In a lot of ways, I’m very jaded and cynical. But in other ways I have a lot of big dreams. I guess this blog it a delicate balancing act between believing that you can achieve whatever you want in life and realizing that nothing is ever as good as it seems.

If you have a problem with that, then this blog probably isn’t for you.

If you’re okay with that, then maybe you’re in the right place :)

Topics and Themes Covered Here

A Journey

This blog started out as a personal journal where I wrote about my journey to make money online. I got a course called AffiloBlueprint and did it non-stop for a year (and actually made enough money to go to Thailand).

• Website Building Update Week 7 (my first recorded entry on this challenge)
• Website Building Update Week 52 (after doing it for a whole year)

I still treat this blog as an intensely personal thing, so there are often other confessions and personal updates along the way too.

Lifestyle Design

Say what you will about Tim Ferriss and the 4 Hour Work Week, it was a huge inspiration to me, and it gave me the kick in the rear to get started. I’m very much interested in lifestyle design :)

• 4 Misconceptions About the 4 Hour Work Week
• 4 Lessons from My First Mini-Retirement
• The Sum of All Compromises (my story about knowing when to change direction)

Internet Marketing Tips

What good is writing about lifestyle design if you don’t actually explain the details? Here are some internet marketing tips that have worked for me:

• 4000+ Words on Keyword Research
• My Article Marketing Strategy
• The Marketing Divide
• The Myth of the Soulless Marketer
• The Myth of the Awesome Blogger

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