While pursuing REI, a niche e-commerce site, or any other endeavor, it is important to seek ways to maximize your effort. Hard work is necessary, but why work harder than necessary?

Robert Kiyosaki in his Rich Day series of books talks about using other people’s money and other people’s time to increase your effectiveness. Using more than just your industry means that you will accomplish tasks at a quicker pace, and if you plan correctly, can achieve your goals faster than if you tried to do these things alone.

Expanding on this concept, this is my new short term project.

Every 3-4 weeks, I unplug the kids from their electronic diversions (YouTube, iChat, DSi, Wii, MMORPG, etc.) and our family heads out to do something outside. We live in Hawaii right?

So a few weeks ago it occurred to me that I should take a page out of the Live Learn Invest.com playbook and leverage this part of my life. I will essentially be taking something I would do anyway, and start a site that would (hopefully) be of value to others. The plan is that while at these various locations on Oahu, I would document the outing with extra scenic photos and post them on a separate site. I would also do some type of narrative and geotag the photos. The thought is that others may benefit from these photos and narratives from beach locations, hikes and other outdoor locations on Oahu. I would try to monetize the site with adsense and a few affiliate links. I would also gain some experience by learning how to integrate photos and geo tagging tools on a WordPress site.

Anyway, I am not sure how it will turn out, but will try it anyway. I am sure that a site like this will have allot of competition. But if I can learn something and provide a service, I think it will be worth my time. I will link to this site when done.

We are heading out to Orlando and south Florida in less than a week for a two week vacation so will start this project upon our return.