Back from Family Vacation
I just got back from Ocean City, NJ. It was 4 days away from work, well mostly. I did manage to get some work in. Most of all it was 4 days of fun with my family even though I was thinking about making ends meet, working, and finances the whole time.
The trip costed $1000. $1000 I didn’t have, because we’re renting a new home on July 16th. It’s going to add close to $1250 to my expenses. Add 300 on top for expenses that I have yet to even think about like lawn care, oil, added electricity, etc..
It’s a bigger house than my parent’s house and it’ll be a amazing home for Chloe. Spending that money on a vacation killed me and on top of that I’ve got to come up with $5000 pronto for the security deposit. It’s going to be a rough month. I’m working on trying to crush my best month’s income as well.
The biggest thing for me is the fact that my daughter stopped crying as much with me this week. The on going theme is that she loves me from afar and this week it was different. It wasn’t different because we we’re in a different area, but rather it was different because I was there. I spent a lot of time with her this week.
I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much time with her since she was born.
Holy shit, I’m tearing up. This is bad. I need to spend more time with her. I will be taking her every friday night and every sunday morning. I’m also putting her in my schedule on a daily basis.
The way I’m feeling right now is a reminder that I’ve got to step up my game.
- I’ve got to work harder
- I’ve got to work smarter
- I’ve got to do more in the time I have
- I’ve got to focus more intently and stop wasting time on things that don’t add up.
My father never had time for me. He had time for work and time for golf. We never got along. I can count on one hand how many times we did something recreational together besides the week of skiing we did every year to play family catch up.
I don’t want to end up like my father. I don’t want to spend a week with Chloe to catch up on the time I couldn’t spend with her.
In order to accomplish my goals I need to create a residual income.
I’m trading time for money for the most part with personal training and it’s taking up a ton of my time. I spend 32 hours a week doing Personal Training. I make close to 45K with those 32 hours, but it’s trading time for money.
On top of owning a job as Rich Dad would say… I’m up in the morning and home late at night, therefore missing crucial time with Chloe. To commute to & from the daycare it adds 45+ minutes to my time in the car everyday.
I’ve got to spend more time with Chloe while spending less time in the car.
My Marketing Agency creates close to 30K a year and costs me very little time out of “pocket” because I’ve got SEO down or my partner take care of it. I spend a ton of time working to get new business however.
The bottom line is that I’ve got spend more time working to gaining the right marketing & seo clients to support my new home and support new employees in order to streamline the smaller clients that I work with. Then shave off time with my personal training and rearrange my schedule so that I’m home for Chloe more often and able to take more appointments.
BTW – the Daily Check List is solid.