Just a few months later, in May, my father passed away and left behind the restaurant he had ran for the past 39 years. I made the decision to leave friends, family, a budding independent career and the big city behind. I moved back to my hometown of 11,000 people to start a new life as a resaturanteur.

There are tons of benefits to being my own boss and running a business, but after a couple years of doing so I started to realize that I had basically inherited a job. I traded my days away for a place to live and food to eat. I wanted my time back and began to search online (again) for a way to create an income.

In February of 2008 I joined a business that has been propelling me down my success path and giving me the tools to be not only financially free, but allowing me to buy my time freedom. I have leveraged my time at the restaurant by working online from my office.

Although mentally I had committed to stay here until 2011 I am thinking that sometime next year (’09) I will be putting the business on the market so I can concentrate fully on working online.

I have done so much personal development, mindset and success training and gotten in touch with my spirituality over the past 6 months. I know a lot of people think all that stuff is fluff but I am walking, talking, living proof that what you think about comes about.

I live in an abundance mindset now in all areas of my life. When you can express gratitude for the things you have in your life and not focus on what you think you’re lacking your life will begin to change.

However, I don’t think this is the only key. Kelly’s story is an example of someone taking Massive Action. That is one of the greatest keys to success. She made some drastic changes to her life and is coming out ahead. The fear of change, loss, or suffering does NOT occupy her anymore – look at all the positives she’s listed about her current life. ACTION. MASSIVE ACTION will breed amazing results.

Anyway…I just love reading stories about people who take a stand for their own well being and actually DO SOMETHING about it.

I wish everyone well and make it a great day!

Also, bravo for her in giving up her car! She used the car (”auto equity”) to begin funding her career! Smart smart gal! The Simple Dollar is obviously making a big difference in people’s lives.

Put all your investments in you and your time…

great job Kelly!

For the next step, she should set up one or two blogs and do some paid posting or reviews.. that’ll probably make her an equal or larger amount of money from her waitressing job and she won’t even have to leave the house and can concentrate on her studies.

Imagine getting paid $8 for writing a simple blog post that takes only 15 minutes.

I do think there’s a lot of easy money to be made through the web and unfortunately she’s missing out on quite a bit by being technologically uninformed.

If the young lady who sent the email is reading this …keep up the good work and don’t let any naysayer steal your thunder.

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
Aristotle

dream on and live life how you want!
-G

If we make the right moves, we can rub off the stick with the carrot on it. We don’t have to settle for half a life. We don’t have to give our life energies to making others lives rich.

For instance a lot of medical students don’t make much money for the hours they work – especially after their education. They shouldn’t just quit and do something else, because they are building towards a higher paying job.

Gal