I know how you feel, I feel like I am missing out too.  It would be too much of my monthly income right now and I have no extra after my expenses.  Oh well, when we get to try it out it will be perfected.  It is just not meant to happen right now.

Congratulations on being responsible with your money and in making difficult choices.  I will give you a pat on the butt (as Scott says - Hopefully no offense taken).  If you are dedicated, you will find a way, but it doesn’t have to be now.... It could be in 6 months or 6 years.  Or you could be just as dedicated to your self and self improvement and choose another way entirely. 

You guys will get the benefit of the Mastermind program well before January.  Everything that Scott does is dedicated to make MTM better and to provide more value to all of his members.  While the Mastermind group may get some of the ideas first, I guarantee that they will be tweaked and refined and will end up in one of the podcasts.  Lots of us in the mastermind program will still be sharing ideas on the forums - so you have more and more resources at your disposal. 

You’re right - you will get the cumulative knowledge of the first mastermind group, plus Mastermind is just going to get better so if you join sometime in the future, you may be getting the best deal of all.  Hang in there and keep moving.  Mastermind or not, we’re all still one big community.

Hi Emmi,

Wow, I’m so impressed with all your achievements! Planning a wedding especially, you have to be majorly organised to be able to do that! I might have to ask you for advice when it’s my turn in a couple of years

I’m missing out on the mastermind stuff too, can’t wait til I finish university and start making money so I can pay for it! But what I think we should remember is that - like Paula said - all the members who ARE on the mastermind programme will be able to help us out on the forums with their new knowledge!

Good luck with everything and can’t wait to read more!

Nienke

paula9717 - 09 July 2008 12:49 AM

Congratulations on being responsible with your money and in making difficult choices.  I will give you a pat on the butt (as Scott says - Hopefully no offense taken).  If you are dedicated, you will find a way, but it doesn’t have to be now.... It could be in 6 months or 6 years.  Or you could be just as dedicated to your self and self improvement and choose another way entirely. 

You guys will get the benefit of the Mastermind program well before January.  Everything that Scott does is dedicated to make MTM better and to provide more value to all of his members.  While the Mastermind group may get some of the ideas first, I guarantee that they will be tweaked and refined and will end up in one of the podcasts.  Lots of us in the mastermind program will still be sharing ideas on the forums - so you have more and more resources at your disposal. 

You’re right - you will get the cumulative knowledge of the first mastermind group, plus Mastermind is just going to get better so if you join sometime in the future, you may be getting the best deal of all.  Hang in there and keep moving.  Mastermind or not, we’re all still one big community.

Thanks, Paula. As usual your wisdom is vast. Maybe I was a bit harsh in my past rant but it was how I felt at the time. I look forward to the knowledge I can gain from those of you who can afford the program. Then by the time I can afford to join, you’ll all have all the kinks worked out. Right? 

Nienke - 09 July 2008 08:59 PM

Hi Emmi,

Wow, I’m so impressed with all your achievements! Planning a wedding especially, you have to be majorly organised to be able to do that! I might have to ask you for advice when it’s my turn in a couple of years

I’m missing out on the mastermind stuff too, can’t wait til I finish university and start making money so I can pay for it! But what I think we should remember is that - like Paula said - all the members who ARE on the mastermind programme will be able to help us out on the forums with their new knowledge!

Good luck with everything and can’t wait to read more!

Nienke

Hi Nienke. Welcome to my thread! Thank you so much for your kind words. I’ll be happy to give you advice when your time comes. Planning a wedding is a huge task but it is fun. At the same time I can’t wait for it to be done, too, so that I can focus on other things. I’ll keep you all posted.

Emmi

I’m really glad that you are going to stay with the MTM community.  Nienke says it very well - Your achievements are inspirational to many of us.  Juggling multiple jobs, planning a wedding ...  and more important is your commitment to your friends and the people in your life.  I’m very proud of all you have done and all you are still going to be doing.  Keep up the great work.

What’s in Emmi’s Head?
44 More Days!

I can’t believe it. Only 44 more days until the big wedding day. All the invitations have been sent and everyone is starting to receive them.
44 more days and I’ll no longer be a single woman.
44 more days and I’ll have a new name.
44 more days and I get to experience the biggest party I have ever planned in my entire life!
44 more days.... just barely a month and a half.

..........45 more days and I’ll finally be able to relax and I’ll deserve it.

My dress alteration appointment is this Saturday. I’m a bit nervous about it. I haven’t lost as much weight as I would have liked and probably put a couple pounds back on but my dress will fit and it will be beautiful. I haven’t been able to get in exercise as regularly as I used to. There’s just been too much going on, so many parties and showers, planning, packing, trying to find homes for all my gifts in my new home. It’s exhausting! The best thing I can do right now is to just exercise when I can and watch what I eat. I’m not going to stress out about this. I have enough stuff to stress about. I’ll have plenty of time after the wedding and honeymoon to get back into the routine I used to hold. Yeah, just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas LOL. All I know is that this year has just flown by. I have been anticipating my wedding day ever since I was a little girl and here it is. Being just shy of 40 I thought that maybe I’d be single forever. Who waits this long to get married for the first time? Ughhh 40! I just reminded myself of that. That will happen right at the end of the year! Yikes! {{{{deep breaths, calming down now.....}}}}} Whew!

I just wanted to give a brief update as to how I’m doing. I haven’t been around much but I do check in periodically here at MTM. I hope all of you are well and I’ll be sure to post some pictures when I have them.
Meanwhile you can check my Flickr site or Facebook page and see my latest shower pics and my latest trip.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8584721@N03/
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