Miss M sent me an email at 12:09am this morning and she made a comment about preferring to read the posts that are more about me instead of the website referrals that I’ve been making more frequently now. I must admit I’ve been slack with the blog – posting randomly, usually when I’m at home, whenever I find something that amuses/interests me.

 

Interestingly enough the various websites I post are just as much about me as the posts about what’s going on in my world, though perhaps not as obvious. So the blog has sort of evolved into a “things that made me smile today” page, as opposed to a straight out journal. I guess I want to share those things with other people so they can smile for a bit too. There are heaps of blogs out there where people complain about life and their seemingly hopeless situations but I need to keep a positive outlook until I feel that I’m in a more favourable place in my life.

 

I’m still searching for who I am, who I want to be, and where I want to go. I’m still of the belief that life isn’t about the 9-5 grind, working to make somebody else rich, and following the standard path that most people follow. It’s just not me. I know I’ve said it before but I need to get out of what Robert Kiyosaki calls the “rat race”.

 

Lately I’ve been re-reading Steve McKnight’s $1,000,000 In Property In One Year and learning about the various experiences of the people that he mentored. The stories describe how each participant went through and overcame different life challenges to achieve financial (and life) success, and though their paths may have been different there was a common experience that they all shared - each and every one of them had to adjust their mindset. Second to that was unrelenting commitment and action.

 

“Action” – my favourite word.

 

I write that sarcastically because anybody that really knows me will be able to tell you how much of a procrastinator I am, particularly on the big life-changing things. Like buying a property. I set a goal to get into property investing back in 2000 when I attended Henry Kaye’s four day seminar at Homebush (side note: Henry Kaye’s dishonest character landed him in serious trouble with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission). Though the seminar served to fund Mr Kaye’s dodgy dealings, it still gave me some insight into what could be achieved (legally) with the right tools, know-how and commitment.

 

Now moving back to current day I have yet to make any action. Sure I’ve attended a few Steve McKnight seminars, read some books, and purchase Property Investing magazine every month but have I really taken the next step? No. That frustrates me somewhat, but I’m sure I’m not alone. What I’m learning this year moreso than in previous years is how valuable time is, because we have so little of it.

 

My two trips to Bangalore this year have given me perspective, and appreciation for the situation that I am in. I am thankful that I don’t need to fight daily against hunger, disease and a society that offers little to the millions of people struggling to get by. Yes, I am grateful for that. However ours is a different challenge and it’s time that is our food.

 

So where to from here?

 

Like anything it starts with the first step. That’s where I’m focusing my energy this year. I’m not going to hope that it all works out because I know that it’s going to take more than hope to make anything happen.

 

So that’s where I am… for now.