Bruce, great question to ask! That's something that's been on my mind too - what can I do in the short term while working on what I love. Although, you state it as "live comfortably", I state it as "stay alive", how can I stay alive while I work on what I love to do?
I was looking at homeless shelters online last night to see if that would be a recourse, and it really hit me - hell no I don't want to do that. When I'm looking at cars to buy, I wonder how it'll be if I end up homeless and have to sleep in them. I really think that mindset is really bad to have though.
So your question and the answers are interesting and very relevant to me.
I know that part of my appeal to start my MBA in a month (if I choose to do so) is that for two years, I won't have to be concerned about "staying alive", because I'll get a $60K loan to cover my expenses.
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Originally Posted by Michele The solution the Universe presented me with was a boyfriend (and now a husband) who is very settled in and passionate about his profession and who makes a good deal of money. |
That's a problem for me (although I'm not the OP, I hope Bruce doesn't mind if I bring my own question since I really identified with his questions and his delima). I don't have such a person, and I'd hate to think I'll plan what to do in the short-term in the hope I find such a person that can support me financially.
Yet, when I look around, that seems to be what a lot of people have done - from Steve who had Erin to support him while he spent those 4-5 months writing his first full-venture shareware game after the bankruptcy, to the novelist Paul Anderson whose wife took a full time job to let Paul write for several years before he made it big, to other people whose boyfriend/husband financially support them while they go full out for what they want. So I guess I'd love to have examples from people who didn't have a supporting loved-one to help them. Not that it take away from those who have supporting loved one to financially help them, it just doesn't apply in my case.