This Will Make You Come… To Understand Compound Interest-Life Hack

What in the Hell is Compound interest and why is it important to your life? You may be asking your self, “Matt, what’s up with these sexy animals you keep posting pictures of and writing words about?”

Here is what’s up with that. I discovered the secret to life and to many people an Article titled “Compound Interest- The secret to life,” would garner some attention, but I want everyone in the world to understand this.

Compound Interest is not a difficult concept to understand, and it is not only for wealth accrument.

Compound Interest is the answer to every single problem you have in your life right now and the solution to the most exciting joy-filled existence you ever thought possible.

Interested? Good- because those O’Faced celebrities understand compound interest just about as well as the millionaire broker or investor on Wall Street.

Now I present to you how it works, but first the literal definition of Compound Interest.

Compound interest is the addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, or in other words, interest on interest. It is the result of reinvesting interest, rather than paying it out, so that interest in the next period is then earned on the principal sum plus previously accumulated interest. Compound interest is standard in finance and economics.-Source Wikipedia

God is that confusing or what? Here is what it means- Interest that builds on itself. It is an accumulation of investment.

Still confused ok, no problem we need examples. Compound interest is found in every facet of life but is only really recognized in economics.

Example:

John is a 300-pound man that eats bad and doesn’t exercise. One day John says, “I am going to lose 100 pounds and change my life.”

So, John begins an exercise and diet program, one that he invests 30 mins in every day. The first couple of weeks yield no results he is tired, sore and hungrier than ever.

John thinks, “This is hopeless, I will never lose weight I am destined to be unhappy and out of shape.” What John does not realize like the majority of the human race is that his investment in his physical health takes time to build.

The secret here is realizing that he is investing in a worthwhile endeavor that is proven to pay huge dividends. The issue with most people is that they do not see immediate results and cut their losses too soon.

They are not giving the Compound interest the time it needs to work. Because we all know what would happen if John sticks to a healthy diet and regular exercise, it is proven science that he will lose weight. It is Guaranteed.

This is true in every single aspect of our lives. I am reading Tony Robbins book “Money: Master the Game. In the first Chapter, he points out that “Oh, if you made it this far you are in the Minority, 90% of people stop reading Non-fiction books before finishing the first chapter.”

How about that for pulling out of the Market to soon. But I am guilty of it in a lot of respects and it has led to a lot of unhappiness in my life.

Compound Interest is a simple principle of investing in something that has a steady payoff and continuing to invest over time the numbers grow exponentially larger and faster than we could ever imagine.

Is this boring to you? I find it extremely fascinating that all we need to do to unlock this massive Life Hack is 3 things.

Identify your investment- i.e finances, health, knowledge, macaroons… Whatever
Pick a worthy investment model- i.e find out what worked for others
Take action in the direction you choose and never look back- i.e if you want to take the Island, Burn the fucking Boats.

Do not ever stop pouring into the things that you love, because they will eventually pay off and you will be able to live off all that wonderful interest you accrued and damn life is easy right.

Just make the right choice and keep making it, Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over. Win

Thanks for reading, Now Tell me do you understand Compound interest a little better?

What are you investing in? Share with me and maybe I will give you an O Face

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Learn to Have Better Sex, With Drugs and Rock and Roll.

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Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. What am I doing, you ask? Well it’s Science, isn’t it?

I am doing Science. For scientific research. Meaning I started with an idea or hypothesis, which is “What makes people click on and read one article over another?”

My belief is that it is a simple matter of basic instinct, the things that drive us wild and elicit the sense of pleasure. Because let’s face it, Sex is enjoyable, Drugs can be fun, and Rock and Roll, well music, in general, brings a sense of pleasure.

So, with all that in mind, I created a poll on Twitter asking that very question. What makes you read an Article. This is obviously for selfish reasons as I want everyone to read what I write as I believe it is super goodest writing.

Also, I made my assumption before asking the question as the whole idea of sex sells is proven we all know it works, the data backs it up. Which is why I am very interested in the results of the Twitter Poll listed below.

https://twitter.com/MattWhiteside3/status/1108005278681915393

It makes me wonder, are we lying to ourselves and picking the answer we wish were true or are we simply unaware of the true reasons we do anything?

Are we hypnotized by clever tag lines and sexy marketing? Do you even realize that you are making the choice to click on this article because of the picture of to hotties with bodies about to throw down? Or a tag line that has taboos in it. Or are you believing that you really need information on How to have better Sex?

I think you know the answer but I would love to hear your thoughts.

Disclaimer: Drugs are bad Mckay, I am happily sober and do not use drugs or sex or rock and roll anymore. 🙂

Does God Hate You?

Genie lamp When I was younger my idea of God was more akin to that of a genie, not unlike the one found in the classic Disney Movie Aladdin.

I would cry and plead and beg for things until they were given to me by my overworked tired mom, and when I did not get what I wanted I became spiteful and mean that God hated me.

“Oh, why me? Why won’t God do exactly as I tell him? Why won’t everyone around me do exactly as I want them to do? God must hate me or he just doesn’t exist.” I would think to myself.

How annoying, haha. I can imagine if God where a person rolling his eyes at me and shaking his bearded head.

I’d like to kick that kid in the ass. The kid me that hung on to the “God hates me or doesn’t exist because everything isn’t the way I want it,” mentality for almost 30 years.

I wouldn’t give that snot-nosed brat a damn thing. It took a lot of suffering on my part (self enduced suffering) before I woke the Fudge up.

There are no magic Genies, and The Law of Attraction is not what you think it is. The idea that we can sit around saying “I am Rich, I am Rich, I am Rich, and think that money is going to puff into our hands is the most idiotic thing in the entire Universe, haha so Dramatic.

But, it didn’t stop me from trying for a very long time to simply wish for all the things I wanted and then when they didn’t happen or the opposite happened like being broke, I got sour at God.

God was not the one sitting on the couch drinking 40s and eating potato chips. God was not the one, working a meaningless dead end job simply to afford, 40s and potato chips.

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That was all me, baby. Damn taking personal responsibility feels good.

I had to wake up to the fact that there is no genie and God or higher power does not owe me a damn thing.

It already gave me life, here on this planet. IT gave me Consciousness with which I experience the world. Yet I pontificated and whaled at all the ways I was unjustly done.

Here is the Deal, and the reason I am writing this.

If your life sucks, It is your Fault, period(.)

Harsh, maybe? Reality, Absolutely.

What about victims of violence, and abuse? What about those that are imprisoned or held against their will.

Well, here is the deal, obviously people being held against their own will have no choice in the matter. I am speaking of those of us with a choice.

Even if something terrible has happened to you in the past. If your life still sucks because of it is your fault now.

I know, this seems odd coming from me even as I type it. But I am so tired of living in the problem and so ready to live in the solution. The solution has nothing to do with poor me, this bad thing happened out of my control.

The Solution lies in me having an incredible life regardless of the unthinkable thing. God is not a Genie to wish away life, we have to be willing to take some action and do some stuff to have a better life.

So, if bad shit in your past is still hurting you and keeping you from enjoying your life. It is time to look at that crap, address it, deal with it, and move on. How you ask.

Here is how.

First, admit that it has been an issue for you. That you feel defeated and destroyed by it.
Second, Accept that you can not deal with it on your own.
Third, believe that there is help out there outside your current understanding that can help you.
Four- write that shit down but not only that. See what your part was in it. Take responsibility for whatever part you played in that miserable part of your life.
Talk to a therapist or a professional, or even a friend you trust that has dealt with something similar. There are so many resources out there to help us move past the grief in our lives.
Start recognizing how that thing has caused some character traits to become out of balance.
Try and work on getting back in balance.
Recognize that you have done some wrong in your life as well
Make amends for the wrongs you have done to others
Be in full awareness as often as possible through out the day about how you treat others. Aggressing against others is aggressing against your self.
spend time in contemplation and intentional thought about your life and its meaning.
Help other people free themselves from the sickness of a rotten perspective so that they can move on with their lives and live freely and happy as well.

So there ya go, 12 simple steps to getting over whatever is holding you back. It worked for me and believe me I thought I had been done the dirtiest by God or life or Yaway or whatever.

No matter what happens in our life even if it is not our Fault it is still our responsibility to make a good life.

Start to believe that maybe life isn’t happening to you, Start to believe it is happening For you.

Grow, Love, Be the light of the world.

Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha Tells Me about Life!

On this very Special episode of Blossom- Kent Wayne A.K.A Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha, tells me all about the interesting things he has learned in life. Had so much fun talking with Kent and believe this information is invaluable to any and all humans, let alone writers.

Enjoy on podcast or YouTube.

First Draft Podcast – Kent Wayne Part 2

https://dirtyscifibuddha.com/

About

Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha is the website for me: author Kent Wayne. The site name comes from the subject material in my writing.

Three works are featured. The first one is Echo, a science fiction dystopia. I’ve posted some free sample chapters, click here to start reading.

To buy Echo Volume 1: Approaching Shatter on Amazon click here: Buy Echo

If you want to read the plot synopsis, it’s a few lines down, four paragraphs to be exact. The second one is a lighthearted modern-day take on Batman if he wasn’t so Emo and Goth, titled The Rarefied Tightrope. Click here for chapter 1: The Rarefied Tightrope Chapter 1.

The third book is The Filthy 108: Mystical Teachings of the Buddha-Bro. Available on Amazon. Buy it here for only $1.08: The Filthy 108

It’s an eclectic mix of Buddhist and mysticism inspired wisdom. Eclectic because it combines Eastern philosophy with dirty and disgusting humor. I’ve recently realized (as of the middle of Volume 3) that the Filthy 108 was my first stumbling attempt at writing. My views have changed since then (I’d like to think I’m not so bitter and hard-edged as when I wrote it, haha!) and it reflects a snapshot in time before I’d become more open and willing to embrace That It’s All Okay in the end. I’ve left it up as a curio of sorts: My first book in all its glorious error and eagerness. I find it kind of embarrassing actually, and I can’t read it anymore. But I think it’s important to be open about where we came from so I’ll leave it up.

The plot for Echo is as follows: It has been over a thousand years since humanity has left Earth to settle off-world on Echo. For almost that entire time, an age of darkness and oppression has ensued. Military and police have merged into the Department of Enforcement. Government and corporations have merged into the Regime. Little progress has been made except in the area of weapons technology. Echo’s only hope resides in one man, a bitter and crippled former Enforcer. Before he can break the cycle of ignorance for Echo, he must first do it within himself.

Within the story, there will be giant robo-suits, swords, and something akin to the Force.

For Buddhist and mysticism inspired wisdom follow the posts for The Filthy 108. They alternate between jokes and insights. Be warned; the jokes are nasty. Hence the “filthy” portion of the title.

For updates about progress on Echo and reflections on writing, follow the posts under Echo-a Dystopian Science Fiction Novel.

To check out my concepts for Echo (no plot spoilers don’t worry) check out the page titled Echo: Glossary of Concepts. I became frustrated when I realized that it would be a little while before I had clean enough draft to publish for the public, but I wanted to express some of the garnishes and flourishes in my setting. The Glossary of Concepts is a way for me to showpiece my ideas—without spoilers—so that my head doesn’t explode from them building up.

Thanks for your interest! If you’re a writer, I wish you inspired drafting and insightful editing! Best way to reach me is by DMing me on Facebook. However, I have noticed some DMs getting filtered out by Facebook messenger, so if I don’t respond, just comment on my wall. I’ll take it down, DM you, and address your concerns. Sorry to all those who never got a response; I wasn’t trying to be rude! 🙂

Kent Wayne

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Mystery Blogger Award Gift- I won! Because I am the best. And I have no ego

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WooooHoooo!!!! I am so excited. The amazing and talented Huguetta, presented me with this awesome award on Saturday, THE MYSTERY BLOGGER AWARD, and honestly, when I first saw it I got this rush of goosebumps and tears welled up in my eyes.

To be recognized by your peers for the work that you do is one of the highest honors I feel I could receive. As someone who fancies himself an artist, pouring my heart and soul out on to the page can be frightening, not knowing how people will respond. So, receiving this Award is recognition that the art that I am producing is at least positively affecting one person’s life and that is a miracle.

Huguetta is a fantastic writer and blogger who I have followed since I started blogging my self. Her posts are always so genuine and heartfelt coming from a perspective of deeper contemplation and seeking to understand life and the world she lives in.

Please check out her blog and follow her https://huguetta.wordpress.com/

So? What is the Mystery Award?

“Mystery Blogger Award” is an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires and motivates. They are one of the best out there, and they deserve every recognition they get. This award is also for bloggers who find fun and inspiration in blogging, and they do it with so much love and passion.
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Award Guidance

Thank whoever gifted you and include a link to their blog
Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well
Tell your readers 3 things about yourself
Answer the questions from the person who gifted you the Award
Choose bloggers that you wish to gift the Award to no more than 3
Ask 5 questions of your choice with one weird or funny one
Notify those you gift the Award to

3 things about my self:

I am a Father to 3 incredible kids, who I love dearly.
I have published 2 books and am working on my 3rd
I host an interview show promoting other writers, artists, and creators of every sort work.

Hugetta’s Questions

What you regret the most? I regret wasting so much of my life regretting the things I did in my past and holding on to judgments of myself and others. Here is some unsolicited advice. Get over yourself and the fears of being imperfect and how the world has wronged you. The fairest thing about life is that it is unfair to everyone. Forgive those who hurt you so that you may be forgiven. Let go of the past failures they are lessons to grow from. What you saw as failure could be the taproot for your greatest success. It has been true in my life.
Are you ready to do anything for the people you love? I am ready to do what I can for the people I love. Anything I can. I can not do more than I am capable of.
“The end justifies the means.” Are you with or against and why? There is no end. I call them false finish lines. I see life as a journey on the mountain. Thinking there was ever a mountain top or a finish line was an idea put in my head. There is no mountain top, there is no finish line, there is no end. Time is something we made up. If you consider death the end, then look deeper our physical form will fade but even then when it is burried it will become the dirt that grows the grass. Our spirits, our consciousness will move onto another journey. The Journey is unlimited.
Love or success? For me, Love is success. Loving others with all my heart and soul is what I have been put here to do. I express that through service to others. I like this idea by Sadhuguru- “Success is not measured by the money flowing into your bank account, success is being able to walk through Hell with Joy.”
If you were an animal, what you would rather be? Easy Silver Back Gorilla
Name your all-time crush- This is a tough one. I fall in Love very easily, I have had way too many crushes on way too many women that I thought, “Oh, she is the one.” I honestly don’t know. Haha sorry.

My Questions?

Why are you on this planet?
Are you Happy?
What is your favorite Myth?
How tall are you?
Can you make me laugh? Please Explain?

I Give this Award to:

https://scjensen.com/ – Sarah is a badass writer and great support, she has been a huge part of helping me grow as a blogger and writer, and she is Canadian.

https://poetkisses.blog/

PoetKisses I don’t know your real name but you have been incredibly supportive since the time you found my blog, and you are a badass poet as well keep up the awesome writing you are really doing an amazing job.

The Battle Down Under!!

I had a great time talking with Jared about his journey thus far through life and writing. Jared is working on finding a publisher for his Middle Grade epic Fantasy Novel that is part one of a four part series. We discuss- the querying process, inspiration for writing, Kangaroos and shark attacks. We find out what makes Jared tick, It may or may not have anything to do with buttons. I will let you be the judge.

Follow Jared’s Journey on Twitter @Greenwoodlam

Be Your Own Super Hero by Matt Whiteside

My Super Hero Guest Blogging Series Will Start soon. Here is my go at it. Hope you enjoy. Get your submissions in.

Listen to this while you read for the full experience.

My name is Infinity Rasana – it’s literal translations is infinite ray of light. No, this is not a name given to me by my parents or by anyone else. In fact, I am unaware of any parental lineage.

I was born in darkness, drifting in space unconscious of where I was or who I was. I only knew that I WAS. I do not have an alter ego as one would presume with most superheroes, I am and will always be only Inifinty Rasana.

I existed for an unknown amount of time in between conscious and unconscious, I remember running in a sunlit field with other children and laughing. I remember what felt like centuries of darkness.

My abilities came to me in the darkness, I was adrift in inky darkness unaware of my body whether my eyes were open or shut, I do not know. The only thing I remember is the loneliness when out of nowhere a pinprick of light appeared to me. It seemed so distant that it did not concern me at first, but that changed in an instant.

As the light expanded in a great flash and enveloped me in its blinding radiance. A vibration resonated through me that brought feeling back to my form and created a sense of chaos and destruction at the same moment.

My body felt as though it were being ripped to shreds by the presence of this unknown light. As I slipped in and out of nothingness and somethingness, I was given a vision and my power was born.

I awoke moments later with my feet depressing lush green grass and the warm glow of the sun hitting my new body.

It was lucky I came to this place in the remote area that I did, as I do not appear like other people. My body has a unique resonance to it that pulsates and disorients anyone that looks too closely.

I appear to be both here and nowhere. I was given the gift of light. In many respects, I am hated by many for the light that I bring. By some, I am loved.

It is not even that I presume to help or hurt anyone, I am simply existing now fully on the plain where I have been placed.

I am more than a walking flashlight. I have the ability to see deep into the hurts and pain of the world, of society and connect the broken parts. Shine a light on them so they can be healed.

I have been here on Earth now for over 30 years, and it has not been all glowing light. There have been many difficulties as I have found my vulnerabilities to be staggering.

I have made many friendships and in those friendships, I have found my greatest strength and my most debilitating weakness. I also have the gift of sharing light, which means I can lift the energy and spirit of others but at a cost to my own.

I have gifted this poorly at times and it has left me broken more than I would like to admit. But it is also the friendships that reawaken my light and set me back on my path.

I do not know where I am going but I do know why I am here and as I continue to shine the light that was given to me I notice that others are starting to shine as well.

The loneliness that I felt for so long is changing it is my gift now to share the light for those drowning in the darkness that had me for so long. I am no longer the only Super Hero on this path now, my journey has been joined by hundreds and thousands of others that are healing the broken parts of themselves and the world.

I am Infinity Rasana and I am Infinite Light.

Be Your Own Super Hero

Our infatuation with superpowered beings has been something that has permeated the human experience in all of recorded history.

It makes us feel lifted and inspired to believe that there are versions of our selves with incredible otherworldly abilities. I have loved superheroes since I was a child and always saw myself as the hero of my life.

I thought it would be fun to write a back story for my personal superhero. Or me as a superhero.

Exploring the idea of what ideals do I value the most, why is it that I value these things what powers would lend best to express my ideals to the world.

So here is the thing. I am allowing Writers to guest blog on my blog every Friday with their Be My Own Super Hero article.

Here are the guidelines.

Super Hero Name- Whatever you want it to be-NO Cuss Words or Vulgar language, please.
Super Powers- no unlimited powers, pick 3
Must have a vulnerability- please explain
How did you get your super powers
What are your values and Ideals- Why do you do what you do and why is it important to you.
Must hand draw a picture as yourself as the superhero- Please use crayons or colored pencil
2k words or less
Have fun, get creative- We are writers, do not limit yourself to the classics dig deep into who you are and go for it.

When done email me the document and image through my contact page. I will do first come first serve I have a couple of people already slotted for the next couple of weeks if you want to be next then please get to work. Haha

You are a Super Hero dang it. Now show the world.

Watch “UniWeb Interview With Matt Whiteside and Guest Author of “My Persian Paradox” Shabnam Curtis- on YouTube

Shabnam Curtis joins me today as we discuss her Memoir of growing up in Iran and her personal Journey to Writing. Shabnam’s story inspires me to remember that no matter where we come from or what obstacles stand in our way, it is up to us to move forward towards our dreams. Links to her website below. Book available March 20th

Website: https://t.co/zl9GctW8oY

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MY PERSIAN PARADOX

Memories of an Iranian Girl

On a cold night in 1978, seven-year-old Shabnam Shahmohammad clung to her mother in a Tehran apartment while the sounds of gunshots rang out in the street: The Iranian Revolution was at hand. She and her family survived that night, but as the Islamic fundamentalists took the power over, she grew up watching her father take his beloved books away to burn, his friends be arrested and disappear, and women like her mother grow ever more marginalized. Confused by her father’s communist ideology, her mother’s conservative religious beliefs, and the regime’s oppressive rules, she developed a deep longing to live a different life.
Finding herself being married at nineteen, she naively dreamed to team up and discover an adventurous life. When she gave birth to a daughter whose future, she realized, mattered more to her than her own, she had to find a way to unlock her little girl’s possibilities. She longed to emigrate, but with Western countries’ embassies mostly absent from Tehran, options for escaping Iran were limited.
My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl is a tale of resilience facing oppression and dictatorship along with fighting with narrow traditional and restrictive cultural rules. This memoir is a journey of self-discovery, mother-daughter relationship obstacles, forbidden love, and the universal desire for freedom.

I am Funny!

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Man oh man, boy oh boy, woman oh woman, dear oh dear… I love, love, love to laugh. More than anything I believe, to laugh is to find magic in even the darkest parts of the world.

A good laugh connects and heals us, it resonates deep within. A convulsion of the muscles that pulsates and reminds us that we are here now.

I love to make people laugh and sometimes that entails doing things that some people find crude or stupid.

I find this to be in bad taste. If it makes someone convulse with joy, how is it stupid?

Could it be more accurate that the people that say I am stupid are simply at a loss, confused and bemused by how they came to find a joke about a fart funny?

I don’t know what it is about us as humans that when magic is so obviously happening to us we can’t see it.

I believe comedy or making others laugh is a form of Magic. Creating such an effect on another person by your words and motion of your body.

There have been times where I have said the exact same thing as another person, to the same people and when I said it the person burst out in laughter when the other person said it, crickets.

That’s magic folks, it’s like casting a spell on a person mind. Even they don’t understand why they are laughing it’s why you will hear, “You are so stupid,” as milk shoots out of their nose.

Because it is not in their control to keep from laughing it has been taken from them. The person has been put under a spell momentarily.

Anyway, I am writing this because it hit me last night that I am funny as hell and I know that it’s not because I have the best jokes or even good jokes but I possess some strange form of magic.

Let me know if you believe you possess Magic and if so what kind?