Comments on: Your Money or Your Life: The Stunning Implications of Redefining Work http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ejp in sd http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91831 ejp in sd Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:44:33 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91831 @rhbee – I’m also in southern California, and had a similar realization this morning. Being faced with a potential evacuation makes you consider what’s most important in your life. Is it the clothes, gadgets, etc that I own? Not even close. If evacuated, the only things I’ll take are photos, my pet, and a few personal (and essentially worthless, from a monetary perspective) items. Interesting to realize that when it comes down to it, so many of the things I spend my time working for have little to no actual VALUE.

]]> By: rhbee http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91779 rhbee Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91779 Lost somewhere in a santa ana wind-driven world of fire, I look out my window at 10 AM to a cloud darkened sky. Not five miles away people are losing what they have spent their whole lives working for as fires burn small towns, housing developments, churches, and historical monuments without a moment’s concern. Disasters make work. Make working for something seem meaningless.

]]> By: Rob in Madrid http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91468 Rob in Madrid Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:12:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91468 It’s funny because we’re so focused on earning a living or getting debt free that we never really think about what we’d want to do if we had the chance. I told the Wife again today, what would we do if we didn’t have to work. It’s something I have a hard time visualizing.

]]> By: Bones http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91399 Bones Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:36:25 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91399 @shane – I would give a read to this site: http://freelanceswitch.com/

It has always had good pieces of advice for want-to-be freelancers

]]> By: Sabrina's Money Matters http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91125 Sabrina's Money Matters Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:10:02 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91125 I’m off to explore teaching…I’ve kind of always wanted to be a teacher, but always thought my patience wouldn’t allow it – or lack thereof, lol. Having a ten year old I realize that if you pick the right age group you’re really teaching and they’re really receiving….ah well…good post, I enjoy my work, but it’s a lot of pressure over something I don’t want to spend my life doing.

]]> By: FinanceAndFat http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91060 FinanceAndFat Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:25:38 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91060 I think this section is right on the mark, but getting there is the hard part. Most of us have already traveled a fair distance down the wrong path in life so we have to correct that before beginning work on these broader changes. Not that we shouldn’t do it, it just won’t be easy. Oh how I wish I had read this book when I was about 20! :)

]]> By: Shane http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91039 Shane Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:36:57 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91039 I’d love to see some posts about setting up as a freelancer.

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91026 Mrs. Micah Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:54:40 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91026 This was an important concept for Mr. Micah. He worked as a programmer but found it completely unsatisfying. He had begun to understand that his passion was actually teaching. Teaching philosophy in particular, but he worked as a math tutor during grad school and liked that better than programming.

I think it’s great for him. As for me, I’m still discovering my right livelihood. But I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up staying at home with the (potential) kids and doing some freelance/sewing/quilting. :-)

]]> By: Shane http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91011 Shane Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:28:02 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/21/your-money-or-your-life-the-stunning-implications-of-redefining-work/#comment-91011 Brilliant. I’ve been thinking alot about this lately. I’m 20 years old and working as a systems administrator. I live to work rather than work to live. I can remember my first jon in the IT industry (not very long ago at all), asking co-workers how they liked working as the company. The most common was “Ah well, it pays the bills”. Lucky for me, my opinion is far from this. I’ve grown up around computers & work with them everyday, however I think that if I found myself unemployed in the morning you could bet on it that I would still be doing the same thing.

Great blog you have, I’ve been reading from the very start. I’ve always meant to drop you a mail/ leave a comment but I usually pay a flying visit.

Shane

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