Fourth Annual Report: My Success

On the 5th of December 2004 when I was 22 I changed my life 180 degrees. I quit my earlier very special life and moved back to Sweden to change my life totally.

I had no money, education, experience or connections and some people doubted that I could get successful - personally I took it as a great challenge. I started by borrowing my mothers computer and begun to learn HTML and internet marketing.

That is now 4 years ago.

Every year since then I publish an annual report how the year has gone and with future plans for the next year. Every year I try to do more good.

This is the fourth annual report and 2008 has been so successful that it is hard for me to imagine I can do more good.

If you are interested, read my 3 previous reports here:

Main highlights from 2008

Meeting the woman that became my wife

On the 29 of January in Stockholm I met the person that I love so very much, Neyda from Bolivia.
On the 1st of march we had our engagement, a day I will never forget.
On the 10th of may we had our civil wedding in Malmo Sweden with a very nice party. (our wedding photos here)
On the 27th of September we had our religous wedding in Bolivia. (our wedding photos here).

Business related success

My new company "Jim Westergren AB" was registered and my name "Jim Westergren" registered as a trademark (photo).
New web sites (all in Swedish this year): Karriarguidens blog and forum, SEO-proffs.se, SEO-guide.se, Ordklasser.se, Satsdelar.se, reworking Kvalitetskatalog.se and a private blog about my life in Bolivia.
Mentioned 4 times in newspapers, total 19.
The financial result of my company was a lot more than the previous 3 years (but much of it coming from contracts written in 2007).

Personal development

I have been living half a year in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, and it has been giving me a new perspective on life. Very good for me.
I have traveled a lot in Bolivia and I have seen a lot of culture, nature and history. I took over 3 thousand photos and the best ones are published on my account on Flickr.
I learned basic Spanish

Writing

One of my short stories got published (link in Swedish).
I didn't write so much. Most of it has been posts on my Swedish blog and Swedish articles about SEO. I also begun to write a philosophical essay "Instinct and the Free Will" but didn't finish it.

Goals for 2009

Travel with my wife to Sweden.
5 new web sites.
A good income.
Travel around in Europe for 3 months. (Paris, London, Venice)
Move to Stockholm.
10 new articles and 10 new essays written.
Learn sufficient Spanish so that I can speak ok.
Sell a lot of domain names and sites that I have no intention to further develop.
Spend less time reading garbage and more time reading what I actually have use for.
My wife gets a job in Sweden.
A baby? :)