When I signed up for Profit.ly, like everyone else, I had to choose a screen name.  Screen names are usually cheesy and mine is no exception, but I tried to choose one that would encompass my goals and remind me why I am here.  

 

I received word about 6 months ago that my job would be ending March of 2017.  For the last 6 months I knew I needed to make a decision about what I was going to do with my career and moreover my life.  True to my nature I have been procrastinating, but something has changed recently and I don't want to be that person anymore.  I decided I don't want to "get another job" like everyone has been telling me to do.  I don't want to just work for someone else to make THEIR dreams come true.  It's like I am stuck in this fucking world where everyone I know conforms to the social protocol of working in a cube and selling their time for paper, only to have it all disappear by the end of the month, and and be forced to sell more time.  It's a cycle that never ends until you retire and by then it's too late to truly live, at that point you just wait to die.  Most people do not see this, and if you try to show them this reality they usually turn on you or assume you have lost your shit.  Maybe I have lost my shit, but I intend on using that to my advantage.

 

I once heard a speech by Tony Robbins in which it was said that "if you want to take the island, you have to burn your fucking boats!"  A reference to Cortes burning his ships after he landed in the new world.  The message to his men was that there was no turning back.  I have decided to burn my fucking boat, and not look for a new job.  Instead, I have 8 months to prove to myself that I can become a consistently profitable trader.  I am basically after the impossible, not because it's not possible to become a profitable trader in 8 months, but because I am basically starting with jack shit in terms of money (I will be starting with $2,500 in a SureTrader account). Financial freedom will be a tall task for sure.

 

Fortunately I do have some experience in the markets, but unfortunately that experience consists of turning 31k into 2.5k.  How did I do that?  Well, it's a long story, but I'll just say I broke every rule and then some.  I could teach lessons on how best to lose your money in the market.  I was a fucking fool.  You're probably asking yourself, well what's changed?  Well, now I know I was a fool and more importantly that I still am.  Now all my efforts will be focused on becoming a well educated, disciplined, hard working fool.  

 

I am not setting a dollar amount goal or a percentage goal for now, my only goal right now is to become a consistently profitable trader.  If I can focus on the process and not the profits, focus on being accountable to myself and not focus purely on my account, I believe the results will come.  I have to believe this...to take this leap of faith.  I plan on pouring everything I have into this worthy goal.  

 

I can't go back into the cube...I have to "escape the matrix".

 

I will be breaking down (and verifying) all trades. I hope this will help me stay self reflective, focused, and accountable. You can follow me on twitter @EscTheMatrix and let me know if I am fucking up (or not) along the way if you choose.

 

Peace,

 

EscapeTheMatrix