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Mar
7
Big Decisions, All at Once
Filed Under General
It never ceases to amaze me how big, life-altering decisions can pile up on top of each other. Today I decided to buy a house and to possibly quit my job to start up my own company. In the same ten minutes I decided to lower my income to nil, and increase my expenses by well over $1,000 per month.
My family, friends, and definitely wife will be asking, “Why?”. My answer: why not. From what I can gather from my quarter-century experience at life, nothing changes unless you conciously decide to make it change. I once was graced with a fortune cookie who’s fortune read, “If you keep doing the same thing you’ve always done, you will keep getting the same thing you’ve always gotten.” Cheesy, but right on target at the same time.
Let me give you an example. About three weeks ago a couple of people decided to kick in an entry door in my kitchen, rifle through my wife’s wallet, take a digital camcorder off of my desk, and drive off in our car. The entire time this was happening, my wife was upstairs asleep. Now I can fret all day by playing the “What if?” game, but I chose not to. It turns out that we got the car back, and everything was back to normal – I didn’t do anything to change the situation, and I ended up getting nothing new. Until I decided to move.
Now I am changing things up. I am jumping into a financial situation that is probably outside of my current means. What will I do!? I will find way to make more money; plain and simple. Assuming I didn’t change my current situation, I would have stayed at my current job and made the same amount of money as I always have made. By pushing myself into a situation where I HAVE to make more money, I will force myself to do just that. This is how I came about making two big decisions at the same time. By buying a new house, I now have increased financial commitments. To meet these commitments, I will need to make more money. I am smart enough to make more money on my own, so I am going to do just that. Start-up world, say hello to me.
