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I have developed a different One Thing (paid link) – become an expert in ChatGPT prompt engineering and use AI to build an affiliate marketing business above all else.
I have to assume I have at least 10 years of life left, and I need to create a steady income stream online.
Book creation would be incredible, but I need the affiliate marketing base first.
With a good income base, I can do house-sitting around the country and not worry about down days.
I have to use ChatGPT mastery to build the online business. It can be the key to fast affiliate marketing and Kindle ebooks.
As for food, I need adjustments and not just giving in to sugar.
When buying meat, I must eat each item the day I open the package. It means buying smaller portions and not having leftovers.
As for diabetes medications, I want to use metformin and Farxiga and get my blood glucose numbers down without meds. I do want to add Glimepiride again if the PCP will go for it.
Other changes are coming. Being on the road should help.
I never understood alcoholics until I struggled with carb addiction.
I have to track my steps beginning tomorrow and create an ebook on becoming a badass prompt engineer at age 70 who walks 5 miles a day, eats a proper human diet, goes out for coffee and wifi, and is friendly and talks to new people.
I am getting worse and worse at spotting scammers. Someone tried to hack my new card but they were blocked. I found out by having my card turned down at the DMV.
I did get my new driver’s license with my new address after the Post Office lost the other one.
2024: Forced frugality as jobs are slashed, profits fall, inflation stays sticky, credit dries up, businesses close, Federal Reserve stimulus wanes and soaring government borrowing costs crimps government spending.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQXFwo67FHIBS0nn7DoYp8xNYeqi4GPiofrKGmzNURg/edit
So, what’s the best way to reduce the risks of forced frugality manifesting as recession/depression that affects us?
As those of you who’ve read my book on Self-Reliance know, my approach to Self-Reliance is to differentiate it from self-sufficiency by focusing on:
1) lowering our exposure to the risks created by deglobalization, definancialization, instability, and forced frugality
2) taking control of our resources/assets rather than exposing them to the excesses/errors of asset managers, the Federal Reserve, politicians, etc.
The basics of lowering risk are common sense:
1. Lower expenses, needs, expectations, and obligations: getting enough of whatever you need is easier if you need very little.
2. Eliminate debt: Uncertainties abound in our net income, but debt payments are certainties. Fewer bad things can happen to us if we’re debt-free.
3. Plan to respond to much more severe challenges/crises than the mainstream reckons are possible.
4. Avoid relying on speculative gains to provide income and security: easy come, easy go.
- You don’t have to do everything that’s asked of you.
- Sometimes, the best thing you can do is let go of the past and move on.
- Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s not worth it.
- Life is too short to play it safe.
- Don’t be afraid to take risks. Life is too short to play it safe.
- Don’t take things for granted.
- It’s never too late to learn something new.
- Life is a journey, not a destination.
- Don’t dwell on the past or worry about the future.
- Don’t waste time on things that don’t matter to you.
- There’s no shame in admitting that you need a little help sometimes.
- Take care of your physical and mental health now so you can enjoy your later years.
- Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to learn from them.
- Spend time with the people you love. They’re the ones who will matter most in the end.
- Holding on to anger and resentment will only hurt you in the long run.
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