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When I made that comment, I didn't mean that I don't want to do anything difficult any more. What I really meant was that the challenge needs to have a payoff that I'm willing to work hard for. If I have just given up. I wouldn't be here trying to find my next new thing.This comment fills me with a large degree of empathy and sadness.
You don't have to be financially set to feel this. I think a lot of people get to this point.
On the one hand, I think this is a normal human reaction. On the other hand, it also sounds like a person that's just kind of given up.
Which reminds me of the line from Shawshank Redemption.
"Get busy living, or get busy dying".
It's the choice that everyone faces. Every day.
I'm sad because this sounds like you're on the wrong side of the equation. Even if you aren't actually, it sounds like at least part of you is.
But in some ways, this thread might be the most powerful I've seen on the forum.
No one can give you the answers you seek, but I'll pray you find them.
In the past, that payoff was money. Why is everyone here working on their businesses so hard? It is to make money. For some that money is a means to an end. For others, money is a way of keeping score.
To me, each dollar I made always had a purpose. That's why I had threads like buying a Ferrari for $20k. The challenge was, can you take $20k and buy a Ferrari. My challenges were never, can you make $1M. They would be more like, I want that mountain cabin and it costs $1M. So the challenge would be, can I make $1M so I can buy that mountain cabin.
I don't want to do a challenge for the simple fact of doing a challenge.
When I talk about discomfort, I don't want discomfort for no reason. When I think about starting a new business, that is adding discomfort to my currently cushy life for no reason. But if you find me a reason, I will jump on that discomfort train happily, because I actually liked the grind when it was all grinding to something.
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