Okay, it is time to create this journal and leave the sweet little comfort zone behind. Let's start with straight honesty. By now I've been trading for a little more than 5 years and so far my journey is twofold, it has been extremely successful as a personal development tool and it has not seen success as a financially supporting activity.
Right now I believe that as far as we live in this human form there is possibility for growth and I would like to take this beautiful opportunity to focus on very simple and straightforward approaches relating to my personal behavior around trading as a business. This journal will contain entries regarding goals, routines, habits, dreams, fears, successes and failures. I'm separating this from my trading journal simply to gain a clear and organized insight on what I do and what I don't do.
In my belief what drives us forward ultimately is work and action. Over the years I've gained a lot of information on what I should do and how I should behave but so far I have not been able to sustainably keep up the work and practices. Why? The answer is very simple: comfort I'm in an environment where I have the ability to treat trading for anything less than a financial business activity and so far that has been fine, it was what I needed. Now what I intent is to shift my mindset from a hobbyist to a professional because I have the feeling that there is more opportunity for growth and happiness if I take things just a bit more serious.
So this journal will be the first step of many to leave behind my current comfort zone and allow life to show me where that can lead. I hope you will gain something from it as well. If nothing else than just this simple truth, honesty and communication helps, so I will do my best to share my work honestly and communicate what is inside clearly.