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Old 11-06-2006, 02:46 PM   #14 (permalink)
dmauder
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I would absolutely LOVE to find something I can do to earn a full time income online. I've tried SO many things in the past including MLM, selling on eBay, AdSense, blogging, affiliate marketing, etc...

I've spent more money on memberships, training materials and tools than I care to admit, and have never really found anything that "gets me up early and keeps me up late" if you know what I mean.

Well, that's not entirely true... I used to sell John Cummuta's "Debt Free & Prosperous Living" basic course, and other related materials. That was pretty cool because I'm very interested in debt reduction, investing, financial planning, etc.

After the original business fell apart, I tried to stay in the financial game with affiliate marketing, but was never able to make it successful. It seems like there are SO many sites out there about debt reduction, and unfortunately people just don't seem to care about it as much as I think they should. It seemed pointless to continue spending so much of my time trying to convince people to get out of debt and actually care about their finances. I gave up.

Anyway... I'm also very interested in health, fitness & nutrition, and have thought many times about starting a blog or something about it. But then I end up with analysis paralysis because there are also SO many sites about that topic, and I can't come up with a unique twist that would target some sort of niche market.

I'm probably hopeless when it comes to making money in my own online business. So, I continue going to work every day along with all the other rats in the race (to where I have no idea). Maybe I've sold out on my dreams.

I just watched the movie "Fight Club" last night, and there was a scene where Tyler Durden holds a convenience store worker up at gunpoint and asks him what he wanted to do when he was a kid. The guy is scared to the point of peeing himself, and finally admits he used to want to be a veterinarian. Tyler presses him as to why he's working in a convenience store and the guy says he never finished his schooling. Long story short, Tyler takes the guys ID and says he's going to check up on the guy in like a month (or something), and if he isn't well on his way to becoming a vet, he's going to die.

I know that's an extreme example, but I think many of us need some sort of life changing event to remind us of our dreams and what is really important in our lives.

When/why did we stop going after what we really want, and just "settle" on a mundane existence??

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