You need to journal (here’s how)

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Today’s Wisdom:

• My week so far: The pendulum
• A resource for you: How to journal in 2025
• Question or answer: Can you help me?

My week so far: The pendulum

This week I am reflecting and recharging.

My challenge ended on Sunday.

I’m gassed if I am being honest.

• $12,214.83 collected during the challenge (and so far this month).
• 3,500 + outreaches to people.
• 6 new 1-on-1 clients.

Plus a whole lot of lessons learned, growth gained, and momentum created.

Now I’m doing this full time (officially).

No amount of fatigue would make that not worth it haha!

I learned if we go to extremes, we go to extremes.

My clients laugh when I tell them about “the pendulum”.

This pattern us high achievers have that is a blessing, and curse.

Extreme sprints of growth, expansion, and winning… followed by extreme spirals, burnout, and self sabotage.

Luckily this ain’t my first rodeo, but the pendulum is real.

When we go to one extreme, we will go to the other.

I’m not perfect. I still have moments of weakness, or slip into old patterns.

For example – I called my old friend mary jane up, watched a movie or two, and felt a little down.

The important thing is:

• Recognizing it
• Reflecting upon it
• Recommitting to the path ahead

Beating ourselves up only reinforces the negativity.

Now I’m feeling rested, and easing back into the workload ahead.

How’s your week going?

What I am working on

In my personal life: You can only cook what’s in the fridge.

Now that I am creating, and mentoring full time… I’ll need access to better ingredients.

Ingredients are ideas, strategies, and systems.

Reading (or any form of intentional study) fills our fridge with good ingredients.

Those ingredients allow us to cook better meals.

Better meals are what we create.

You get the idea.

Someone said “Garbage in, garbage out”.

What we fill our minds with, is what we create our lives by, and who we become.

I am focused on creating a daily reading habit of at least 1 hour per day.

Recently I’ve been reading most nights before bed, which is cool. But it’s not getting the job done.

If I am going to be in the kitchen full time… I better learn how to cook some damn good meals, and fill my fridge with the best ingredients.

In my professional life: Being a marathon runner, not a sprinter.

After this challenge I had a big insight.

I’d rather be a marathon runner, than a sprinter.

Sure running fast is cool. But what if the race is long.

Lifelong.

Infinite.

That’s the race I am running.

Building a personal brand.

Reaching millions of people.

Growing into a thought leader.

It’s not a short race. It’s a marathon. Hell, it’s an ultra-marathon.

A steady pace wins the race.

In my financial life: Building a money multiplying machine.

I’ve shared a bit about how I let my finances get out of hand the last few years.

We are on the up and up again, and doing things “right” this go around.

To multiply my money this year I am following this formula:

• Get to 3-6 months emergency fund, and pay off any debt.
• Real estate is the main priority, with crypto being a boost to what I can earn with my savings.
• We grow into the conversations happening around us.We become who we spend our time with, and attention on.

So far it’s going great!

The more people I help, the more money I can make, which means I can help more people, and make more money…

It’s never about the money.

It’s about what the money provides:

• Freedom – the ability to choose how to live, and what to do with my time.
• Impact – the ability to pay it forward in every possible way to others.
• Family – the ability to retire my parents, and build generational wealth for my loved ones.

Now every dollar I make is a representation of value I add to the lives of others.

No better way to make a living.

Weekly win and miss

My win: Over 30 days of meditating for 20+ mins per day.

It’s changing my life, getting me closer to myself, and spirit.

My miss: I didn’t hit $25k in my challenge.

I was really bummed… I can be a sore “loser”.

But upon reflecting I realized I controlled what I could control to the best of my abilities.

Now how I am feeling is grateful, but not satisfied.

Only the beginning.

A resource for you: How I journal

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The pages aren’t intended for anyone but me. It’s the most cost-effective therapy I’ve ever found.
— Tim Ferriss

I’ve had a couple of clients ask me about my journaling process.

I learned this from a Youtuber named Clark, and made it my own.

Here’s a simple overview…

I use one journal for everything. Yes, one.

Grab a journal that has enough pages to last you the whole year.

​I use this one.​

Front Page: Reality Check

I write the estimated amount of days left until I die.

• 365×90 = 32,850 (good number of days in a human life)
• (your age)x365 = how many days you’ve lived
• 32,850-(days you’ve lived) = how many days you have left.

I write my word for the year on the front page as a reminder.

Next Page: 1% Lessons

I then use the next two “front” pages to write down my biggest lessons for the year.

• Short quotes
• Ideas
• Etc

Back Page: 3 Yearly Goals, and Yearly Vision

On the back page I write down my 3 goals, and yearly vision for easy review.

After that, I split the journal into 3-4 sections.

I have mine split up like this.

Section 1: Freedom

This is where I brain dump, or use my journal as a diary.

• Daily journaling.
• Self reflection.

Section 2: Growth

This is where I take notes and document experiences.

• Courses I am taking.
• Books I am reading.
• Events I’m attending.

Section 3: G.S.D.

This is where I document my weekly plan, and daily G.S.D. list.

It starts out in this template, and then I transfer it to my journal for easy access.

Section 4: Creation

This is where I brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and outline plans.

Why I love journaling

Journaling is the habit of habits.

It combines mindfulness, writing, self reflection, reading, studying, and more into one action.

There is no better teacher than ourselves.

No fuller library than our own mind.

No greater advice than what we give to ourselves.

It’s got me through the toughest times, and helped me remember all the good ones.

Start small (daily brain dump)… but start now.

Question or answer – Can you help me?

This week I am asking you a question:

What’s the biggest challenge you’re facing right now when it comes to achieving your goals, managing your finances, or getting in your own way?

I read each response personally, and your feedback helps me to write newsletters that help you the most.

Reply and let me know… OR reply to this email with a question if you want to be featured on my newsletter and get some 1on1 advice.

In case you missed it: In Saturdays Issue, I covered why you are overwhelmed, spinning your wheels, and procrastinating.

You can read it here.

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