Accountability partners wanted for a six-week plan towards financial independence.

bySCollyer

617 followers

7 years ago

Hi Everyone,

I apologise if this (my first post) is a bit long winded but here goes….

For those of you who have read my profile you’ll know that I have been ‘tinkering’ with IM since 2009. Although enjoying some success with affiliate marketing and Kindle publishing I have never been anywhere near making a full-time income with my endeavours. This is pretty much down to the fact that I have been distracted (and attracted) by other paid employment where the money is guaranteed.

Unfortunately the full-time job that I’ve been doing for almost 25 years is undergoing a ‘re-evaluation’ which in all likelihood is a euphemism for a pay cut and loss of other benefits -this will come in to force on 1st Jan 2018.

In preparation of these changes I’ve been working large amounts of overtime whilst the opportunity still exists, as a consequence building my own business has once again been side-tracked.

Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) something (work related) happened a few weeks ago that left me absolutely furious.

I can’t go into detail but suffice to say that working for this organisation for very much longer is not an option.

Not only has my success in IM been curtailed due to distractions caused by other opportunities but I have succumbed to anxiety (both family and work related) and overwhelm which has led to months, if not years of procrastination, along with procrastination comes regret which I believe is one of the worst emotions that a person can experience.

I am a great believer in planning, action and momentum and now is the time that I need to take action. You probably know yourself that by making your goals known, by being accountable to others makes it far more likely that you will follow through. So I’ve made a decision which is that over the next six weeks (25th July-5th September) I am determined to focus on two specific areas; business and my weight.

So today I want to share my six-week goal plan.

My medium goal is to be earning £500 (around $600) by the end of the year (although a £1000 would be so much better!) which should make up/exceed any loss in pay that may happen with my longer term goal being to be earning enough to be full-time within 12 months.

My short term goal is that in the 6 week period 25th July-5th September I will:

Have 9 short books finished for the Kindle platform (6 of which I have already written)

Have completed the research and written the first draft of a non-fiction book

Have completed the first draft of two other non-fiction works

Have created a further six pages on my website

Several years ago I was around 3 stones overweight and managed to shed and keep it off by following a self-devised weight-loss programme, recently however various commitments and challenges have caused me to fall off my own weight-loss wagon. I have over eaten, consumed the wrong things and my attendance at the gym has been somewhat hit and miss to say the least, the inevitable result being weight gain-I now need to lose around 14lbs.

So two further goals for this 6 week period are:

To lose 14lb and…

To attend the gym at least 30 times.

I hope that by committing to this six-week plan, being totally focused and seeing it through will propel me out of my rut and give me confidence and momentum to move forward in my strive for financial independence away from paid employment.

So, on September 6th I’ll let you know how it’s gone.

Cheers,

Sam