I read you and I'm thinking .... did I work for the government for almost 20 years of my life with a fierce passion only to be paid a shit salary that couldn't even support a pair of shoes and I thought I was fine?
- I really was totally blind and crazy.
Today I've been working like an animal for 8 years and I understand that I didn't try hard enough, but I recognize that I need to find more space and time to do things that I would love to do, to learn, to dabble but without work obligations...for example weaving in frames, growing bonsai, learning techniques to work with acrylics...so many things but that undoubtedly need resources.
On the other hand I love my formal work and I love that people come to consult me, that I am taken seriously, that they count on me, that they discuss work...I really like it, but I don't take work home as I used to, nor is the commitment the same, because in the end I am being undervalued by my employer and my time is money.
And I'm at that stage of life where I think it's more important to spend my time on things that really give me money to live without being a slave to it, and give me the freedom to decide how I want to live without so many hardships.... and maybe that's why I'm not a slave to it and I'm not a millionaire either...😂..
To be honest, that type of analysis is quite far from my reality...and although we live in the same sphere, and we are quite different, we do agree on the same logic of thought.
Yep, shit salaries are quite prevalent I think.
It's good to like one's work which makes it easier to turn up every day...I like my job too, but I don't live for it and would leave in a heartbeat if I didn't have to work to sustain my lifestyle.
If I could have made a living from my formal work we would be very similar people, I would like to think so, because I admire his solid, pragmatic and well structured lifestyle as the Q1 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Does man live as he thinks, or think how he lives?
If I had known that life was all about working like a beast I would have gone to the countryside to live off a cow, today I would have hundreds of them and a trademark of producing very sophisticated and delicious cheeses.... is that the brain doesn't stop Galen, there will always be desires and dreams to realise, it's not about wanting more, it's about needing time to put into practice the other things that make us happy.
You can also just invest in the Australian stock market and live off it, that would be great.
Do it @galenkp, be happy, in the end you are from your perspective absolutely right, I just ramble, and remember I am locked in a village.
Its hard, the fact we all would want to live that ideal life but then the financial obligation that comes with it is mad, you need money and to get it you need to work for it, i feel it would make more sense if you are passionate about your job, that way it makes you feel fulfilled doing what you love rather than feel luke a slave to money, that way you kinda doing both things simultaneously..
We also agree.
There is no way to free ourselves from money in order to have a more relaxed life: financial freedom they call it, my friend.
Have a good week and good health.
Thanks for commenting.
You too dear