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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  Delete everything before the comma and you'll have a more accurate truth.
A job you don't love is indeed a cage. Doing work you love is like donning a pair of wings.
If you already own a digital camera, you can take as many photos as you want for free. If not you can probably borrow a camera from someone. There are lots of idle cameras out there.
A lack of money can't stop you from teaching. Jesus was broke and he seemed to garner quite a number of students. You don't need degrees or a classroom to teach. Just teach, even if you're only talking to the animals at first.
That sounds like a reasonably good idea. I only see one problem with it.
It's complete and utter B.S. In fact, I'm quite certain that's the biggest piece of B.S. I've seen this whole month -- and I get exposed to quite a lot of it.
You're lying to yourself.
Do you really think a job you hate is going to dig you out of $130K of debt? No chance. You have more hope of winning the lottery.
Take some photos and teach if that's what you love to do. That's your only hope of every being able to provide enough value and summon enough energy to reach a level of financial abundance.
Stop making excuses, stop giving in to your fear and doubt, and just go try it. What have you possibly got to lose?
If you don't have anyone to teach, ask the universe to send you a student you can help. You'll find one soon enough.
Forget about the debt for now. Just start doing what you came here to do.
Then go do a variety of things. No one is stopping you but you.
Isn't it silly to give away all your power to that tiny little minus sign in front of your net worth?
Then wander aimlessly until you find a direction that appeals to you. You don't have to be right on your first guess.
The best advice I can give you is to take a few days off, and just go out and do all the stuff that makes you happiest. Don't worry about money or a job or any of that. If other people react with disgust, tell them I gave you permission. 
How about if you post some of your nature photos in this forum, so you can share a little of your passion with the rest of us??? And how about sharing some of your wisdom to teach someone here something that might help them? You have a ready-made classroom of hundreds of people. |
Hey thanks a lot for the advice! I really do appreciate it.
A few months ago when I was freaking out about getting to this point (yes I manifested this destiny in an inadvertent, round-about way) someone else recommended I take a few days off and have fun. I didn't really follow through though because I was afraid to spend any money.. well, I was just pretty fearful when it came to doing anything.
I feel like I've already had way too many days off.. too many "unproductive" days, yet if it were possible to support myself financially without getting another one of those crappy jobs.. I'd feel like I'd retired happy cause the work I'd choose to do wouldn't seem like work at all.
Even though I do take what you said seriously regarding my idea of 'the only way out being w/lottery win or another crappy job'.. it made me laugh. I think it's because I detect a note of absurdity to my own reasoning.
At this point in time getting rid of the website business doesn't seem like the best idea. There are things about it I like and if it were to expand I'd much rather do it than the crappy job because it gives me more freedom PLUS it's my only source of income right now. I'd be cutting off the hand that feeds me.
Before I read the reply this morning, I went out and took more pics. I have an economy digital and have taken several this spring & summer. Here is one from May. There are more at
Monique Sevenans Photography - Nature Compositions 
I know there are ways in which I can improve and learn more about photography independently.. I guess I just get stuck when it comes to the actual "making a living" part. Sometimes I think it doesn't matter what I do as long as it enables me to do something I actually like doing better IE)taking pictures or painting. But on the other hand the way I begin to react to the crappy job makes me feel like I'm only spinning my wheels because I get too stressed out and end up not doing anything besides the job.
Today I received an email to set up an appointment for an interview to which I believe I could get a job. It's in a call center (where a lot of my job experience is) and part of me is thinking.. 'just do it to earn the money and get out on my own again'. Another part is screaming '
NOOOO! not call center hell again!' I haven't set up that interview but I have another interview tomorrow afternoon for a dispatcher position. The money would be very good if I make it through the lengthy application process and if I can get past my perception of it also potentially being a
crappy job.. it could work. or Maybe I'm just fooling myself to think that.. I don't know.
As far as teaching goes I'd
really love to help others heal and personally develop via painting like Aviva Gold does (Painting from the Source). BUT I feel that I have to walk the talk before I dole out any "wisdom". I mean who'd want to take advice or learn from.. well, I just think I need to save myself and earn that creditability first..
Thanks again so much for your wisdom! At this point the debt is abstract and unreal to me and well, no one including my debtors can't squeeze blood from a stone..
I think things will turn around. I'll keep trying.