How I Will Be Rich

I’ve noticed that since Matt and I have started up this blog, my mind has been whizzin’ with idea after idea with topics to write about and where it will all take me. I’m always looking towards the future and trying to map out a general idea of where I’ll end up, be it relationships, my financial situation, the place I’m working, and so on. Of course you’ll never actually know for sure what will happen in the long span of a year, but at least I hope this will give me a smidgen of understanding of what the heck will be going on!

When all of this thinking is happening in my head, the roadblocks and ideas of limitations enter. I would like to completely blame this on our childhood. When growing up, our parents should hold the highest expectations for us; And why shouldn’t they? We came from them, so of course they want to see us to be successful and yearn for global domination. Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but it’s a good motivator. As a kid, we’re put in the cycle of going to school daily and completing college with a nice degree. After that, we’re told to find a nice and comfy career with a successful company so you can reap the benefits and live off a decent salary. No one knows how old you’ll have to be to retire and actually start living the good life, but we won’t talk about that just yet. As a child we can get away with some pretty nutty career ideas, such as wanting to be a basketball player or running off and starting your own circus. If any of us brought up those ideas to any of our friends after the age of 15, they would think we just flew off the deep end. With this entire predisposition in our minds, the weak ones will slide back into the mold of being a lawyer or police officer, to just continue the cycle for the next generation to come. How about we all kick that idea out of the window and start bending some of life’s “rules”.

The direction I’m trying to lead with this situation setup is that most people hop into a career that they do not necessarily love and take whole-heartedly. Without a passion for what you spend you long, daily hours working on, will there ever be a lavish and happy end of the road? A problem that many people get into when getting comfortable in a career is working to work; Filling all of the hours of the day with some busy business that does not need to be completed. Checking e-mails constantly, fidgeting with a Blackberry, or the like, it does nothing more than waste hours in the day. The constant need to feel productive is one that I personally feel daily. Although this is a good thing, productivity needs to be directed towards those goals you set for yourself. If those goals feel out of reach and it seems like you’ve been trying to work towards them for years and years, redefine and condense them to daily checkpoints along the way. Establishing “alternative activities” outside of your work life is an almost guaranteed method to boost your productivity level. For myself, I know the last thing I ever want is a job that will overwhelm me throughout the day so much that it takes me away from doing what I love: running, biking, playing guitar, writing this blog, and so much more.

It is necessary to frame a dollar amount of what you’ll need to make to live comfortably and not have any worries. Although this seems nice to have the financial woes covered by your income, it does not take away your need to be busy and end up working yourself to death. Without framing what you really want out of your life with your alternative activities, the X figure amount you produce with your career will never completely satisfy you. Just keep those goals in mind and don’t let yourself slip from the path you need to take to get there.

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