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Bruce Achterberg · 07-21-2008, 08:10 PM

Since my first post was super-long, I'll super-summarise it:

While I'm doing what I love, I get no money from it. Any time spent getting money means I'm not doing what I love. Doing what I love will probably make money after I've explored it enough and developed a bit more skill (or at least, an awareness of the very core of what I love is), but it will take a while before that will happen (or so I believe; perhaps that's an inaccurate belief). Making money isn't the goal, but without money I remain in my current situation (or perhaps a park bench if I continue to get no money... yes, I'm exaggerating to make a point, heh).

How do I bridge the two (i.e. money + what I love) when what I love doesn't pay off at all (or much) in the short term (at least, it seems like it won't)? Is that what I even need to do? Is there a whole other way of looking at this that I'm missing? Does the real solution come in a seemingly non-ideal package, but is actually really great and I've just been missing it because of my inaccurate beliefs about it?

07-21-2008, 08:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bruce Achterberg Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia (GMT+10) Posts: 967	Since my first post was super-long, I'll super-summarise it: While I'm doing what I love, I get no money from it. Any time spent getting money means I'm not doing what I love. Doing what I love will probably make money after I've explored it enough and developed a bit more skill (or at least, an awareness of the very core of what I love is), but it will take a while before that will happen (or so I believe; perhaps that's an inaccurate belief). Making money isn't the goal, but without money I remain in my current situation (or perhaps a park bench if I continue to get no money... yes, I'm exaggerating to make a point, heh). How do I bridge the two (i.e. money + what I love) when what I love doesn't pay off at all (or much) in the short term (at least, it seems like it won't)? Is that what I even need to do? Is there a whole other way of looking at this that I'm missing? Does the real solution come in a seemingly non-ideal package, but is actually really great and I've just been missing it because of my inaccurate beliefs about it? __________________ - Bruce Achterberg Follow me on Twitter (RSS feed) \| Add me as a friend on Facebook I enliven people by illuminating their strengths and encouraging them to harness their most fullfilling, energising strengths so that we're all stronger. Some people say "you're here to shine." If you look closely, you realise you shine already.