Why am I, A One-Legged Broke Dad, am Sprinting Toward $10,000
It’s 5:00 AM here in the Midwest. The coffee is black, the dirt road is quiet, and I’m strapping on my leg. Not the one I was born with, the carbon fiber upgrade.
I’m not a farmer, I just own land and animals. There’s a difference. It means I have all the dirt under my fingernails and chores that never end, but none of the tax breaks. I work this land, I play with my daughter when the work is done, and I have a prosthetic leg that occasionally squeaks when the humidity changes.
For years, I bought into a story that many of us out here tell ourselves: if you work hard until your back breaks, things will eventually work out. Being "broke" was just part of the rural geography, like flat horizons and tornadoes.
But last week, my wife and I looked at our ledger.
A ledger is a cruel thing. It doesn’t care about your excuses. It doesn’t care that you live miles from the nearest city, or that your knee hurts, or that the price of feed just went up again. It only cares about math. And the math told me that "working harder" wasn't working.
I am tired of scraping by. I am tired of letting my circumstances dictate my bank account.
So, I made a decision. I’m not just going to "try" to fix my finances. I’m going to declare war on them.
Welcome to The Legless Ledger.
This isn't some slick financial blog run by a guy in a rented Lamborghini. This is real-time documentation of a desperate, gritty sprint.
The Goal: I have exactly six months to earn and save $10,000 in cash.
The Rules: This money has to come from in addition to my normal means. I can’t just sell the pigs and kids. I have to generate new income from scratch.
The Plan: I’m going to use the one asset I have that doesn't require two good legs: my brain. I plan to launch a series of side hustles and build a digital training course based on skills I already have, packaging my knowledge instead of working for the “man”.
I’m terrified. I have no idea if this will work. But I’m doing it publicly for two reasons. First, fear of public humiliation is a great motivator. Second, I want to prove something.
If a one-legged man with a family to support and land to maintain can figure out how to build an online income stream, then you have absolutely no excuse.
I’m going to share every number, the profits, the embarrassing losses, and the lessons learned.
Join the Sprint
Don't just watch from the fence line. If you’re tired of your own ledger telling you sad stories, get in here with me.
Sign up for the mailing list below. You’ll get weekly updates on my progress, no-BS, I’ll show what’s actually working, what isn’t, and I’ll ultimately send you my free 6-Month Hustle Tracker spreadsheet so you can run your own race alongside mine.
Let’s get to work.