Lesson 12 Sacrifice now for later

This week was a great learning experience this week and reminder about what I am doing with my life and how I am truly on the right track when it comes to goals my husband and I have for our future. Erick Slabaugh talked about sacrificing now in order have the life you want later. This does not always look glamorous or fun at the beginning but in the long run can and will truly pay off.

Currently my husband and I are living off of less then one of our salaries and dumping all of the rest of our incomes into building our real estate portfolio. In the 1.5 years we have been doing this it has already allowed us to have our net worth surpass both of our incomes combined which to us is a win and great start. We always laugh because we could have a much larger house (we live in a modest 2500 sq. ft house and we rent out our basement) and drive much nicer cars and many other things but instead we are planning for our future so we can live the life that most people can only dream of.

I want to remember this down the road that the sacrifices we are making now are going to be worth it down the road because we will be able to live the life we want with our future children and not the life we have to lead because we do not have the ability to.

$100 Challenge: This week I found that marketing is not my strong suit as it was harder for me to get the word out there outside of my family and friends. On a positive note though everyone that has tried my pies loves and raves about them.

Lesson 11: Faith over Fear

This week has been really interesting because the thing I have been spending a lot of time on in my personal life to work on is the same thing that was discussed in the Acton Video on Nicole Donnelly. It was about the idea of fear which has really hit home to me this week. For the longest time I have perceived fear as this crippling thing that I was letting dictate many things in my life. This week I have decided to make it a conscious choice to let me fear fuel me instead of controlling me. Then when I watched the Acton Hero video and he talked about "having fear, embracing it, and walking through the fear is the key” I honestly wanted to start crying because it confirmed to me everything that I had felt inspired about earlier this week. 

I have felt this week that fear is quite literally the only thing standing in between me and the HUGE dreams that I have for myself this year and in the years to come. I have only put this out there to close friends and family but I think accountability is a huge deal so I am going to put my goals here as well.

1. Earn a FREE car from the company I work for part time right now before my birthday (October 5th).
2. Earn enough residual income from my side job with SeneGence that I can quit my job before the end of the year and never have to work another Christmas season in my life when I would much rather be with my family and friends. (Got to loving working in sales)
3. Be able to use this income from my job with SeneGence to support my family so we can grow our real estate business and even more then that find ways to give back to others more then we ever have before.
4. Help 2 or more other women make enough money with SeneGence that they can support their families or even retire their husband or quit their full time jobs.

I am committing to these goals 100% starting today because I am tired of wondering what would have happened if I just would have tried and done everything I could to succeed. I never want to look back and wonder what if?... I want to know that I lived every moment of my life to the fullest with no regrets.

DOUBT YOUR DOUBTS BEFORE YOU DOUBT YOUR FAITH. - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

$100 Challenge: This week I was able to make more sale which was fantastic doing something that I love! I was able to make an additional $35 this week!

Lesson 10: Never Giving Up

This week I realized the importance of never giving up on the things you believe in, even when no one else believes in your dreams. This is not an easy process and has been something that I have been working on for a quite some time and this week really helped to give me some clarity on this. This transformation has been happening over time for me and has definitely not happened over time. 

There are a few things that I do not want to forget to make sure that I do on a regular basis. First, I am looking to find my 'why' for why I want to be successful in my entrepreneurial journey. I know that as I have a why to work for then my vision will become clear and it will be easier for the doubts to melt away. Second, I am going to take action every single day towards my dreams no matter how scary it may be because that is the only way I am every going to be able to move forward with what I want in my life. Third, I am praying daily for God's help in making my God sized dreams happen in my life because I know that I cannot do anything without his grace and help. Fourth, no matter what anyone else in my life says I have to remind myself of my ability to succeed for the righteous desires of my heart. I know that no matter what my goals are achievable if I am willing to put in the hard work and break past my fears.

Week 9-God before riches

The last few weeks something that has really been on my mind is how to have money in this life in order to not only provide for my family and have a lot of freedom in our lives but also to help other people in our lives. Along that same line I have always wanted to make sure that I keep my focus and priorities on the gospel of Jesus Christ and my Father in Heaven. This to me is a fine line between finding that balance in wanting money and riches for the right reasons and being caught up in the world.

In a talk from one of the apostles it talked about how if we first seek God and then the riches of the world will come. It also talked about the idea of how important it is to not have the importance placed on riches but instead on riches in God's kingdom. I have realized myself that when you want to have money for the right reasons then this is a righteous desire these reasons include helping others, giving to the poor and needy, and doing whatever you can to make the world a better place. On the other hand wanting riches so you can show it off and be better then other people is an unrighteous desire and is not something that will help God's kingdom.

I hope and pray that as I continue on my journey of life that I will be able to remember why I want to have money and keep those righteous desires in my heart always.