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seeker5 · 07-16-2008, 01:37 AM

Steve,

Thanks so much for this article. It's so fascinating, the concept you can be dead broke, in debt by a huge amount, and yet, still have the rest of your life work out great.

I've carried the belief that if you're broke and in debt, then your life is ruined. That if you were in debt and broke, then you'd have no power and little freedom and that it would impact your whole life. Fascinating to hear of your story that it doesn't have to be that way - I had heard it before, but hearing your story in detail makes it much more real.

After thinking about your post, I also realized two other bad beliefs I had - that happen to be circular! One says that if I'm in debt and broke, I can't go do what I'd love to do. The other belief says if I'm working at a job I don't love, I refuse to do anything special to increase my income...! So I spent many years working jobs I didn't like...earning low income - unlike people who worked jobs doing what they didn't like, but yet focusing on increasing their income.

It's also fasinating for you to say that money doesn't equal power. I've always felt money was power, but more important, freedom. Hmm, I'll re-examine that belief.

So, I wonder, if you're single, without a wife or husband or family to help support you, how do you stay alive, with food, and shelter and keep on working on what you love to do? How would you have managed to do that if you didn't have Erin with you helping bring in income during those months you spent your time writing that your first full blown shareware game?

07-16-2008, 01:37 AM	#47 (permalink)
seeker5 Family Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,606	Steve, Thanks so much for this article. It's so fascinating, the concept you can be dead broke, in debt by a huge amount, and yet, still have the rest of your life work out great. I've carried the belief that if you're broke and in debt, then your life is ruined. That if you were in debt and broke, then you'd have no power and little freedom and that it would impact your whole life. Fascinating to hear of your story that it doesn't have to be that way - I had heard it before, but hearing your story in detail makes it much more real. After thinking about your post, I also realized two other bad beliefs I had - that happen to be circular! One says that if I'm in debt and broke, I can't go do what I'd love to do. The other belief says if I'm working at a job I don't love, I refuse to do anything special to increase my income...! So I spent many years working jobs I didn't like...earning low income - unlike people who worked jobs doing what they didn't like, but yet focusing on increasing their income. It's also fasinating for you to say that money doesn't equal power. I've always felt money was power, but more important, freedom. Hmm, I'll re-examine that belief. So, I wonder, if you're single, without a wife or husband or family to help support you, how do you stay alive, with food, and shelter and keep on working on what you love to do? How would you have managed to do that if you didn't have Erin with you helping bring in income during those months you spent your time writing that your first full blown shareware game?