I generally get out of bed between 10am-12pm. I check my email, a few websites, and get a cup of coffee with French vanilla creamer (I cannot live without it). After coffee, I wake up. I have a couple people that work for me who I call to check on things. If all is okay I go to work on my other projects like the websites or building something like a log bedframe, coffee table, or a porch swing. For me, making log furniture is relaxing and creative. I don't sell it, I usually use it or give it away to friends if they like something I've made. I might play a game or two of poker, typically on Bodog or UB. Around 3-4 pm I'm usually kicking it into a higher gear, working on the websites. I watch a little t.v. with my wife during prime time hours, then back to work until 4-5am. I go back to bed and do it all over the next day. I love my schedule, it allows me to do what I want, when I want. If my wife and I feel like a vacation, we go. If we want to take the Jeep out for the weekend, we go. I have two other businesses that I don't need to spend too much time with on a weekly basis. I have a guy that runs both of them, a guy who I trust with my life as well as my business. 100% of the money I make from those businesses goes into retirement, and my wifes income along with my affiliate business pays our bills and for play time. The one thing I never, ever do is change my retirement plans or touch that money. I pretend it doesn't exist so I don't blow it all on poker or cars or crap I really don't need. I want to retire as young as possible as my freedom is worth everything to me. I have friends who work a zillion hours a week, make lot's of money and have nothing to show for it. One particular friend has 2 silver Mercedes Benz's, one is brand new, the 'old' one is 3 years old. He just bought a very expensive house and bitches about how much it costs to run his A/C. So, he rarely runs it and the house is 80-90 degree's inside during the summer! Priorities a little f^&*ed up IMO. I have a new site going online here in a couple weeks, one that I've put ridiculous hours into. It'll be by far my best site, and hopefully another step forward. I have several other ideas I'd like to get to at some point, but it's all about time.
Here's my goal in life - the swim up bar. But you can't hang out at the swim up bar for long if you don't have the cash socked away.
TheDonk
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