The problem of working from home is that no one takes you seriously. Sitting at home all day does not mean your sitting idle and neither does it mean your work is less important than people working on a 9-5. But people just don’t get it. Apparently, going to a office is much more glorified. My work may involve less physical labor, stress and dead lines. But at the end of the day its work and brings home the money. Just because you go to office and bring money home doesn’t make your money any more important than mine. Its pretty funny how people are just so used to the conventional. ( Now the next step is to figure out how can we monetize that ? )

It kinda freaks my mom out that I might not end up doing a normal job and might do something sitting at home. But, it is the way it is. I am lazy and I like it out here on the internet. I rather be here than any where else

This made me think. When I started off with internet marketing i was much more dedicated and much more wanting because I knew what ever money i had to make was through my sites. I knew this was the only key to my ever broke life.

I worked my ass off initially to get that starting capital and buy sites and now I have a decent amount coming every month with little effort and hence i lazed down. Expansion is on pause . Lot of new plans with poor execution. The fire just might be fading away…..

Ok so what do i really want ?

I want passive 5 digits in dollars a month . I have 15 years to attain it and this year I am aiming for 100 % growth. If I do attain it, I fucking don’t need to worry about a day job because I think my sites can sustain me full time and that could be my launch pad for greater heights and attain the 5 digits a month mark.

I am adding a new site in my portfolio which is going to be worth my 2 months income and I hope It’ll add close to 20 % to my income levels. My biggest buy/investment.

I have lot of other projects that need some serious execution . If executed more $$$ at the end of the day.

How bad do I want it ?

Since I was born , I was a lazy guy. I was a easy go lucky guy. Hardly fussy about any thing and happy with my own self. I still am my own best company.  One man army you can say.

I don’t think I see my self designing planes or repairing planes at the end of the day. When I tell this to my mom , she freaks out and starts talking about the amount they’ve spent for me to complete my bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering . But this is what i feel.

I have wanted to make sites since i was like 10 years old. I’ve made my first ones with geocities and shit.  It took a while before I realized it but it all  came to together . Better late then never.

I see my self living in some sea facing apartment with a workstation with three big ass screens and living a life of luxury and hardly any work.  Probably traveling the globe.  The bottom line to attain that target is by 2026. If I could continue my current growth pace , I could attain it much earlier.

In short. I do want it. But is it as bad ? I don’t know. Probably.

I have a network of promising sites. I have a network of promising plans and ideas. A promising career. Its all going wrong in execution. Execution efficiency is very low. I am just being able to do a part of what i actually set to do.

Enough cribbing about the problem. What am I gonna do about it ?

Obviously , things can’t continue this way and something has to be done. Flaws have to be fixed and the system needs to run on 200% efficiency ( pretty ambitious uh ? ). At the same time realizing I am just one person and cant be every where and not to overwork my self.

First of all , I am gonna try to wake up early. I have noticed , I wake up late and grumpy and then I don’t do shit. I usually get more ground covered early morning.

Second, No msn or facebook during work. If its something important they wanna talk about , they can wait.

Third,  A priority to-do list. Which not only states the priority of each task but also allots time for each. This will allow me to get the main one done first and keep the ‘Not so Important’ ones for later. Any task not completed will be carry forwarded to the next day with the highest priority.

Fourth, Break down all my projects into series of action , So i can compare , plan and compile my daily lists of task. So i know i am reaping the maximum out of my time.

That was   for me . My sites need a kick in the ass too. They need to pump two times its usual revenue because the new site I am buying is gonna set me back a fortune and the coming months are gonna be really challenging. Lately i have been showing some gratitude and taking it easy on monetizing my site.  Not any more.  I’ll be going in hard this time.

I’ll be trying out of the box monetization techniques , traffic techniques and literally anything I could make money with .  It needs to pump in more money then ever.

I’ll keep you updated on how it goes.

Things have to change , i need to step out of my comfort zone and give that extra 10 % which entitles me for greatness.  Apparently , its become very evident that I can get more things done in a routine. Doing little little every day not only gets things done but also saves you from the last minute pressure.

The idea is to get into routine and I have never been into something very organized . I am not much of a system person. But, still you gotta do what you gotta do .

I’ve gotta teach my self PHP and basics of stock analysis and carve my self a portfolio where i’ll be investing my funds. I need to start taking care of my self . I usually have a very shabby and careless approach to myself.  I know it sounds wrong,  but i do need to fall in love with my self.

I have a huge portfolio of sites to look after . The money is getting bigger and the business is getting serious. It started off as pocket money and has grown way up.  I need to get a infrastructure going which can not only support my sites but also help me get a head start for my new sites. I have very well understood , i am just one person and cant be everywhere at the same time. I need to get more people involved into this business of mine but the majority of the people I meet are ‘Useless’ .  totally lost and good for close to nothing.

I am sure as time passes , it will all come along . I’ll be where i want to be and do what i always wanted to do.

I have been working hard but i have been having issues focusing . I have lot of work that needs to be completed in a very short span of time. I’ll have to be working atleast 20 hours a day in the next few days to cover this ground.

I usually am not able to work during college days. I need to get my self in routine which I am seriously failing in. Thanks to msn and fb . But at the end of the day , the people i spend my time talking to help me out when I am in shit.

Talking of shit , I have lately been in a lot of debt. Due to wiring the amount last month. I have been borrowing money from every one I possibly know and I am still in need for more. The debt is around 200$ at the moment. I’ll be able to pay it but not until next 2 weeks. Which is slightly a down side.

That brings me to talk about debt. Debt enables you to do stuff with the money which your future money. The problem is lot of people misuse debt and get into lot of shit. If debt used wisely can enable you to propel your growth exponentially. Around 150 $ have gone into buying sites which according to my analysis should pay off.

Well that was lot of rambling for today .

Stay classy .

PS: Hafiz you are a dick.

I study in a engineering college and have a decent work load. To be honest, its not that much but its still there. The way the semester is planned out , exams just keep coming. Once they start , they don’t stop till the end of the semester. My classes are well spaced out and i usually do get a lot of free time between classes but unfortunately, i have never been able to put it to any use. I also get a decent amount of time in the evening which usually is spent loitering around. Its kinda hard to focus after coming back from college. But, If i wanna reach somewhere now things have to change and they have to change quick.

About my to-do list , All the tasks are divided to suitable sub tasks and similar tasks are grouped together. This enables me to not only complete the task but also not to miss out on the details which I always do. I have also listed down TV and MSN Messenger as my biggest distraction. So i need to make sure , when I am working these things need to be off.

I’ll keep ya folks updated.

first is , the lesser you know the happier you are. You look at small kids they know no shit. They don’t know what the mean mother-f*cking world is up to , they don’t care either. All they care about is their toys , food and people around them. They are happy with all what they know.

Similarly , dumb people are happier. People who are slow at stuff and don’t know really posses quality knowledge to go into things deeply. Those people don’t really bother about the consequences of risk they are taking and what their actions mite lead them to. They might screw up but they live for today not really worrying about their future.  Not the most clever approach but they are happy for now at least….

Second is , The lesser you want the happier you are . Most of our distresses are due to the fact we don’t get what we want. But what happens when you don’t want anything. You don’t seek luxuries but are happy with simple needs of life. That is when you attain or grow your self into the feeling of contentment.  It might involve a few compromises but at the end of the day you are happy and that is what matters.

Third is , The joy of small things .  How often have you stopped and watched a bird feeding , or sat by to admire a sunset. I bet it was ages ago. Its cherishing small things in life like this that makes one feel more happy to exist. The way i see it,  Its admiring and cherishing small small things in life that gives a whole new perspective to your identity and existence. You are happier when you know life beautiful and full of little surprises and adventure.

Remember , at the end of the day be who you are. Do what you want to do , do what makes you feel happy( Sensibly… ). At the end of the day life is nothing but a journey to happiness.

Lets keep the story short, I really loved this girl once and would fight the world just for her. ( You get the idea ? Trust me , I am not over exaggerating ) .  I chased her for quite a while , thinking she was all worth it. She finally gave in. But we soon had to part out ways because she had trouble staying faithful. Not that I wasn’t a man enough. I just didn’t keep the leash tight. She warned me about it.

Every time I break up after a serious relation, I tend to cocoon my self from the world.  May be, Have this own little world of mine where I am happy and have all I want.  I don’t really like to socialize much during this time. Same happened after her.

I thought , may be if i had enough money/car  I could have spent more time with her and make it work between us. My dads not ‘Warren Buffet’ and the pocket money he was giving me was no way enough for me. The calling , the traveling ….. I wouldn’t be able to meet it. Not like my dad would not give me money. But It just didn’t feel rite.

I knew I had to work out something to meet this gap between ‘demand’ and ‘supply’ . I was too young to get a job. Even if i did manage to get it, it would be really difficult to manage it along with the college. This left me with only one option my ‘sites’ .

I have worked hard since then and come a far way. My sites are worth over  20-30K Aed Alone and I pull in close to average monthly pay alone my self.  I am not good to pay the college fees my self yet , but trust me I soon  will be able to. I am proud of what I have done and I have come far way from where i started.

But it has all come on a cost. I don’t socialize much. All i can talk about is sites and money. Nothing happens in my life. I am a far more duller person then I used to be.  Everything comes on a cost of something.

All this work kept me busy and far from thinking about her ( except few weak moments here and there ) . It went until I met this girl. Things clicked rite away and before I knew we started dating.

She didn’t complain . She said I was perfect for her ( Hard to believe ) . She studies else where and comes down every now and then. But she did mention, I was nothing like she thought her BF to be like. She was a fun loving person and I was a laid back kinda guy who thinks he does not belong to parties.

Its kinda weird without her. We used to speak often initially but now its all coming down. She calls once a while and some days she doesn’t. She’s got her excuses. It kinda hurts.  But its ‘ok’ . The funny part is , some random guy shows up on her facebook and she gets active with him all of a sudden and at my end there is no activity.

Disclaimer: I wasn’t stalking , it just showed up on my dashboard.

The funny-er thing ( remember I spoke of the funny thing previously ) is all those wall post hurt nothing less than bullet. I know its bad but well the issue is , its getting worse.

The Ultra-Real Point of concern is after the first female , I never managed to get out of my cocoon. My world includes My folks , my pals , my girl and my sites topped with lot of food . ( Yerp, I have managed to put a few pounds on ) . Seems like the defense mechanism has slowed the pace of my life to bare minimum to the point that my girl might be thinking i am a bore.

Its kinda fucked up state of mind. I don’t know whats going on . I might be losing grip over her but I am gonna get the leash a little tighter and see how it goes.

For now, Peace.

About the mosquitoes thingy, It really was a big deal. Over 40 thousand people were suffering from malaria in mumbai and I was getting over 20 bites a day from the first day I landed. So the probability of me catching malaria or other mosquito transferred disease was pretty high. There was no way I wanted to get malaria on vacation. So i had to be extra careful and fussy about the whole thing. ( though my folks back in india though I was stupid and a little too over exaggerating the mosquitoes issue. )  But that was not the case and I think they’ll never understand…..

But now that I am back , its ramdan and you cant eat out side  which is kinda shitty. But well atleast it is justified unlike the recent minimum tariff rise by sharjah taxi to 10 AED. Loot the bloody expatriates , you do it pretty well !

I ve got my college starting after eid , so need to get a lot of my website work done. I hope I’ll be able to finish off all what I started. This month was pretty good revenue wise and should be working hard to make more next month.

I’ll soon get some spicy stories and update this blog

My current big distractions include the T.V and MSN . You’d be surprised , when you have the TV on during your work . It cuts your productivity exponentially. It actually takes hours for 15-20 minutes work.  Its important I use my time efficiently to actually reach some where. I gotta balance between my work and college.

I have like hell lot of half bitten projects which are going no where because I am not working on them. Infact I am not working properly on any of my sites.  I hope I ll work it out.

College is a pain in the ass too . Home works , projects and assignments one after the other. Things just keep coming up.

Wish me luck , that i can sort my shit out and get a balance routine where i can do both my college work and website work to gather .