Self growth and reflection are part of the journey towards success. Life may seem like a straight path and pretty clear cut sometimes, but inevitably you will go through some incredible twists and turns. Sometimes these twists will be ones that you don’t want to take at the time, but you must remember that everything happens for a reason. It may be cliché and easier said than done but don’t get discouraged. Instead of reflecting on the negative of a seemingly bad situation, take what you have learned and use it to grow. A few things have been shaken up in my life as of recently and I just wanted to do a candid reflection of where I am at and what I want to do moving forward.
Getting back to my initial goals
When I first got into real estate, my goal was to be able to get into investment property and create a huge rental portfolio of buy and hold property, while use flipping to fund my deals. As an alternate to this, I was offered a partnership position to become an agent and thus far have learned a lot from my experiences. I have a better general understanding for real estate which helps, but after almost 8 months, I still have yet to even begin pursuing my original goal and it’s beginning to get a little discouraging. After a ton of thinking and reflection, I have come to the conclusion that I want the autonomy again to begin to pursue my original goal. Now, I have some money to get started but for some reason, I can’t seem to shake this feeling of failure and sadness. I think it is because I feel like I am starting all over again from scratch and my brain is trying to get me to think that everything I have done was for nothing. I know for a fact this is not true, so I have been working hard to gain the control I need over my thoughts again. Every so often, anxiety and self-doubt sneak back into my brain and I have to expend energy to fight it off. This has left me feeling drained for the past few days. I want to continue the sales end of real estate because I have learned so much and enjoy making people’s dreams come true, but things need to change before I lose complete sight of where I had wanted to initially go. I listen to BiggerPockets real estate investing podcasts almost every day and read all of their books so I think I have a decent foundation as to where I need to begin, but I still want to dedicate and allocate a large chunk of time learning as much as I can in the upcoming few weeks. My objectives are to learn, find a partner who has a similar vision to me so that we complement each other’s abilities, find an investment market, and secure a property by summer. The time of waiting is over and it is time to do what I always preach on this blog, TAKE ACTION!
My blog message
This December will be a year since I began my blog and it has been a great experience thus far. I love to write and I feel like when I do it reinforces the things I preach to be used in my own life so I don’t lose sight of my goals. I truly care about my message and want to expand its reach so that thousands and someday millions will be able to see it and understand it. I believe the principles I teach are life-changing although sometimes difficult to implement for a variety of reasons. My message doesn’t coincide with the general messages of the American education system. The school system teaches you to live a life of little time for leisure, no autonomy, and a complete disregard for the freedom America has to offer. My blog’s entire purpose is to combat this and open people’s eyes to see that their dreams and aspirations are completely possible! I am focused completely on expanding my marketing and reach by trying different companies and techniques to increase my web visibility and reach. This is my ultimate goal with my blog and where I’m intending on taking it going forward.
i may not be there yet
Although I may not be anywhere near where I want to be yet, I feel as though it makes my blog as genuine as possible. Sure, a million gurus who have had major success are out there trying to sell you things like courses teaching their methods that may or may not work for you, but that is not my intention at all. What I want people to see is that I’m just like them. I am young (I’m 20 years old), inexperienced, but hungry to learn, and possess a never give up attitude. I want to take people on my journey with me so they can see the ugly side of trying to make your dreams a reality, and all the lessons I learn on the way so others don’t make those same mistakes. I love blogging and I love seeing others succeed. This is my passion. I won’t cave to the pressures society throws at me. I don’t want to live with regrets and fear. At the end of the day, I just want to be able to tell myself I laid it all out on the table to be as successful as I can be. I know with this attitude that success is inevitable. I am here to not only hold you the reader accountable, but hold myself accountable as well. We are in this journey together!