The Journey To Financial Independence! Is it ever to late to start?
By: Island Life Goals
Tags: Work Life Balance, Learning And Development, Affiliate Marketing, Making Money Online, Financial Freedom

Just like in any journey, you have to start with where you want to go. A good plan makes the trip a lot easier. With that being said, this is my first step. I am planning on becoming financial independent in the year 2021. I started the process late in 2020. I was let go from my salary position unexpectedly due to Covid-19 and for the first time in my life. I didn’t know where my next pay check was going to come from. I have a family that I have to provide for and I have been solely responsible for the income. What a way to go into the end of the year…

How many stories on the internet start of like this…

My goal is to become another story that sounds cliché and just as made up as all the stories and ads out there. So how do I do that is the next question and really the only question there is.

Well, I think if there is one thing losing my job has taught me, it is don’t put all your eggs in one basket. So this time my plan will have multiply streams of income to make the goal of financial independence a reality. My plan consists of a using both digital means and physical to earn income. I plan to do both 1099 independent contractor work and a salaried position, but in my own company this time.(I will get to that eventually)

Step 1 was to lay out what I could do first and with the least amount of effort but the most return. For that I turned to Door Dash. I found I can work a few hours a day during the lunch and dinner rushes and make about $100 a day. Now, there is no guarantee and it really all depends on tips and location. But if you schedule your self properly and work in a small area. You can make decent money and still have a lot of free time. You just have to give up meal times… But doing this and averaging about 4–5 days a week. I am able to take an extra $1500-$2000 a month. I plan to scale back on Door Dashing as my other streams of income take off. Still, I see it as an easy way to make some extra cash that can be repurposed when not needed for day to day bills. I might go into how to really maximize your efforts through Door Dash in a future post. I have talked to a few different drivers and I seem to have a different approach and seem to be making more than the average driver…

So now that I have one form of income that also has a “schedule”. The next step is to setup ways to generate other streams of income around my Door Dash schedule. I plan to do this mainly through the digital realm. The great thing about this day and age is that really can do just about anything from you home. So with that mindset, I plan on doing freelancer jobs to file in the time I have between “shifts” of DD and the other projects I am working on.

My first attempt at this has been working with Writing To Wealth. I can across them when I was doing some research on how I could work at anytime of the day and take advantage of the internet. See, I realize that if I am going to become financial independent in 2021, I need to take advantage of every and any thing I can. The next big step is to find gigs you can do that are easy for you or don’t take up all your time and pay little. You can check out the Writing To Wealth website and information here: Writing to Wealth .

See, I realize that if I am going to become financial independent in 2021, I need to take advantage of every and any thing I can. The fact that Free Lance work can offer you the ability to make your own schedule is a big plus. IF and ONLY IF you take advantage of the time and not waste it. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. It is all about how you use them. The next parts of my plan are going to need to involve passive forms of income. If I plan to be financial independent I will need to be able to make money when I work and when I sleep. 24 hours a day I need to have something out in the world trying to make me a dollar.

My mindset is the more fishing poles I can have out in the water the better chances I have of catching that big fish or hopefully multiple fish. They don’t have to be a big fish to feed you! A few small fish will do great! But, either way the more opportunities I can create the better my chances of success. The internet offers people access to people around the world. You have the ability to find something out there for you if you take that step and look. People are creating businesses, brands, and having their talents discovered because of the internet. I have learned more on YouTube I feel sometimes than I did in High School…Ok not entirely true, but I probably could! My point is the only thing holding me back from finding success is not trying. Just like ever one out there.

So I will start small and learn, but with the plan for scaling. So that brings me to learning… How am I going to do this? I can’t just do odd jobs on the internet… So I realized I needed to invest first in my education before jumping into any drop shipping, Amazon selling or affiliate marketing program with out learning what is involve. I had heard that affiliate marketing was the easiest way for passive income, but does not happen over night. I also have seen a ton of individuals promoting their drop shipping methods and classes on how they sell on Amazon. So I know it can be done with those mediums as well.

While I was investigating all of these ways to have a business, I kept coming across the same common aspect needed. The need to market. Successful marketing campaigns are what was driving traffic and sales. I needed to learn how to market effectively on the internet. That’s when I came across the One Funnel Away Challenge. I started this training and challenge this month. It has already challenged and opened my mindset to a world of possibilities. The One Funnel Away Challenge is the reason I started writing this blog/journal to begin with.

If you have read this post and have made it this far. I believe you are an individual looking for a change and a way. You are looking to connect with someone who is actually going thru real world issues and doesn’t have a Lamborghini in a video telling you how be financially independent is easy. But, not telling you about how they did it, or the ups and downs that are on that path.

So, if that is you and you want to put some work in learning what you need to do. I highly recommend the One Funnel Away Challenge. It is worth the cost of $100. Now, I of course urge you to use the link in this post to join the One Funnel Away Challenge. See, since taking the challenge I have learned about affiliating marketing and the One Funnel Away Challenge gives you that opportunity. They teach you how to do it and then give you the opportunity to do it with them. So if you click on the links and take the challenge, I will get paid. I thank you for that, but more importantly you are going to be taught the same things and be able to recoup your $100 faster than you realize.

I will write an update on when I have received a return on my initial investment of $100 on myself taking the One Funnel Away Challenge. Since this is the first post and links I have put out/created. This will be the first update

DAY 1 of recouping $100 investment from One Funnel Away Challenge.

DAY 1- Funds recouped- $0

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I am really curious to see how many days, weeks, or months it will take for me to earn my $100 back.

Again hopefully you want to learn to be financial independent, start a business, or expand your business on the internet, and will give yourself an advantage and take the One Funnel Away Challenge. I think you will not be disappointed and I believe it will be one of the pillars that leads to my success in 2021.

So if you are looking for a free time free lance gig that involves writing.

Check out : Writing to Wealth

To learn how to start using a process for earning money online not matter if it is drop shipping, affiliate marketing or any other traditional business.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND CHECK OUT: One Funnel Away Challenge.

That is it for today. I thank you for your time and apologize if this was a confusing read in anyway. This is my first attempt and I hope to get better!

Until the next step!