It always amazes me how much time people waste doing things that do not help them in any shape or form.
A perfect example of this is Bob.
I was told about Bob this weekend.
Bob used to spend hours compiling lists and recording the things he did.
He would save every receipt from whenever he and his wife spent money and he would type up all the details in a spreadsheet.
Why?
Well, it wasn’t to keep an eye on his finances.
He did it because… he wanted to.
He actually spent time recording all of his spending just so that he could see what he was spending his money on.
He didn’t use the list to curb or change his spending habits, he just did it because he liked having it all down in a spreadsheet for him to look at.
He also kept records of the darts matches he used to play. He had books filled with the results of his games and the games of others.
I guess that was handy for those who wanted to keep a track on the league, but I don’t think it was Bob’s job to manage the league tables… he just did it because he wanted to.
He also spent a lot of time cataloguing his record collection.
He had spreadsheets with the artist’s names, the track listings, the labels they were released on, the date each record was released, and how much each record was worth at that time according to the Record Collector magazine.
He thought that when the time came to sell his record collection, he would be quids-in.
Sadly, that was not the case.
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He got a fraction of what he thought it was worth.
They were not worth what he thought they were.
The problem was that he spent so much time updating his lists; he didn’t actually sell the records at the time they were worth anything.
The value of each record changed weekly due to the demand… or lack of it.
As older people either died off, or decided that they no longer wanted to buy and own records opting instead to use digital downloads, the demand dropped for records resulting in the value of them dropping through the floor.
It’s not for me to say whether Bob ‘wasted’ his time, as it was his time to ‘waste’ and it might be something that he enjoyed doing, however, in my honest opinion, it was all very pointless and it achieved nothing.
Maybe it kept him happy and calm, and you cannot put a price on that… but as far as I can see, he didn’t benefit from it.
From what I am told, if hadn’t spent that time working on those lists he wouldn’t be any less happy than he is now.
But had he decided to use that time instead to learn something new, or master a specific set of skills, his life and financial situation would be different to what it is now.
I’m not going to say that it would be better as I don’t know what his current life and financial situation is right now, he may be incredibly happy.
But, if he is currently struggling due to the cost-of-living crises we are having to deal with today, his struggles could have been lessened had he spent time trying to make more money instead of creating lists of what he had spent.
You see, once money is spent… it is spent.
You cannot get it back, but you can replace it.
Focusing on replacing spent money and making more money to spend is, in my opinion, a far better use of your time than creating a record of your receipts and what you have spent.
There are numerous ways to make money from the comfort of your own home.
Take our good friend Kate Davis as a perfect example; she makes money trading the markets using just her smartphone while she works out in her home gym in the morning.
She does have a day job that she enjoys, but she doesn’t need to work because she makes between £750 and £1,725 every month doing this.
This is just a hobby to Kate, a hobby which can make her more money in half an hour than what most people earn working a full day.
She often banks more than a day’s wage before she leaves the house for work… which I believe is not a ‘walking distance’ from her house either.
Kate wanted to share her success with others and so she approached us here at Streetwise and asked if we could publish her manual which outlines in great detail everything she does each morning that bags her an extra £750 – £1,725 each month.
Remember, she makes that money in the morning before going to work!
That is £750 – £1,725 EXTRA each and every month which is also TAX FREE!
If you would like Kate to show you everything she does leaving no stone unturned, click the link below:
Kate Davis’ Treadmill Trader
Kind regards
John Harrison
PS… This really is one of those ‘teaching a man to fish’ systems. Once you know what to do, you can pull money out of the markets each and every month for years to come.
And remember, it’s TAX FREE!
Here’s that link again:
Kate Davis’ Treadmill Trader
