1st August 2012: 3 months after the start of my new life.
‘What are you doing now?”
This has been the most frequent question I’ve been asked, closely followed by “What are you doing now, exactly?” and far ahead of “How’s the feet? Or was it the knee?”.
The answer changes depending on who’s asking:
- “I’m an online recruiter”
- “I’m a musician”
- “I have a car rental”
- “I’m starting a business”
All the above are quite true, actually.
I’m working on Daniele
The first steps into my life of freedom and self-employment were all about creating structure an mindset.
As I wrote already in the past when I started my blog personal challenge, the very thing that makes a difference between me and the people I admire the most is the self discipline.
And if you work on your own, you need a lot of it 🙂
So I decided to start every working day with some physical activity.
The beauty of starting the day exercising is not the improvement in your condition, but rather and more interesting for me the amount of energy that gives for the rest of the day!
The most common activity so far has been going for a walk in the fantastic Vondelpark (I’m not allowed to run because of knee, yet) but no, I’m not an early bird.
Early mornings are for early sleepers. So as long as I get enough sleep, I don’t care of going bed early…
After exercising I prize myself with breakfast. This is actually a technique of self-conditioning: have you ever hear of Pavlov’s dogs? I’m one of them.
With time my body will adapt to the fact that the breakfast is a reward for the morning training, and life will hopefully continue.
Other things I’m working on:
- Creating a weekly schedule with the tasks I have to complete (not that original) and stick to it (very original).
- Finding a balance between READING new things and DOING to experiment them.
- Drinking more water during the day.
- Eating healthier but at the same time cheaper food.
But having say that, I also gave myself the fist 2 weeks of vacation to join Vero in Vancouver and Seattle, plus some long weekends here and there.
Results results results
I think this society focus too much on results.
I personally focus on my saving account and on enjoying the process, so I’m proud to announce to the World that all my attempts to generate enough money to pay my bills have failed so far!
But Rome wasn’t built in a day so I continue my learning process, trying to stay positive and remembering when I started Salsa and could not understand which feet move first.
I really like the idea I’m trying something completely different and developing a new skill set, so about the results…. fuck it!
Knee
5 months after operation, knee is doing pretty well!
The volume of the muscles is coming back and I started running during the physio training.
I can dance quite freely, as long as I avoid turns on left leg, and I’m waiting for the knee to extend more to go back to some Yoga practice.
Only annoyance is the low-back that hurts when I try to stretch apparently due to the compensation that the muscles are enduring for me walking around with 2 asymmetric legs.
That’s it for this update, it should be clear what I’m doing, right?
You Go, Daniele! It’s all about the process…
Thanks Erica!
Yep, like playing with the guys… it’s fun no matter what! 🙂
“I’m working on Daniele” …. the BEST 🙂 …. you better enjoy it, because he is pretty awsome 😉
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hmm…. I would like more details ..and more…uhmm.. of a personal touch?
Elaborate …. time is all you have.
hehe Mirha,
3 months are… A LOT of details 🙂
Which part would you like me to elaborate?
Here are some ideas for next articles:
– How to become poor but happy
– My 10 rules to personal excellence in doing nothing
– How to make your first buck playing Congas
– The complete guide about how-to monetize your vehicles
🙂
hummmm…..now I think of it, my interest is probably not that suitable for a blog article.
As I am more interested in why Plan A did not work and if we can help out in any way… and what your ideas are now etc.
OK, I’m gonna write you an email!
Discipline. right. Discipline makes all the difference.
Do not worry about revenues as for now; you are still in the startup phase and can’t expect to generate revenues (yet). Focus on strategy (what I do / how I do it / what are my clients / what market niche my websites do cover) and products. Try out if there are Blue Oceans in this sector (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Strategy ) and what the competition does.
PS : car rental ? what car rental?!
Yep, lots of learning ahead 🙂
Car rental… or better say, VAN rental 🙂