Archive for December, 2005
Exercise!
Goal #6: I’ve decided to roll all of my fitness goals into one large goal.
My body fat percentage is 10% or less on the first day of spring (March 20th). By the first day of summer (June 21st) my body fat percentage is less than 8%. My weight is at 140 lbs or higher due to muscle gain.
First I’d like to take a look into my past. I grew up with two wonderful parents. Both have been overweight nearly my entire life. My father is an excellent example of how being overweight can affect you physically.
In: Goals, Health & Fitness
Dietary Goals Completed
Goal #5: Change diet to a balanced and complete 6 meal-a-day plan, based on Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle COMPLETED!
This was the first goal I completed. After finding polyphasic sleep I decided that I needed to change my nutrition and excercise regiments. I’ve never been overweight but I knew I could improve on my diet. I ate 3 meals a day with 3 planned snacks in between. My diet was extremely high in carbs.
In: Goals, Health & Fitness
Throwing your money away?
Do you toss your money away? Probably. Most people waste cash every single day. Do you buy coffee at a cafe? Do you smoke, have your shoes shined, or eat out frequently? Almost everyone has something small they waste money on that could make the difference between being rich or poor.
How could a cup of coffee or a pack of smokes a day make you rich? Let’s assume on average you spend $5 a day that you could save by making coffee at home, bringing a lunch, quitting smoking, etc. If you put your $5 a day into an investment that provides a dismal (dismal in my eyes) 10% yearly yeild, in 41 years you will have over $1 million!!
The best shoes in the world?
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I’m going to sidetrack a bit here and talk about my favorite pair of shoes. Bear with me here. I bought these shoes 2 years ago. I only wear them during cold weather (autumn to spring). However, I ABUSE them almost every time I put them on. I walk through salt-filled puddles, snow, and rain. Once I used them to push mud into tire ruts and totally coated them in the process. Despite this abuse they still shine right up! Sure, there is a bit of leather missing around the top, the fine tread pattern is a little worn, and the shine won’t stay for more than a week but who cares? I’m amazed at how well they have held up. Even the laces are original. Who makes these mighty fine shoes? Sketcher. If my memory serves correctly they cost around $110.
In: Clothes, Philosophy
Self-made millionare here I come!
Goal #4: Between my personal net worth and the value of any companies I totally control I have a total worth of at least $1 million by the age of 30.
This goal is self-explanatory, despite being quite a challenge. I’m giving myself 6 years to earn $1 million. That’s an average growth of $166,667 per year! How is this possible? Well, I’ll address the breakdown of this goal into smaller goals in the future, as well as long term financial goals. I strongly believe this to be possible.
Polyphasic Sleep
Goal #3: Attempt polyphasic sleep for a minimum of one month.
One of the main factors that got me interested in self-improvement was polyphasic sleep. The basic defination of “polyphasic sleep” is simply sleeping more than once a day (hense polyphasic). The theory being that sleeping in more frequent, shorter periods is better for you than a single, “monophasic sleep” pattern in that your sleep requirements will be decreased. Think of it as similar to how eating more smaller meals per day increases your metabolisim.(1) I’ve always hated sleeping and when I found this concept promoting less sleep I became very interested.
In: Goals, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Sleep
Forbes 400 Richest Americans
I picked up a copy of the 2005 Forbes 400 Richest People In America today. It’s been out for quite some time but that doesn’t matter. The whole point is inspiration. If these 400 people can become billionares and millionares why not me? What have they done that I haven’t?
Looking at successful people and copying them can work for you too!
Christmas Greetings!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Today has been quite busy and I didn’t have a chance to write a normal entry. I did, however, get rid of a broken motherboard that was taking up space. I’m counting that towards my goal of selling an item a day.
Goal #2: Write a blog entry every day
Goal #2 is a simple one. Write a blog entry every day. In the unlikely event that I don’t have access to a computer I can write the entry on paper and type it up later.
Today’s items for sale:
Full size, USB, water resistant, roll up keyboard. $5
4 power strips, $3 each
Goal #1 – Sell one item a day
I will start my list of goals with a simple one. I will sell at least one item a day, mostly on eBay. We have so much excess in our lives, including belongings we never use. It is best to shed ourselves of these items as they are meaningless. Spend the money on something you can use!
First item: 14 DVDs. I have a huge collection of DVDs … that I don’t watch. It seems I always watch the same 20 or so movies over and over. The rest have been viewed once or never! I sold off a large portion of my collection months ago, a few box sets last week, and now some more individual movies.
