My 5 Year Goals List - This Post Will Be Famous In 5 Years

Haha, look. This post may or may not be famous in five years. BUT, in the case that it is, I want it to look like I predicted the future - lol!!!

Okay, so this is my goals list. It's not definite. It's 4:10AM here, 5/17/17, and I'm feeling inspired to write out some goals I slowly working towards.

1. make my first passive dollar online
2. make my first passive $100 online
3. make my first passive $500
4. make my first passive $1000
5. make my first passive $2000
6. earn $200 passively a week
7. earn $1000 passively a month
8. earn $2500 passively a month
9. earn $100 passively/day
10. Own Dodger Season Tickets for one season
11. Buy my first car - 530 BMW (potentially)
12. Be 100% financially independent from my parents 
13. Help someone make $1000 passively online
14. Run my own thrift store
15. Have 100 videos on YouTube
16. have 500 videos on YouTube
17. have 1,000 videos on YouTube
18. run my own podcast
19. live in my own apartment 
20. pay for my own vacation to hawaii
21. buy a drone!!
22. own a VISZLA!!! 
23. take my parents on a trip to Okinawa, Japan and take a picture in front of the 2nd largest aquarium in the world
24. start my own compound interest savings account
25. have over $50k saved up 

That's all I got for now! haha

A Special Message To My Current Followers (5/16/17)

It's currently 12:22 AM in the morning right now. The purpose of this post is three-fold:

(1) to express my late night thoughts

(2) to say thank you to whoever you are that cares

(3) to give you an inside look on what's going on with me right now

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Thank You, Whoever You Are

This website was created on May 11, 2017 from the hours of 12-5am. This post was made on May 16, 2017, at 12:26am. Point being, at the time this post was made, the website had been up for less than 5 days.

So, if you are someone reading this right now (now meaning 5/16/17) thank you so much. You are so awesome. I don't know who you are, but it is the people like you (imaginary or real) that keeps me motivated and inspired to be who I am and continue creating what I create. 

And if you are reading this right now, at some future date (not 5/16/17), I am so thankful for you too. The fact that you went through all the posts and found an early one like this let's me know that you care a lot too (at least that's what I imagine). 

So, yea. Thank you. For real.

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Inside Look On What's Going On With Me Right Now

As of 5/16/17, I am committed to never working a day in my life. Meaning, I am committed to finding a way to make money without having to go into a formal 9-5 job on a contractual basis. 

Luckily, my living expenses only consist of my food, gas, phone bill, and gym membership. I live rent and utility bill free thanks to my parents. In order to make ends meet, I only need, techincally around $800 a month, or $200/week. I can cut expenses down even more if I wanted to. 

Right now, I am focused on creating content on my website and YouTube as a long-term strategy to make passive income. Additionally, I am studying to trade forex as a way to make active and passive income. 

Ways I currently make income are through Door Dash deliveries, selling stuff, dog sitting, and various quick-cash type solutions. So, technically I still work, but not in a typical sense where I'm looking to build a career in one industry and get promoted for higher wages. 

My goal, really, is to make enough passive income to cover my rent and living expenses in full. That's about $2000. I know it's possible, and I know it's going to happen. It's just going to take some time. I'm projecting at least 1 year before I can make even $200 of passive income per month. One step at a time.

If you're reading this right now, and you're not aware of what making passive income is, or have not started building an asset that creates passive income - start now. 

You may be concerned that you don't have enough time, or that it's not possible, but trust me it's possible. 

We're either going to make passive income, or we're not. If we decide not to make passive income, then our lives are always going to be subject to trading time for money directly. Meaning, our lives (our time) will be directly proportional to the job we must work to make money. 

Repeat after me: Fuck. That. 

Getting a 9-5 job is the old way of making things happen. 

The new way of making things happen is the internet. Find a way to leverage the internet. Figure it out. YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Ebay, Amazon, Craigslist, etc. Doesn't matter. Find a way to leverage the internet. 

If you have any questions or want to chat, email me at g.santos28@gmail.com

5 Winning Mindset Tips For Creating A Website or Blog

If you're reading this, I am assuming you're currently creating a website or are considering creating a website. If that is the case, congrats! I acknowledge that you are taking action in your life and are looking to leverage the experience of others to expedite your success.

On that note, here are some winning mindset tips for creating a website or blog that have helped me stay consistent and positive in creating my own website:

1. Commit to Long-Term Thinking

   • Creating your own website is like raising your own child or puppy: it's a long term investment. You're not going to know what you're doing at first, you're going to make mistakes, and nobody is going to visit your site - AT FIRST.

   • By adopting a long-term thinking mindset, you'll focus more on daily growth than short-term failure.

2. Create An Archive For the Future

   • Create content knowing that people are going to be viewing it in the future, as well as today.

   • The value in your content is not in who sees it today, it's in who sees it - period. 

   • So focus more on creating content consistently, forever, than getting views or getting dollars today.

3. Trust yourself & Believe in Your Vision

   • There's a reason why you're so jazzed about creating a website. Keep that reason in mind, especially if you encounter resistance or doubt from yourself or others.

   • It is 100% possible to achieve whatever vision you have, even if nobody else has done it before. Trust yourself!

4. There is No Right Way (aka your way is the right way)

   • There are a ton of ways to create an awesome, successful website. 

   • If you search the web, you'll find courses, both free and for pay, that will suggest a full on, step-for-step way to build a successful website. Feel free to adopt any strategies or tips from those resources.

   • Ultimately though, do it your way, and learn from your own experience

5. Focus on Consistent Daily Growth

   • As they say "Rome wasn't built in a day." Neither will your website. 

   • It is an ever growing process, in which you will always be improving your website!

The biggest challenge I faced when I first started developing my website, was the lack of perceived success. In my eyes, if my content wasn't going viral or if my affiliate links were bringing in any money, then I'm failing. Similarly, when I'd promote an article or my website on facebook, the lack of likes and comments it would get were disheartening. 

By utilizing the 5 tips above, I shifted my mindset, which changed the way I viewed success in terms of building a website. As content creators, we're creating something for lifetime views not 1,000,000 views today. 

Cheers!!