Passive income (in the forms that it actually exists, and isn't a scam being sold by someone who makes their "helping" people create passive income) requires long-term thinking, and it's nearly impossible to make good long-term decisions when you're worrying about rent money or your next meal.
If you work full time, focus on getting a raise, a new job, or changing industries.
If you're a freelancer or consultant, raise your rates, or fire a shitty client to make room for a good one.
If you don't know how to do these things, you're not alone, and there's no shame in asking for help.
_Reliable_ income isn't necessarily a pre-requisite for passive income, but it's emotional leverage that most people try to skip past and never achieve either.
I’d add kudos to the Apple Watch, which I bought a few months before the quest. I never thought of myself as a “don’t break the chain” habit person but the watch proved me wrong!
Totally agree. This experience gave me a very strong sense of applications that I would have been much more skeptical of before. Really powerful (and for me, unexpected) gateway.
I upgraded to the elite strap with the extra battery pretty early on. Never feels loose, and I can easily work out for 60-90 mins without worrying about battery issues.
I'm 38. Never had a workout or fitness routine in my entire life except for a few brief and unsustained periods of working with a trainer, but quit.
Last May I bought a Quest 2 specifically to try Supernatural, a mix of Beatsabre with a Pelaton-style experience with pre-recorded song-driven sessions.
I did one 5 song session (20 mins or so) and for the first time in my life I was dripping with sweat and thought to myself "that was fun as hell, I want to do another one."
That want did not fade. I haven't missed a day since May 5th of 2021. I go harder some days than other. I take my Quest on vacation and do at least one session. I focus on closing rings on my Apple watch. I have become more mindful of my eating too.
I was also surprised that with Supernatural specifically, the inclusion of a game mechanic that translates to squats and lunges means has translated to pretty significant increase in strength as well, even though it's "just" body weight exercises.
I was skeptical about the additon of Boxing to Supernatural, but it's become my fav mode. I get to a target heart rate faster, and I've seen significant changes in my body since adding it.
Over the last 12 months I've lost almost 60lbs, feel better, am stronger, and enjoy the process. I'm headed towards a weight I haven't been since college, and it's clearly within reach.
This never happened before VR in spite of time and money spent on professional services, products, and trainers.
I'm adding a Tempo Move for some weight training, but I don't expect to give up Supernatural anytime soon, if ever!
I love it! Used it to make the book shown on my site https://tiny.mba
Also cool, I use it in a browser overlay when I do livestreaming with OBS! Once I realized I could embed HTML/CSS in the stream I was able to copy/paste this right into the overlay. So easy.
Back in 2005ish, I worked for the digital agency that built and managed all of Campbells Kitchen's online properties, including the Campbells Kitchen recipe database. It might seem trivial now, but at the time it was at least a few years of its time in terms of using the power of databased driven webapps.
I also personally built the first ever CSS-based layout site for Campbells - it was the marketing site for V8 Juice. Up until that point, everything was still built with tables holding sliced images.
At the same time, the internal computers at Campbells corporate offices ran IE5.5, which had terrible CSS support.
So I literally built two versions of the site - one that would pass muster on their outdated internal computers, and another would drag them into the era of modern layouts and accessibility.
I learned SO MUCH working on those sites.
It looks like the current CK website has been turned into a Wordpress site so I assumed my original work is long gone, but it's very cool to see the legacy of Campbells Kitchen database I worked on kicking as an API.