My First Journey in BlackHatWorld!

Introduction

So, hi to everyone, I'm Daniel. I'm a long time reader of this forum, I love this place. I'm turning 20 years on Tuesday, so I decided now is the right time to do something useful for my life. I live in Bulgaria and I'm a full time student and a full time content writer for some Bulgarian websites. Something is not going alright with me lately, because my productivity is terrible. I got some exams ahead and I need to be productive as hell to pass the year and not lose my job. Mainly in this thread I will discuss my lifestyle changes, but I have a few mini projects in mind too. It will be something really challenging, because of the university and my messed sleep schedula, eating habits and so on, but I have to do this now. I will try to update the thread a few times weekly with my progress and some tips and tricks I found while on my journey.

Lifestyle Goals:

1. Getting to bed at 12PM and getting up at 8 or 9 AM every morning. (This is the only way to be productive. For a reference, now I'm falling asleep at 2-3-4 AM and getting up at 1-2 PM which is nothing but pulling me back).
2. Gradually change my eating habits so I can get back to a good weight and to higher energy levels like before.
3. Combining university and work with more physical activity which will be very nice for me.
4. Getting better with English! I was a decent speaker and writer before, but stopped regularly using English and things went back. I will try to get back in shape, so I can think about freelancing articles in English and creating some projects for the English speakers out there.

Internet Marketing Goals:

1. Get on track with all my freelance projects before it is too late.
2. Starting a few social profiles and developing them well. They can be very useful to get some visitors to the articles I'm writing. I can use the in the future to bring some traffic to my own blog or something.
3. Right now I want to start a blog about financial freedom and success oriented to the market in Bulgaria. People right here are terrified by the wages, low standart, all the corruption and problems. I think I can help them get a solution by learning more about investments, IM and freelancing for a living.
4. I'm thinking about opening a micro-business in my hometown. I have a nice place which is ideal for something like a fast food or something, but I don't want to sell junk food. I have a few healthier alternatives for popular fast foods around here. It is possible to do something.

I have something in mind for all the points in my plan, but I will be more descriptive in my updates for you guys. I'm not putting financial goals for now, because I'm feeling financially sable for now, but while advancing with my plan I will surely try to get a higher monthly income and develop a few passive money streams. I am open to answer you question, getting and giving advice and just about everything, because I think both freelancers and IMers need to socialize a bit more than we usually do.

All my respect for you guys trying to do something big with you lives! See you soon!

Interesting. Have you checked around town to see what is doing well in your town? Would a small food shop be profitable? I assume you have already considered franchising.

Welcome aboard!

I just donated to the BHW today and it feels good

Tons of great information you can learn here.

OutOfTown said:

Interesting. Have you checked around town to see what is doing well in your town? Would a small food shop be profitable? I assume you have already considered franchising.

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My calculations show that there is a likely chance I will succeed (I have some experience with accounting, marketing and economics as a whole). It will be not a franchise, because my town is kind of a small and I can't profit from it (Bulgarian franchises don't have the best conditions, so I will stay away from them for now). Still I found a small, but very cheap property which I can use. The best about it is not the price, thought. The stream of people walking by it is really decent.

boostsales said:

Welcome aboard!

I just donated to the BHW today and it feels good

Tons of great information you can learn here.

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Congratulations for you appreciation! The forum is really a useful place. I have a ton of bookmarks from here waiting me to have more free time.

Nice stuff and +1 for trying to get in good shape and health. Health is so important.
Will be following and hope things pick up well!

Cheers

Pretty Interesting Dude
Go ahead

Thank you for cheering me up, guys. It means a lot. I decided to give you a really quick update, a lot of issues around me lately, but I have good feelings about how things will work out.

What I did since the start of my journey?

Didn't have the time to work a lot, because of the above mentioned issues. Still, I made an analyze of my eating habits and a few facts popped in my head:

1. I clearly don't eat enough fruits and vegetables that are good for me. I will start adding on a daily basis more tomatoes and cucumbers, brocolli and onions. Because of my weight I should avoid fruits with a lot of sugar. Still I can eat grapefruits and lemons, some strawberries and watermelons.

2. What about proteins? Well, proteins are part of every meal I have, but there are some problems, certainly. Often, I get a good dose of protein, but combined with a lot of simple carbs. That is bad, simple carbohydrates are everything but good for me. Should eat less carbs.

3. I don't have a lot of time to cook myself, so I buy ready-made food. I really don't know how they process the food, so for sure there are a lot of sauces and things that are not eligible for my body. I will have to cook more often if I want to be fit and healthy.

How my journey will continue?

After I few hours I will travel to my hometown to stay till the end of the week. I will try to do as much work as possible there. I have a quite room just for myself, my good old bed and nothing really important to do. This is the time to start getting earier. I should study for my exam for sure! So that's it for now, can't get into a lot of details, but it is still better than nothing. I will make a promise to myself that I will not abandon this journey untill I see my future and improved self.

Wish you all the best!

Those sure are a lot of goals (that's not a bad thing, especially the health goals).

Good luck on your journey!

You say you stopped using English regularly but having read your post it sounds like it's still at an excellent standard.

Hey, thank you. I decided to add some information to the post above to register my progress. Yes my goals are more than enough for the moment. I belive we should be always looking ahead of us, trying to visualize the future and the change we want to see. That's why I wanted to describe more detailed how I want to see myself in the future days. Once I get on track with my freelance stuff I will start putting deadlines on the things I want to do.

DragonNight, yes It is not that bad, but for sure I want to improve, because It is not enough for me. If I want to be a Internet Marketer, my level should be higher, I think.

Hello, guys! It's a time for some updates around here.

Freelancing update! I started to get in the working mood better and better with every day. I think my problem is overworking. I'm trying to not rush myself too hard. The results are coming slower than expected, but everything will work out if I'm determined to succeed. I found a chillout EDM community where the music is helping me concentrate better. Also I will be using the pomodoro time managing technique more often. I do 45 minute pomodoros with a 10 minute between them. After 4 pomodoros I take an hour out of the laptop.

Self-improving update!

Like I said, I don't want to freelance my whole life, not just that. I want to have my own projects, too. My desire is to take a good position in different social networks. I browsed to my facebook account and I saw an old and rusty facebook pace with a few hundred likes. I will throw a few updates to see if I can use it or I will start a new one. The other thing I've done on this page is creating a Yahoo Answers account (not a social network, but a good way to practice my english, gain some knowledge and drive some traffic and link authority to my futures projects). Tonight I will search for a good Internet Marketing podcast which I can listen while exercising or when I'm out. Again, this will help both my IM ambitions and my level of using english as a second language.

For the health and lifestyle changes I want, things are getting slower than I thought - my habits are too damn strong . Still, I manage to do something. I get to sleep better. At the moment I am trying to go to bed before 1AM and taking atleast 7-8 hours of sleep. I tend to get earlier and earlier. Soon I will complete the goal of sleeping like I should and getting earlier.

What should you expect of me in the next a few days:
- I will post a short article on how to sleep better, wake up earlier and feel more energized by it.
- I will try to make some more posts around BHW, so I can post some links to videos and articles I find motivation, inspirational and helpful.
- I will manage to get some more knowledge of effectively using FB Pages and Yahoo Answers and If I find anything cool, I will post it.

I think that's all for now. Thanks for your time!