Why Do We Spend Half Our Waking Hours Working For Money?

It’s no secret we want to do as little work as possible. Look at the cult classic movie Office Space. It touched on a feeling all of us have had: the dissatisfying crush of dreams deferred to a “sensible” career. When you ask a child what they want to be when they grow up, chances are they don't say "Middle Management".

Somewhere between birth and adulthood, we made a compromise. We convinced ourselves that what we really and truly desired wasn't possible or "all that important." And we were left with a void in its place. What filled the vacuum?

Stuff.

We accumulate.
We get a space to put stuff then we put stuff in it.
When that place is too small, we buy a bigger place to put stuff.

As we feed the desire, we become it.

Why do we spend half our waking hours working for money?

Anything requiring that much time and energy should be worthwhile. Or at least make you happy. There’s a disconnect between money and happiness, but we choose to ignore this because buying something feels real good right now. And so it goes.

However, once we become content with our life and our selves we break the cycle. By living life in the present, one moment at a time, we find peace of mind. Life is like fine wine. It is to be casually sipped in the company of friends and family, not guzzled in a race from here to there.

I don’t like the idea of working forty years just to take a break. It seems backward. I want people to enjoy their entire life, not just scraps of it.

If money wasn’t an issue, what would you do?

Take a step back and imagine for a second.
Enjoy it.
This is what you were meant to do.

I don’t know many people who truly love their work. But often what people love doing doesn’t pay, so nothing changes.

I’ve had enough of giving up dreams.

I am going to become free from money, and I want you to join me.

I’ve got a plan. Every 1st of the month, I’m going to show you everything: checking, savings, investments, credit cards and loans. I’m going to be financially naked so you can see everything, both my successes and my failures. I am going to show you how to make your life become what it always should have been.

I’m going to become free from money, and I want you to join me.