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Originally Posted by RT Wolf  I just realized something. I think I don't like the idea of pursuing money for the sake of pursuing money because that really equals greed to me.
However, when you look at your goals (like spend a month in some other city) and break it down it comes back to money, so instead of my goal being spend a month there, it becomes have x money. At least that's the way its been for me. Ferriss has talked about people pursuing money so they can do "wahtever they want to" but they have no idea what they want to, so even if/when they do have the money they squander it. Ie, I was thinking about what I would do if I had passive income like that, and I came back with things like go to the gym and learn to play the guitar. I can incorporate that stuff now!
So, changing my goals: INstead of having 1000 dollars a month, I wnat to cover my expenses using passive streams of income, which works out to be about a thousand dollars but I don't really care about this arbitrary number as long as my expenses are covered. That feels a lot more compelling than making a thousand dollars a month anyway.
I also decided to donate 10% of my blog's earnings and I'm finding myself a lot more motivated to monetize it now.
I guess it comes down to why you want that money and finding a compelling reason. Making money isn't inherently compelling to me. |
when something is blocking your path there are two choices, remove it or go around it. When we uproot and change our beliefs we clear the blockage and travel freely from then on.
If we instead choose to go around it, we then always will have to go around it, until we eventually decide to remove it.
my point is that you feel that pursuing money equals greed, you can choose to work around it right now - but it will remain a block on your path.