Once upon a time, I read a book. The book was ‘Fastlane Millionaire’ by MJ D Marco. It kind of changed my perspective of life, money and time. He made it very clear, growing rich fast through a job was just not possible. A job is always going to have that limit/wall beyond which you won’t be able to grow.

I got fucked on all those search engine updates. I lost a good part of my site’s portfolio. From 5 digits a month to 3 digits a month. Big plunge. Disheartening as fuck. All of a sudden, all the plans were gone for a toss. I had to take up a job or leave the country. I considered leaving the country and setting up something in India. It wouldn’t make sense to set up something unless I was already making enough to sustain a staff easily.

Hence, I took a job. You thought dealing with a teacher was difficult? Wait, Till you get a Boss. Everything changes. All of a sudden, you start missing your college lift. Adult life sucks. Being busy sucks. Not meeting your old friends sucks. Driving for 3 hours every day in traffic sucks.

There is only one thing that doesn’t suck for now which what I do for a living. I do what I like & hence time passes pretty fast. The salary is a joke. The career prospect is a joke.

OK, Firstly I am not sure about how many of you actually waited for this but I would like to believe that some of you did. Its kind of a ego/confidence booster.

As I mentioned before, Life is not at all the same any more. I am working full time for the largest E-commerce company in the region (Guess Guess… Shouldn’t be so hard). If you think college is hard then wait till you start working. You have a boss, you have targets and ton of reports. Its not as glamorous you thought it would. And for me being a business person, it wasn’t easy at all.

My sites, My business has suffered because I haven’t been able to give it enough time. I am going to try to scale it back again and make some more money on that front. Its going to be hard and going to require a lot of work. Lets hope for the best.

I am currently suffering from over working and long work hours which leaves me burned out and no energy to do anything else which really I am going to change with the coming time. More work needs to be done in a short span. Its going to be difficult but I really don’t want to be all work and no play.

“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.” – Hugh  Macleod

And the rumors finally came true, there is going to Salik on two of the most popular modes of entering Dubai from Sharjah. Before we discuss this further, lets list the number of ways to go to Dubai from Sharjah.

They are as follows:

• Ittihad Road
• Ghusais->Airport Tunnel
• Emirates Road. ( The whole new name is just BS)
• Dubai Bypass Road

The list is ordered in ascending order of distance.

The Peak hours to get to Dubai has and remains to be morning 6-10 and Evening 5-9.  A person using the above the first two routes is basically going to be fucked because of the salik. He either has to move or take an alternate route. These Roads are also pretty crowded in the morning. But the biggest fuck up is getting to them. To get to either of these roads from sharjah involves industrial are. The region is saturated with cars every morning. With the diversion of additional traffic, the whole area is going to come down to stand still.

Shit is getting worse.

I recently started my internship at this ‘X’ firm. The abundance of time reduced drastically. Last few days have been pretty much come home and crash. Time is of the essence and limited. Things need to get done and they need to be done faster and systematically. All those objectives which I set up for the new years are pretty much on standby.

Keeping in mind, I want to retire at 35 shit needs to get done today. I really can’t afford to wait till tomorrow. Processes need to get efficient and systems need to be formulated which can further be scaled and optimized. I can’t afford to be lazy and procrastinate.

Since the new year, I have blown a hell lot of money. I don’t know a exact number but I do know this needs to be stopped. The problem with being stingy about your money is that it sometimes interferes with your social life. Its a very delicate balance.

But the whole point is everything needs to be accounted for and the final result needs to be in line with my long term objectives. If it doesn’t, things need to be tweaked till it does.

Targets needs to be set. Work lists need to be made. Important stuff needs to be prioritized. Everything needs to go on together in harmony.

The new thirty day challenge is as follows:

• I am going to keep track of my daily spends. (Daily Basis)
• I am going to keep track of what I eat and how much. (Daily Basis)

I am also gonna go ahead and come up with a list of task that needs to be done every week in advance. I have had a hard time focusing on my sites. I have literally not done anything since I started working. I am guilty and I am going to change it.

I am also considering starting a new blog about my efforts to retire at the age of 35. I am sure it will serve as a good reference for others. If all goes to plan, I’ll do it. I want the blog to serve as a record that it can be don. This needs a bit more of thought but i’ll eventually come to it. I’ll end this with a quote:

Be Fearless, Stop Blaming, Take Control and Make it Happen ! – Me