Every mile starts with one step.

So here's the plan; write about getting rich and you will get rich. Sounds simple, right? Well, yeah, in the flesh it sounds too good to be true, but why not try it?

I don't even know where to start to be honest. My name is Carl Carlson, I'm 21, broke, in debt, unmotivated, a college drop out, living with my parents, and I quit everything I start. I've never really been good at anything nor have I had the dedication to pursue anything. Boy, what a good attitude. Let's change all of this.

"If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right." I'm just full of little inspirational quotes and could just blast away with them. However, I want to focus on a couple that really stand out in relation to my journey here. I need to work on my attitude. For as long as I can remember, I've always had the "think you can't" part nailed down pretty good. It's the "think you can" that gets me. I don't really know when all of this started, but I've been mediocre at almost everything I try. Once that happens for so long, it pretty much becomes second nature. I'm not using my childhood or past experiences as an excuse, because excusitis will get me no where. I just want to lay it all out there and fix it.

I seem to have lost my train of thought. Oh ok I just remembered a good quote.

"Nobody succeeds past his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations." Too true. If you go to your deadbeat co-workers and say something like "I'm going to get out of this job someday," I guarantee you get some chuckles. And that will probably bring most people down. But c'mon, no one with success has become who they are without doing something different! In order to have extraordinary results you need to do something extraordinary. This is going to sound crazy to whomever reads this, but you've just come across the journal of a future millionaire. Yes, as of April 2007, no one knows who I am. The only statements I get in the mail that have commas in them are my debt. However, I'm going to be rich. Why? Because I am writing about it.

Here's the idea, write about something so it becomes true. Everything else I've tried didn't work, so might as well give this a shot. As long as it's on my mind with every update, I can't just forget it. This can't just become another one of those "things" that I give up on. No way. This is success we're talking about. Success is just a choice, and I'm making that choice now.

Okay. If it were as easy and writing about it, everyone would be rich, right? If all you had to do was write a journal everyday and the money started pouring in, everybody would be a millionaire, right? Well, not really. For starters, I think most people would think it was stupid and not look into more. Some more would think "that would never work" and never type one sentence. Others might say "that might work for others, but not me." A lot of people would create a journal, but never write anything. Most people would start, write 2 or 3 entries, then fade away. I've covered a lot of the ones who wouldn't, so now that just leaves you and I. We don't think this is stupid, it will work, and we can do it. We're going to write until people are sending us checks in the mail and our printer spits out Benjamins, ya here!?

"BUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO BESIDES JUST WRITING A JOURNAL CARL?!!?" I don't know, you'll think of something. You'll find something. I don't care if you can't think of any ideas to pay off your debt, to solve your money problems, to become financially free. You will find them. Things will come up. Just keep looking. I myself have a few ideas as of right now, and more will come, but that's for a later time. Not this entry. The important thing is to start getting yourself wanting to bad often. Become hungry. I am going to write until people start handing me money on the street.

I don't know how often I will update, but twice a week sounds fine. For those of you that may be reading this for the first time, just trust me on this one. Whether you're reading it online on my blog, or it's already published in my book (which it will), it doesn't matter. Honestly, I don't care if you're not with me 100%, just do one thing. Just answer one question for me. Are you ready for it?

"How big would your dreams be if you knew you could not fail?"

Answer that, then begin writing.