Another 20 Months

ANOTHER 20 MONTHS- PART I

I accidentally found this blog today. I couldn't believe it when I realized that it had been another exactly 20 months since my last post! I wonder if there is something significant about this time period. If you read my post that mentioned my 'cycles', you may realize that this could be one of the macro cycles. This post will talk about the Organization of my life rather than Relationships. I will make a second post for that.

CHRONOLOGY

Since my last post, there has been significant growth in my life. Though I absolutely love the progress that I am always making, some stability would be nice. I can't complain. I will explain the evolution that has occurred in the structures and relationships of my life.

Restructure

The structure of my life has gone through a couple of phases in the past 20 months. In the first phase, I acclimated to college life and learned to be more self sufficient. I learned to schedule my life and to apply myself. My job at LR was maintained, and it seemed to have taken everything to balance school and work. This was a period of experience based, passive growth. The second phase was a period of rapid growth. I temporarily transformed into a type A personality. I founded and lead clubs, maintained a near 4.0, worked my butt off at LR, and took on nearly any challenge that I was presented with. I learned how much can be done with the right measure of confidence. My third phase, in which I am currently in, is one that is forcing me to start over at the drawing board. Every habit and learned behaviour in the previous phases is being questioned and analyzed. My lifestyle is being restructured. My goals are being set. A vision is being put in place. There are a bunch of things that I would like to talk about. First I would like to touch on lifestyle design.

LIFESTYLE DESIGN- HOW

This is a new concept in which i plan to increase my total productive hours in my life by 1626%.

• Sleep
I am trying to adapt to a polyphasic sleep schedule. I sleep for 3 hours each night and I supplement with 20 minute naps. The schedule is extremely important. This will give me a 25% increase in total waking hours. So far my body seems to get the right amount of rest. My brain is doing pretty well with it too. It should get better by day 10 (today was day 5).


• Execution
  I am learning to get those "must do's" in my life completed quickly. As an example ather than spending 8 hours studying psychology to absorb it all, I efficiently skim for the best information and a general understanding of the information. This alone will increase my efficient hours by 25%.
  
  
• Minimilization
  I am learning that I cannot do it all. I must eliminate those parts of my life that are not fruitful, that those already fruitful areas will completely flourish. I am trying to eliminate about 20% of the things in my life. This will give me an increase of 25% productive hours.
  
  
• Mini Vacations
  Though these may seem to be a waste of time, I have found that short breaks will increase total productivity by 25%.
  
  
• Business Smarts
  By following the below business plan of action, I will end up saving 70% of my time. This will increase total productivity of working hours by 233%
  
  
• Conscious Application of Smarts
  Simply enough, I will make my best effort to not waste time. Either progressing or relaxing. No middle ground! This should increase my total productivity by 100% and non-working hours by 233%.

VISION OF THE FUTURE- WHAT

Now that we have looked at how I am going to do, we need to look at what I am going to do.

Education- I am looking into getting a Computer Science- Information Sciences Bachelors from Desales University as well as finishing up my Business Administration Associates from NCC. Iwould like to apply my education and then soon go back to school for a MS in Information Sciences OR an MBA. The actual degree choice and the location of my Graduate Studies would have to depend greatly on the circumstances. If I am looking to network, I should try to get into uPenn for an MBA. If I am looking for just a little more technical training, I should get an MS in IS.

Business- There are three types of investing they should be approached linearly for the best gains; all are important. There is grunt investing (GI), active investing (AI), and passive investing (PI).

• GI requires an investment of time only. In terms of time efficiency, this is the least efficient section of investing, as this results in just a very small dollar amount per hour. However, there is no money invested. This means that it has the best ROI if we are looking at it from a 'money down, money back' perspective. Therefore, it is a great investment for someone with no money and a lot of time.
  $/hr max: 50/1 $/$i max: 0/1
  
  
• AI requires an investment of both time and money into creating businesses- automated machines that fulfill a consumer need. This is the perfect mix for an entrepreneur. This is the only means of obtaining large amounts of capital. The time is spent in finding smart investments for the money. This is the best choice for total efficiency. It is the only smart choice for someone with both time and money to invest. The dollar per hour can be phenomenal here
  $/hr max: 50,000/1 $/$i max: 100,000,000,000/1
  
  
• PI requires an investment of money only. It has the best efficiency of time invested, as it results in the very best dollar per hour. The dollar per hour here has the best potential; it all depends on your investment size and your expertise at smart investing. This is the optimal investing category for someone with a lot of money and no time to invest.
  $/hr max: 1,000,000,000/1 $/$i max: 10/1
  
  

The end goal is to become a full-time (no-time) PI asap. In order to achieve this, the followingBUSINESS PLAN OF ACTION must be achieved in order:

1. Learn AI asap.
2. Succeed at an AI and GW combination.
3. Delegate away that GW component.
4. Use AI to create PI by creating fully automated businesses (residual income).
5. Begin integrating pure PI through interest income.
6. Eliminate most AI. Maintain residual income and interest income. Dabble in angel investing.

HEALTH

I will not go into full detail here, but basically there are divisions in this field. A simple outline would look like:

• Physical Health
  -Exercise
  -Endurance
  -Cardio
  -Muscular
  -Resistance
  -Strength
  -Mass
  -Power
  -Speed
  -Other
  -Body sculpting
  -Stretching
  -Balance
  -Diet
  -Food
  -Supplements
  -Water
  
  
• Mental & Spiritual Health
  -Low distress
  -High eustress
  -Mental disabilities
  -Spiritual fulfillment

20 Months

It has been 20 months since my last post. I have done some soul searching. Shortly after my last post I re-committed my life to Christ. It was gradual. At first it was painful. Then, as I would give Him my life, he gave me His blessings. Each time I dedicate my life to my God, my day is great.

1 month

January went by. I stopped scorning Christianity. The beginning of this month and the Dec 2007 were my worst months. That is the time where I was the furthest from God. I lived life for my desires. I gave no concern to my, or others', well being.

2 month

February was the turning point. This was a great time for me. On the basis of agnosticism and philosophy, I came to Christ.

3-8 months

March through August was the end of my junior year and the summer prior to my senior year of high school. This was the time period in which I consciously liked Kelly, pursued a relationship, and went on a few dates with her!

9-17 months

This time frame was my senior year of high school. I had a really good first majority of a year with Kelly. My school life was okay. No more, no less. Each day at LV was like a slice of dry whole wheat bread. I was really thirsty, but every day... another slice. I finally graduated.

18-20

Summer '09! This summer was phenomenal. For the most part, I kicked aside all of the negative influences holding me back. I worked 40-60 hours a week, had a great summer with Kelly, trusted the Lord a little more, really bonded with Phil, saw him off to college, and began my first semester of college. There were three major things that assisted me in this successful summer. First, I decided that I would spend every hour dedicated to God. I didn't, but I at least had that as a goal in the forefront of my mind. As a fellow blogger wrote, "His grip on me is way, way stronger and more sure than my grip on Him." Second, I burned all negative influences. I got out of LV, only contacted friends I could put my trust, built up those friendships, and simply matured quite a bit. Third, I got sleep. Yeah, sleeping is phenominal and helps your performance more than you could ever imagine. I only got 6 hours last night. I was doing 6 hours of College Algebra until 1:30 am!

Life Story

11 Kinda bored and feel like writing about my life. I know I should be sleeping.. I will tomorrow. Let's start at day 1. December 13, 1990. Nothing special for a good year. February 1991 was the year that I got the burn. In case you're wondering, which you are, I was not struck by lightning, in a crazy motorcycle accident or abducted by aliens (all stories i have given out in the past. most likely if you were annoying me lol). there was a table on wheels that had a coffee pot on top of it. The coffee pot was being cleaned. boom fall splash burn. hospital for 3 months. dont ask if it hurt.. no crap it did lol. well after that i don't really know. I can remember a few things from when i was like 1 and 2 but nothing important. I started going to the blue church when I was four. This is where I met one of my best friends matt! I went to kindergarden at BCS where I met many of my most trustworthy friends. As my one friend Luke said the other day, "Whenever your new friends let you down, your bcs friends are always right there with yea!" somethin like that. BCS was great for the most part. So at 5 I said the sinner's prayer asking Jesus into my heart. I may have been saved. I don't completely remember. I think that I was a child of God's. Well anyway. I kinda coasted through elementary and middle school years getting into programs and sports even though I really didnt want to. I can't really say I did anything profound during that time except build friendships. By the time highschool came around I was thoroughly sick of Christian schooling. I was in religion overload (I think I'm gonna write another blog directly after this one about my stance on christianity). I went to Easton highschool freshman year. wow. that was a nice reality check. honestly I hated almost every minute i speant in that place. Maybe it was because I was simply intimidated because I was a freshman or because the 3000 students. I'm not sure but I just fealt very out of place. I made some good friends there and got out. My sophomore year I went to LVCHS. Accademically ok. but i'm having a good time here. lovin it. btw, I wrote this in a few minutes. very messy. srry.

Old Goals

10 When I set goals for myself, they usually end up being completely new. Before I begin making new goals, I am going to first completing all of my unfinished ones in the past. I'll keep yea posted.

Retreat

9 Last night, a few guys from my church joined up with the St. David's youth group for a retreat. Though I wish we could have stayed for the entire retreat, I'm realy glad we actually got to go this year.

Today

8 Today we took midterms at school which drained a lot out of me. After that, I did actually did some studying for tomorrow's midterms. I'm dead. Couldn't write a thoughtful blog today.

Minds

7 While we were in our youth, the majority of the impressions of our world were made. By performing countless experiments and tests, we were able to learn the basics of this new world. Another way we learned was by the teachings of adults. As long as something wasn't completely absurd or fictional, we automatically accepted these teachings as fact. Unfortunately, many of these teachings were actually opinions, and as we all know, opinions are not fact. When we adamantly defend these opinions as if they are, we become fools. We need not have pride in our opinions, just loving conviction.