Post: #1

I thought it would be interesting to breakdown a typical day hustling in the life of a RVFer. These are the days when you are working hard on goals, wealth creation or towards a certain goal. Document how you approach your day and where you can see room for improvement.


MWD Field Engineer (Alberta Oil Patch)

I have a pretty fixed work routine when I am working so everyday is a relatively similar schedule.

4.30 - 4.45 AM:

Wake up, quick cold shower, listen to some motivational music while I brush my teeth and do my Gorilla mindset stretches, make a morning smoothie (banana, chai, protein, oats and almond milk), take my zinc, vit D, super krill, magnesium, ginseng, and iron. I try and visualize a good day and think about positive beliefs.

4.45 - 5.15 AM:

Walk from my personal sleeper shack to my work shack. Do my morning reports for work and check in with the guys I work with.

5.15 - 8.30 AM:

Go back to my sleeper shack and work on my online MBA till I start to lose focus. Think about what I want to achieve for the day and in what order (Eat that frog - Brain Tracey).

8.30 AM - Around noon:

Eat some breakfast (camp food) and check in on emails and work related tasks. I have a pretty light work load most days so its just about some work facetime and making sure everything is running okay.

Noon - 2PM:

Lunch and more MBA work. I am trying to stay top of class so I do about double the time expected.

2-4PM:

Do some work 'game'. I go check in with people and do some extra work that keeps everybody happy. This means cleaning the place up a bit, stocking the fridge, some random housekeeping. It is kind of a bitch task but it keeps me sweet with the guys I work under and comes in handy when my equipment does go wrong (people are a lot more forgiving in the oil industry when you already have a strong reputation).

4.15 - 4.30:

Some more work reports and then off to the...

4.30-5.30PM

Gym. Its only a short drive from the rig (to camp) at the moment so I can sneak away for a bit. Go 6 times a week if possible. Lift as heavy as possible, not too much cardio since I am a naturally hard gainer.

5.30-7PM

Have dinner with the guys and chill out. If I need to make some social calls back to town I will.

7-8PM

Wind down with some reading before I go to bed. Usually listen to some more good motivational music at this point right before I got to sleep and try to picture future goals.

Through out the day:

Snapchat and text girls (only app I have at the moment) to line them up for when I am back in town, browse the forums, read the Economist, Financial times and the Wall street journal online (part of my course and I am trying to improve my writing skills and business knowledge) and work on some small side projects if I have time.
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Some things to improve on:
Start using light box in the morning (thanks Lizard of Oz)
Would like to find time to do some skipping (probably need some HIIT)
Diet (camp food so its kind of tricky right now)

Any suggestions?


I would be interested in seeing how other guys on here structure their day to maximize their time.

Post: #2

Good stuff Atlantic!

I especially like your first 15 min off the day. It's important to get pumped up and visualize the day in a positive manner.

You seem to spend a lot of time on lunch and dinner, and you are thinking about your diet.

Can you cook your own food?

If you can, you can cook more nutrious meals that keeps you full for a longer time.

I eat maximum twice a day, I don't like spending a lot of time on eating ( if it doesn't involve any socialising)

What is "camp food"?

Post: #3

Food is the social side of my work and I always find that people who eat together stay on good terms for much longer. I make sure to eat with the guys and talk shit about whatever is going on. Its a good time to relax and work the social muscles for a bit (I am pretty introvert by nature). Plus I heard once that its healthier to eat socially as well.

Camp food is when, in the oil patch, we are not given a food bonus and camp cooks for us instead. The meals are usually heavy in salt, grease and fat so it is not the best. I usually have jobs where I cook for myself but in winter the more isolated jobs are supplied by camps. I can work around it slightly by making my own breakfast and some other tricks but you can't avoid it altogether.

Ya I find the first few minutes after you wake up set a massive bearing on what you will achieve during the rest of the day.
The days where I did not get much done can usually be traced back to some early morning event.

Post: #4

Damn bro, I'm sure you're making good money out there, and I mean no disrespect, but that lifestyle sounds extremely rough to me, I don't think I could hang with anything like that.

Just the first hour of your day would be a deal breaker to me wake up at 4:30 AM for a cold shower, and then going from a sleep shack to a work shack, I tip my hat to you for enduring it and working your ass off and being on top of your shit, but damn that sounds like a nightmare to me.

I'm guess you're like Scoatian and probably travel the world to exotic locations, and living the good life while banging cute chicks, if not you're probably amassing wealth that will set you up for the rest of your life. I suppose sometimes we got to sacrifice in the present for a great life in the future.

I guess this is one version of hustling, but where I come from, I think of hustling as those dudes that were chilling on the street corners, serving up bags of weed to people driving through all day long, or the guy on the phone making moves, with the fat duffle bag chilling in the closet that's ready to go at a moments notice.

Post: #5

^ I am supposed to be at work at 8am, I am late everyday. My last job was 9am before that was 10am. It makes a world of difference to me.

In a perfect world I'd work 11am to 7:30pm.

4:30am is rough. One reason I didn't get into finance on the west coast the market starts at 6am everyday you need to be at work prepping at 5am. Brutal.

I hate mornings and love the Night.

Hats off, you deserve every penny and trip you take!

Post: #6

^ Ha ya it isn't the easiest. The oil patch is pretty demanding.

Sometimes I wonder too if I am over stretching myself but I have my 3-4 year plan that I am trying to see through. 2 more years MWDing (alongside the online MBA) then two years directional drilling.

I can probably save/invest a half million in the meantime also, which I am probably going to put into property back home. My family has done well over the years in the Irish property market and I can get good returns on whatever I send home.

By the time I am done I will be 30 with 6 years field experience in the Oil & Gas industry, some good qualifications to back it along with some passive property income.

I know that might seem like madness to some but I can handle the pace pretty well for now. I would rather put in the work while I am young and always have that background to use if I need it later in life. I still get to travel for several months every year, snowboarding in the Rockies between jobs and have girls to chill with back in town.

After thirty I am going to cut back to month on/month off and probably move to Asia fr a few years. Regardless I will be free to travel were ever I want between rotations and still making solid bank. I will probably start focusing on the things I love like surfing and fitness a lot more. I like what I have read on here regarding Asia and think it is the ideal place for me. I want the Canadian experience and passport before I move though.

From my own research into successful people they seem to work very solidly through their twenties to set them up nicely for their 30s and 40s. I think (but feel free to correct me) that Roosh, Harry Hooligan and MikeCF are good examples. My life has quite extreme divides between work and play at the moment but I hope it will all be worth it and I am not just chasing the carrot.

If anyone else has any feedback on this (especially the older posters) I would more than welcome it.

Anyone else want to breakdown their typical day of hustling?

Post: #7

That's pretty spectacular you can bank roughly $80k a year ($500k / 6yrs).

Seems worth it to me. I am in tech and want to start hustling really soon. If it doesn't work I think about the oil fields...

Post: #8

(10-17-2014 01:29 PM)Travesty444 Wrote:  That's pretty spectacular you can bank roughly $80k a year ($500k / 6yrs).

Seems worth it to me. I am in tech and want to start hustling really soon. If it doesn't work I think about the oil fields...

It is actually over four years. I blew the first year on drink and last year was mostly spent on getting my company up and running and paying off my student debt back home. Plus I was on employee rates which were a lot lower than my current consultant rates.

I can save 125k (Canadian) a year at the moment if I stay focused.

Post: #9

Corporate Attorney (Major Market)

7:00 - 7:30 AM: Alarm goes off, snooze it.

7:30 - 8:15 AM: Get up, make coffee, sit around for ten minutes trying to wake up, brush teeth, oatmeal, pour a coffee and drive to work.

8:15-9:00 AM: Drive to and arrive at work (live far as hell)

9:00 - 10:00 AM: Bullshit with secretaries, make a coffee, look at e-mails, chill out and wait for the caffeine to really kick in. Maybe eat a breakfast burritto.

10:00 - 2:00 PM: "Work Mode" turned on & I get into the flow. Write and collaborate with co-workers on court documents. Review and edit contracts and agreements. M&A Due Diligence. Etc. Time really flies by here, I literally look and its 10am, and next thing I know its already 1:50.

2:00 - 3:15 PM : Walk to a restaurant alone, co-workers, or friends around the area. Drink another coffee. Take a huge shit.

3:15 - 5:00 PM: Back in "work-mode" same as before, collaborate & write court docs and edit / write / review contracts or client docs.

5:00 - 7:00 PM: Partners start freaking out about some last minute shit that needs to be handled by end of day tomorrow, and they, for whatever reason, were not able to bring it up to me earlier. I get a bunch of docs on my desk and try to understand whats going on. I'm losing focus towards the end of the day.

7:00 - 8:00 PM: leave the office to hit up the gym.

8:00 - Midnight: I go home and (1) make dinner and then zone out, (2) hit up my chick to come over, (3) continue working on trial docs or contracts.

Midnight - 7:00 AM: Take a pill and Zzz...

Post: #10

One of my buddies in Texas works for a bank. He pulls in over six figures a year and the works 11-7 everyday.

I asked him how he did it because his coworkers come in at 9. He told me he got his Doctor to tell his boss that he has insomnia. But before he got the cushy hours his doctor put him on just about every drug. Luckilyfor him he is alergic to some of them.

So this guy basically lives it up everynight.

I think the key is he is also really good at his job.

I consider that hustling.

Post: #11

Irishman I think you are definitely doing the right thing. Saving lots of money, investing back home, getting good work experience and having your degree in order.

You can even do this until you are 33 or 35 and then do whatever you want. I think you should be the role model of every young man on this forum.

Post: #12

Hey, I'm enjoying reading how you guys schedule your days, I'd be especially inerestedin hearing more about self employed people and how you schedule your day. Currently I work a day job 6 days a week and also run a business on the side, I've been burning the candle at both ends for about two years, just now getting ready to quit my day job, my partner already has. ANyhow, one thing I'm struggling with before quitting is making sure I have a set routine and some structure as I'm worried without that I could easily fall into wierd routines of staying up all night and sleeping all day or being lazy, etc. We just signed a lease on a new office so I think having a place to go and seperate myself from my home, cleaning, dogs, etc where as I think I would find little tasks to do around the house that would distract me from my work.

Currently my schedule is...

6am - wakeup, get coffee, feed and letout dogs.
7am-9am- pack ordres, respond to emails, do work for my business
930am - 530pm - at work at my day job but taking calls and doing small tasks for my business while there as well.
6pm-9pm at home let dogs out, pack orders, respond to emails to work for my business i wasn't able to complete during the day
9pm-10pm make dinner, eat, cleanup kitchen.
10pm-12pm relax, hangout with gf, watch some boardwalk empire while i casually work and just play on computer
12pm bed

With me quitting my job is going to free up a ton of extra time. Due to the nature of my business alot of my day will be sitting around waiting for calls and/or orders so in that downtime I plan on writing some more ebooks, doing a bit of blogging, maybe starting a youtube channel. I also plan on getting back into working out maybe waking up at 9, coffee, go for a run with my dogs, workout, start the day at like 10 put in a day til about 4 and then call it a day and go home. im constantly on calla nd getting calls for my business so im never really off the clock but with more availability 9-5 i plan on trying to keep that as office hours and step away from things on nights and weekends.

Post: #13

Fucking Movie Watching Dudes! Such easy work!

I like this thread and am looking forward to seeing what everyone's days are like.

I work in the oilfield and my schedule is never consistent enough to merit a write-up.

Post: #14

(10-17-2014 12:57 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  I guess this is one version of hustling, but where I come from, I think of hustling as those dudes that were chilling on the street corners, serving up bags of weed to people driving through all day long, or the guy on the phone making moves, with the fat duffle bag chilling in the closet that's ready to go at a moments notice.

I think we all know the vast majority of those "hustlers" aren't going to hustle far in life. The right dude can pull it off and almost easily with all the idiots in that type of business, but most crash and burn eventually. Or spend the money as fast as it comes until it ain't coming anymore.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #15

(10-17-2014 07:29 PM)se7en Wrote:  7:00 - 7:30 AM: Alarm goes off, snooze it.

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Midnight - 7:00 AM: Take a pill and Zzz...

se7en, the only problems with your day are the beginning and the end:

1. Don't use the snooze button. That tense half-sleep half-waking as you're expecting the alarm to go off again and again is terrible for you, and sets you up for the day in all the wrong ways.

When you sleep, sleep. When you wake up, get up. If you don't need to get out of bed til 7:30, just set your alarm to 7:30 and get up when the alarm rings. Bank those 30 minutes as sleep rather than anxious half-waking.

2. Don't use sleeping pills. They suck, and especially they suck over time. They probably have something to do with #1 as well, because with some sleeping pills, they tend to leave your brain in a fog when you wake up, and that is why you're reaching for that snooze button.

Find other ways to fall asleep. Don't eat too late, take some high quality magnesium citrate at bedtime, use bright light therapy in the morning. Wean yourself off of sleeping pills and you will be sleeping better and feeling better throughout the day.

Post: #16

(10-18-2014 11:54 AM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  

(10-17-2014 07:29 PM)se7en Wrote:  7:00 - 7:30 AM: Alarm goes off, snooze it.

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Midnight - 7:00 AM: Take a pill and Zzz...

se7en, the only problems with your day are the beginning and the end:

1. Don't use the snooze button. That tense half-sleep half-waking as you're expecting the alarm to go off again and again is terrible for you, and sets you up for the day in all the wrong ways.

When you sleep, sleep. When you wake up, get up. If you don't need to get out of bed til 7:30, just set your alarm to 7:30 and get up when the alarm rings. Bank those 30 minutes as sleep rather than anxious half-waking.

2. Don't use sleeping pills. They suck, and especially they suck over time. They probably have something to do with #1 as well, because with some sleeping pills, they tend to leave your brain in a fog when you wake up, and that is why you're reaching for that snooze button.

Find other ways to fall asleep. Don't eat too late, take some high quality magnesium citrate at bedtime, use bright light therapy in the morning. Wean yourself off of sleeping pills and you will be sleeping better and feeling better throughout the day.

Interesting you say that, I always snooze even though I don't even enjoy that sleep I'm sitting there tense like you said waiting for the alarm to go off again. I actually heard a study being mentioned on the radio the other day that said using snooze throws off your rythm the entire day. I guess you get the best REM sleep right before waking up and when doing snooze you fuck that up and throw off the rythm of the entire day. Not sure how true that is or how htey measure that but I definately agree with your not using snooze even though I do it more often than I should.

Post: #17

(10-17-2014 10:53 AM)Atlantic Wrote:  Go back to my sleeper shack and work on my online MBA till I start to lose focus. Think about what I want to achieve for the day and in what order (Eat that frog - Brain Tracey).

Hi Atlantic, just wondering where you are taking the online MBA from and the prerequisites?

Thanks for the day in the life snapshot, really great idea!

Post: #18

I set my alarm to some motivational song so I wake to that. I think it helps a lot.

Post: #19

You are not doing anything close to "Hustling"

What you are doing is have a job and live on the site.

Misleading thread. There is no real hustle on this thread at all.

Post: #20

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Post: #21

(10-18-2014 09:26 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  You are not doing anything close to "Hustling"

What you are doing is have a job and live on the site.

Misleading thread. There is no real hustle on this thread at all.

I like your schedule Atlantic since it seems like you're doing a good job of being productive while doing the bullshit work that keeps you in good standing with all of your bitching and gossiping workmates but Mech is right, this isn't so much of a hustle as it is a grind.

Anyone working in the oil and gas business should be aware of what you mentioned about gaming the other guys by giving the perception you're a hard worker.

I was shocked at what little bitches most of those guys actually are, they will gossip and complain and talk shit about everyone to everyone.

Stark contrast from the tough roughneck they all think they are, granted and MWD has one of the cushiest jobs on the site and is probably resented the most as well.

Post: #22

(10-19-2014 12:16 AM)Fisto Wrote:  I was shocked at what little bitches most of those guys actually are, they will gossip and complain and talk shit about everyone to everyone.

Fisto brings up a good point here.
This has no relation to the Oil Sands as I have no experience of that or people from that business.

But most times when I hear somebody who is claiming to be a hard worker my bullshit radar goes up bigtime.

Even on this forum I think I've read about how some tough guys write blogposts about how SCARY and how HEAVY a normal construction job can be and how badass the co workers are and how they get mocked all the time.
Lol and lol.

When I first read something like that my eyes almost fell out and I couldn't believe that someone is making such a big deal of having normal day job. Haha, it's just a normal job that hundreds of millions are working with every day.

What's so heavy and scary with doing some basic construction work?
Boo-whoo, you need to carry some bricks, or some wood? Or maybe lift some concrete? Or drill a few holes? Maybe hammer in a few nails?
Is it too hot? Too cold?
Boo-whoo, cry me a river.

Something unusual to not sit on the ass all day?

Are some people really this spoiled?

Post: #23

To be fair, roughnecking is probably one of the hardest jobs and it will test any man's resolve.

But the bitching and moaning to everyone about everyone is about as unmanly a thing as there is also.

Post: #24

(10-19-2014 03:57 AM)Fisto Wrote:  To be fair, roughnecking is probably one of the hardest jobs and it will test any man's resolve.

But the bitching and moaning to everyone about everyone is about as unmanly a thing as there is also.

What is roughnecking?

Post: #25

(10-18-2014 09:26 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  You are not doing anything close to "Hustling"

What you are doing is have a job and live on the site.

Misleading thread. There is no real hustle on this thread at all.

I disagree:

# 1 Urban Dictionary Definition:

Quote: Anythin you need to do to make money... be it sellin cars, drugs, ya body. If you makin money, you hustlin.

I been workin two jobs, tryna stay on my hustle and make this money, na mean?

Wordreference.com:

Quote:hustle n (activity, bustle)

Yourdictionary.com:

Quote:noun, the act of hustling; esp., rough jostling or shoving
☆ Informal: energetic action or effort; drive
☆ Slang: a way of making money, esp. a dishonest way

Just so people didn't get confused I even clarified it right away in the first two lines:

Quote:I thought it would be interesting to breakdown a typical day hustling in the life of a RVFer. These are the days when you are working hard on goals, wealth creation or towards a certain goal.

Granted I am not selling ice to an Eskimo but I am working hard, smart and stacking cash fast. I make good cash everyday to do an online MBA and work out with minimal actual work. At the same time I am getting laid plenty, traveling and bulking up.

To me that hustling.