If you don’t need much, you won’t become much.–Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn’s Weekly E-zine – July 1, 2003)“All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche …Passive income is a dream of mine, it always has been. My husband is the active income earner in our family & with the active income comes the days and weeks without him home (one reason I am a stay at home mother). I have worked for active income and while I like the camaraderie I cannot say I always liked how my life was dictated in an effort to earn that active income; the late hours or working on Saturdays, the do more with less attitude. There are some items though that I do not want to give up to be a stay at home mother, things some say are impossible to have as a stay at or work from home mother. That is crap!Have you said year after year that you want to take the kids to Disneyland? Or maybe another house? Maybe all you want is to be able to get a paycheck and not have it already claimed by bills. I understand, for 2-3 years I have been saying I want to move yet not actually doing anyhting getting us close to being able to move. This new year we went over finances and determined what we would need to do to get where we want to go. We set a GOAL and it is kinda high up there.The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.–Jim RohnYou don’t have to want to be crazy rich, maybe what you want is to be extremely comfortable. As in…-still take nice vacations,-drive a car that is not a traffic hazard (notice I did not say new),-have a house that is a makes you smile when you drive up to it,-have 6 months of living expenses in your money market account,-not have to put off your childs fup dentist appt because you can’t swing the copay on the work they need-be able to give to charities like you really want toWhat is it you want to fund? How are you going to get there? What is your dream/goal ?Got it, good! Now what are you willing to give up for it? Do you just want another job or do you want an income stream that may take some time to build but will leave you with time & money in the end?If you want the time and money look into passive income.Always Progressing.....
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