Getting my life together

Keanu Estrada
2 min readSep 23, 2021

J. Cole doesn’t want to give too much of his day to the public.

My happiness is my responsibility.

  • Job- Amazon Prime Shopper, GSW Guest Representative (Happy with) Goal- Do the jobs well
  • Home- Living with parents (Happy with) Goal- Take care of family.
  • Finances- 16k savings Investments: 19k (Happy with) Goal- 20k savings, 30k investments
  • Love life- Not dating anyone yet. (Happy with) Goal- Start dating.

Big bro gave me some sound advice.

She should like you for who you are.

You’ll figure it out. You’ll know…

  • Friendships- Some high school/college friends (Happy with) Goal- Support friends.
  • Hobbies- Writing (Happy with) Goal- Create.
  • Health and fitness- Able-bodied (Happy with) Goal- Healthy.
  • Religion- Culturally catholic. (Happy with) Goal- Treat others how I want to be treated.

Make a plan for your money as an essential part of getting your life together

Budget- More assets than liabilities.

Get your act together by minimizing stressors

make a list of everything in your life that causes you stress.

  • Money
  • Relationships
  • Health

Are there any on the list you can eliminate entirely?

No, I can minimize these stresses by living with less, having a budget, earning more, saving 70% of my income, maintaining relationships, and eating right.

Find a mentor

Parents, siblings, friends, cousins, colleagues

Create routines for getting your life together

Gratitude journal

Organize my physical space.

Identify bad habits

Quitting jobs I don’t like costs me money.

Checking the internet

Implement the one-minute rule

If it can be done in one minute or less, do it.

Positive Mindset

Positive attitude, one foot ahead of the other, work smart.

Take action towards getting your life together

Get 0.1% better.

Track your progress

“Success is in the effort, so if a [expletive] tried his hardest
I’m at peace knowing God ain’t deal it in this group of cards for me”

Put it in my mind, I always have to pick up my legs.

I think I could be an ok Guest Experience Representative for the Warriors.

I trust my decisions, also I trust in life, and I set my intentions.

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