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Flip · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 75

Right now I am maintaining two blogs:
http://onegreenpaperflip.blogspot.com
http://doublechallenge.blogspot.com

One Green Paper Flip is a blog inspired by Kyle McDonald's One Red Paper Clip site. The objective is to buy and sell things making more and more money until I pay off my mortgage. The Double Challenge is a doubling site like the others here (although I do not follow some rules - namely the overflow rule) with the same goal of paying off my mortgage. I find that I do not have the time to maintain the two blogs, which is apparent since the last post I did at One Green Paper Flip was back in January 6th, 2007. I've had a tough enough time getting to the Double stuff, which certainly seems to be interesting me more. I am considering combining the funds from both sites and just running the Double Challenge. Now of course this would give me a huge boost in my Double Challenge, but it would be with funds that were not really doubled. It would, however be with funds that were earned outside my normal life. This got me to thinking what I am doing these blogs for. What is my main purpose? Is it to have fun? Is it to pay off my mortgage? Is it to make the nightly news and to declare that I did it following the rules?
I have come to the conclusion that the real motivator here - the reason i am doing this at all is to try and increase our lifestyle. To have money to travel, etc. Paying off my mortgage will essentially make it so i don't have to pay (somewhere in the neighborhood of) $1000 every single month for twenty years! Imagine the freedom! Imagine what more we could do! I don't care about following the rules exactly. I don't care about making the nightly news so I can say that YES I did it the One Green Paper Flip method! or the Double method. There are only two things I care about in all this:

1) Paying off my mortgage ASAP
2) Not using any of our 'real' money to do it.

I think the doubling method is the best approach to accomplish this so I will continue to maintain the Double Challenge as a doubling site. I'll just get a nice "Donation" from the One Green Paper Flip blog.

I hope this doesn't ruffle any feathers in the doubling community. I know that some like to think of this as a competition and I would be getting an unfair boost, but ultimately I don't really see this as a competition. I see this as a way to pay off my mortgage and a way to help other accomplish similar goals and hopefully to have a bit of fun along the way.

I wasn't sure if I would combine blogs when I started this post, but the more I write the more I realise that this is what I want to do. So... I've done it.

Wish me luck.

Flip

Xinfinitum · Site Admin Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 626

Hi Flip,

I understand your position. Today, I made the decision myself to combine the My One Million Friends Blog with the DTAMP blog so I can save time and not have to maintain both.

As far as the rules are concerned, it is becoming more apparent to me that the Doubling community is diverse and that some follow the rules as laid out in the free report and some don't follow them at all and are still making the money by Doubling it.

The Doubling community seems to be encompassing many different approaches to the Doubling concept.

So each person needs to establish what, if any rules and techniques they wish to follow.

One needs to adapt when Doubling to keep moving forward.

Regards,
Xinfinitum
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Rachel · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:12 am Post subject:

Blondie · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 304

I would agree with X and Rachel. I would suggest that you set definite rules for yourself & then adhere to them. For me, rules contribute to the whole process and are giving me a lot of lessons that will find their way into my life.

Rules require us to work within a framework that requires thought and planning. I think a couple of the lessons we learn from this whole process is self discipline and focus. Being able to look to the future and plan realistic & definite goals requires us to have focus and drive...and think outside the box to get there. Many of us have done things we might otherwise not have considered but for this whole project... Smile

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arkad · Site Admin Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 365

I feel I may have to break one of the rules laid down in the report soon - the one about using the same coins up to step 16. I have over 100 copper coins and a couple of quid in a Paypal account that I can't withdraw without incurring fees. This make physically managing the money unmanagemable, so I may be forced to change it with myself for a banknote!

I think we must all use the rules we're comfortable with. Personally, I like to try and stick by all the rules in the report but I think they are open to multiple interpretations and, as I described above, it looks as though I'll need to bend one of them to advance.

Arkad

P.S. Good Luck
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Rachel · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Well, if that's considered rule breaking, then I'm guilty of my second rule infraction Laughing

After $5 I used a separate bank account for the doubling money due to the fact that life has changed so much since the report was written !

When I sold the brass elephant I found for $5 it had to go straight into the bank account as that's the best and most used way to pay for auctions here.

My first one was not finding a penny but That can be excused due to nz currency Embarassed

Rachel.
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Blondie · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 304

I think most of us are guilty of breaking that rule. It is virtually impossible to do if you have on & offline funds. I think the concept is to keep the funds separate from your other money so that is what I do. What I generate online, I buy from myself... Smile

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Flip · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 75

Thanks guys. For some reason it feels a lot better knowing that you guys understand. I don't want any unfair advantage, but I do want to set myself up the best way I can for success.

Flip

Edo · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 177 Location: Croatia

I totally agree with X that each doubler needs to establish what, if any rules and techniques they wish to follow. In that way I think that your idea, Flip, about merging two blogs and two funds is actually excellent idea. You work hard for both funds (I read your other blog and find it very interesting and fun read). You can actually continue to flip items for your main doubling project.

Arkad, just one idea about how to deal with your coins... try to find someone who is willing to trade those coins for paper money and give you small profit. It can be just few pennies of profit, but that will be your trading activity and per rules it is allowed to trade money if it is part of increasing our stake. At least that is what I do when I have lots of coins.

Regarding breaking the rules... well, I have a history of breaking the rules Laughing

I even decided that I can accept donations to my doubling stake from my "real life" funds. Everything that builds my doubling stake goes with me (if it is legal of course).

Edo
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