I started out trying to build small income streams. Print-on-demand.Affiliate.Digital products.Other small income streams that, over time, could hopefully add up to something that looked like freedom. That was the plan.And in many ways, it still is. The idea was simple: to build income streams over time, not overnight. But there’s one thing I didn’t […]
We live in a world built for consumers, but building something of your own means you have to learn by doing.There is always something to watch, scroll, read, or listen to — information is everywhere, all the time. So naturally, most people consume far more than they create. But if you want to change your
Escape feels like freedom. For a long time I believed it was the same thing as exit. Save some money. Leave. Travel. Breathe again. For more than eight years I worked in aviation and travelled a lot. This was back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a few years before and after the millennium
Insight alone won’t build your mental endurance. Your brain changes through repetition. That’s something I’ve learned more than once in my life — not from books or theories, but from necessity. The first time was when I was a teenager. I was deeply shy, anxious in social situations, uncomfortable looking people in the eye. I
on Passivity, Stress and the danger of almost okay Feeling stuck in life means nothing is on fire. You’re paying the bills, and the money is there for the essentials, but there’s a constant tension underneath. Getting through this month means watching expenses, sometimes cutting back, sometimes selling things just to stay afloat. Life works-ish.
