The Flip Flop Lifestyle

I did not vote.  Apparently, this offends many people.  The reaction I get when I told people that I was not planning on voting or still get when I told them that I did not in fact cast a vote, is astounding.  So to all of you who have accosted me in the last 2 to 3 months and so obtrusively informed that it is my DUTY to vote no matter what I thought of the candidates, I say this…  Voting is one of the most precious rights that we have in this country.  Period.  Equally as important is our right to abstain from voting if we so choose - that is part of what makes the freedom that we enjoy in this country so wonderful.  Freedom to choose.

Slavery is a topic that many people avoid like the plague but what most don’t realize or refuse to admit is that slavery is more rampant in this country today than ever before.  Of course, I’m not talking about iron shackles type of slavery - I’m talking about financial slavery.

Recently I have had some comments on this blog that have been negative in nature that I was forced to remove from the site. When I started this blog, it was intended as an open forum and I had no intention of censoring any input and limiting discussion in any way. For the sake of my ever growing readership however, I am obligated to moderate each comment and eliminate the childish and profanity ridden drivel that has been posted recently.

As I’ve found out, writing for a blog can be pretty time intensive to do correctly. I currently have 3 blogs that I am writing - each are different and each have a specific goal.

The first of these is this blog, The Flip Flop Lifestyle Blog or as I’ve come to call it, The Freedom Blog. As I’ve mentioned before, this blog is not directly for the purpose of making money. It may pay dividends in the future, given a large enough reader base. So the question is: Why am I spending time writing here when I could be spending time on something that pays off quicker and bigger?

A big shout out to my good friend and sparring partner Danny Davis for winning the Tri-State Light Heavyweight Muay Thai Championship! You rock, man - it was a hell of a fight and you deserve it!

Danny and me

Tait, Danny, me and Monty

Danny, Cat (who dominated her fight and won a belt as well - you go girl!), me and Tait

See you back at the gym shortly!

I have been doing a ton of reading lately - probably too much. Looking back over the Success or Failure post from a couple of days ago, I decided I needed to put one more project on my plate and write an e-book. Time is precious these days - selling real estate is my primary source of income and between taking care of my own clients and helping manage the team, it can take up quite a bit of time each day. Maintaining that is critical and most of the “lifestyle design” projects that I am working on get pushed in to my personal time - nights and weekends - hence this post getting written around 1:00 am when I have to get up at 5:30 am.

First off - as I am writing this, I am pretty much a newcomer to the wacky world of blogging. It’s been a fun learning experience so far and I know I really haven’t scratched the surface. My first goal was to learn some of the technical stuff - since I have a Wordpress blog I needed to learn the ins and outs of the control panel, etc. Standard stuff.

Once the blog was up it was simply a matter of writing posts. I really never have a shortage of things to say, so that’s the easy part.

Read carefully - I am going to give you the secret to getting started and succeeding in any sort of venture to create passive income, whether it is an internet business that you want to start or any other type of passive income vehicle. Make sure you are ready because it may come as a bit of a surprise… ACTION. That’s it. Do something. Anything.

Anything besides checking out another website or downloading another e-book with the latest internet income secret. Chances are very good that you are like me and have read a ton of books, visited hundreds of websites and blogs, and bought several (if not more…) courses on how to build passive income and make money while you sleep.

This is actually a test - These are just some random pictures from the last couple of months…

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that idles than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Mandela