52 Weeks to Self-Reliance: One Year of Deliberate Decisions to Take Back Your Time, Money, and Freedom

Hi, welcome back to the cabin.

I finally wrote my first book.

If you've followed my journey for the last ten years, you know that I've had many ups and downs throughout my life. One of the "ups" was when my first articles were published in several magazines starting in 2016. I was particularly proud of that first article because I had ironically failed English four times in high school and never graduated as a result.

An avid lifetime reader, I always wanted to write a book, so I started one seven or eight years ago. My life changed dramatically during those years and I shelved the idea as I was documenting my life on video instead, which took all of my non-working time.

But I didn't let go of the dream - I kept a detailed journal with updated thoughts and ideas, a growing table of contents, and a list of resource links. That table of contents alone grew to become several pages long, and honestly, it overwhelmed me.

Finally, last winter, I started organizing my thoughts more clearly and wrote a couple of chapters. The book I had in mind was (is) a documentary of the road to my self-reliance - the problems we all face, my own struggles and successes, and finally, the steps, habits, tools, and resources I used to overcome those challenges and achieve the life I always dreamed about.

In the process of writing that book, I realized it was maybe too much information for someone who wants or needs to make a major life change right now. I know that because that person was me not too long ago. I was massively in debt and desperately needed a fresh start - I just wanted a concise roadmap to help motivate and guide me.

So I wrote that book first, and this is it - 52 Weeks to Self-Reliance: One Year of Deliberate Decisions to Take Back Your Time, Money, and Freedom.

You can find the downloadable eBook on my website here: 52 Weeks to Self Reliance

I'm working on a printed copy, but it will be a while before it's ready - I'm new to this process, so I'm not there yet.

Thank you for the encouragement you've given me over the years. Take care.

Shawn