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- Jan 22, 2019
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Hey there,
My name's Nick (Nicholas Vikør Green) and my reason for aiming for the fastlane is to not have to make the same choice as my mother with regards to working more hours/spending less time with my kids (when I have them) in order to afford a good lifestyle. I also don't want to be a hypocrite, telling any offspring that they can be whatever they work towards while I myself simply did what was the norm.
I currently work in what could almost be called a slowlane ideal: I work for the Norwegian government, which in thirty so years (probably a few more with future pension regulations) will entitle me to a yearly pension of 60% of my top income. My job security is just about as secure as it can get, even if I were to do something stupid enough to lose my security clearance. Along with 28 days vacation a year and other benefits (such as year-long paternity leave at 80% salary), it's a comfortable cage that can really numb the senses.
Yet, I shiver and feel lost when I think of it as something to do day-in-day-out for the rest of my pre-retired life.
As for fastlaning, there is two exceptions to my analysis paralysis: authoring and teaching.
My default is to day dream and think up stories, characters, relationships, and events, such as the mother searching for her children in a post-apocalyptic landscape while guided by a corrupting angel or the bullying victim who in the course of his trials must choose between saving his community (family, bullies, and all) or leaving them to die in search for a better life for himself.
In a CENTS perspective, I am on the line of C and E with this strategy.
C) Amazon seems the most viable market for selling indie fiction, which reduces my control over my income (though I could move away from there and still own the product and sell it elsewhere).
E) Anyone can, hypothetically, write fiction and sell it on Amazon, resulting in a low barrier to entry. However, I believe I either have or can develop the skills to be a very good writer, particularly fantasy, due to how I can set myself into my imagination and how I can describe what I sense there, as well as my empathy skill when imagining characters and their motivations. My skill level should be able to compensate for the relatively low barrier to entry.
I also enjoy teaching, helping others improve their competencies and their understanding of subjects and people. I like helping people help themselves. Whether I could/should do this on its own or through fiction authoring is unclear.
Currently, I'm working my way through Chris Fox's non-fiction as his write-to-market strategy is congruent with the N - need aspect of fastlaning. I am also reading through books concerning motivation and habit-building, with some concern that I am reading my way to busyness rather than business.
Cheers!
- Nick
My name's Nick (Nicholas Vikør Green) and my reason for aiming for the fastlane is to not have to make the same choice as my mother with regards to working more hours/spending less time with my kids (when I have them) in order to afford a good lifestyle. I also don't want to be a hypocrite, telling any offspring that they can be whatever they work towards while I myself simply did what was the norm.
I currently work in what could almost be called a slowlane ideal: I work for the Norwegian government, which in thirty so years (probably a few more with future pension regulations) will entitle me to a yearly pension of 60% of my top income. My job security is just about as secure as it can get, even if I were to do something stupid enough to lose my security clearance. Along with 28 days vacation a year and other benefits (such as year-long paternity leave at 80% salary), it's a comfortable cage that can really numb the senses.
Yet, I shiver and feel lost when I think of it as something to do day-in-day-out for the rest of my pre-retired life.
As for fastlaning, there is two exceptions to my analysis paralysis: authoring and teaching.
My default is to day dream and think up stories, characters, relationships, and events, such as the mother searching for her children in a post-apocalyptic landscape while guided by a corrupting angel or the bullying victim who in the course of his trials must choose between saving his community (family, bullies, and all) or leaving them to die in search for a better life for himself.
In a CENTS perspective, I am on the line of C and E with this strategy.
C) Amazon seems the most viable market for selling indie fiction, which reduces my control over my income (though I could move away from there and still own the product and sell it elsewhere).
E) Anyone can, hypothetically, write fiction and sell it on Amazon, resulting in a low barrier to entry. However, I believe I either have or can develop the skills to be a very good writer, particularly fantasy, due to how I can set myself into my imagination and how I can describe what I sense there, as well as my empathy skill when imagining characters and their motivations. My skill level should be able to compensate for the relatively low barrier to entry.
I also enjoy teaching, helping others improve their competencies and their understanding of subjects and people. I like helping people help themselves. Whether I could/should do this on its own or through fiction authoring is unclear.
Currently, I'm working my way through Chris Fox's non-fiction as his write-to-market strategy is congruent with the N - need aspect of fastlaning. I am also reading through books concerning motivation and habit-building, with some concern that I am reading my way to busyness rather than business.
Cheers!
- Nick
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