Just a little taste of the good life

Being self employed has been a huge step to take. It's really all about training yourself to think differently. I used to commute 1-1/2 hours each way to work, worrying the entire way about getting to the office on time. I'd stay late to get the job done, making sure I performed to the very best of my ability to make someone else filthy rich. I felt accomplished at times, but then I lost my job completely out of the blue and realized exactly how uncertain my career was in the hands of someone else. Luckily, I have a good friend and neighbor, Zak Ross, that shared with me a little secret about residual income, a company called USANA Health Sciences and about being my own boss.

I still work as hard, but the beneficiary of my efforts is now ME. My future now lays in my own hands. What I do with my time now fully benefits me and my family. I am here charting out my course for the future I want. One of the best parts of it is helping others to see the benefit of self employment or at the least, the benefit of another stream of income, residual income. It's not an overnight phenomenon as some may assume, it's a path of hard work and determination. You have to believe in yourself and put lots of hours into building your business. I have found myself day-dreaming about the lifestyle I see in my future and have been indulging myself with small tastes of it now and then.

So this morning I decided to take the morning and live out the lifestyle I WILL ultimately have. A lifestyle with a healthy family, time to spend with my family, no financial worries, NO long commutes, NO rush to beat the traffic, NO boss. I woke up a little later than usual - 6:00 a.m. - did a little bit of reading, ate some breakfast, drove the kids to school, came home and did my hill sprints followed by a 4 mile hike with my beautiful wife. It was such a relaxing and stress free way to spend the morning. The whole time knowing that my efforts to build my own business are taking root and growing. I know it will only get better from this point.

 Here's a view from the hike this morning. Enjoy!