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The journey starts off on a cold, tiresome day working in a garden at a rich customer’s house. I was digging and cleaning off a muddy pathway. (Apart from a sore back) I was feeling so frustrated and confused with myself. Despite all the passion and hard work ethic I have, I’m still doing this unfulfilling job, 2 years after graduating from a respected university. Lately I’ve been annoyed at myself for despite all my ambition, I’m yet to take action on getting out of this mess.

Then, as I was scraping another piece of mud off the cold stony driveway, an intense feeling came over me. “I have to do something.” “I can’t let myself get stuck doing this forever.”

So from the rest of the day I became engrossed with this intense feeling. I plotted and planned the quickest way I can take action and get on track to the life I always believed I could achieve. I believe this moment will change my life forever!!

Hi, my name is Harry. Thanks for checking out my website.

I’m 23 years old and live in the UK. I have a sports science degree from a respected UK university but out of it, I didn’t find a passion to follow as a career path. Instead, I work In construction which I find boring and unfulfilling. It was always meant to be a stop gap to give me time to work out what path I want to take in life. However, after 2 years, I’m still here, and yet to take action.

However, over the past few years, I have become passionate about investing and the idea of making money passively. I’m obsessed with the idea of earning enough passive income through asset acquisitions and business. Eventually meaning I will only need to work when and where I want to. I dream of getting out of the boring 9-5 working world that is the rat race and finally become financially free!!

I work hard. In fact, I’m probably the hardest worker I know!! So why am I still doing this unfulfilling job? And why have I not taken action on my business ideas? (Don’t worry, i’ll give you the answer).

I’ll tell you. It’s FEAR!!

Fear of putting all my time, effort and money into something if it turned out to be a s**t idea and wont work. It’s also fear of what my friends and family may think should they find out what I’m trying to endeavour in. I know they’ll more than likely be supportive but i’m scared of the judgement (hence the anonymity of the website).

From experience, taking action and learning from mistakes is simply the best way (and most scary) to learn. So here I am, taking action!!

I’ve started this blog/ website/ brand to hold my feet to the fire and to share my journey. I’ll experiment with different online business ideas and invest the profits in order to eventually escape the rat race.

I have 3+ years experience of actually investing in the stock market (particularly in the UK). I have spent the past 2 years learning relentlessly about how a successful business works and how to build one. And I’m a keen advocate of having good personal finance strategies. I hope to share this knowledge with you through this website, as I learn and grow towards a successful online entrepreneur (I hope). 

From this website, you will gain…

• Knowledge of how to be a successful investor, particularly in the UK stock market.
• Knowledge of what online business models work and what does not, through the mistakes I make and lessons I learn.
• Also, the inspiration and motivation to get started yourself to gain financial freedom in your own life.

The initial trouble for me is having all of this hope and desire but not knowing exactly where to start. Remember when I said about my miserable job sparking a strong will to get something done?

Well for the rest of that day I couldn’t tell you what the pathway looked like in the end, or how long it took to complete. I simply can’t remember. I was so engrossed with the absolute necessity to make something of myself. From that moment, I decided I have to do something with my life. The simplest challenge I could think of was to make sure I make at least £1 a day online. No exceptions, no excuses.

Now I know this goal seems small at first but it’ll get me started. From there, as I learn and become more confident, I hope it’ll lead into bigger things. I won’t include dividends received from investments for this challenge as it’s too far in my comfort zone. This will be purely about building online income streams and eventually building a life of freedom.

* Note £1 a day for a year is £365. Now that sounds like a handy extra income (and this is the worst case scenario if it doesn’t progress)

To begin this journey, I will start with online websites which I know pay very little to do surveys and other tasks online. This is the easiest way I can think of to make me commit and hopefully get the momentum rolling. I’ll endeavour into online business soon after. With the intention to hopefully increase that £1 goal to a much more significant number in years to come.

Thank you for reading my first ever blog post!! I know I’m not the best writer but along with my business and investing, I hope it will improve with practice. Stay tuned where you can follow my progress and become inspired yourself to get out of the rat race and build a life of financial freedom. 

To follow my £1 a day challenge progress click here.

Best wishes and may you too, take action on your dreams and ambitions!!

Harry