Are you working hard?
Maybe you found a system that works for you.
Does your income require you to consistently put in time, money, and energy?
Do you find conflicts with producing more return – at the cost of building relationships with family and loved ones?
I understand all these hardships. For over a decade, I had a good paying job that really was a means to an end. Each one of my days was like the one before it, and the vicious cycle corroded my thinking; consumed my time; evaporated my recreation; and eroded a lifetime of memories. I had to go to work. I had to produce. I had things that needed to be done. If I worked, I ate. If I didn’t work, I didn’t eat. My simplicity-mentality was based on the days of being a beach bum and finding myself without food or income.
I was free mentally. Time was on my side – I had lots of it. I had no bills and no crazy monthly payments to make. I always thought it was stupid to pay taxes first, and then ask for money back; or pay for bills monthly like you’re not going to be there later, or not going to need the services for more than a month. I was debt free and had all the time freedom I wanted. I had always done what I wanted. I was always a free spirit, so why lock down? Why try it their way. What was the attraction? Once started, how do I make it stop? Let’s face it. Only a small percentage of people – less than 20% – actually live in poverty – true adversity. The rest were on the grind / work the mill / create the energy / produce the waste. The true definition of poverty is ‘to be without; lacking something so one can have money and no time, or the other way around’. Based on those two choices, many would say if given the choice, having the money and finding the time is better than having the time and finding the money. Think about that for a second.
Think about it some more. How do people become financially free? Is it by giving up their time for their money? Or, are we really giving up something more than that (an intrinsic value that may never be obtained through superficial means). Are the tradeoffs worth the rewards?
If yes, go here – your job.
If no, go here – my lunchbasket.com.
