Making an Obsession my Occupation in 2014 – MPSOS139

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For 6 years Money Plan SOS has been my obsession. My New Year Goals are to make it my occupation. In this episode I share open my planner to you and share the monthly goals to get me out of my day job and into my calling.

January 2014

The Virtual Budget Coaching Course will launch on January 23rd. You can be part of the launch by attending a free webinar or by sharing it with your friends, relatives, or co-workers.

February 2014

ScreenFlow is an amazingly simple and powerful video editing program for the Mac IOS platform. The program is only $99 but I have not found a single great source for how to use it. There are so many great tricks and features that many people don’t even know are there that a series of instructional videos could be very helpful.

I’ve used ScreenFlow for many of my videos, including the Virtual Budget Coaching Course, as well as for other people (check out this Drugstore Game video I put together for Frugal Confessions). I believe a membership site with instructional videos would be a great service for those trying to create videos for YouTube or welcome videos for their website.

March 2014

Quite a few of my listeners have asked “How do I start a podcast?” I could direct them to Cliff Ravenscraft or Dave Jackson or John Lee Dumas’s new Podcasters Paradise course but the fact remains: They asked me.

April 2014

Have you ever considered launching a small business? Most small businesses don’t require an LLC or being bonded with the city, but all small businesses do need to budget and track expenses.

Many of my listeners know about YNAB, the personal finance budgeting software that my wife uses. What they may not realize is that YNAB can also work as a small business budgeting and checkbook register. It doesn’t even require purchasing a 2nd copy, you can use the same version of YNAB you already own.

If you don’t own YNAB and are past the beginning stages of budgeting found in my Virtual Budget Coaching Course then try YNAB for yourself with this free 34 day trial (Mac or PC). You can use it for personal or for business with some slight variations that I’ll show in the course.

May 2014

I can show anyone how to start a podcast for less than $100. That includes equipment, media hosting services, and an audio recording software called Audacity.

Audacity has been around for years. I was using it back when we were burning vinyl records to CDs (yeah, I’m that old). There wasn’t a good source of training on how to use Audacity back then – but I wish there were.

I’ll be launching a video tutorial that will help anyone learn the ins-and-outs of Audacity within 60 minutes. It’s much better than spending three hours editing the wrong way (and I’ve learned a lot of the wrong ways of using Audacity!)

For both selfish and noble reasons

I was terrified to share this with you but now that it’s all out on the table I HAVE to make this work. Why? It’s for both selfish and noble reasons:

1) I need to replace income from my day job: This will allow me to stop traveling so much

2) By not traveling I will be able to spend more time with my family. Can you relate to this?

3) The more time I have to focus on MoneyPlan SOS and YesYouCanPodcastToo.com, the more people I can help

I’ve been working on MoneyPlan SOS for 6 years. It has been an obsession that consumes every waking hour while I try to find ways to reach more people with our message of Debt Freedom. It’s time I take this obsession and turn it into my occupation.

God put these opportunities in my path:

God has put many things in my path in December to bring more exposure to MoneyPlan SOS. Below is a list of guest posts and interviews that I have been involved in since December 2013:

I was a guest on the Podcasters’ Roundtable with host Ray Ortega, Award Winning Daniel J Lewis, and the biggest success story in podcasting – John Lee Dumas: http://podcastersroundtable.com/pr022-the-john-lee-dumas-effect/

My post on LibertyInvestor.com: http://libertyinvestor.com/2013/12/18/side-effects-of-a-401k-that-your-benefits-department-dont-tell-you-about/

My post on EnemyOfDebt: http://www.enemyofdebt.com/2014/01/how-to-pay-2048-in-debt-before-thanksgiving-by-doubling-down/

My guest post on TheIronJen.com: http://www.theironjen.com/steve-stewart/

I was interviewed on The Iron Jen’s 50th podcast episode: http://www.theironjen.com/show-050-tips-becoming-financially-free-steve-stewart-moneyplansos/

Here is an interview I had on the StackingBenjamins Podcast: http://www.stackingbenjamins.com/your-credit-score-is-overrated-with-steve-stewart-stk-032-0/

Interview on YoProWealth Podcast: http://yoprowealth.com/010-delete-debt-becoming-financially-free-with-steve-stewart/