About Me

My name is James and I started a blog back in 2004 and ventured into several online marking schemes to test the waters. I gained a wealth of knowledge into the online marketing world, blogging and various ways to make money on the Internet. One example was a business system called Project21. The idea was that you signup (via snail mail) and make 12 monthly payments and receive 12 packages that you could apply and then on-sell yourself. You can learn what it was about and even get the full set for yourself here if you are interested. As this website grows, I will add many of those past experiences though new blogs and reports.

I gained experience though hard work, training programs and Tafe /College. I managed to rack up nearly $30,000 in debt by the time I was 25 years old by spending money on cars, courses and lifestyle choices which left little options on how to pay it all back. Then I was retrenched from my job when the Government decided to cutback on its work force. 

My crippling debt was one of the reasons I started looking into online activities to make money and release the frustration I often felt because of where my life had taken me. Humour was an outlet and I tried often to be the life of the party or the clown fool. But then my life started to change, I met a wonderful woman, started my own business and we bought a house together. We have been married over 30 years now and are completely debt free. We help our children out with their young married lives and take regular short trips away for fun.

My Life Now

Anyway, now I work part time and do this part time. I could stop the work but I like, keeping physically active. The day job I am currently doing is working in manufacturing building horse floats with living quarters in the front. It is very rewarding to see the finished product roll out of the yard with satisfied customers. My other job is online blogging in the areas of photography, humorous stories and electronic artistic design (printables) using programs like Photoshop or Blender. I describe each of these things in their separate areas that you can access from here.

But first, if you are thinking about starting your own blog then I would suggest that you take my free “How to Start Your Own Blog”.

My Goals

My goal is to earn enough for my family to live on, pay the bills and go on a decent holiday at least twice a year. Last year we went on a cruise to the Islands of New Caledonia and also stayed at the Hilton on the Gold Coast of Australia for our wedding anniversary and are enjoying many of the activities the Coast has to offer. Even during Covid-19, we were able to take a few short trips away too. As I said I don’t have to work a day job, I just enjoy it. We make enough income to live the life that we enjoy.

I have no credit card debt, and never will again. We fully own our house, the Mortgage has been fully paid out.

I do have a credit card, but I pay it off every month.  You need to have one when working online and the rewards are excellent. Mine is also fee free if I use it regularly. And I can even cash in on the cards bonus reward points occasionally. Recently I used reward points to buy a Drone to add another aspect to my photography hobby.

We bought our first house in 2001 just a few years after we got married and moved to Queensland. We bought this house with the intention of doing it up and selling it for a better home. That we did in 2005 when we moved to the country with our two beautiful Children, one boy, one girl.

I really enjoy reading blogs from other writers and reaching out to them. My goal is to help others achieve the lifestyle they desire, whether it is like me to have just enough or like some who strive to thrive and become rich. Your choice, not mine. Whichever goals you set, I hope to use this blog to educate and teach you how to achieve them.

Kind Regards

James FG