The twists and turns of life.

To say the past 2.5 years have been a challenge would be the understatement of the century. Without getting too personal (or private), let’s just say that everything I have held dear has been challenged to its extreme. So be it.

We made the decision to close our restaurant (dream) in January because it was barely sustainable and we were working our tails off for nothing. We made the decision consciously and professionally.

Instead of giving up, I doubled down and worked very hard to create a “triad” plan for income and wealth that will lead to the lifestyle and freedom I seek. Since September, I have studied and earned my FAA Commercial drone pilot license, I have become an Amazon Vine Voice, I have become an Amazon Influencer, I have created more than 5 YouTube channels, and I have published a few websites like this one. More on the “triad” in a future post.

I’m no stranger to working hard, that’s for sure and I have been working hard these past 5 months. We have ordered 323 products from vine voice, and we have reviewed 279 of these products (91%), I have created review videos for many of those reviews. I have also filmed, edited, and uploaded almost 100 videos to the Amazon Influencer program which is already making money!! I have filmed, edited, and uploaded a total of 47 videos to the DaveCooks YouTube channel, 96 videos to the Carrie & David YouTube Channel, 94 videos to the Virtually Flying YouTube Channel, and 28 videos to my Audio Koi YouTube Channel.

While doing all of this, I had been consulting with someone who I thought would result in the opening of a small restaurant, a gastro-pub, several food trucks, and maybe even a print magazine/newspaper… all I will say is I wasted several months and thousands of dollar on that person/dream. So be it.

The day that fell through, I visited another opportunity only to find out 3 weeks later that it was not going to work out. I was hoping to take the back of the house for dinner service at a very nice restaurant… “can’t do it.” So be it.

MOVING ON!

So, here I am, out of money and out of time. We had a yard sale that helped last month and my truck is on the side of the road, for sale, to help out this month. So what do we do now? The same thing we have always done! We wipe off the dust and start over!

I will write another post called, “Dreams Do Come True,” later, but suffice it to say, within hours of learning my restaurant ambition had been dashed, I was on the phone and set up an interview at a local Golf Course and Resort. No, not in the restaurant, as a greenskeeper. At the same time, Carrie went into “town” and found a sweet gig working at, not one, but three nice boutiques as kind of roaming help between them. No more dishwashing for her!

So, we will work to sustain ourselves as we work to make our dreams of wealth and independence come true. Actually, this is nothing new for us, we have been doing it our whole lives. We will always strive to do better while staying true to our values and beliefs.

For me, it’s back to waking up at 04:00 to report by 06:00. I chose this for many reasons and I may explain someday. For today, I am doing this because it is hard because it is physical because it challenges me. I am doing this to sustain our lives, but also to learn something new with the hope that the physical labor will result in improving my fitness level, losing weight, and becoming stronger. To that end, the job includes a gym membership which I hope to wear out. More on that later too.

I should be back in the office by 4 PM to order products, review, film, edit, and upload every day until we reach our financial goal of a residual income that will sustain us and an active and adventurous life. My business triad concept is designed to create wealth and income and that is the dream I am chasing now.

So be it!