In the past month, I have had the two best days statistical on LifeExcursion and TheMinimalistPath, sold a few of my 7 Steps to a Simpler Life eBook’s, had some great connections with a few readers including Karol Gajda of RidiculouslyExtraordinary, and seen some major improvements on the business side of my lifestyle independent life. With all of these things occurring, you would assume I have moved forward, but, unfortunately that is not the case.

Along with that progressive work has come major regression. I haven’t posted on LifeExcursion since my now ironic post, The Day My Eyes Finally Opened, which was about 3 weeks ago, I have screwed up a great internship opportunity, some guest posts have been postponed with the writers being a tad disappointed, I have dropped the ball on a major independent lifestyle business project, I have not done what I have loved which is working hard, I have done little if any work while traveling through California, Colorado and Arizona over the last 3 weeks, and the list could honestly go on. For the most part, I have just not moved in the direction I wanted to be in by now.

Recently, I have read some great articles on preparedness and productivity and lack thereof. Sean Ogle, who is living a kick ass life right now in Thailand, discussed by way of video and article his battle with being productive and fulfilling his life goals in his post Koh Phi Phi: The Land Where the Productive Go to Die. This post was great to see because he is living the life I want and having many of the same issues I am having. Sean has developed a schedule that allows for productivity and enjoyment of his surroundings which I am sure is a daily struggle. Karol Gajda recently wrote about understanding that we are not always going to be prepared and how to address such issue with his article On Being Ready. Gajda has worked in the internet realm of things and has created a process that allows for his lifestyle to be possible. Obviously, it takes a lot of hard work, focus and determination. I think those qualities I possess. It all comes back to the act of being productive. Both article are insights to the world of lifestyle design and moving forward which have helped me and will help you strive further to achieve your goals.

Like Sean and Karol, I am focused on the end goal of developing my own lifestyle design without influence by many outside factors (other than my girlfriend of course), but, with anything, there are integrals parts to that success. Developing a schedule and pattern is something I need to get back to, but even more important is my attitude when things begin distracting yours truly.

Have any suggestions for my path to success? Please do share as I am always willing to take any and every piece of free advice out there.

Well wishes…

David Damron
LifeExcursion