What I did today
I’m a very goal-oriented person. I’m the kind of person who wakes up in the morning and writes my goals down as soon as I do. I have a journal that I also write in and a small notebook that I carry in my pocket. The journal is for recording my thoughts, the small notebook is for my daily goals.
It’s not an exaggeration, at all, to say that I live and die by my goals.
The most important one is the third thing I write every day. That goal is how many days until I want to retire. Today, it’s 1,782 days left.
There are 1,782 days until I reach a milestone birthday. On that day, I want to be retired, with passive income. I want to wake up, kiss my amazing wife, play with my kids before sending them to school, and retire.
For that reason, I feel ill, physically ill, when I don’t feel like I’m making progress towards my goals.
I felt like that today. I’m doing things each day, but am I really doing things that move the needle?
Based on how I’m feeling, I might not be. It’s time for some introspection here!
What I made today
Job: $190
UpWork: $22.50
KDP: $0
Catalant: $675
Interview Coaching: $0
Medium: $5
Affiliate site #1: $0
Total: $892.50
Today’s pro-rated amount of monthly expenses
Expenses: $375
Today’s Income
Made: $517.50
My plan for tomorrow
Tomorrow should be an introspection day. I think I really need some introspection at this point regarding if what I’m doing is the best pursuit of my goals, or if another strategy would be better!
About the Author & The $0-$10K/Day Case Study
Dean’s goal is to create $10,000/day in passive income through entrepreneurship. Too many people write “success porn” that skates over the struggles many face in entrepreneurship
The hope is that this series of posts will inspire someone else out there to make their entrepreneurship dreams happen.
Dean Woods is currently a VC-backed startup executive by day and a bootstrapped micro-startup CEO by night. Prior to working in startups, Dean was a management consultant. Dean graduated with honors from The Wharton School.
