Outsourcing my life

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My life has just changed.

I watched a 50 minute video clip and read a 900 word article and my life has changed.

Outsource your life.

My personality is focused, determined, and extremely hard working.  I’m one of those people who say, “If I don’t do it, it’s never going to be done right.”  I check my email and Twitter ever 10 seconds and take my laptop with me to the bathroom to maintain productivity.  When I’m at Disneyland with Kim, I whip out my iPhone to send out emails and skim through my Google Reader for good posts.

Don’t find ways to work harder; find ways to work easier

Even with all of my “productivity,” I never seemed to be able to get all the things done on my to-do list.  It just keeps piling up and up each day without an end in site.

My mood, relationship, and friendships are suffering.

And then Tim’s words slapped me right in my face.  I woke up; I realized that putting in more and more hours in a day is not the answer.  Working harder and harder until you sweat ink is NOT the answer.  I need to find a way to work easier, to put in less effort and get more in return.

Easier said than done

My goal is now to outsource my life.  I look at Tim Ferris and he is a very accomplished individual.  He was able to outsource his life to India because he already had a stable income and is able to afford such perks.

I’m an entrepreneur.  I’m dead broke.

I feel that I’m in the same position as most of you.  You probably have more money than I do, but we both can’t afford to pay India to outsource our work or personal errands – even though it’s cheap as hell.

[Keep in mind, I'm writing this post before I actually read The 4 Hour Work Week.  I'm buying the book tomorrow and will digest it in two days flat.]

So what are our options?

Money is not the only form of payment

I am now on a mission, a mission to shock the way we view paying for services.

My goal is to outsource a part of my work life without spending a single cent.

Here is the setup:

1. I will not be allowed to pay my “outsource team” any money to work for me
2. My “outsource team” cannot be residing outside of the country
3. I have until January 31 to completely outsource my List

The List – This is the list of tasks that I must get outsourced by January 31, 2009

1. Upload and optimize FDTV and Startup Life episodes
   • Upload to Vimeo, Viddler, Facebook, and YouTube
   • Optimize title, description, tags, and links
2. Share videos with the online community
   • Find bloggers, vloggers, and tweeples who would find our video content interesting
   • Follow and subscribe to this person
   • Send me a list of new people that we are following and have shared our video with
3. Listen to my Twitter stream and pick out the information that would be most interesting to me.
   • Write a complete daily report about what’s been happening in my Tweet circle
   • Filter out and provide me with only the content that I want
   • Find me new and interesting people that I may like to follow
4. Digest my Google Reader and pick out stories that I must absolutely read
   • Summarize important and interesting articles
   • Organize blogs posts into categories

I have 2 months to accomplish my goal.  Think I can do it?  I’ll keep you posted.

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