How Do I Start Over?
I’m glad you
asked.
We start
school at a young age so we can learn how to live and prosper in this life. We
learn how to read, write and how to do arithmetic.
After that
it’s all crap.
You’re not
taught the necessities like, how to make sure you’ll always have enough money,
how to win at office politics, how to get the right spouse, how to get the
right job, the type of people to avoid at all costs etc.
And because
we’re not taught those things, sooner or later in almost everybody’s life, a
series of unbelievably unfortunate events happen, BAM, BAM, BAM and suddenly you’re
in serious trouble.
Been there,
done that.
Looking back
I cringe. God, it was horrible! Truly horrible!
I assume you
feel the same way. But I got through it.
You can too.
One of the
many good things about America is that it’s a country where you can reinvent
yourself as many times as necessary. And often reinventing yourself many times
IS a necessity. Why? Because your former life is so filled with misery that the
very thought of it makes you wince.
There is a
line in an old song, “Just remember whenever you’re down and out the only way
is up,” It is well intentioned but isn’t totally accurate (I’ve learned NEVER
to say, “Things can’t get worse,”
because they can and more often than not, a LOT worse!) and in those situations
where you’re sitting on the curb with head in hand wondering What the hell am I going to do now?!!
Let me tell
you what you are going to do now.
At that
point you have only two choices.
And those
choices come from the movie The Shawshank Redemption (thanks Stephen King) and
they are…
“You can get busy
living, or you can get busy dying.”
That’s it. That’s
what it all boils down to. Those two choices.
So… Which is
it going to be?
Here’s how I
made my choice. One day I suddenly stopped, took a good hard look at my
circumstances and realized that Life
was not only kicking my ass, it was trying to turn me into its bitch.
And that
pissed me off! And it was then that I decided I wasn’t going to bemoan my fate
anymore. Instead I got really angry and decided to fight back. I didn’t care
what it threw at me, didn’t give damn what I had to go through, I didn’t care
that I was 50 years old, suddenly unemployed, suddenly without a publisher, with
my car falling apart, in the middle of a divorce, with mounting health
problems, serious financial problems and no support system, Frankly I was
terrified But…
I WASN’T
GOING TO CRAWL OFF INTO A HOLE AND DIE.
Instead I
kicked, clawed, bit, scratched, pushed and fought.
And slowly learned
what worked and what didn’t. I figured out why I was in the situation I was in
and how I had unknowingly put myself there.
That’s
right. My life was a mess because I didn’t know HOW the game of life was played
and so kept making the same mistakes over and over.
I don’t do
that anymore. I know better now.
But back
then I swore that when I finally turned things around and created the life I
wanted, I was going to write a book to tell others how to rebuild their lives
AND to scream from the rafters and warn everyone that most of the information
we received about life while growing up is completely wrong, counterproductive
and dangerously misleading!
Basically it’s
a blueprint for a life of failure and misery.
And so now
that I do have the life I’ve always wanted, I wrote that book. Because while I
was going through that horrible time I would have paid anything for a book that
showed me how to get out of my old life and start over.
For the
information contained in that book I could have easily charged $40 a copy because
it’s worth every dime. But because the people who need it most are likely
having money troubles too, I’ve decided to charge under $5 for the e-book and a
little over $6 for the audio book.
The title is
How to Start Over: Rebuilding you Mind, Body &
Finances and
its available as an e-book & as an audio book. here is the link:
Read or
listen to the sample and decide if it’s for you. Because if you’re struggling
like I was, it’s likely just what you need to turn things around.
