1 month vacation, several hospital visits, a stolen phone, sleepless nights, and many take-out dinners later, there’s a lesson that everyone’s gotta learn once. That is, you need to learn how to spend wisely, and also the importance of the people in your business who support you while you learn said lessons (you know who you are guys!).
I, as well as you, have probably heard it a thousand times, and it just goes in one ear and out the other. Well, I have learned this lesson, and it has taught me well. Like my about section says, I’m all about experiences, and it sure was an experience (to die for).. haha sorry couldn’t help it. It taught me 1000x over, and I’m very thankful for it. My good buddy who has been in the same situation but after selling businesses and experiencing it on a much higher level pulled me aside and reassured me, and made an extremely good point. He said that it’s great I went, and had that experience, because say I didn’t go… say my income was 10 or 20x higher, and I went out then… without having that experience to look back on it could have happened then, with a much greater fall. Scotch and milk, homie.
All in all, I got to see all my loving family, got some gnarly puncture wounds, visited vegas and all and all had a riotous time. It was an absolutely epic vacation full of so much vibrant color and texture that coming back to the desert is like sanding my junk with sandpaper. Quite comforting in a way though because it’s time to get serious about making it all back, and not making the mistake again. Onward Captain Bones! The great news is the hard part of readjusting is over, and I’m already on my way to profiting again back up to what I was making before (and higher), as well as giving my fucking awesome biz partner a much needed break. I have several things up my sleeve w/ media buys as well as FB (never thought I’d be doing FB but I got a tip from a lil birdie).
Cheers
PS. You know, at first this blog was about adventures, but those are so close to me I can’t quite capture them here in the same way where you can experience them, without an insane amount of description and pictures (travel blogs). Also, this blog isn’t about money making tips, there are plenty of those. Maybe this should be about the learning process I have encountered as I evolve to experience incredible wealth (which I’m gonna guess ends with getting tired of it, and living in a cave eating bugs, or sailing around the globe with nothing but a boat and a tattered grubby burlap purse with a few oranges in it). I dunno, maybe it should just be a porn blog
looks like you’re handling the situation well …thanks for this honest post Travis!
I don’t mean to sound stupid, but what happened? You got scammed or something?
no, as you know i was makin tons of cash, about 500-1000 a day, then I went to vegas and went crazy, spent a lot, went to the hospital a few times, got a cat scan, lost my phone, ordered lots of drinks for friends and room services. basically happy for the fact I ‘made it,’ then i came back with not much left… it was a good lesson though cuz you always think to yourself ‘oh thats stupid to spend like that, i would never do that,’ but then when youre in that position it’s really easy to. but its all good, i already got a new campaign up today, made 100 bux today so im gonna work this up and move into media buys like i originally intended
Ha, stuff like that happens when you hang out in the desert for too long.
I’ll invite you to sushi if you ever make it over to Europe
Hi Travis,
it’s Robert from January, not sure if you remember heh. Also about to try the affiliate marketer route now, awesome that things are going great, and I can say I am jealous of you.
keep it real
/Rob
Course i remember ya bro!
Im glad youre gettin to it! Best of luck.. you’re a smart cookie im sure you will catch on fast. Hit me up if you have any q’s.
T
Nice