Live Like Noone Else
Deb Kirkeeide wrote the following comment on my last post (the crazy birthday party weekend for my daughter):
I’m exhausted! How do you keep such focus? And when do you have time for fun and relaxation? I admire your fortitude.
Very good question Deb. Recently I listened to the book The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
What struck me listening to this book was how his line:
Live like noone else,
so you can
Live like noone else.
applies to many of the choices on how I am currently spending my time. I am very busy with 2 full time careers and kids and a house, etc. I’m making choices today so in the (very near) future I can be a fulltime self supporting artist that doesn’t have to scramble for money. Those choices have me living today as very few people are willing to live: staying super focused and not having tons of time for just sitting about. I believe the pay off in the future will be well worth it.
The alternatives don’t sound very attractive to me.
1) Just work the day job and wait until I retire to make art (no way!)
2) Quit the day job and struggle for money (also not for me)
I wouldn’t object to finding a wealthy art patron that would support me but that sounds like a recipe for disaster as these types tend to have hidden agendas and I’m not good at being told how to live my life.
But not everyday is a day full of goals and craziness like last weekend. Today, I’ve got nothing on the todo list that I must get done. Just doing what I feel like doing cause it’s my birthday. Yay! Chocolate for everyone on me.
And next weekend – I’ve told the kids I will not drive them anywhere – I’m going to get in some studio time.
Posted by Lisa in: Goals and Intention
Tagged: birthday, choices, dave ramsey, Focus, goals, kids, money
Happy Birthday Lisa!!
… Hope you enjoyed your birthday chocolate as much as I enjoy your blog.
(I’m headed to the kitchen for a little square of dark chocolate right now– I’ll do a chocolate “toast” to you as I eat it!)
Happy Birthday! I’ll have some chocolate in your honor….
Happy Birthday, too, Lisa. Mine was the 25th. I wish you wonderful success. I have NEVER regretted quiting the day job, though I’ve had to make a few financial cutbacks, ‘ve been able to do everything I wanted (Really wanted) to do, including travel, a new home, a wonderful studio, etc. MY bank balance may not look like much now and then, but the net appears when you make the leap!
Good points, Lisa – I think if anyone can do it, you can!
Happy Birthday Lisa. May all your wishes be granted. I’m going to take a walk in your honor, but you can eat all the chocolate. :0)
Happy birthday, Lisa! Hope today is as special for you as reading your blog is for me!
Oh, good, I didn’t miss the chance to wish you a happy, happy birthday!! Hope it was as wonderful as could be, and I hope you made a really big wish when you blew out the candles (or had the first bite of chocolate or both)!!
Laure
Thanks for addressing my questions, Lisa. I too am working towards these same goals (similar situation but my kids are grown) and always read your progress with interest and for that inspiration. So glad to hear you do take the time to sit back and eat the chocolate! I start feeling very unbalanced and like a hermit when I don’t get that in my life.
All the best to you – you rock! Happy Birthday!
PS – Susie…so glad to hear your enthusiastic cheers for making this leap. We need to hear those.
Happy belated birthday! Hope you enjoyed your day.
You go for it!!!
And happy birthday!
Caroline
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Hi Lisa:
Just a comment on DAVE RAMSEY. My husband, our daughter and I took the Financial Freedom course at our church over two ago. My daughter has since bought her first house (at 23 — she’s almost 25 now, married and expecting); my husband and I have NO DEBT other than our mortgage (we were drowning at the time of the class); life is good!!!
After having worked for over 30 years and always lived paycheck-to-paycheck, it is absolutely wonderful to have an emergency fund, investments, drive vehicles that are paid for, and, best of all, I was able to quit my job (making $45K a year). I will need to make money, but now have the luxury of doing something that I enjoy — I don’t know what that is yet, but it won’t be sitting at a desk 8-5!
We’ve also changed our “legacy” in that our four children are all financially independent and on their way to living much better lives than we did as young adults.
Your blog is GREAT and I’ll be back often seeking inspiration.
Jo Ann