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Rich Dad Poor Dad - Book Review

Rich Dad Poor Dad 

By Robert Kiyosaki -Book Review

Before Rich Dad Poor Dad

To give you a little back story on me before i begin, i’ve never really been too good with money. I didn’t know how to save/invest or even spend the money that i earned. I thought i was going to have to work some crummy job, living pay-check to pay-check with constant burnout that i seemed to never recover from. Work for someone else until i reach that point in my existence where i might be physically unable to continue performing at the job. I had a very (for lack of a better word)”poor” understanding of how money works. With this mindset, i reached completely burnout at 22going-on23 years old. I was depressed, anxious, and suicidal….. I completely stopped working and spent my days just laying in bed…sleeping….and the off chance i wasn’t sleeping, i was playing Fortnite on my Nintendo Switch. This lead to me losing my apartment because i couldn’t afford it anymore. I moved in with my older brother and his family, after a couple of months i realized i couldn’t keep going like this, i needed to do something, anything. I started working the nightshift as a security guard to get a bit of any income so i don’t feel like such a burden to my family. (They never said that i was or even implied it in anyway. It was just me pushing judgement upon myself. I was more harsh on myself than anyone could ever be.) Long story short, my friend made me realize that i have all the free time in the world to learn anything that i wanted. I was blinded, in a fog of depression and anxiety. In a loop of torture that i put myself through, i thought i deserve it. If it wasn’t for my family and friends being supportive i don’t know where i’d be. I started using my time to read and listen to audiobooks and found “Rich Dad Poor Dad”.

After Finding Rich Dad Poor Dad

This book was incredibly written. It was engaging and motivating. Gave me a new perspective on life and it’s lessons as well as money and how to “make it work for you”. It tells you little secrets about how to let the power of knowing brighten you in the present moment. It encourages you to take “educated risks” and learn as much as you can about economics. Once you learn and use the knowledge that you’ve gained through your research and testing you’ll be unstoppable. Now, granted things like owning a business might now be the best option for everyone but there are plenty of ways to invest your money in things that will give you a passive income and a peace of mind, touching on things like saving your money as well. For me personally i feel like i have never been more motivated to pursue, save, and invest time and money. I want to be able to do things for my family, take care of them. Go on adventures and spend time together, all of us. If you’re looking for a book to jumpstart you and give you a forward push towards success, i recommend “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. Keep it in your library and keep it present. 

Peace out everyone, thanks for reading

Love Liddie

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Explore your mind

 This world is full of questions that never seem to come with any answers. For a long time I constantly looked for answers outside of myself. I looked to other people, I searched the internet, I read books, I was doing any and everything I could think of for so long. What I need to do with my life, how I spend my time. I realized that I was looking for answers in the wrong direction. The answers for the questions I had could only be answered by me. That meant taking the time to meditate and really feel, be humble, open and honest with myself. It meant expressing myself without fear. “I cannot teach you, I can only help you explore yourself...nothing more” - Bruce Lee on the Tv show Longstreet. That really stuck with me. There are people that I admire and have become a source of inspiration, for these people I am eternally grateful. For they inspired a journey on the path to self. 

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The only photo from #sandhollowreservoir #sandhollowstatepark I’m sharing 🤷🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CC5IVkiHJSs/?igshid=xgp71wn1stw2

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Im trying to be more mindful when speaking and interacting with people but when I hear petty and over dramatic things from them it just makes me angry. I just feel like I need to keep to myself. I’m trying to control my emotions, I feel no need to interact with people that constantly do shit like that.

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My Character Fear

Never having the guts to look in the mirror at the type of person I’ve become, observing the character development that was built upon past experience. Having enough strength to accept myself and work on things i want to change without harsh judgement.

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Foggy

Most of the time i have so many stories that i want to write and give expression to. I seldom write anymore because my mind feels stuffed. The best way to described it i guess would be driving a car slowly through fog with very limited vision. You feel almost trapped in your car with a fear of the the unknown hiding in the endless. So many projects wasted because i cannot control the thoughts and emotions that are eating away at me. I don’t know how to calm the noise and judgements that seem to find a sense of home in my thoughts. Laying down, staring at the ceiling as my mind takes me on a journey. I often think about my past mistakes, they keep popping up. I read a lot about things like how if you speak or even think a certain way that is what you’re projecting into the universe and that is what will come back. Is this even true? Life is so random that I’m questioning a lot of things.

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Uhhh. I’m working on it 🤔

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Accepting Myself

I keep saying that I’m in the process of figuring it out, but I’m starting to see that I’m just in denial about who i am. I mean.... I’m perceptive, i evaluate and see things, but I don’t know if my mind can face the realization of my character....so i give myself an “outside role” in order to ignore the misplaced and misunderstood parts of my being.

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I’m a true introvert at heart. There are times that I don’t feel like talking. I will only speak when I’m spoken to or just have the appropriate conversation that I need to have with the customer that’s in front of me. I have casual conversations with co-workers occasionally and made a really good friend, but do I need to be friends with everyone? I’ve had people come up to upset that I really only hang-out with one person and I don’t see why that’s a problem? Why can’t I just live my life. Fuck

[st-just]

Who could have possibly foreseen that organizing the entire service economy around low-wage workers without sick leave or reliable access to a doctor might someday backfire. 

[avoiding-claws]

I’ve gone into work multiple times when sick for many reasons:

I only have 3 paid sick days a year

Sometines feel like staff are made to feel guilty about low staff when it’s busy

One of the bosses is kinda sick and they came in so i should too

Mental health is not a valid reason to have a sick day

Head office have started scoring employees on a scale and if your sick day score exceeds a certain number you have to have meetings to discuss it with th me higher ups.

Ignoring the hysteria around coronavirus, who would have thought that creating toxic work environments might not actually be in anyone’s best interest? 🙄🤷🏻‍♀️

[talesfromtreatment]

We have an ortho surgeon coming in tomorrow for a cruciate repair and while they’re very good, they are painfully slow and this procedure will occupy a tech for at least 5 hours, or half the day.

If I don’t go in tomorrow even though I feel like garbage there will be only 2 techs for in house duties, one of whom will be occupied the majority of the time.

So I will be going in out of guilt. If I fall asleep in ten minutes I’ll get three hours of sleep.

[bengesko]

Our lab is too small for the volume of work we get, so we can’t hire more people, so we’re understaffed for our workload. So if someone gets sick, it affects everyone-if they come in, everyone gets sick due to close quarters (and they keep the lab at 70+F?????? Which is bad for a lab, Wtf, I’ve brought this up but ‘people are too cold’ Idek it’s bullshit); or if they call out, the workload increases.

On top of that, our supervisor gets passive aggressive when we call in, but gets mad if we call the other manager because she has an ounce of compassion. (My supervisor seriously gave me an absence incident on my record for being five minutes late because my battery died, even though I called him in advance and I still got to work before him!)

I told my supervisor if someone came to work with COVID, I’d go home because I have an immuno-compromised roommate and he said I would be looking at a written final warning for trying to protect my best friend.

I swear it’s like this country is ASKING for a collapse.

[beastlyart]

This country’s healthcare system is a fucking disaster. Also, how in the FUCK is a cruciate repair taking up five hours?

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How can I dwell on the past, when it only eats me inside out like a deadly disease. Making me question current moments like it was an interrogation. The past. Sublime, nostalgic and surreal. Threatening to my current and future situations..I

I want to change but I don’t see it coming. The world is covered in dust and fog like it was the ashes of my of future aspirations..I

I am lost...and I am tired of fighting for others approval of me, a past cycle that rears it’s head only to give me anxiety and depression..I

I...hmm...fuck it

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The meeting

In an endless room full of black, white and grey is where you lay. As you sit in a fetal position, a figure much like your own comes into view holding out a box so small it fit in the palm of your hand. As you look up at the figure, with no expression able to convey it self, the figure bends down and lifts you to your feet. You wobble at first but in a few seconds you are able to stand. The figure asks you “why have you been sitting here?” You try and muster up the strength to speak “I-I’ve forgotten. I’ve been lost for a very long time”. The figure speaks again “What is your name”. To this, you reply with tears streaming down your face “I’m not sure, i don’t know who i am....or why i am here”. The figure brings you back down to rest and holds the box out to you. “Think hard, do you remember what you enjoy doing the most? what brings you joy, what makes you happy and fulfilled?” The figure which was now faceless reveals a smile, something unfamiliar to you now. The figure speaks “Take the box, and you will know”. You shakingly open your hand to receive the gift. As it is placed in your hand, you feel nothing but cold metal piercing your skin. You look towards the figure with confusion in your eyes. “Please, i don’t understand”. The figure smiles at you once again “It’s okay, don’t try to right now. Just trust and feel”. As soon as the echo of the figures words ere heard. The box started to crack, almost like the hatching of a baby bird. A vine slowly burst through the cracks. It wraps around your hand and proceeds to your body. You slowly start to see color, identifying and realizing features about yourself. The figure speaks “The box represents the limitations that you give yourself (the box cracks again and out explodes the beginning of a beautiful flower) this color is your love, your passion, your honesty, your imagination...your truth. Everything in this universe that makes you...you”. Suddenly an explosion of colors and lights, everything that was once dull, void of feelings...emotions..that was once left empty was now filled with the colors of the universe. The flower soon turns into lamp size with the colors of the universe. I look up at the figure that is now filled with life and i smile as i look into the mirror and say “thank you”.

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The process of self discovery

There i am. In the doorway to self discovery. Standing on my tippy toes just to get a glance at what lies ahead of all of this emotional chaos that has taken form in my life. I tell myself, if i can just get but a simple glance i will be satisfied and as i go to reach higher and higher all of a sudden...SMACK. The emotional chaos trips me and i land flat on my face and in even worse condition then when i started this journey. That whole experience has taught me patience and how valuable it is, it has also taught me persistence. To never give up and to find a way to bring happiness into your life even if you’re not in your ideal place right now. Keep learning, keep loving and keep going.