What Is Your WHY? Here Are 10 Things That Drive Mine.
A few things that come to mind for me:
- Payoff student loans.
- Payoff family loans.
- Take parents and family on vacations.
- Spend time traveling.
- Visit my distant family when I want.
- Become 100% self sufficient.
- Not have to worry about someone else writing my paycheck.
- Having the freedom to invest in projects that passionately drive me.
- Have some discretionary capital.
- Give back at some point to others in need.
I think so much of stress comes from the lack of freedom and choice which is driven by your financial situation. If you are worried about your job security its because your worried about losing that income, plain and simple.
Money is something we should all put more at the forefront of our daily approach, because it truly frees us in so many ways. I am not a millionaire yet, but have put this at the forefront of my thought process enough to put me in a pretty comfortable position with a small sense of freedom.
When I say freedom in my world I mean the ability to not have to immediately hop to another position if that time comes. I have the ability to take a step back and think about what I would want to do. I can pursue an entrepreneurial side hustle if I wanted, and put full time W2 work on the back burner for a bit.
I have about 3-4 things that I am trying to pursue and generate an income from right now, and while none of them are knocking it out of the park I guess I can say I am getting closer while learning some things.
Thats a win for now.
It’s 2018…find a way to monetize “YOU” and not be monetized by that W2.