A common piece of advice I've noticed from a lot of 'successful' people is to take risks.
Tim Ferriss says it, Helen Keller, T.S Eliot, Mark Twain, the list goes on. Basically, anyone who has ever done anything great, when asked about how they have done it, replies with something along the lines of, "I had to take a risk". Nothing truly great ever really happens to anyone who sits in the confines of their comfort zone. This advice is summed up so well in a song I recently heard on the radio by an Australian artist, Seth Sentry.
This is a very poignant piece of information for me right now as I am at a kind of crossroads currently. I have been a huge believer in the possibility of becoming a digital nomad for a while now. Though the thought terrifies me, quitting your job in hope of making a living from less conventional means.
I want to take the risk!
Here's where I stand in my life at the moment
- we have a nice rental home with a means of transport to get to and from work
- we both have steady full time jobs
- we have free time in the weekends
- we also enjoy sports during the week and yoga on the weekends
To sum it up, things are pretty bloody swell for us.
Are we greedy to want more?
I don't like capitalism, I don't like the idea of selling my life for a pre-determined dollar amount every week. 40 hours a week is like 80% of your waking life. It just doesn't seem right! I want to live a life where I work on my on terms, I decide what my time is worth, and I can give my value to whoever I decide at the time. Right now, I give my value (if any) to you!
Our Crossroads
- I have just been offered a Manager position at the warehouse I drive for. This will be a slight increase in income but an even steadier job with more regular hours (no more 3:30am starts!!)
- we are also going to be travelling again in less than a year. If we want to set ourselves up for a nomadic lifestyle, we should start now!
- there are golden opportunites to make money online as an affiliate marketer, a blogger and also through the rise of cryptocurrencies
- my wife works in childcare, so any change in her schedule should occur at the start or end of the year to minimise disruption to her kids and we have started to talk about her quitting her job at the end of this year and focussing on making the digital nomad thing work!
What do we do!?
So, now we are deciding. We are halfway through a two week holiday and all of these ideas are enjoying the opportunity to gallavant around our heads. It is both exciting and terrifying at the same time! But based on what Seth Sentry has told us, as well as Tim Ferriss and all the other epic people in history, we have to take that risk!
encouragement encouraged!
As Always,
