"Full of It" Friday

You can probably hear the following somewhere close to you today (today being April 21, 2017)...

Friday! Yeah! End of the week! Weekend is coming!

NO. 

NO, THE WEEKEND IS NOT COMING.

IT IS NOT THE "END" OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS NO "END" OF THE WEEK.

Please... do not fall in to the trap that the corporate world has created. The week does not end. The week does not even begin. There is only day after day after day day of hustle and grind and work and sweat and tears and blood and (insert cute work analogy here). Why on earth would you stop working towards the end goal if you knew that continuing to work meant you got it sooner? 

MATH TIME!!!!

There are how many "weekends" in a year? 52. That means that over a 3 year period there are 156 weekends. That is 312 days. 

312 days. 

10 months, 12 days.

If your end goal, your perfect dream, your retirement was going to take 4 years to achieve, and instead of working 5 days a week, you worked 7, you would reach that goal ALMOST a year early. 

ALMOST A YEAR EARLY.

What is stopping you from achieving your dreams... I will tell you what is stopping you from achieving your dreams. The corporate mentality that has been mentally beat in to our heads from a very early age that Saturday and Sunday are days of rest. I will rest when I am done. You should to. 

I know what my endgame is. I have exact plans that I can describe down to the very last detail. I know exactly how old I want to be when I retire. I know exactly how I want to live. I know exactly where I want to live. 

YOU SHOULD TOO.

Plan your future. Where do you want to be 1 year from now? Where do you want to be 5 years from now? 10 years from now? You always hear about SMART goals. The first letter in SMART is S and it represents SPECIFIC. If your goals are not specific, pinpoint accurate, how can you expect to figure out how to achieve them? Nail down that goal. 

Say out loud for the world to hear...

YES! I WANT TO RETIRE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2030. 
YES! I WANT TO OWN (FREE AND CLEAR) A 4 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH 2 1/2 BATHS IN THE MAYFIELD SCHOOL BOUNDARY. 
YES! I WANT A MERCEDES BENZ MARCO POLO HORIZON TO TRAVEL NORTH AMERICA IN AFTER I RETIRE.

Do not let anyone or anything or any amount of time or any antiquated way of thinking stand in the way of your dream.

FRIDAYS ARE FULL OF IT.

As always comments and questions are welcome!!!