Hi there, welcome to my site! If you’re reading this, then you probably want to learn a bit more about me. You probably already noticed that I like to state the obvious…hahaha. Anyways let’s get to it.
MY STORY
Like so many people, I have a day job. It pays the bills, but the limited PTO and freedom is really starting to get to me. I currently get 20 days of PTO of year which is about a month since I don’t have to take PTO on the weekends.
If you take a full year, subtract the weekends, subtract the national holidays, and subtract the 20 days of PTO I get, then that’s 231 days a year that I’m spending at work stuck behind a desk for 8 hours.
While I’m grateful for the job and the income it provides, I’m looking for more freedom and liberty in my life. I don’t mind working, I just would like more flexibility and say in how and when I work.
I stumbled across this “online marketing” thing back in 2009. Unfortunately, didn’t really take it very serious for most of the time since then until the beginning of 2023. There was always something more important and I always put it on the back burner until I had enough time to work on.
The bad thing about putting things on the back burner is that they stay there until you make a conscious effort to dedicate time to them. This took me about 10 years to realize…lol. Getting to it tomorrow never happens, unless you make tomorrow, today or you know actually prioritizing that thing when tomorrow arrives instead of pushing it off to the next day indefinitely.
Anyways, so now I’m here with this website trying to provide valuable information in the forms of reviews as part of my plan to get more freedom and liberty.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?
As you’ve probably seen, I review items that I’ve personally tried or that I feel I have insight to offer based on my use of similar products and services. It seems like there’s no shortage of “reviews” out there that basically just vomit the product descriptions from Amazon back to you and don’t really tell you anything beyond that.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to be able to have a side by side comparison of different products versus having to read that information yourself. However, it’s also great to have information and insights you can only get from using the product or service.
Basically, I’m trying to close the information gap and provide some real world insight about the various products and services beyond what the merchant already tells you on their site, so you can make an informed decision on whether those products and services are the right fit for you.
THE GOAL OF THIS SITE
I aim to provide you an honest opinion of the different products and services I’ve tried, so you can make an informed buying decision. Let’s face it, it’s hard to know what things to look for in many products and services until after you’ve bought them. The whole hindsight is 20/20 thing.
I’m hoping to provide insightful information that you might not be able to find other places, so you can know what things to look for BEFORE you buy a product. If you’re wondering how this website is part of my plan to leave my day job, then this review may interest you.
If you ever need a hand or have any questions, feel free to leave them below and I will be more than happy to help you out.
All the best,
Thomas
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