The secret to tolerating a "dreaded day job"

> think it to be.

> Thanks Mike,

> You know, I have long said that having a job
> is OK, for so many of us. I sometimes like
> working for others, for many of the reasons
> you mentioned, but also to learn new things.

> Rick Smith can attest to my "day
> jobs" these past few years...all have
> helped me to do more and more things for
> myself.

> I like the social aspect of having a job.
> Not to many people come knocking on my door
> Mike (I probably wouldn't be as gracious as
> you)...but I do like the people who come and
> go at the Community Technology Center where
> I work.

> And here's another thing. I'd rather be
> there, getting paid for doing something I
> LIKE to do, being around nice and
> interesting people, than to be at HOME,

> doing something I HATE to do, even if it is
> my own business. I know people who have
> sacrificed years to be "free" and
> "independent" and didn't even get
> to spend any time with their children while
> they were working their fingers to the bone
> taking care of business...

> what kind of FREEDOM is that?

> So, I'm always on the lookout for a new job,
> I don't seem to stay very long at any of
> them...but while I work for someone else, I
> have my mind free to think about my own
> projects.

> Then there is working at home for other's
> too, on a contract, which is nice. But, like
> Mike, I feel good about having my health
> insurance. In an incident earlier this year,
> it cost me thousands of dollars out of
> pocket for MEDICAL bills, which led to a
> realization that sometimes letting other
> people pay (is that Leverage M. Ross?) for
> your hospital and health bills is the
> smarter thing to do.

> I too enjoy multiple streams of income, and
> when the time is right, will move on, but
> for now, I'm a happy camper working for
> someone else, first because I like what I
> do, and second, it isn't the ONLY thing I
> do.

> I like to work hard. And you won't find
> anyone who has had more FREE time in the
> last decade than I have, so that comes into
> play too. I'll never have to tell my kids
> that I regret working for myself at their
> expense. Sometimes having a job gives you
> more FREE time than you have working at
> home.

> You are a slave only when you hate what you
> do, whether it is for someone else, or when
> you do it in the misery of your own home.
> How can any one do that for years and years
> and call it freedom?

> But, that is just my opinion.

> Many people think that MONEY is the only
> thing about a business or a job, there are
> many factors besides just making thousands
> of dollars.

> If Donald Trump started making THOUSANDS of
> dollars, he'd be hurtin real soon. So,
> lifestyle comes in to play too.

> Gordon (a great employee) Alexander

> PS. I won't work for jerks...maybe one
> reason I'm not totally
> "self-employed"?

Gordon,

You nailed it when you said:

"It's not the only thing I do."

I live by that statement. While at work I look at people who absolutely hate their jobs but can't do a thing about it.

Me, I've got options.

When things at work start to look bad, I just project myself to "my other life" and wonder how many people decided to send me money today, while I was at work making money.

If things continue to go as planned, Pam and I will be debt free in a couple of years, and then we will really have choices.

I've worked hard my whole life, so keeping my day job while I make money at home is actually pretty easy for me.

I'd also like to point out. Even back when I was landscaping 50 homes a year "in my spare time", I can only remember about 3 occasions when I missed a little leauge game, a basketball game, a midget football game, a school conference etc.

It's just a matter of getting your priorities in order and doing what you have to do.

And like Gordon says, being home "All" the time could get really old.

Not only that, if you don't interact with other people, how will you figure out what products the real world needs??????????

-Mike


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