My Doubling Adventure

Jedi training

2011-10-18T09:05:00.000+02:00

Help me in my Jedi training as I confront Volkswagen's threats to Planet Earth. Visit my Jedi page! Thank you!

24 Hours of Reality

2011-09-14T12:01:00.002+02:00

World Land Trust

2011-09-08T00:07:00.000+02:00

2011-09-06T18:28:00.003+02:00

I just found one cool new website - Philanthroper. They offer a daily charity pick—six per week, with Saturday and Sunday sharing one—with a donation amount of just $1 per person for 24 hours until the next charity is featured. Really great concept that uses the power of micro-donations and allow regular persons to donate small amounts of money ($1) to many different charities. They also have cool statistic tracking features.

My Virtual Flag Collection

2011-08-05T08:43:00.003+02:00

I restarted my virtual flag collection. So, if anyone would like to help me with my virtual flag collection please visit my blog and add virtual flag of your country to my collection...

http://myflagcollection.blogspot.com

Share Cash

2011-05-01T23:14:00.002+02:00

I found one interesting money making program.... Share Cash. You basically have opportunity to make money with uploading your files and with sharing those files with others. They pay quite well... an average of 0.60 USD per file download, which is pretty nice rate. You can check them here...

Share Cash

You can also check one of my files that I uploaded, a collection of Forex themed articles....

Forex articles

Surplus PC Power Yields Faster Cancer Research

2010-12-22T20:32:00.003+01:00

My gaming blog

2010-10-13T20:37:00.000+02:00

My small gaming blog about fun games. :)

Cluster Collector

2010-09-20T04:05:00.003+02:00

This small blog is for collecting visitors' clusters...

http://clustrcollector.blogspot.com

Help me to add your cluster to my virtual collection. Thanks :)

Profitable Business Ideas

2010-05-22T10:21:00.002+02:00

I started a new mini website. It is about profitable business ideas. You can find it over here...

Profitable Business Ideas

It is build to test a possible model for web business. If it shows profitable I might build more mini websites on other topics.

Stake: 120.37 HRK

International Workers' Day

2010-05-01T19:59:00.001+02:00

Happy International Workers' Day to all doublers and visitors of this blog.

Astro Empires

2010-04-23T08:31:00.003+02:00

If anyone is interested to play interesting game Astro Empires here is the link to it...

Rules and Steps

2010-04-19T23:35:00.002+02:00

Since my yesterday's Declaration I decided to switch back to old Rules and old Steps. So here are my Rules and Steps...

Rule 1. You must find the first coin. You must not use your own money.
Rule 2. You must use only the stake money during the current doubling attempt.
Rule 3. During the first fifteen steps you must use the actual coins and notes gained in the preceding step.
Rule 4. If your current step results in more than doubling, then you must carry the surplus onto the next step.
Rule 5. If your current action results in less than doubling, then you may use as much of the original stake and profit to complete this step.
Rule 6. You must keep a diary of events.
Rule 7. Don't worry about how you are going to manage future doublings. Concentrate only on the current doubling.
Rule 8. You're not allowed to spend one cent of the money (apart from as a stake) until you complete all steps. Then it's all yours.
Rule 9. You must not divert money into the system which you would have got anyway had you not been doing the system.
Rule 10. You must use only the stake money, and not 'stolen' or 'hidden' resources.
Rule 11. If you 'fail' on a step, you must drop down the 'snake' until you arrive at the step represented by your remaining money - and start again from that step.
Rule 12. You are allowed to add your labor.
Rule 13. Use the stake money to create a value which you can sell for more.

Currency: Croatian kuna (HRK)

Step 1: 0.00 - 0.10
Step 2: 0.10 - 0.20
Step 3: 0.20 - 0.40
Step 4: 0.40 - 0.80
Step 5: 0.80 - 1.60
Step 6: 1.60 - 3.20
Step 7: 3.20 - 6.40
Step 8: 6.40 - 12.80
Step 9: 12.80 - 25.60
Step 10: 25.60 - 51.20 (Rounded to 50.00)
Step 11: 50.00 - 100.00
Step 12: 100.00 - 200.00
Step 13: 200.00 - 400.00
Step 14: 400.00 - 800.00
Step 15: 800.00 - 1,600.00
Step 16: 1,600.00 - 3,200.00
Step 17: 3,200.00 - 6,400.00
Step 18: 6,400.00 - 12,800.00
Step 19: 12,800.00 - 25,600.00
Step 20: 25,600.00 - 51,200.00 (Rounded to 50,000.00)
Step 21: 50,000.00 - 100,000.00
Step 22: 100,000.00 - 200,000.00
Step 23: 200,000.00 - 400,000.00
Step 24: 400,000.00 - 800,000.00
Step 25: 800,000.00 - 1,600,000.00
Step 26: 1,600,000.00 - 3,200,000.00
Step 27: 3,200,000.00 - 6,400,000.00
Step 28: 6,400,000.00 - 12,800,000.00

It is again focus on real doubling, not just looking for lost money.

The power of Doubler's Creed works for me. :-)

"We are Doublers and Penny Pickers. And Adventurers and Wannabe Millionaires. Who day and night go step by step with duty, honor and pride. And neither sickness, nor disease, nor ridicule, nor bad night vision, nor lack of finding change, nor ever finding the national treasure, will stay us from the swift completion of our sporadic rounds. Ever."

Step 11 Completed!

2010-04-19T23:26:00.002+02:00

Today I went to the bank to exchange euro coins I found for DYWTAMP for HRK (official currency of DYWTAMP). I got 29.50 HRK for 4.10 EUR. That put me well into Step 12. I started to work on plans for Step 12. It is strange how our plans and decisions work for us. Since I made a declaration yesterday that I will give my best to complete Step 12 for half less time than I needed for Step 11, I immediately started to think more creatively about the ways to complete Step 12. Without my declaration I would probably just continue to look for lost money. This way I will try to find something creative to speed up my progress in Step 12.

Stake: 118.87 HRK

DYWTAMP Declaration

2010-04-18T23:07:00.003+02:00

I joined my fellow doublers at Doubler's Den and declared my own Declaration of Doubling...

I will complete Step 11 by tomorrow.
I will complete Step 12 by August 19, 2010.

I also decided to accept Doubler's Creed that my friend doubler, Xinfinitum, posted today on his blog. The Creed is as follows...

"We are Doublers and Penny Pickers. And Adventurers and Wannabe Millionaires. Who day and night go step by step with duty, honor and pride. And neither sickness, nor disease, nor ridicule, nor bad night vision, nor lack of finding change, nor ever finding the national treasure, will stay us from the swift completion of our sporadic rounds. Ever."

Stake: 89.17 HRK

DYWTAMP Update

2010-04-15T21:11:00.002+02:00

Long time since my last post. Since then I manage to complete Step 5. Current stake is 88.67 HRK. I also have about 25 HRK in EUR coins. Once I exchange them to HRK I will be well off in Step 6. Since my last post first anniversary of DYWTAMP occurred as well (March 1).

Stake: 88.67 HRK

My First Pin Bar Trade

2010-01-16T01:12:00.002+01:00

I made my first pin bar trade on January 15. It was a profitable trade. Probably just newbie's luck. But it was really fun and educational experience. It was my first trade ever. Of course it is just on demo account, but still it's great feeling. :)

Here is a link to my post with more details about my trade...

My first pin bar trade

Pin Bar Trading

2010-01-09T04:32:00.006+01:00

Something I'm working on beside doubling and treasure hunting...

http://pinbartrading.blogspot.com

I started this on January 1, 2010 as part of my New Year's resolution to try to learn trading by at least one method. I decided I will try to learn trading pin bars.

Plastic Bottles

2010-01-08T22:33:00.003+01:00

Nothing much to report. Didn't find any money. There is a snow for several days now, so it is impossible to find any coins. I did notice during previous snow periods that after the snow there are always lots of coins on the streets. Possibly because people lost them and can't find them due to the snow.

I did manage to find some plastic bottles. Total count of bottles found is 6, and once I hit 10 I will go to redeem them for money. I also have to go to the bank to sell euro coins I found. That will put me in Step 6.

Stake: 69.30 HRK

Fourth Year Of This Blog

2010-01-01T14:33:00.004+01:00

This blog started back in January 2007 as my doubling blog. Since then I abandoned my initial doubling project, started few new, changed rules, played with it and having good time.

To many more doubling years. :)

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T19:58:00.003+01:00

This is last post for 2009. We found 0.45 HRK today, so the first year of DYWTAMP will end with 69.20 HRK in stake money. It all started on March 1, 2009. And it is all achieved with finding lost assets.

Finding lost assets will continue to be main activity for DYWTAMP in 2010 as well. It would be great if I manage to complete Step 7 during 2010.

Happy New Year!

Stake: 69.20 HRK

New Steps

2009-12-30T00:02:00.001+01:00

I also reworked steps for DYWTAMP...

Step 1: 0.00 - 5.00
Step 2: 5.00 - 10.00
Step 3: 10.00 - 20.00
Step 4: 20.00 - 40.00
Step 5: 40.00 - 80.00
Step 6: 80.00 - 160.00
Step 7: 160.00 - 320.00
Step 8: 320.00 - 640.00
Step 9: 640.00 - 1,280.00
Step 10: 1,280.00 - 2,560.00
Step 11: 2,560.00 - 5,000.00
Step 12: 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Step 13: 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
Step 14: 20,000.00 - 40,000.00
Step 15: 40,000.00 - 80,000.00
Step 16: 80,000.00 - 160,000.00
Step 17: 160,000.00 - 320,000.00
Step 18: 320,000.00 - 640,000.00
Step 19: 640,000.00 - 1,280,000.00
Step 20: 1,280,000.00 - 2,560,000.00
Step 21: 2,560,000.00 - 5,000,000.00

Official currency for DYWTAMP remains Croatian kuna (HRK). At least until euro become official currency in Croatia.

New Rules

2009-12-30T00:00:00.002+01:00

I prepared new set of rules that will better reflect the fact that the focus of this project is on finding lost assets. Here they are...

Rule 1. You must start this project from absolutely nothing.
Rule 2. Finding lost assets is the only activity that is allowed in this project.
Rule 3. You are not allowed to process found assets in any way, you can only sell them as you find them.
Rule 4. You are allowed to add your labor and your equipment when searching for lost assets.
Rule 5. If your current step results in more than doubling, then you must carry the surplus onto the next step.
Rule 6. You are not allowed to spend one cent of the project's money.
Rule 7. You must keep a diary of events.

Money spot

2009-12-29T23:13:00.002+01:00

Today we found 1.70 HRK near parking meter at the shopping center where we go very often. Many times we find money at the exactly same spot. This is certainly one of those money spots for us. Everybody can find one of those money spots. It is everywhere where people pay something, and especially where they had to insert coins in different machines. Parking meters, arcade machines, kiddie rides etc. Great places to look for lost money.

Stake: 68.75 HRK

Other found assets:
- 2.90 EUR
- 1.00 NOK
- 1 used phone card
- 3 plastic bottles

Nice Find

2009-12-25T19:48:00.003+01:00

Today we made a nice find - 1.85 HRK. We found that money during a short, easy walk in our neighborhood. It was spread in three different locations. We didn't made such find for a long time. Few days ago we also found three plastic bottles. I decided to add that as well to my DYWTAMP. I can redeem it for 1.50 HRK.

I also figured that I never logged 1.00 NOK my daughter and I found few weeks ago, so I added that to DYWTAMP found assets. According to Oanda.com it's current value is 0.87 HRK. As always with foreign currency I will add it to the stake once I exchange it to Croatian currency (the official currency of DYWTAMP).

I'm working on rewriting the rules of DYWTAMP to better express the fact that the only activity I do for DYWTAMP is finding lost assets.

Stake: 66.35 HRK

Other found assets:
- 2.90 EUR
- 1.00 NOK
- 1 used phone card
- 3 plastic bottles

DYWTAMP Treasure Chest

2009-12-20T20:41:00.005+01:00

This is a picture of my current DYWTAMP stake...

I like how it looks. :)

What is Treasure Hunting

2009-12-20T14:02:00.001+01:00

I found this interesting article about treasure hunting...

What is Treasure Hunting

Author: Peter Bankss

Treasure hunting is a rather contagious pastime. For some, it can become an obsession (in the best sense of the word!). People worldwide are fascinated with the hobby of treasure hunting.

Coming across a valuable item in your treasure hunt can be a real thrill. Even an item that may not have monetary value could be personally attractive to the right hunter.Part of the thrill is in the chase; not knowing what you may find lends a sense of mystery and intrigue to the treasure hunt.

In years past, a treasure hunt could have been a very dangerous quest. Pirating was rampant, with several competitive and devious hunters often after the same prize. Quite often, the myth or rumor of a valuable buried or sunken treasure led to bloodshed and fighting between hunters.

Before airplanes became the preferred method of worldwide travel, those in search of life in a new land would travel by ship to their new destination. As it could take months to sail from one continent to another, passengers were unsure if they would even return to their home land. They would pack up all of their worldly possessions to take with them to the ‘new world’. One might pack several trunks of furs, coins, jewelry, dishware, and other valuable goods to take with them to their new life.

These ships laden with valuable items were prime targets for pirates.Ships were always on the look out for pirates that may try to board and rob, or even kill, the passengers onboard. While this high seas robbery is certainly not called treasure hunting, it demonstrates just how vulnerable these ‘treasures’ were. People traveling away from home were not only vulnerable to theft while sailing; these pirates had no qualms about robbing a ship after a natural disaster struck.

Ships sailing far from home had to endure terrible storms, barrier reefs,extremely high waves and more as they slowly made their way from one point to the next. Unfortunately, many ships succumbed to the dangers they faced, and sank.

Before GPS and radio, it was really anyone’s guess where they ship may have gone down. Tales and fables would develop about the location of the sunken ship and its possible contents. For example, if a royal family member or businessman was on board, one might assume that quite a bit of valuable merchandise sank with the ship.

If the ship was not immediately located, an air of mystery would develop around the tale as it was passed down through generations of curious people. Those will the resources and desire would undoubtedly go in search of the ship in an effort to recover some of the ‘treasures’ on board. These expeditions were treasure hunts in the truest sense of the word!

A treasure may also be something that a person unfortunately lost. Of course, if you find a valuable item, you should make every attempt to return it to its rightful owner. But in most cases, the owner is never found, leaving the treasure hunter as the new owner. We’ll discuss great places to find this kind of treasure a little later on, but some items that you could expect to come across include watches, rings, coins, or necklaces.

Other treasures may have been worthless when they were disposed of, but have now become so rare or desirable that they have increased in value. Arrowheads from battles past; carvings; certain stones, etc can all prove to be valuable finds.

Before there were designated garbage dumps, unwanted items were often buried or simply thrown into the bush. Over time, these items were long forgotten. However, finding a rare dish, for example, that can be traced to a certain crafter or era could be a real treasure.

Some treasures may have absolutely no monetary value at all, but could be very sentimentally valuable to the right person. Old family photos, a favorite teddy bear, or a letter from your first love would all be great treasures to find. It would rare to stumble across a sentimental treasure unless you were specifically looking for it, but it can happen!

Whatever your reason for treasure hunting; whatever you are searching for, you are sure to find a few surprises along the way! Treasure hunting is truly a hobby for anyone to enjoy.

About the Author:

Annie Bankss

Author

A Beginner's Guide To Treasure Hunting

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - What is Treasure Hunting

Long time with no post

2009-12-19T00:04:00.003+01:00

Well, it was a long time since my last post. I just count all my finds and compare it with my last reported stake. Since my last post, me and my treasure hunters found 0.75 HRK and 2.20 EUR. Biggest find is 2.00 EUR coin that my dad made sometimes in November. Now I have 64.45 HRK, and 2.90 EUR. I can sell found euro coins for about 20.00 HRK which is really great. I also have one used phone card that I found back in September. I think that maybe I could sell it to some collector. I also found one plastic bottle back in August. Unfortunately, I don't have it anymore as my wife throw it in trash.

Will continue to look for lost treasures for my DYWTAM Project. I decided that this will be my strategy for this Project. I could call it treasure hunting, I guess.

Stake: 64.45 HRK

Other found assets:
- 2.90 EUR
- 1 used phone card

Weak October

2009-10-31T12:56:00.003+01:00

October turned out as weak month regarding found money. I found only 0.70 HRK. Only event that make it somewhat better was my dad's find of 0.70 EUR that he gave to DYWTAMP. I could get about 5 HRK which will be great addition to stake money.

At the beginning of this month I also tried to buy some stuff through online auction site in order to resell them for profit. I lost both auctions, but in any way that represent the beginning of new activities in DYWTAMP, aside of finding lost money.

Hope November will see larger increase of DYWTAMP funds.

Stake: 62.08 HRK

Lost Both Auctions

2009-10-07T21:34:00.002+02:00

Well, I didn't have success with my auctions. Both items went for prices I couldn't afford with my current stake money. I keep on looking on other auctions. Hopefully will find something.

At least I found 0.20 HRK during my walk.

Stake: 61.88 HRK

Made My First Bids On Auction For DYWTAMP

2009-10-07T08:26:00.002+02:00

Today is a great day. :) I finally found two items on one local auction site that I felt comfortable enough to make a bid. It is few hours till the end of auction and I will see if I will actually win the auctions. But if I do win them, it will be the first time in DYWTAMP that I will use some other strategy beside looking for lost money. I feel this is important milestone in DYWTAMP development.

Stake: 61.68 HRK

End of September Results

2009-10-03T10:41:00.002+02:00

September ended as second worst month regarding found money for DYWTAM Project. Here is a list of months with amounts of found money:

March 2009: 3.97 HRK
April 2009: 2.61 HRK
May 2009: 7.25 HRK
June 2009: 23.00 HRK
July 2009: 5.85 HRK
August 2009: 5.80 HRK
September 2009: 3.40 HRK

This list contains only found Croatian currency. If I add all funds added to DYWTAMP then the list is somewhat different...

March 2009: 3.97 HRK
April 2009: 2.61 HRK
May 2009: 7.25 HRK
June 2009: 23.00 HRK
July 2009: 5.85 HRK
August 2009: 15.30 HRK
September 2009: 3.40 HRK

August was a much better month comparing only to found Croatian currency, because in that month I exchanged euro currency I previously found.

Hope that October will be good month regarding DYWTAMP stake money.

Stake: 61.58 HRK

Rules

2009-09-27T13:27:00.002+02:00

Since I don't follow the exact Rules as laid out in the DYWTAM Report, I think it is interesting to post here the Rules I'm following.

Rule 1. You must find the first coin. You must not use your own money.
Rule 2. You must use only the stake money during the current doubling attempt.
Rule 3. During the first fifteen steps you must use the actual coins and notes gained in the preceding step.
Rule 4. If your current step results in more than doubling, then you must carry the surplus onto the next step.
Rule 5. If your current action results in less than doubling, then you may use as much of the original stake and profit to complete this step.
Rule 6. You must keep a diary of events.
Rule 7. Don't worry about how you are going to manage future doublings. Concentrate only on the current doubling.
Rule 8. You're not allowed to spend one cent of the money (apart from as a stake) until you complete all steps. Then it's all yours.
Rule 9. You must not divert money into the system which you would have got anyway had you not been doing the system.
Rule 10. You must use only the stake money, and not 'stolen' or 'hidden' resources.
Rule 11. If you 'fail' on a step, you must drop down the 'snake' until you arrive at the step represented by your remaining money - and start again from that step.
Rule 12. You are allowed to add your labor.
Rule 13. Use the stake money to create a value which you can sell for more.

Basically, they are very similar to original Rules, and majority of Rules are actually the same as original Rules. When I started DYWTAM Project I tweak only two Rules - Rule #1 and Rule #4. In my own Rule #1 I allowed to find any amount of money not just the smallest amount. And in my own Rule #4 I made it obligatory to carry over any surplus to next Step.

Since I started this Project in March 2009, I didn't brake any rule. And that is very important to me, to stick to the Rules as I laid them to me at the beginning of the Project.

September finds

2009-09-27T12:04:00.003+02:00

September was not that great regarding finding money for DYWTAMP stake. Till now I found 2.90 HRK in September. That makes September second worst month since I started DYWTAMP. The worse was only April with only 2.61 HRK found. I still didn't start any other strategy for DYWTAMP. I look at online auctions but couldn't find anything that I could resell for profit. Will keep on looking.

Stake: 60.88 HRK

September is here

2009-09-06T00:02:00.003+02:00

Nothing much to report. Made few finds and increased my stake further. I also found one plastic bottle that I can redeem for cash and one used phone card that hopefully could be sold to some collector. I finally started to look at online auctions in order to find something that I could resell for profit. Hope I will find something.

Stake: 58.48 HRK

New Blog

2009-08-18T22:38:00.002+02:00

I started a new blog about coffee makers...

Coolest Coffee Makers

It is my little experiment to add a little to my adsense earnings. I stuck with my earnings there and need just few more dollars in earning in order to get payout by check. Hope this small blog will help a bit. We will see.

No new additions to my DYWTAMP Stake.

Stake: 55.23 HRK

Step 10 Completed!!!

2009-08-17T13:56:00.003+02:00

Today I completed Step 10! I went to my bank and exchanged 1.30 EUR coins that I found in DYWTAM Project and got 9.49 HRK. Additionally, bank clerk round up the amount and pay me 9.50 HRK (she overpaid me for 0.01 HRK). That increased my Stake to 55.23 HRK and it catapulted me to Step 11.

It is 170th day since I started DYWTAM Project, and 58th day of Step 10. I feel it is a great success I manage to reach Step 11 doing nothing else but finding lost money. Maybe in Step 11 I will finally find something else to do with my Stake.

Another victory for me is the fact that I stayed in my doubling project for four and a half month. I manage to stick to this Project, and to follow initially determined rules (which I also find important). This is 4th or 5th doubling project I started and never before I stick to the project or to the Rules so long. I find that pretty amazing and it fills me with happiness.

Stake: 55.23 HRK

Back from vacation

2009-08-15T11:15:00.002+02:00

I get back from vacation in August 10th. I had great time there. And it wasn't that bad for DYWTAMP. We manage to find 1.90 HRK and 1.21 EUR. Euro find will be added to the stake once I exchange it for Croatian kunas. It is about 8.50 HRK, so I'm quite happy about that euro find. With euro finds I will be able to complete Step 10 of DYWTAMP. Not bad at all.

Since I get back from vacation I manage to find one coin of 0.10 HRK.

Stake: 43.48 HRK

0.20 HRK find

2009-07-27T00:14:00.002+02:00

Today I found 0.20 HRK on the children playground in our neighborhood. I found lots of coins on this playground since I'm looking for lost money. Seems it is one of those money spots.

Tomorrow (well, actually today) I'm traveling to my summer vacation. Again, we go to one small Croatian island. We have a plane at 11:00 AM. I'm curious to see if I will be able to find some lost money while I'm on vacation. There will be lots of tourists with lots of chances to lose some coins. I'll be there to find them. :)

Stake: 41.48 HRK

More money found

2009-07-25T13:40:00.002+02:00

Since last post I found additional 1.00 HRK. This additional find made July third best month in terms of found money since I started DYWTAMP. Total for July is 4.45 HRK. There is still time to make July even better.

Stake: 41.28 HRK

Slow July

2009-07-20T23:26:00.002+02:00

It seems July will not be even close to June in the amount of found money. Till now we found 3.45 HRK this month. It bring the DYWTAMP's stake to 40.28 HRK. Nevertheless, with this amount in stake money, it seems that 50.00 HRK (how much is needed for completion of Step 10) is well within my reach.

I go to summer vacation next week. Maybe I will find some money there as well. Since there are many foreign tourists where I'm going there is good chance for finding some foreign currency as well.

Stake: 40.28 HRK

Step 10 - New finds for July

2009-07-03T22:03:00.002+02:00

Made two new finds since July started. In total of 0.60 HRK new funds for DYWTAMP. It seems to me that I will be able to complete Step 10 only by looking for lost money. After that it will become very slow and hard to complete further steps just with found money. I will probably in that time start to look for some other strategy.

Stake: 37.43 HRK

New Record

2009-06-27T23:55:00.002+02:00

On June 25 we made a new record for DYWTAMP. We went to the downtown and have great time. We went to one of several newsstands to buy something and my wife found 10.00 HRK banknote there. It is our biggest find in DYWTAM Project and also it is the first banknote for DYWTAMP. June is also the best month since we started DYWTAMP back in March. In March we found 3.97 HRK for DYWTAMP. In April it was 2.61 HRK and in May 7.25 HRK. In June we found 22.50 HRK and there are still three days till the end of month.

Stake: 36.33 HRK

Step 10

2009-06-23T07:30:00.002+02:00

I completed Step 9 on June 21 with nice find of 1.30 HRK. Yesterday I made my first find in Step 10. This Step could be easily completed with two coins of 2 euro, and it seems there are more and more euro coins in our streets. I know of a few hot spots where euro coins are often found. This will be my strategy for Step 10. And I'm thinking to take all plastic bottles I could find around.

Stake: 25.78 HRK

Step 9 - Nice progress

2009-06-19T00:28:00.002+02:00

Last few days were very successful in finding lost money. My wife made the majority of finds mainly at her work near vending machines. This month is also our record month in finding money since I re-started DYWTAMP on March 1. If we continue with this pace we will complete Step 9 this month. I'm very satisfied with that. Maybe Step 10 will be the step where I will finally start to apply some other doubling strategy aside of finding lost money.

Stake: 22.28 HRK

Step 9

2009-06-13T13:44:00.002+02:00

I completed Step 8 on May 30, 91st day of DYWTAM Project. My current stake is 16.53 HRK. I need to find "only" 9.07 HRK in order to complete Step 9. I will probably need few months to do that with current pace of my money finding activity.

Stake: 16.53 HRK

Step 8 - Close to 12.80

2009-05-25T08:37:00.003+02:00

I had several finds in previous few days, in total of 0.30 HRK. That brings me very close to 12.80 and to completing Step 8. Hope it will happen in May, so I can say that I completed 8 steps of DYWTAM Project just by finding money.

Stake: 12.73 HRK

Step 8 - Reached The Milestone, New Record

2009-05-10T22:00:00.003+02:00

Today I made my new personal record in found money since I started new DYWTAM Project - I found 2.00 HRK. This find made me really happy. :) This is also my first find in the form of 2.00 HRK coin. This find brought me above 10.00 HRK milestone and closer to completion of Step 8.

Stake: 11.63 HRK

Step 8 - Approaching 10.00 HRK

2009-05-09T23:13:00.003+02:00

After today's find I'm closer to important milestone - 10.00 HRK. My current stake is 9.63 HRK, so I need 0.37 HRK more to get to that milestone. Who knows, maybe tomorrow I find enough money to get there. We will see. :)

Stake: 9.63 HRK

Step 8 - Biggest Find So Far

2009-05-06T13:10:00.006+02:00

Yesterday I made biggest find so far in DYWTAM Project. I found one 1.00 HRK coin and two 0.05 HRK coins. This is my third 1.00 HRK coin so far. Still didn't found 2 and 5 HRK coins so far in new DYWTAMP.

I'm thinking to include EUR coin I found a month ago in my total balance. If I decide to do that I will use foreign exchange rate for EUR from Croatian Central Bank. I noticed that there are more and more EUR coins to be found on the streets, so it might be good idea to count them as well. I will have to change official currency of DYTAMP to EUR anyway, once Croatia becomes part of EU and part of Eurozone.

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Stake: 7.73 HRK

Step 7 Completed!

2009-04-24T23:41:00.002+02:00

Today I found 0.30 HRK and that completed Step 7 in my DYWTAM Project. Step 8 is here. :) I still didn't do anything with my stake money. I just look for lost money and add every bit I find. Maybe Step 8 will be the Step where I will finally start using stake money for master strategy in doubling, i.e. as Rule 13 says "Use the stake money to create a value which you can sell for more". Well, now my only worry is to get my stake to 12.80.

Stake: 6.58 HRK

Found Money Aficionado

2009-04-22T22:52:00.004+02:00

Today I found an interesting web page about found money aficionados...

Found Money

This one page took me to several blogs of found money enthusiasts like ChangePot and MoneyWalker. Seems like those guys are very similar to doublers, just that found money searchers don't have steps, structure and goal of reaching to the million. This few blogs got me thinking am I really a doubler or am I really found money searcher. The fact is that I always enjoy the most in the first few steps where I can look for money and feel the joy of finding it lost somewhere. The part when I had to start trading and do something with it always lead me to lost interest and abandon doubling in the end. Every time I found a coin again I start doing doubling again. Seems to me that the joy of finding the money is something that attracts me to doubling, and not the doubling itself. So I really think I am a found money aficionado. It took me more than two years to figure out. Well, it's better later than never. :)

My current pot of found money is 6.08 HRK and 0.10 EUR. I think I will open new blog to document my found money adventures.

2009-04-05T00:52:00.003+02:00

Found another 0.50 HRK while shopping with my wife and daughter. Till now I applied only strategy of looking for lost coins for progressing through DYWTAMP. I should start looking for other things to do, because found money can push me maybe through Step 7, but I'm getting to the levels where this strategy is no longer the best way to double money.

BTW, I started to learn playing Texas Hold'em Poker. I found site that teach me how to play Hold'em Poker profitably, and after I learned basic strategies I got $50 from them to play on online poker sites. This money is real, and once I clear them I can take money. But I plan to use that given starting capital to build my poker capital. And, once I play certain number of hands I'll get another bonus of $100 from poker training site. This is not deposit bonuses, but real free money for playing.

If anyone is interested to learn how to play poker and to get $150 in starting capital for your poker adventure then check it here...

Stake: 4.87 HRK

Found First EUR Coin

2009-04-04T00:49:00.002+02:00

I found the first EUR coin for my DYWTAM Project. It is 0.10 EUR coin. I will try to change it for HRK and then I will add it to my stake. I should get about 0.70 HRK for 0.10 EUR. I also found 0.20 HRK so my stake went up to 4.37 HRK.

Stake: 4.37 HRK

Step 6 Completed!

2009-04-02T00:59:00.003+02:00

Woohoo! :) Step 7 is here. On March 30 I found 1.05 kn while I was on a nice and pleasant evening walk with my wife and my daughter. This gave me more than needed in Step 6 and per my rules I carried over the surplus to Step 7.

I started this Project on March 1, so it took me 30 days for first 6 steps. And I didn't do anything except finding money on the ground. I think I will now start looking for some other opportunities since I now have enough in my doubling Stake to buy something and try to resell it for profit.

I also made my first find of 0.20 kn for Step 7.

Stake 4.17 kn

Still on Step 6

2009-03-26T20:15:00.002+01:00

I'm still on Step 6. Today I found 5 lipa coin. There were more finds previous days. My current stake is at 2.82 kn. I'll probably wait till I get to Step 7 and then started to look at online auctions for items I could quickly flip for a profit.

My doubling Friend, Xinfinitum, completed his Step 19. This is a great accomplishment. He is one of rare doublers that didn't change anything in the original Rules. His great blog is here...

DTAMP Blog

Stake: 2.82 kn

More finds for DYWTAMP

2009-03-21T20:32:00.002+01:00

Today I made further progress in my DYWTAM Project. Found 0.35 kn in total in my neighborhood. Of that amount, I found 0.20 kn just outside my apartment building. I will try to complete Step 6 by looking for more money on the street.

Stake: 2.06 kn

Biggest find yet

2009-03-19T01:16:00.003+01:00

I take a walk with my wife and daughter in our neighborhood and during that walk I found 1.05 kn. This is my biggest find yet in my new DYWTAM Project. It leapfrogged me right into Step 6. It's nice to see any progress in DYWTAMP.

Diary of events for DYWTAM Project is here...

DYWTAMP

Stake: 1.71 kn

Slowly moving forward

2009-03-16T21:38:00.002+01:00

Today I found new 10 lipa coin for DYWTAMP. I decided I will go slowly this time. No hurry, no rush. Will try to go through first several steps with finding money. Once I accumulate enough to invest in something I will go that way. Probably it will be some kind of reselling deal. It is very important to me that in this new DYWTAM Project I progress with finding money (since found money have some special magic in doubling method) and with using that found money in some way to progress further. However, as one of the rules said, right now my main concern should be to complete Step 4, and it's "only" 14 lipas away.

Stake: 0.66 kn

Found first money for my new DYWTAM Project

2009-03-04T19:29:00.003+01:00

This evening I found my first 55 lipas (0.55 kn). They leapfrogged me right into Step 4.

I decided to change Rule #4. My version of the Rule #4 is:

"If your current step results in more than doubling, then you must carry the surplus onto the next step."

I made that change to avoid unnecessary leakage of funds from DYWTAM Project, and to further my progress through steps.

My Rules
My Steps

Diary of events for my DYWTAM Project can be found here:
DYWTAM Project

Starting It Again

2009-03-01T13:39:00.002+01:00

Yup, I will try to start again with my doubling adventure. From the ground zero. This post is just to document the date when I decided to give this project the new beginning. It is nice round date March 1, 2009.

Only the time will tell will I stick with the project this time or will I forgot about it after a month.

I'll keep the Diary of Events in this blog...

http://dywtamp.blogspot.com

Official name of the project will be (again) DYWTAM Project.

Road to Riches

2008-09-11T22:51:00.004+02:00

Recently I found this cool and interesting entrepreneurial game. It's about a person who started his own business - his own trucking enterprise. I find it interesting and somehow connected to our doubling adventures. After all it is about building wealth. It is about Road to Riches, just as our doubling adventures are nothing else but same Road to Riches ventures. Give it a try and play it for awhile.

Interesting Article About Doubling Money

2008-09-02T23:03:00.002+02:00

Recently I found one interesting article about money doubling. Here it is...

Invest $1000 Dollars Into $1 Million - Doubling Your Money

- By Martin Thomas

Below, we explore how $1000 dollars can turn into $1 million dollars in 9 transactions. This is not just technical theory and keep in mind that anything can be an investment. It doesn't have to be a security or government bond. Absolutely anything can be classified as an investment if you make a return.

Interest upon interest grows money exponentially, so below lets see how we can grow our starting balance of $1000 dollars into nearly a million dollars in a few easy transactions.

$1000 --- purchase a cheap 4 cylinder car and clean it thoroughly, make sure it is sound mechanically and that you bought it really cheap, sell for $1990

$1990 --- purchase another car but a later model, make sure you paid much less for it than it is actually worth, really do a hard deal. Sell for $3900

$3900 --- purchase another car but a later model, make sure you paid much less for it than it is actually worth, really do a hard deal. Sell for $5900

$5900 --- purchase a late model car from the auctions. One that has slight but repair-able damage. Clean it up and prepare it for sale. Find a fussy buyer that will pay well. Sell it for $11,000

$11,000 --- purchase a large corner block of land, use the $11,000 as the deposit. Paid $60,000 for the land. Spend $400 on sub-dividing the land. Sell each block separately for $37,000 each, repay the loan and profit is $25000

$25,000 --- purchase 2 more similar corner blocks of land subdivide each of them and re-sell for $37,000 each 2 corner blocks now become 4 --- Profit = $56,000

$81,000 --- purchase 4 more similar corner blocks of land and subdivide into 8 small blocks, sell each for $37,000 Profit = $112,000

$193,000 --- purchase one large block of land and build 3 apartments. Sell apartments for $200,000 each Profit $210,000

$403,000 --- purchase 2 more blocks of land, build 3 apartments on each of them. Sell apartments for $200,000 each Profit = $420,000

Result = $823,000 in 9 transactions.....the magic of compounding.

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Progress Report

2008-09-02T22:52:00.002+02:00

I made nice progress in my DYWTAM Project. Currently I'm on Step 7 at 6.20 kn. Probably will complete it tomorrow with small coin trade at work. For Step 8 I plan to buy something at online auction site and resell it offline.

There is one new doubler added to my Doubling Friends...

One Penny Million

He is at the start of the project and has some interesting plans. It will be interesting to track his progress.

Starting Again

2008-08-31T20:44:00.003+02:00

I lost interest in My Doubling Adventure and focus my attention on DYWTAM Project. Then I lost interest on that as well. And then in few days ago I found 10 lipa coin and it reminded me on doubling system. So I started again. I started DYWTAM Project from the scratch...

http://dywtamp.blogspot.com

This blog will be for general discussion about Money Doubling Projects in general.

Hope this time I will manage to keep my interest and motivation high for this new (my 5th) doubling project.

Step 19 - Forex trading - recovery after draw down

2008-01-27T08:42:00.000+01:00

My forex trading account finally recovered after sizable draw down. It was down to almost $1,500, and now it's back to slightly above $2,000, my initial investment. So after almost two months of trading I'm at the beginning. I give some serious thought to withdraw my capital out of forex trading account, and find some other investment for that capital. With this speed I will never reach step 20. But I decided to give it a few more months. Forex trading is a risky business, and it's not easy to find good managed forex account. I think I found a good one with this company. We will see in the next few months.

Online investment deal went very well. In 30 days I earned 50% profits and get out of there. Private deal 1 still didn't start to trade with my capital. It will start in February. Same goes with Private deal 2.

And small update on my tracking method... I decided to get back to tracking Total Capital, Available Capital and Invested Capital of My Doubling Adventure project. I already tracked those figures back in June-July of last year. I figure out it's easier for me to just update those 3 figures than to post complete balance sheet each time.

Available Capital	1,257.92
Invested Capital	15,224.17
Total Capital	16,482.09

Step 19 - January 14, 2007

2008-01-15T00:29:00.000+01:00

Update of the current state of My Doubling Adventure's net worth. I paid off all liabilities related to the project. Forex trading is in minus. Added some additional books for reselling. Received second payout from online investment program. I should get in profit this Friday if everything goes well.

Assets

Cash	1,468.82
Forex trading account	9,374.74
Online investment program	191.01
Private investment program	4,940.00
Inventory	52.00

Total assets	16,026.57


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	16,026.57

Step 19 - Update

2008-01-09T09:32:00.000+01:00

Balance of my forex account is up again, and it almost reaches my starting amount. This fluctuations clearly shows the nature of forex trading... highly risky with large fluctuations. But hopefully in the long term it will be profitable venture.

Some of my liabilities become due and I pay them. That decreased My Doubling Adventure's liabilities.

There were also different additions to My Doubling Adventure cash. I received withdrawal from online investment program of 40 USD.

Everything looks nicer today than it was in my last post. I'm above 16,000 HRK again and that's good. :)

Assets

Cash	1,514.30
Money market fund	4,770.28
Forex trading account	9,943.15
Online investment program	300.00
Private investment program	5,000.00
Inventory	32.00
Accounts receivable	15.00

Total assets	21,574.73


Liabilities

Credit card balance	5,250.11

Total liabilities	5,250.11


Net worth	16,324.62

Step 19 - Drawdown in My Forex Trading Account

2008-01-06T12:57:00.000+01:00

There is a drawdown in my forex trading account of about 8%. It happened since my last post. Hope next week will bring some profits from forex trading. Also, I received 200 HRK gift for my birthday, sold 3 CDs, and some other small additions to My Doubling Adventure project.

Assets

Cash	1,105.88
Money market fund	15,054.87
Forex trading account	9,178.62
Online investment program	479.41
Private investment program	4,993.89
Inventory	32.00

Total assets	30,844.68


Liabilities

Credit card balance	15,485.44

Total liabilities	15,485.44


Net worth	15,359.24

Step 19 - Items for sale added

2008-01-04T03:07:00.000+01:00

Added some CDs and books that I plan to sell on online auctions or offline. Trading in my forex account started again after holiday brake. Money market fund shows continuing growth. I will probably move some funds tomorrow from money market fund so that I can pay part of credit card debt that is due in about week. This part of debt occurred when I fund my forex account with my credit card. USD continues to go down and that affects My Doubling Adventure Net Worth as significant portion of assets are denominated in USD.

Assets

Cash	1,791.59
Money market fund	14,051.21
Forex trading account	9,816.18
Online investment program	457.78
Private investment program	4,975.89
Inventory	47.00
Accounts receivable	70.00

Total assets	31,209.65


Liabilities

Credit card balance	15,476.28

Total liabilities	15,476.28


Net worth	15,733.36

Step 19 - New Year

2008-01-01T13:39:00.000+01:00

Happy New Year! :)

This is the second year of My Doubling Adventure. It all started on January 2007. I feel like I made a full circle. Although it may not seem like some achievement I'm happy because I stayed active and keep on with this project. That alone makes me happy.

I hope I will manage to complete several steps in 2008. I would be personally happy if I would manage to build Net Worth of My Doubling Adventure just above 100,000 HRK in this year. Anything beyond that will be pure bonus and pure pleasure.

Assets

Cash	1,771.73
Money market fund	14,038.23
Forex trading account	9,900.96
Online investment program	438.50
Private investment program	4,982.97

Total assets	31,132.40


Liabilities

Credit card balance	15,468.61

Total liabilities	15,468.61


Net worth	15,663.79

Step 19 - Last post in 2007

2007-12-31T16:04:00.000+01:00

This is my last post in 2007. This year I started My Doubling Adventure back in January. Soon it will be 1st anniversary of this project. I'm satisfied with the progress. Hope 2008 will be even better than 2007. I made some nice investments that have potential to build net worth of this project considerably. But we will see as high yield goes with high risk.

Anyway my last addition to portfolio is investment in one Private Investment Program that deals with stock options trading. I have high hopes for this investment.

Here is the current balance sheet for My Doubling Adventure, the last one in 2007.

Assets

Cash	1,718.16
Money market fund	14,038.23
Forex trading account	9,900.96
Online investment program	438.50
Private investment program	4,982.97

Total assets	31,078.83


Liabilities

Credit card balance	15,468.61

Total liabilities	15,468.61


Net worth	15,610.22

Step 19 - Quick update

2007-12-30T09:55:00.000+01:00

Here is just a quick update on the current state of my doubling Net Worth. Although there is no much changes since last update, Net Worth went down. The main reason for this is the lower value of USD, and significant part of my Doubling Assets are denominated in USD. I expect that when trading takes off at the beginning of January eventual profits from forex trading will offset the negative effect of weakening US dollar.

Assets

Cash	1,584.71
Money market fund	14,035.76
Forex trading account	9,905.90
Online investment program	425.43
Personal loan	110.00

Total assets	26,061.79


Liabilities

Credit card balance	10,212.48

Total liabilities	10,212.48


Net worth	15,849.32

Step 19 - Progress report

2007-12-25T22:49:00.000+01:00

Here is a quick update on the current state of My Doubling Adventure's progress. Loss that I reported in my last post is almost completely recovered. There will be no trading during the holidays so further results are to be expected in January. I invested small amount of my cash in one online high yield / high risk investment. Will see how it will end up. There is a very high chance of losing complete investment, but return is rather high so I consider it to be worth taking a risk for small amount of overall wealth of this project.

I'm thinking to add more to my forex trading account or to one another online high yield investment. Will think about it and make a decision in a next few days.

Current balance sheet for My Doubling Adventure Project....

Assets

Cash	1,681.56
Money market fund	14,023.80
Forex trading account	10,090.01
Online investment program	406.25

Total assets	26,201.62


Liabilities

Credit card balance	10,190.59

Total liabilities	10,190.59


Net worth	16,011.02

Step 19 - Forex trading continues

2007-12-20T09:09:00.000+01:00

Currently, my forex account has a small drawdown of 3.41%. This includes both closed positions and still floating positions.

Cash reserves increased mainly due to doubling income tax. I was thinking to add more to my forex trading account, but maybe I will try to find some other investment or business opportunity. Will decide in the near future.

Assets

Cash	1,586.93
Money market fund	14,000.00
Forex trading account	9,792.40

Total assets	25,379.34


Liabilities

Credit card balance	10,172.79

Total liabilities	10,172.79


Net worth	15,206.55

Step 19 - Forex trading

2007-12-09T15:39:00.000+01:00

Here is a quick update of My Doubling Adventure balance sheet...

Assets

Cash	562.39
Money market fund	14,000.00
Forex trading account	9,839.38

Total assets	24,401.77


Liabilities

Credit card balance	10,003.85

Total liabilities	10,003.85


Net worth	14,397.93

I will probably add more to my forex trading account, but not sure yet. Will decide in the next week or two.

Step 19 - Forex trading

2007-11-30T23:39:00.000+01:00

I opened managed forex trading account and deposited 2,000 USD of My Doubling Adventure's capital. I funded it with credit card so there is liability to be recorded in the balance sheet of My Doubling Adventure. Trading already started and there is small profit (still floating). I expect this to be very exciting ride and hope it will help to increase my doubling Net Worth.

Assets

Cash	348.25
Money market fund	13,846.09
Forex trading account	10,035.37

Total assets	24,229.71


Liabilities

Credit card balance	9,924.91

Total liabilities	9,924.91


Net worth	14,304.80

In DYWTAM Project I successfully completed Step 10, and started to work on Step 11.

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Step 19 - Update

2007-11-19T00:40:00.000+01:00

It was a while since I made an update on My Doubling Adventure's Net Worth. So here it is one quick update.

Philippine private business deal ended up with success. I got 20% interest by the end of September and decided to withdraw both my capital and profits. Got all my funds safe and secure via Western Union. In total I made 41.94% of ROI since I started to participate in this deal back in May. Not bad. But the whole deal was extremely risky, so I'm happy to have all my funds back in safe.

I didn't take part in IPO deal that I mentioned back in August. Some things happened that made this deal less attractive, so I just skip it.

After all that, I parked majority of My Doubling Adventure's funds in money market fund, waiting to find some interesting and potentially profitable venture.

Here is the current balance sheet of My Doubling Adventure Project...

Assets

Cash	20.00
Money market fund	13,820.00

Total assets	13,840.00


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	13,840.00

Current Status of DYWTAMP

2007-11-13T23:22:00.000+01:00

Long time since my last post. But I silently work on my DYWTAM Project. Completed Step 8 on October 1, and today I completed Step 9. I'm satisfied with the progress. The most important is that I didn't brake any rules. It's more fun this way. In few days it will be 3 months since I started DYWTAMP.

Here is a brief description of my progress so far....

Step 1: 0.00 kn - 0.10 kn
Started with: 0.00 kn
Found money: 0.10 kn
Math: 0.00+0.10=0.10

Step 2: 0.10 kn - 0.20 kn
Started with: 0.10 kn
Found money: 0.20 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.10 kn
Math: 0.10+0.20-0.10=0.20

Step 3: 0.20 kn - 0.40 kn
Started with: 0.20 kn
Found money: 0.30 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.10 kn
Math: 0.20+0.30-0.10=0.40

Step 4: 0.40 kn - 0.80 kn
Started with: 0.40 kn
Found money: 0.40 kn
Math: 0.40+0.40=0.80

Step 5: 0.80 kn - 1.60 kn
Started with: 0.80 kn
Redeemed found plastic bottle: 0.50 kn
Found money: 1.00 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.70 kn
Math: 0.80+0.50+1.00-0.70=1.60

Step 6: 1.60 kn - 3.20 kn
Started with: 1.60 kn
Found money: 1.70 kn
Coin trading profits: 0.05 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.15 kn
Math: 1.60+1.70+0.05-0.15=3.20

Step 7: 3.20 kn - 6.40 kn
Started with: 3.20 kn
Found money: 1.45 kn
Coin trading profits: 2.00 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.25 kn
Math: 3.20+1.45+2.00-0.25=6.40

Step 8: 6.40 kn - 12.80 kn
Started with: 6.40 kn
Found money: 0.95 kn
Coin trading profits: 2.50 kn
Donations: 3.00 kn
Removed as surplus: 0.05 kn
Math: 6.40+0.95+2.50+3.00-0.05=12.80

Step 9: 12.80 kn - 25.60 kn
Started with: 12.80 kn
Found money: 2.10 kn
Coin trading profits: 6.50 kn
Donations: 1.20 kn
Plastic bottles trading: 3.00 kn
Math: 12.80+2.10+6.50+1.20+3.00=25.60

Detailed diary of events can be found here...
DYWTAM Project

Step 7 of DYWTAM Project Completed

2007-09-15T02:29:00.000+02:00

DYWTAM Project has a nice progress. On September 13 I completed Step 7. It was Day 22 of DYWTAM Project, and Day 13 of Step 7. I started Step 8. Did my first coin trade with 1 kn profit.

I will soon list capital I accumulated in My Doubling Adventure. I plan to use that capital as my trading capital. Will probably try myself in forex trading. I will learn and demo for at least 3-6 months, with at least 3 months of profitable trading before I decide to go with live account. Till then I will keep learning and accumulating more trading capital from various sources.

DYWTAM Project

2007-09-05T20:42:00.000+02:00

About two weeks ago I started new doubling project called DYWTAM Project. I started it because I wanted to run a real doubling project, by the rules of the Free Report How To Double Your Way to a Million. I started My Doubling Adventure with the same goal, but over the time I stopped playing by the rules. I will not do the same mistake with DYWTAM Project.

I keep a diary of events (per Rule 6) for DYWTAM Project on a separate blog ...
http://dywtamp.blogspot.com

This blog will serve more like discussion blog about my progress and my future plans (and everything else I see fit).

Step 18 - Sold some books

2007-08-27T09:01:00.002+02:00

Sold last two copies of my haiku book for 50 HRK each. Also, sold some other products through online auction site.

Assets

Cash	5,832.10
Accounts receivable	262.00
Inventory	53.00
Personal loan	1,100.00
Business loan	4,266.72

Total assets	11,513.82


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	11,513.82

Step 18 - What to do next?

2007-08-21T13:13:00.000+02:00

I managed to further increase my doubling assets. Sold 4 more books, added doubling income tax from my regular monthly income, and some other activities to much to mention. It seems I'm close to complete Step 18. I probably could do it by playing one or two casino deals. But somehow I am not very eager to invest cash I currently have. I am more into keeping it till September when there will be huge IPO going on here in Croatia. I plan to include funds from My Doubling Adventure in my investment in this IPO deal. Everything My Doubling Adventure funds earn (if) from this IPO deal will go back to My Doubling Adventure. And there is some nice potential for huge profits.

Anyway, here is an updated balance sheet of My Doubling Adventure....

Assets

Cash	5,671.50
Foreign currency	21.81
Accounts receivable	232.00
Inventory	145.88
Personal loan	1,100.00
Business loan	4,316.72

Total assets	11,487.91


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	11,487.91

Step 18 - Back From Vacation

2007-08-17T14:07:00.000+02:00

My summer vacation is over and I'm back home. It was great and refreshing.

Business deal in Philippines bring me 20% profit, so my investment there grow to 720 USD. I donated 80 USD of invested funds from my non-doubling capital to My Doubling Adventure, so now My Doubling Adventure project has 800 USD invested in this business deal.

I also managed to save some funds and do some rounding up while shopping on my vacation. That further increased the Net Worth of My Doubling Adventure.

Here is an updated balance sheet...

Assets

Cash	5,464.00
Accounts receivable	162.00
Inventory	185.88
Personal loan	1,100.00
Business loan	4,268.08

Total assets	11,179.96


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	11,179.96

Step 18 - Last Post For This Month

2007-07-31T22:46:00.000+02:00

This is probably last post for this month. Tomorrow I travel on one small, nice Croatian island for my summer vacation, for two weeks. So there will be no posts for two weeks. When I come back I will update on any progress I made on my vacation. Hope there will be at least some nice opportunities for savings and rounding up. Anything that increases My Doubling Adventure net worth counts.

Today I deposited check from my last casino deal to my bank account. I also made a personal loan to myself, with 10% interest. I need it just to bridge my temporary liquidity gap. Instead of borrowing from credit cards I borrow from My Doubling Adventure. I rather pay interest to My Doubling Adventure (to myself actually), than to some financial institution. It's a win-win deal for me.

Assets

Cash	797.00
Accounts receivable	762.00
Inventory	185.88
Personal loan	4,500.00
Business loan	3,175.86

Total assets	9,420.74


Liabilities

Total liabilities	0.00


Net worth	9,420.74

Freedom Seekers Getaway Club Team

2007-07-31T22:23:00.000+02:00

The Getaway Club is a new opportunity that I added to My Doubling Adventure portfolio. Any income I generate from this opportunity will go directly to My Doubling Adventure assets.

So what is the Getaway Club?

The Getaway Club is a new revolving matrix that uses 4 - 2x2 matrices making you over $12,250 once you have cycled all 4 boards. Since they are 2x2’s, there are only 4 positions at the bottom needed to fill your board and move you up the matrix.

It has a dual compensation plan! Meaning they pay two ways.

First, each time you cycle out of a board, you are paid.
Bronze pays $50, Silver pays $200 (you are in profit already at this stage), Gold pays $2,000, AND Platinum pays $10,000.

Once you get to Platinum, you stay on the Platinum boards and can cycle over and over for $10,000!

Second, you are paid bonuses each time anyone on your team under you cycles a board, up to 5 levels deep. Here is how that works out:

Members Sponsored By You, 5% - Bronze = $2.50, Silver = $10, Gold = $100 and Platinum = $500
Members Sponsored By Your 1st Level, 4% - Bronze = $2.00, Silver = $8, Gold = $80 and Platinum = $400
Members Sponsored By Your 2nd Level, 3% - Bronze = $1.50, Silver = $6, Gold = $60 and Platinum = $300
Members Sponsored By Your 3rd Level, 2% - Bronze = $1.00, Silver = $4, Gold = $40 and Platinum = $200
Members Sponsored By Your 4th Level, 1% - Bronze = $0.50, Silver = $2, Gold = $20 and Platinum = $100

I am a member of a great team called Freedom Seekers. This team created a Next In Line (NIL) team build and really help each and every member to succeed in this business. If you are interested to learn more about this opportunity and especially this team build effort please visit this web site...

Freedom Seekers Getaway Club Team

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HotelReservations.com

2007-07-31T20:45:00.000+02:00

Here is one really cool website... Hotel Reservations. Since I travel tomorrow on my summer vacation I found this website especially interesting. First I was amazed by the completeness of this site. You can really find almost anything you would like regarding traveling. All your travel needs are met at Hotel Reservations web site. I just went to check if I can find something about my home town, Zagreb, and they have really nice explanations of the city. After that I check their offer of Croatian hotels on the Adriatic coast. Once again I was amazed. They have really some great hotels for some very affordable prices. I always book my summer vacation destination on February each year, always online. And it was really painful to sift and browse through all the hotel websites. And here they are… Hotel Reservations have it all on one place. I found some really great destinations and I am sure I will be using them next year for planning and reserving my summer vacation.

But at Hotel Reservations you can find much more than just opportunities to find some great hotel deals. No, no, no. They offer the whole package. So, you can find some cool vacation rentals at Hotel Reservations web site. They cover world wide destinations in their vacation rentals offer. Here is just a short list of some of the destinations… USA, Australia, Asia, Bahamas, Canada, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Central Europe, France, Mexico, South America, Spain, UK & Ireland.

Beside all that you can also book car rental and flights through Hotel Reservations web site. And as special added value of Hotel Reservations one can combine hotels, flights and cars in vacation packages. I find that really cool and useful. As I plan and reserve all my travel needs every year I know how time consuming it could be to try to find the best deals for different aspects of traveling. And here at Hotel Reservations you can find great deals and combine them to make a unique travel experience. I’m 100% sure Hotel Reservations will become my valuable tool for all of my travel needs.

Check them out…. I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised by this cool and unique travel related website. You will really find one place for all your travel needs.

Hotel Reservations

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Step 18 - Another Quick Update

2007-07-31T03:54:00.000+02:00

I sold foreign currency as I will need it to make another personal loan tomorrow with 10% interest. Loss due to exchange rates and strong kuna is way bellow the amount I will earn in interest, so it was an easy decision.

Assets

Cash	3,752.84
Received checks	1,078.76
Accounts receivable	262.00
Inventory	160.88
Personal loan	1,200.00
Business loan	3,175.86

Total assets	9,630.34


Liabilities

Check cashing fees	57.50
Accounts payable	600.00

Total liabilities	657.50


Net worth	8,972.84

Pingo - The Last Calling Card You'll Ever Need

2007-07-31T00:10:00.000+02:00

Pingo calling cards represents a great way to save some big and serious money on your long distance phone calls. I spent some time browsing their website and I must admit I was pretty much amazed when I saw the rates they are offering with their Cheap Prepaid Phone Card. With Pingo International Phone Card, International Phone Calls can easily become opportunities to make some serious savings and to even add those savings to your doubling stake. And just for signing up for their cheap phone card you will get $5 USD in free calls, and that is up to 4 hours of free calls just for signing up!

You can also save up to 90% on your international cell phone calls. I must say that I see some serious potential here for building our doubling stakes, as every doubler who decide to use Pingo Global Phone Card, will make some serious and big money savings, and those savings could be added to doubling stake. In addition to some really great savings, Pingo offers some nice earning opportunities as well. Pingo has a great affiliate program that pays $15 for each new customer you refer.

Another cool way to earn with Pingo is the new promotion that Pingo calls "$5 Usermercial". It's a great and creative way to earn some money by making usermercial video. What it is all about? Well, Pingo.com is working with Qoof.com to pay $5 USD to the first 250 Pingo usermercial videos posted! Now that sounds like a fun and great way to add some money to your doubling stake.

One very useful and cool tool is Pingo’s RateWatcher which saves you from all the hassles of browsing and digging through all the different rates in search for the best one. RateWatcher actively monitors changing long distance costs around the world looking for opportunities for Pingo to bring you lower international calling rates. So, this one little tool is always out there, on the look-out to save you even more money.

After reviewing their offers it becomes clear to me why Pingo Phone Cards represents such great value and why they are called “the last calling card you’ll ever need”.

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Step 18 - My First Post Has Been Approved

2007-07-30T19:49:00.000+02:00

I just got an email notice from Pay Per Post that my post about CouponChief.com has been approved. It was really nice experience, writing for Pay Per Post. So, that was my first $5 earned there. Have to reach $50 level to be able to get paid via check. Plus, I believe I will be able to save some money using deals from CouponChief.com, and everything I save will go directly to My Doubling Adventure assets.

Assets

Cash	1,020.00
Foreign currency	2,147.85
Received checks	1,081.00
Accounts receivable	262.00
Inventory	160.88
Personal loan	1,200.00
Business loan	3,187.32

Total assets	9,059.05


Liabilities

Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	57.50


Net worth	9,001.55

Step 18 - Further progress

2007-07-28T13:48:00.000+02:00

Sold one more of my haiku books for 100 HRK. Buyer sent money via postal service, so my Accounts receivable went up for 100 HRK, and my Inventory went down for 37.94 HRK, the real cost of the book. Added some plastic bottles to my Inventory. I recalculated the value of my assets denominated in foreign currencies.

Resulting balance sheet....

Assets

Cash	890.00
Foreign currency	2,747.85
Received checks	1,081.00
Accounts receivable	262.00
Inventory	171.38
Business loan	3,187.32

Total assets	8,339.55


Liabilities

Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	57.50


Net worth	8,282.05

Knowing Your Net Worth Is Essential

2007-07-28T13:37:00.000+02:00

By Allen N. Jones
Merrill Lynch

Applying for a mortgage? Writing a will? Seeking financial aid for college? Or just looking to build your wealth? No matter what your financial circumstances or goals, you can't plan for tomorrow until you know where you stand today.

The first step of any good financial plan involves calculating your net worth. Much like a business owner, you need to determine the total value of your assets (what you own), minus your liabilities (what you owe). In effect, you must create a personal balance sheet.

A Three-Step Process
A net worth statement helps you identify the value and efficiency of your assets and liabilities. It helps you determine whether the majority of your assets are growing in value or losing value. You'll also see how liquid your assets are, or how easily you could convert your assets into cash. Calculating your net worth can be accomplished in three steps:

Step 1: Add up your assets. Anything you own can be considered part of your total assets. Here are things to consider:

Cash reserves. This is any money that can be accessed on short notice, such as checking and savings accounts; short-term investments such as money market accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), and Treasury bills.

Investments. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, fife insurance, annuities, employer-sponsored retirement plans and other employee benefits like deferred compensation plans or stock options are all investments.

Personal property. Possessions such as jewelry, furs, wine and electronic equipment are all part of your assets. Some assets, like artwork, antiques or a stamp collection, may appreciate in value, while others, like cars and boats, depreciate in value over time.

Real estate. Calculate the current market value your primary residence and any vacation homes or investment properties.

Miscellaneous. This could include a trust fund or equity ownership in a business.

Step 2: Tally your liabilities. Liabilities are what you owe both short and long-term. Here are some common liabilities:

Mortgages. This is the single greatest liability that many people have.

Other secured debt. Auto, boat and business loans are all forms of secured or collateralized debt. Since the lender may sell the items to recoup any losses from defaulted loans, these loans are less risky than unsecured loans; therefore, they typically have lower interest rates.

Unsecured debt. While some unsecured low-interest loans are offered for special purposes like paying education expenses or starting a business, unsecured debt is generally very costly. For many people, credit cards represent their greatest source of unsecured debt.

Step 3: Subtract your liabilities from your assets. If your assets are larger than your liabilities, you have a positive net worth. If your liabilities are larger than your assets, you have a negative net worth. In either case, seeing where you stand will help you to work toward a better financial picture.

Your Next Step. Through the process of calculating their net worth, people often find that they're worth more than they thought. Whether you're worth more or less than expected, you can continue to find opportunities to better manage the potential growth of your net worth.

If you have considerably more in assets than in liabilities, take a closer look at the type of assets you own. Are they increasing or decreasing in value? For example, assets such as the cash in your wallet actually lose value as the cost of living increases. Investing in assets that have the potential to grow over time will help you build your net worth.

If, after you have made your calculations, you find you are worth less than you had expected, it may be time to reassess your money management strategies. Too many people concentrate on accumulating assets, and not enough on managing their liabilities. It's important to manage both sides of your balance sheet.

To increase your assets by saving more, begin by looking at your sources of income and your expenses. There are more ways to increase your net worth than simply cutting back on dinners out and expensive vacations. Finding ways to lower your taxes and restructure your debt can dramatically increase your cash flow. For example, if you carry a balance on your credit cards, research different cards to make sure you're paying the lowest interest rates available. Or consider consolidating credit card debt with a home equity loan or line of credit, which may offer a lower interest rate and give you tax deductions for interest payments.

Take a second look at your long-term debts. Refinancing your mortgage, especially at today's low interest rates, could free up cash each month. And reconsider your car loan. You may be better off making car payments by-taking out a home equity loan.

These steps can help you free up income that may be directed toward saving rather than expenses. An automated investment program is an excellent way of disciplining yourself into building your investment asset base and net worth.

Protecting Your Worth
Take steps to protect the assets you've worked so hard to earn. Consider estate-planning issues, particularly if you're older. By preparing a formal plan that takes into consideration the value of your estate and your tax liability, you can help to protect and preserve your net worth for your intended heirs.

Think about the allocation of your retirement assets. If your retirement accounts have been invested in stocks, you may find that the tremendous stock market gains of the past few years have enriched your account and stocks now account for a greater percentage of your assets than you realized. This can present risks you were unaware you were facing.

Reassess Your Worth
Once you have calculated your net worth and readjusted your financial plan, it's tempting to file it away and not look at it again. But your net worth is a moving target. It's important to reassess where you stand periodically to reflect changes in your personal circumstances, such as buying a house or receiving an inheritance. By tracking your progress, you can develop a working plan that will ultimately allow you to reach your financial goals.

Alien N. Jones is Senior Vice President and Director of the Merrill Lynch Private Client Marketing Group.

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Step 18 - Just a Quick Update

2007-07-27T02:15:00.000+02:00

I'm a bit exhausted after longer than 12 hours of work today. However here is just a quick update about the balance sheet...

Assets

Cash	880.00
Foreign currency	2,742.72
Received checks	1,078.76
Accounts receivable	162.00
Inventory	207.32
Business loan	3,140.52

Total assets	8,211.32


Liabilities

Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	57.50


Net worth	8,153.82

8 Random Facts About Me

2007-07-26T03:36:00.000+02:00

I have been 'tagged' by Rachel and required to give 8 random facts about myself. So here they are...

1. I'm a father of a 4 year old girl
2. I like to read SF
3. I spend lots of time online
4. I'm addicted to coffee
5. I like ice cream
6. I believe that David Suchet is the best Hercule Poirot
7. I don't like to go to the dentist
8. I like to read comics

My tags are....

Robert
Fyonna
The Richest Man On Earth
Flip
Christopher

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Step 18 - part 10

2007-07-25T23:38:00.000+02:00

Yesterday I received check from my 3rd casino deal. Will probably went to my bank on Friday to cash it. I paid auction fees today for July, so my Liabilities went down. Added 430 HRK I received as my daily allowance from my recent 4-day business trip. I didn't spent almost nothing on my trips so that is newly earned money for My Doubling Adventure. I delivered some items I sold via auction today and received cash. All that affected my doubling balance sheet... cash went up, and Accounts receivable went down.

I have two more days to work before I go to summer holidays. Hardly wait. Next week I go to one nice Croatian island for my summer vacation. Hardly wait. :)

Balance sheet....

Assets

Cash	825.00
Foreign currency	2,742.72
Received checks	1,078.76
Accounts receivable	189.00
Inventory	205.82
Business loan	3,140.52

Total assets	8,181.82


Liabilities

Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	57.50


Net worth	8,124.32

1000s Online Deals on One Place

2007-07-25T23:30:00.000+02:00

CouponChief.com is a cool place where you can find 1000s of the best online deals, coupon codes, promotion codes, and offers. When I learned about CouponChief.com I immediately see great opportunity to add some additional funds for My Doubling Adventure, so I decided that coupon codes from CouponChief.com will become my next project for My Doubling Adventure. Every time I will go shopping online I will first go to CouponChief.com to check if there are some good deals. Everything I save shopping with coupon codes from CouponChief.com I will add to My Doubling Adventure’s asset. I’m sure that will help me to further increase net worth of my doubling project.

One of the offers that immediately grabbed my attention was American Express Coupons especially their up to 5% cash back offer. I see that as a great opportunity to further increase our doubling stakes. Since I regularly shop at Amazon I was particularly interested to check their Amazon Coupons section and found some really cool deals.

Check them out and find for yourself some great online shopping deals.

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The Doubler's Den

2007-07-23T09:27:00.000+02:00

Doubling is a very interesting concept. I started with doubling back in January. Suprisingly I found lots of people online doing the same thing, doubling from nothing to a million. I still enjoy reading other doubling blogs. But, thanks to Arkad, The Richest Man in Atherstone, reading other doublers blogs is not the only way we doublers can learn about each other. Back in February Arkad started The Doubler's Den, a forum based community for doublers. The Doubler's Den is an excellent place to meet other doublers, to learn about their doubling adventures and to get ideas on how to complete your current step and go forward in your doubling journey. One can find lots of support in The Doubler's Den from other doublers. There are some very interesting subforums at the The Doubler's Den, like Doubling Ideas and Doubling Experiences where you really can get some cool ideas to increase your doubling stake and where you can learn on experiences of other doublers. I find it very educational and inspirational. Other interesting parts of The Doubler's Den are subforums Buying & Selling and Advertisements where you can post if you have something you would like to buy or sell to other doublers or if you want to promote something that can be of interest to other doublers. It can be really cool marketplace.

So, if you have any interest in doubling and want to meet other doublers The Doubler's Den is the right place to be. Visit The Doubler's Den and join the growing community of doublers.

Step 18 - part 9

2007-07-23T08:17:00.000+02:00

I decided to go for my 4th casino deal. Just have to find new casino with good bonus policy. Manage to sell one of my own Haiku books for 75 HRK. The business deal that I invested in will have event on 4th and 5th of August. The expected return should be between 20% and 25% for this event.

As it can be seen I decided to take part in PayPerPost. It seems really great opportunity to increase my doubling stake. Up till now I only used Adsense for monetization of this blog. Hope PayPerPost will prove to be great addition.

My Doubling Adventure's balance sheet...

Assets

Cash	323.32
Foreign currency	2,737.80
Incoming checks	1,077.27
Accounts receivable	374.00
Inventory	201.32
Business loan	3,144.00

Total assets	7,857.71


Liabilities

Auction fees	34.50
Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	92.00


Net worth	7,765.71

I Signed Up For PayPerPost

2007-07-22T21:44:00.000+02:00

Since My Doubling Adventure blog is older than 90 days I decided to apply for PayPerPost membership. And guess what... I got approved! And now I am official member of PayPerPost or as they call their bloggers I become Postie. I must say I'm very happy for that. Becoming a member of PayPerPost gave me an opportunity to browse through their website and to learn more about this company. I must admit that I really like the way they organize this whole business. They seem very dedicated to their company and to both the bloggers and the advertisers. Those guys have a vision and it seems to me that great future waits this company and all who take part in their business model. The most interesting is that PayPerPost just recently turns one year of operation. Can you imagine how PayPerPost will look for two, three or five years? It's really exciting. Check them out here...

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I'm sure you will be amazed with this opportunity. I surely am amazed and excited with the possibility PayPerPost can add to My Doubling Adventure. I see some serious income potential in participating in PayPerPost Opportunities as Postie. I plan to add all income I generate as PayPerPost's Postie straight in My Doubling Adventure assets. Soon I will probably add separate item in My Doubling Adventure's balance sheet to indicate this new kind of asset... balance in PayPerPost. Check them out...

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Step 18 - part 8

2007-07-20T08:45:00.000+02:00

I used 200 USD that My Doubling Adventure holds in my foreign currency account to purchase 2 investment units for private investment deal I already invested in. My Doubling Adventure project purchased those 2 investment units from me, as I invested in this deal before with my other non-doubling funds. I also write off 70 HRK of debt that My Doubling Adventure project owed for depositing in casino account via my debit card.

Since Croatian kuna went up against all major currencies, some of my assets that are denominated in EUR, USD or GBP actually went down in value, so I changed their values in the balance sheet according to the current exchange rates.

Assets

Cash	207.00
Foreign currency	2,759.27
Incoming checks	1,084.72
Accounts receivable	374.00
Inventory	205.82
Business loan	3,174.00

Total assets	7,804.81


Liabilities

Auction fees	34.50
Check cashing fees	57.50

Total liabilities	92.00


Net worth	7,712.81