"I'm pretty much in control of my finances still, but, now I'm thinking that I ought to start planning for Christmas, because, last year, I spent around £700 on Christmas presents for Terry and my family. Thinking about Christmas, this early, is actually something I wouldn't have even considered this time last year, so I'm seeing this as a positive thing!
Since returning from holiday, I have hardly spent anything and am really happy that I have a complete handle on my current account, credit card and spend.
However, there is one area that I'm not in control of: people owing me money.
Here is where I have a dilemma: My MD asked me to create artwork for one of his friend's van (so nothing to do with work) which I agreed to do but I had to buy a template for this (I have always been able to download these for free in the past - things seem to have changed recently) - but I didn't tell my MD because I know he would be cross about spending money. Since I bought the template and asked if it was the right one, I haven't heard a word about this task - I've received no answers to my questions and have not received any more instructions. I feel I cannot ask my MD for the £27 for the template, because I really fear that he will go absolutely mad when I tell him he owes me money for it (and he really does shout and fly off the handle for no reason!). Worse still, I also feel responsible for an error, that I didn't spot on a new product brochure that we've had printed, so I managed to get a quote for reprinting the brochures which was much less than our official printer quoted (£86 as opposed to £335). Again, because I feared my MD's wrath, as it was my fault in the first place, I paid for the reprint myself and figured that I could withstand the cost. However, I'm now in two minds: should I just leave the £100-odd to pay myself or should I bite the bullet and brace myself to be really shouted at and bullied by my MD.
I need to go and ponder this but my Weekly Grading System will prove that I achieved my goal to the week in the grand scheme of things.
Here are my Grades:
1) Current Acc in Credit: A+, 2) No Wasteful Spend: A, 3) People Owing me Money: C. Therefore, I give myself the following Grade: B+"
"I've had several excellent days so far, finishing ahead of schedule on all days and with more than 90 minutes to spare today.
My Keys have been
- Make clear and actionable next actions
- Start tasks in descending order of difficulty
- Eliminating fake work by constantly questioning whether a task helps me achieve my desired goal.
- Strategic outsourcing
"
"I just transferred the 50% of my recent income into my bank account. I also have treated myself to two coffees today because I'm working hard. 8.25 spent total on coffee today, and $331 transferred into my designated savings account. I also need to work toward putting $450 into my ETRADE investment account, but I am hesitant because I have proven to be a horrible investor thus far..."
"Decided to make today my second no-spend day- last night I had to buy medication for my dog but I consider that like a bill, so I consider yesterday a no spend day win!"
"Switching from hourly work goals to using the freedom journal has been extremely effective. I'm marking the last week successful as I've hit all my goals. "
"WEEK 3 - REPORT
Good progress on Asana. Website case studies needed extra work I didn't consider at the start of the week, but progress on those tasks was good.
1. Case Studies - Website
- Record Rob Perjan case study - IN PROGRESS - bad connection at the appointment time
- Get website section added for case study videos - IN PROGRESS Finding dev, changes all planned and ready
- Add Betaview and HCG videos - IN PROGRESS - created a process to get these edited and ready for publication
2. Reverse engineer Max VSL
- Transcribe script - COMPLETE
- Highlight areas to edit - INCOMPLETE
- Brainstorm changes - INCOMPLETE
- Create slide deck - INCOMPLETE
- Rewrite and record - INCOMPLETE
- Publish - INCOMPLETE
3. Finish Asana migration
- Onboarding process copied over, with detailed instructions in Slab. - COMPLETE
- Active Clients projects set-up and working - Kamil & Rose briefed on usage - IN PROGRESS"
"Again not successfully finished report.
In this case it simply wasn't possible, I was on trip to Vienna, I was driving there and I was there all the time with girlfriend. My motivation is worse and worse since I see that won't be easy, not even to learn basics. However I will stick and later I will see what I can do. "
"Today I stop frittering money away on things I don't really need. I have a habit of shopping online when I'm bored or need a break from work. Instead of online shopping, I will do something to tidy or declutter the house, stretches or push ups. When I do need something, I will buy 2nd hand - but it has to be absolutely necessary. "
"Done another edit of the Resurrection. Now want to write up Holidays with the Ancestors and edit away at The Land of the Living and How the Other Half Lives"
"This was a hard week. The facial on Sunday was a lot (so nice, but a lot) and definitely set me off on the “wrong foot”. There were also a lot of other expenses this week: transportation and meals etc, which didn’t feel great. However, yesterday was VERY VERY tempting and I made it through Sur La Table without any purchases. This challenge has become very focused on limiting my shopping in particular (esp online) which has been a great starting point. I think I will need to up the ante for the next one... maybe draw up a more comprehensive budget to stick to. But I’m very proud of surviving this week!"
"RIght now, I am at 9148.25. I am up to 50% commission split up to 250K. 350k+ = 55%, 500K+ = 60%! I have funded 263K to date 10/11/19 I will bring in 237K more!!!!"
"Hit reach out goals and did not get results any closer to my placement goal. I must expect that continuing to push will allow the necessary candidates to open up.
"
"Well, apart from buying perfume at the airport, last week and using a little cash that I had in my purse, I’ve actually spent nothing in addition to planned SO and DD amounts. Ok, so I’ve been on holiday and Terry and I are spending our Fun and Food money, but I can safely say that I’ve been diligent this week.
These are the results:
1) Current Acc in Credit: A+, 2) No Wasteful Spend: A, 3) People Owing me Money: B. Therefore, I give myself the following Grade: A "
"After a very slow week start, I barely scratched the 20hours mark after working all weekend. Very proud of myself and deeply respect the man in the mirror.
I'm also switching my goals from revenue numbers to numbers of orders, which is more easily measured and tangible. I've also added a goal to sell 30 orders by the end of October. This will help me get focused even more on the goal.
Pretty excited about the upcoming week!"
"WEEK 3 - GOALS
1. Case Studies - Website
- Record Rob Perjan case study
- Get website section added for case study videos
- Add Betaview and HCG videos
2. Reverse engineer Max VSL
- Transcribe script
- Highlight areas to edit
- Brainstorm changes
- Create slide deck
- Rewrite and record
- Publish
3. Finish Asana migration
- Onboarding process copied over, with detailed instructions in Slab.
- Active Clients projects set-up and working - Kamil & Rose briefed on usage"
"WEEK 2 - Report
1. Complete.
2. Not started.
3. Had to reschedule with Rob. Realised website needs case study section and simple upload.
Played table tennis daily. Gym 2x visits."
"Successfully I we completed 7th week. So I am on more than half of the time (12 weeks). But I'm still stucking on udemy - I'm just on 26%. That's because I want to understand thinks and know how to do it by myself. It's going good but very slow. I was reviewing html and cloning BBC website for whole week. I didn't even continue with videos. I hope I will do it today. I want zo work on that a few h. "
