Baby This is Ignition! - Ampers&d's BASE 2.1 Journal

[Ampersnd]

Stage 6, Day 32,

I'll give some final thoughts for my first run.
Without a doubt, my life leveled-up during this run.

At the start of this run (September 18, 2016), I didn't have much going on:
- Working 40-55 hours/week as a dishwasher at minimum-wage; it was busiest during the summer, and hours were going down to 30.
- No job prospects, despite education, and worried that I would have to contend myself to dishwashing for a long while.
- Not much motivation to change my situation, although I was reading and learning a lot

A lot has changed in these 6.5 months.
- I started a full-time salaried job in November 2016, paying more than double the wages at 35 hours a week, with benefits.
- I've been tracking my spending, and I'm relieved that my savings are growing
- I bought a new laptop after getting my first paycheck; that same day, I paid off ALL of my student loan debts
- Soon after getting my job, I started writing a book. I finished the first draft at 105K words, and am now 1/4 through the second draft, with promises of finishing that draft before April 15. I think that I could finish the entire book before June 30, as each pass-through is quicker.
- I wrote 2 mini-books that are working their way into Amazon
- I've been working hard at German everyday
- I auditioned for a singing contest, with advise against doing it from some family members. I got through the finals and got to the finals. I didn't place, but I feel as though I grew to meet the challenges therein.
- My opera classes are going very well; my teacher treats me as a prodigy, and she had me take classes with another teacher while I was out of town. This guy loved my voice too, and had me again the next time I was there. I'm going to have another teacher, who is more my voice type, starting in July.
- My new job was a 9-5 job, a step up from 5-close-type job, meaning that I could dedicate more time to Jiu-Jitsu; my skill shot up, as I was going 5-6 times a week.
- After seeing some shit go down at the bar, I started taking up Muy Thai, which I was doing 2x a week, but I've been slacking at it.
- I took two short vacations, fully funded and determined by me
- I bought a car, and paid it off completely; I dealt with some idiot backing into it
- I've upgraded certain elements of my wardrobe
- I realized that I have plenty of material to start a guitar business, and potentially make more than my current job (or just supplement my income);
- Near of the end of this stage, people seem to be a little scared/nervous around me. I ultimately want to fix this, but it might be an element of authority.
- Very little negativity; I just realized that I don't get swept up in anger, jealously, or negativity. Sometimes, annoyance, but it's much less than it was before.
- My memory is still good; my MLS 5G run was not affected by running BASE (which also has MLS). But, I'm using a bad nootropic for me (CILTEP), so it's not as good for my cognition as on aniracetam; I was on fire. I might try piracetam once I use up all the CILTEP.

But, there are certain elements where I'm not satisfied with my run:
- I didn't really start a business of any type
- With my guitar business material, I've been procrastinating with doing it. I don't know why.
- I still let myself get distracted; this problem doesn't seem to have resolved itself
- I haven't made any money from business ventures, which is the ultimate point of this subliminal program
- I've been pulled away from practicing guitar, and I need to force myself to play at least once a week to make sure that my skills don't degrade themselves. This is bad because I don't want my reputation to be affected in a guitar business.
- I've become a bit of a pussy, and I've become more reclusive and un-opinionated. I think this is because I'm ultimately dependent on the paycheck. I've had a dry-spell this entire run.

If you would have told me that my first run was actually 'Life Tune Up 5G', I'd be apt to believe you, as it sorted out the circumstances of my life, without bringing me materially closer to financial independence. Nonetheless, I'm ultimately satisfied with the results, and I'll need to run this once or twice more before I make a conclusive decision.

I'm likely to run DMSI 3.1 after taking a week to cool off.