shop owner. I’d gather a bunch of rocks or some old plastic toys and set up them and pretend to sell them to others. …Bootstrapping7 min readBootstrapping7 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyMy Two Week Plan To Generate Traffic For My BlogSo I am now setting out on a two-week plan to drum up some traffic for this site. Years ago I had a blog on wordpress.com years ago that got 200 views a day on average, which would be a fantastic goal for me to aim for right now. That…SEO4 min readSEO4 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyCan I earn over $1,000 per month through this site?My stated goal in starting a business in 2021 is that I want to earn $1,000 a month. Currently, I spend about $1,000 a month to live so it would be nice to be able to earn enough money to pay all my bills from a little side business. I’ve…Frugality3 min readFrugality3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyKeep Throwing PunchesTo go along with my last post about Jeff Bezos analogy of baseball, Bezos: Business ideas are like baseball, except you get 1000 runs for a home run, I wanted to follow up with one of the most important concepts I’ve ever run across in life. Bezos focused on why…3 min read3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyThe Truth About The Cost Of CollegeIn 2000, I was an 18-year-old high school dropout without a GED and I was faced with the decision of whether I wanted to go to college. For certain, I couldn’t attend an Ivy League school or even a State University. …College10 min readCollege10 min read
Jan 13, 2021Member-onlyBezos: Business ideas are like baseball, except you get 1000 runs for a home runJeff Bezos had an interesting quote I read a few months back. “We all know that if you swing for the fences, you’re going to strike out a lot, but you’re also going to hit some home runs,” Bezos wrote. “The difference between baseball and business, however, is that baseball…Business3 min readBusiness3 min read
