Just Another Day At The Salt Mines
Put in another gruelling week of work slogging away at my computer. Nothing beats working for the man. I really love having people tell me what to do all day, and making other people really rich. Then when it comes time for your review, the scoff and sputter and complain that things are tough and all we can give you is 1% raise this year. What a load of balls. If trying to find a way to financial freedom doesn’t get you motivated in situations like this, then I don’t know what will.
I’ve come up with a plan to be free from working from someone else by this time next year. I want the freedom to live and do what I want, and not have to ask permission to take 2 or 3 measly weeks off per year. What a joke that is. Sure there are some nice benefits, but if I can make more money and have my life back I will feel so much the better.
I’d love to be able to pick up stakes and move when the summer is just too hot here in Scottsdale. Get to the mountains for a couple of weeks and cool down. Or move to Thailand or Europe for a couple of months. You just can’t do that in a standard 9 to 5 job. I don’t mind working to make money. I’ll work darn hard at it. I just hate to see all my hard work go to line the pockets of someone else. Someone who pretends like they give a crap about you, but at the first sign of financial hardship would cut you from the payroll faster than you could say pink slip.
So what is this amazing plan? Well it will be essentially taking on a full time second job for the next 6 months and working my ass off. I won’t go into the full details, but a lot of hard work and I should be in a good position by June. Then I’ll reevaluate, before I press on with the next 6 months. In the mean time at work I’m going to building on my skills and getting ready to be able to do some contract work.
My end goal is to have a contract job for 6-9 months out of the year and travel and visit family with the rest of my time. I know it can be done, and I also know it won’t be easy. But there is more to life than going to the office 5 days a week and sometimes more to eke out a living. Working your ass off during the prime of your life so that you can finally retire and enjoy life when you are old. I want that life now. And I’m going to make it happen.