How on earth can a person, starting the year with $200 and unemployed, get out from a few thousands dollars of debt in less than 3 months?
It’s possible.
Yes. And I’m glad to say that I’m finally debt free.
*pumps fist in the air!*
More than that, it’s totally liberating and fortunate that I am now in a place where I can work on the things that matters most to me today (writing, blogging, creating and sharing brands that’s been providing amazing products and services).
Before we go deeper into this post, I’d like to thank everyone of you here who’s been reading and following through my blog, Facebook, and on Twitter. You guys are the greatest encouragement in my life, and I’m deeply honored to be able to continue writing to all of you today.
Being in debt isn’t fun. It’s like being tied to a tree in a forest and having no way out.
Good news: things changed in an “ah-ha” of a moment as I began creating strategies that’s meant to work and got me out of debt hell.
Better news: here’s the 10 “liberation tactics” that I’ve practiced and got me totally free!
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Wondering how you can stop consuming and achieve personal liberation where you are can have the freedom of location to work anywhere and make a good living while adopting a minimalist lifestyle?
Minimalist, photographer, and fellow blogging colleague, Everett Bogue, had done that and is sharing his experiences on the art of being a minimalist in his brand new book.
The Art of Being Minimalist: How to Stop Consuming and Start Living is a 67 pages ebook that was created to help people declutter their lives, untangle their schedules, and find the freedom they’ve always dreamed they could have.
In this book, you’ll be learning:
- How to adopt the fundamentals of a minimalist life.
- How to uncomplicate your existence.
- Simple techniques to declutter your life.
- How to harness the power of the minimalist workweek.
- Find out about two huge purchase mistakes that almost everyone makes.
- How to survive the recession (if it ever ends).
- Simple ways to take control of your time.
- How being minimalist can help you live and work from anywhere in the world.
- And much more.
Download your copy of The Art of Being Minimalist here.
“There’s a moment when everything changes, when you can’t turn back.” ~ Everett Bogue
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Some of my friends have been asking me the following question, and since it’s been asked once too often, I think the answer itself deserves a post on the blog.
“How do you get 5 businesses up in a single month?”
Good question, and I’ve compiled a list of the top 5 answers that would probably help you get started.
1. Start with little. Alright, I don’t own all 5 of them. The first was a flop (“No one’s ever made their first jump.” ~ Matrix), I co-founded the 2nd (a wholesale BBQ in Singapore, now winner of The Green Book Award: Best Food — Gold — 2009/2010), while the other 3 were built to expand my parent’s already existing business. I don’t earn anything from the latter 3, while the I’m only making a tenth from the first 2. Yes, it’s passive. So all is good.
Perhaps one of the huge myths of starting any business is the need for huge capital. Allow me to be fully transparent to all of you. I’ve started in Jan 2010 with S$200 ($140.7954 U.S. dollars); and that included whatever meal expenses I had for the month. Starting with very little got me to really focus on getting only the essentials, and ignoring everything else that aren’t gonna help in anyway. That meant that I can’t hire anyone, neither would I get to travel often (traveling anywhere, even just to meet friends anywhere beyond the neighborhood, is draining on both the daily expenses and energy), nor could I buy the biggest systems or even outsource anything with the hope of spicing up the business.
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