milliondollardiary.com Well, my birthday was last week, which also means my vehicle registration expired. No big deal, I thought. I’ll just renew it. Except I couldn’t. Apparently my car insurance was never renewed, which came as a complete surprise because nobody ever contacted me. No email. No phone call. Nothing. So now I have to wait … Read more
Yesterday ended up being a really productive day. The biggest thing was probably touring a daycare for my son. My wife and I both came away feeling really good about it, so we went ahead and enrolled him to start next month. It’s a strange feeling. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we brought … Read more
Just a quick update on what’s been going on. As of the end of June, my estimated net worth was roughly $421,000, so I’m officially well above the $400k mark now. It feels good to finally have a little bit of breathing room above that milestone. Crossing $400k was exciting, but what I really wanted was … Read more
It looks like my eBay auto listing tool works. I know I posted an entry a few hours ago stating that I just finished, but with the trial products that have posted, they have not been receiving a lot of views. I thought maybe my AI LLM that does the descriptions for eBay listings was … Read more
Today is Saturday, which means the week is officially over. Looking back on everything, I’m pretty sure I accomplished everything I set out to do, and I’m really proud of that. The only unexpected thing this week was getting a service call for one of my condos. The people living downstairs reported a leak and … Read more
I finally finished it. I’ve been talking about this eBay automation tool for weeks now, and honestly there were several points where I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to get it working the way I wanted. Every time I solved one problem, I seemed to create another one. I’d get an idea, build … Read more
I’ve been advised to exercise caution when using AI tools at work. In all honesty, the company has been very slow to adopt the technology. The firewall restrictions on the network make it difficult to use much beyond a basic chatbot, and most of the tools that could provide meaningful improvements are either unavailable or … Read more
This week marks a major milestone for me. The AI tool I’ve been developing to automate my eBay listings is finally complete. I wrapped it up around lunchtime today, and after stress-testing it, everything is running just as I’d hoped. Honestly, this is one of the biggest steps I’ve taken toward maximizing my productivity. And … Read more
This week was a productive one. I took a big step back from actively working on my eBay store, even more than I already had been. Instead, I spent most of my nights working on the AI agent I’m building to help automate the listing process. At the same time, I received a decent amount … Read more
Net Worth Estimate: $398KUp from $388K last month. May felt like a transition month. I did not push nearly as hard as I did in April, and honestly, I think I needed that. In a lot of ways, May became a month to rest, plan, and figure out where I want to focus my energy … Read more