Remember the number 1 regret Bronnie Ware observed while caring for people in the last 12 weeks of their lives: I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
Remember the number 1 regret Bronnie Ware observed while caring for people in the last 12 weeks of their lives: I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
You are always working for yourself. You may have an employer, but you are still working for yourself, not them. You're trading your time for money, like any other business. If you don't like the deal, then walk away.
It is easy to get caught by debt, lack of savings, education or skill. Just as easy by not figuring your advantages and capitalizing on them.
The corollary is that it is as easy to stay in place by standing as by running on a treadmill.
I like this metaphor! However, once we realize that we are the treadmill, we can turn it off and walk away...
FWIW, there is a learning curve to it all. I won't deny having some painful lessons in my past.
> You know my old saying, "Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors."
> what hurts is the steadily diminishing humanity of those fighting to hold jobs they don't want but fear the alternative worse.
> They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work. I could see all this. Why couldn't they? I figured the park bench was just as good or being a barfly was just as good. Why not get there first before they put me there? Why wait?
The full letter: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/10/people-simply-empty-out...
It's bullshit. Stop living on credit, stop using credit cards and ask for what you deserve.