My Day

So it's now 11:32pm. How did my day turn out? Well I went surfing for an hour, caught some good waves, then rushed off to a Cashflow game meeting. Not sure what the board game Cashflow is about, read this post.

We played for 4 hours and I learned a lot about investing and increasing my cashflow. The other participants included a financial advisor, a day-trader, and a couple who invested in their spare time (they have 6 houses at the moment), and me, who knows absolutely zero about creating a positive cashflow. These games are played once a month around here. Apparently they are taking place all over the country actually. It's a great place to learn about investing in a fun, free way. For info on where they might be meeting in your area, check www.meetup.com

I won't go into much further detail about what I actually did today. The rest was not that exciting! I learned a valuable lesson though. The reason I often don't accomplish what I set out to do is that I act according to my feelings. As long as I am motivated, I will continue my task. However, as soon as I find something more interesting to do, more captivating, I stop doing it. If I get bored, tired... I'll look for something else to do. In order to honor my word and finish what I set out to do, I must separate my actions from my feelings. It's called discipline.

I did ok today. I worked hard and got a good amount of stuff done. I wasn't as focused as I could have been though. I did get distracted, but hey I'm a work in progress. I'm only human. I still strive to constantly adjust how I spend my time. Procrastination is the number one cause of failure. I just made that up, but it sounds right to me.