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  • Reader Question: How to Get More Out of Life

    I got the following email from a reader of this blog:

    Assalam-o-Alaikum Momekh,

    I am female and I am from Pakistan and working as SSE (senior software engineer) in one of the software houses of Pakistan. I am working since 7 years. These days I am really struggling to find out the things that really make me happy. I have lots of interests which just comes for few days and then I can’t pursue them due to the busy job life. I can’t put my those interest into the self employed thinge. I got to know you from facebook when one of the person in my friend’s list liked your recent sketch. I have gone through your page and blog to get a bird’s eye view. Your work really clicked me and I am very much impressed and inspired. It just hit me hard like this was what I was looking to do in life.

    Now after reading this mail I am being pushed (by my heart) to write this email to you. I have never talked to anyone like this before ever in my life….or you can say that no one really interested in what I really wanted to do. I really want to know how I can start using my experience of IT into self employement and also the hobbies that I have. I really want to do something different …something bigger in my life but right now I don’t know what. I really feel there is some kind of fire in me which can lead me to do something big.
    I have many hobbies. I make beaded jewellery, I like to design dresses, I like baking and cake decoration, I like knitting. I like to learn new things as far as creative. What should I do to bring all these things into self employment.
    I would I really looking forward to get a reply from you.
    Thanks for giving me a chance to speak up like this.

    Regards & best wishes for your mission

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    First off, I DO want to come off as someone who is interested in listening to your dreams and ambitions in life.

    Listen, I am here today because I was helped along and I am the first to admit that I couldn’t have done it alone. “Self-made” is one of the most misleading phrases ever invented in the English vernacular. I need help, guidance, advice and sometimes a (gentle) kick in the back to get me going. So I really appreciate the honesty that is obvious in this email.

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  • The Friday Refresh May 27, 2011

    Friday already!

    Time to hit that refresh button folks. What commitments need a recharge? Perhaps a revamp?

    The Friday Refresh is a small event, that I do weekly. I use it primarily to recharge my batteries (and commitments). It seems to work! I thought that if I brought it to my blog here, you can benefit from a reminder or two as well? Yes?

    I wrote a small post on Commitments that you can read here.

    Travel: I am now booking my tickets to go to Thailand for a 2 week (or so) visit, purely from the income that I have earned from affiliate marketing.

    It started as an experiment (like most things with me), and by God’s Grace, I am now aiming for *ahem* much larger things, strictly from Internet Marketing and Online Business.

    How I earned that return ticket was first discussed briefly in this post, and then I wrote the “The First 1000” book that goes in great detail on the steps I took.

    Internet Marketing: Totally awesome to see people already using the tips and methods mentioned in my book “The First 1000”. Please people, keep the comments and feedback coming in. The ebook is free to download and is packed with actionable content (it’s about 70 pages long!).

    If you want to start internet marketing, check out the new section by clicking here (very much a work in progress).

    Or you can cut the theory out and dive straight into setting up your affiliate blog(s) by following the instructions in “The First 1000” ebook (click here to download for free).

    Blogging And Writing: I took up a challenge and decided that I would do the 21 or so actions mentioned in this great post by Corbett Barr. Yes, all 21 actions! And write a post on it while doing those actions.

    The cool thing is that, by the Grace of God, I manage to actually do those 21 actions. In one sitting! Click here to see how I fared.

    In this post, I also tell you how I actually manage to bring the all-too-important accountability into my work flow by using the Friday Refresh posting schedule. Making sense? Read that post to find out.

    Dairy Farming: Due to one of the fiercest storms ever to hit Pir Ghani, some parts of my up and coming dairy farm were damaged. But Allah ka shukkar, nothing too serious, as no animals were harmed.

    A lot of helpful information is being exchanged with regards to dairy farming over at the dairy farming section of this blog. And now, God willing, I will be pouring in more useful information there as well.

    Earning Online: The opportunities are endless, folks. Internet Marketing (including Affiliate marketing) is just one way of earning online. Another very potent method is freelancing.

    Around six to seven years back, I remember spending hardly one month on Elance and earning 1,200 US Dollars! Elance is one of the most respected freelancing marketplaces out there.

    I have some very inspiring stories to share on earning a healthy income online, but for starters, check this:

    If you are in Pakistan, you’d definitely want to check out Salma Jafri’s website WordPL; she is a professional writer and earns upwards of 5,000 US dollars per month, all from the comfort of here home, in Karachi.

    She also has the ‘teaching’ bug, and gives trainings on how anyone can start a full-income career on Elance (Now Upwork). Definitely check out her blog! Hope this helps…

    LifeETC The Blog: I have been putting in more time on this blog, and some of the comments I have received are very heart warming; they make all of this worth it. Thank you for the appreciation folks!

    But as with pretty much everything else, there is a lot to learn, and a lot to do! I hope you guys join me in my journey as I discover and apply more unconventional strategies for work and life. If you have not already subscribed to this blog, then click here to do so now!

  • Projects

    Projects

    All projects are either Adventures, Challenges or Experiments. Each project is shared with a summary, and any related blog posts.

    Any question, do not hesitate to ask. JazaakAllah

    As a profession, I would qualify as a writer and entrepreneur. I am a professional addventurer. I say that because (a) it gives me something to say, and (b) it reminds me not take this stuff too seriously. As a testament to my not taking this seriously, I present to you some of the projects I’ve been involved in.

    JustAddVenture

    Professional AddVenturer
    Professional AddVenturer

    I have always tried to find focus in my life, and that – by God’s Grace – has given my great benefits throughout my living memory. It seemed to be the trying instead of the actual finding that really helped.

    JustAddVenture is my mission to help others add movement in their life. Not physical movement like move around, lose fat, burn calories, whatever kind of movement (although that is awesome if you do that)… but movement as in action. The Urdu phrase that I’ve tried to translate is “harkat may barkat“… there is blessing in movement. I will, God willing, be keeping this blog about maximizing one’s life. Getting the most out of life, this is what JustAddVenture is all about.

  • ProHobbyist
    Convert your hobbies into an online business. Plain and simple. Click here to know more.
  • Cakes.pk
    A custom 3D cake business here in Lahore. I am mostly involved in testing cakes (yummy!) and making sure the website stays humming.
  • SingleBolt Momekh Media
    , Alhumdulillah.

    • Singlebolt

    SingleBolt provides digital marketing services.  has two main functions; to make sense of all the things that I find interesting, and providing an interface to all of the advertising activities that go around because of it. From award winning blogs to highly-targeted niche sites, Momekh Media has a few web properties in its name, and is slowly but surely growing

  • BlogStarta
    Platform and training for professional bloggers: people who want to start a blog as a business/profession. Click to know more.
    • kemaak milk door to door milk delivery in lahore
    A sign-board for a short lived milk shop experiment. Kemaak proper delivered milk to homes.

    Kemaak

     

    Supply (distribution) of raw milk around Lahore (covering Cantonment, Cavalry Grounds and Gulberg). This outfit has been going for over two years, by God’s Grace and although the amount of milk supplied daily is not that high, I am very satisfied with providing the best milk in Lahore. No, seriously, that is what Kemaak does.

     

    cake delivery across Lahore
    A Class Act – a pre cursor to Cakes.pk in a way.

    Kemaak also has A Class Act, that supplies food items and birthday supplies around and within Lahore. Home delivery of quality cakes is how I’d define Kemaak’s A Class Act. Bouncy Castles and other party items are also delivered. We also, by God’s Grace, arrange full fledged birthday parties at client’s location of choice (we have managed birthday parties at practically all baunquet halls in Lahore, including Pearl Continental, Avari, Qasr-e-Noor and Defence Community Center). Our character cakes are particulary famous. 🙂

     

     

    crop farming in Punjab, Pakistan
    YBG Farms – my main stay for 9 years.

    YBG Farms

     

    I just love the name. In Punjabi, the term used for doing agriculture is waee-beejee, and is pronounced almost exactly like the Y.B.G. YBG Farms is an agriculture enterprise. A significant sized land leased, cultivated, and only recently, I have added a small dairy farming operation next to the cropping enterprise.

     

    Freelancing and Other Details

    If you are interested in earning money creatively, there is a list of projects I did that you can check out here.

    I took dairy farming as the most systematic of all businesses that I’d done. I ended up writing a book on it. I have since sold the profitable farm.

    I used to get quite amused at people’s open appreciation of ‘doing so many things’. I found it hard to explain that it is nothing fancy, nothing to do with my abilities, but everything to do with God’s Grace and my sometimes-tested intentions of doing things differently.

    You can subscribe to JustAddVenture by Momekh (this blog) to stay up-to-date on the entrepreneur lifestyle, business and marketing (peppered with a bunch of other topics that I tend to like). I try to be as open as possible here, in hopes that you also find the inspiration to do things differently, and more importantly, do things to live life to the fullest, God willing.

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