The Renaissance Challenge, Day 1

Week 1, take 2!

It's good that I had "week 1" in December as that inspired this challenge, but at the same time it was the whole "failure to plan = plan to fail" thing... no 90 dc was active during that time.

Today, that has changed with The Renaissance Challenge: Q1 2015.

"The Renaissance of the Entrepreneur"

It's a fitting title.  My history here has parallels with the real history of organized advanced civilization: There was ROME, then it fell and there were dark ages, then there was a re-birth of advanced civilization and the modern era of science and art began.

With my business, there were the early days that laid all the foundation I needed, but at the same time did little to really make me much money.  It's like how Rome was advanced, but their science is nothing compared to today's.  Then my financial backing fell apart and I dropped the business for 3 years... a long, dark age of no progression.

Now, I hope to restart the business and use my new hustle skills and matured mental framework to handle this challenge on a far more advanced level.

As far as being an entrepreneur goes, this is a renaissance.

So it's a clear intent, and therefore I feel it's a good name.

Where do we go from here?

From the last "week 1":

"GOALS:

• Have an AWS website (not natural cures / how to cure insomnia yet... just A site.)
• Understand what will be needed to port over:
  -Domain redirecting?
  -Wordpress / Site code setup on new server?  Is it just copy and paste?
  -What else, if anything, do I need to do to get everything operating on AWS?
• Answer these questions:
  -Port... or reinvent?
  -Should I start a new SEO campaign centered around "How to Cure Insomnia."?
  -Do I do both -- does natural cures still have enough value to keep alive after being dead nearly a year?
  -Do I still need the links, data, etc?  How does Google Analytics play into all this?"

These will be the goals of this week.

Also, here are the hourly guidelines for this first Renaissance challenge.

Week 1:

-3 hours at home, so 30 minutes on day 1, tomorrow I will pay for AWS training (just not worth the time to try and track down other training on this right now) and I expect it will take at least 1.5 hours, leaving 1 hour left for thursday to setup a mock website and answer the questions above.

Week 2:

-4 hours: 1 hour per day, Monday through Thursday.

Week 3:

-5 hours, 1 hour per day, Sunday through Thursday.

...12 weeks, so add one hour per week up until week 9, at which point get a steady 10 hours per week until the end of the challenge.

Then take a week to relax -- go easy at LEAF and don't work on the business... so I'm clearly separating my 90 DCs.  Week 2 of April you can start Q2 2015, and instead of moving everything over just have the 90 DC actually be 83 days... there is seriously no reason to nit pick, as there is no way to have 4 90 DCs and time off without doing it this way anyways.

Final Comments

I expect this whole year to be part of the renaissance.  If this challenge fails, just make Q2 "renaissance 90dc part 2".  I expect to do this anyways.  I want to push harder and harder this year to really bring this business back to life, and in doing so I expect to start making real money on both fronts.

The biggest wins will be proving I can do both and growing mentally strong.  It's like deciding one year you are going to start lifting weights every day as much as possible to become physically strong.  I am deciding to start really flexing my mind to become mentally strong.

Let's make this year a happier, more fruitful year than 2014 and really get a running start down the path of millionaire by 2020.