[DAveNJ]

Originally Posted by LeslieMock

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My Story:
My husband and I quit soul sucking jobs 2 years ago to make a living ourselves and move to a place we actually wanted to live. I think we both finally have products and services that create value, it just took more time than planned to get here. And we've run pretty short of money. So, the "job" looms on the horizon. Now I agree 100% with Steve about working for someone else. And I really believe now that the main reason why it took us longer than expected to hit our "value" stride, was "employee think" or a mindset that needed to shift out of years of employee, employee, employee. Despite the fact that I always hated being an employee and have the "traits" of an entreprenuer, it still took me months and months to start believing and thinking like someone who is totally capable of creating everything I need, outside of all of the familiar structures of corporations, schools, and govt. AND, as Steve says, the money MUST become meaningless. The thought of being homeless must lose it's power. All of the "sky is falling" crap that keeps us tied to employment, must lose their power.

We moved here with 1 year's worth of money to get things going (actually more, but we still thought we needed so many things that had anestitized us in our former employee life). More than two years later, we are still going at it. Things have appeared when we need them. No, it hasn't been all aglow and it has been stressful. But I cannot imagine trading this for a job. The money has become so unimportant. Yes, I want to keep my house and eat. But, I see totally Steve's comment about being homeless rather than working for someone else. Do I want or plan to be homeless? No- but the power of the shame of it, is gone.

I have many friends trying to take this path (most of them women, and that's another story), and I see clearly, once this mind shift occurs and it is not about the money, success begins to happen - rapidly.

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Leslie,
Great post. Thank you for sharing your experience. It really meant a lot to me and I am going to re-read it often. It was a great enhancement of Steve's article.

Best of luck to you and your husband.

Dave