the key to the good life

by Odahh
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hello all ,

last year ..i had one of my outlooks shattered ..an outlook some of the online business people tout .. about cost of living ..

yes you can earn money online and live many places that cost much less to live.. but if you want a certain lifestyle ..it will probably cost about the same no matter where you live ,,

and you can live many plaves in the US for pretty low cost of living ..if you strip down the lifestyle you want to live ..

when i went to the philipines last year .. i may have been willing to ..live down a bit..but my filipina girlfriends who where very pretty.. wanted a more american standard of living ..which is why they where with me ..

money may not be able to buy you love or happiness ..but it can pay the rent ,buy nice furniture ..bay the bills to keep the house comfy .. and buy nice food ..

you have to decide the lifestyle you want ..then make the money you need to support that lifestyle and then invest in/purchase, or create assets that provide the income or elements of the lifestyle you want ..

and a huge factor in very successful people..is the way they earn money is embedded in the lifestyles they want or have ..so the lifestyle you lead most likely aslo has to go hand and hand with the way you make the money you make to support it .
#good #key #life
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    money may not be able to buy you love or happiness
    As the country song says..."it can buy you a boat and a truck to pull it".

    Many people seem to romanticize how they will live when they work online full time. If you want the big house and fancy lifestyle - you have to work for it and might not have the time you want to enjoy it.

    Many of us (I'm one) choose to work less and live a simpler life without the stress of debt and maintenance and with the luxury of free time. I've met a few people who travel constantly and work online. They rent rooms rather than villas and often choose 'time to enjoy life' over 'having stuff'.
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    • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      As the country song says..."it can buy you a boat and a truck to pull it".

      Many people seem to romanticize how they will live when they work online full time. If you want the big house and fancy lifestyle - you have to work for it and might not have the time you want to enjoy it.

      Many of us (I'm one) choose to work less and live a simpler life without the stress of debt and maintenance and with the luxury of free time. I've met a few people who travel constantly and work online. They rent rooms rather than villas and often choose 'time to enjoy life' over 'having stuff'.
      I'm with you! I traveled full time for 5 years and it was fantastic.
      I stayed in rented rooms, bought an RV, stayed in a few hostels - one directly on the beach. It was amazing.

      The people you meet that way are some of the coolest you'll ever meet. If it wasn't for aging parents I would still be doing it, but this time with my wife and daughter. So, no more rooms or hostels. It would be apartments etc... But, basically the same.

      My aim in life is not money or stuff. It's peace and the quality of my life.

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  • Profile picture of the author JenniferGiacoppo
    It is good to know that Happiness is perceptual.

    What I find happiness to be and what another finds happiness to be is of a difference.

    Doesn't make me wrong or right, nor does it make them wrong or right.

    But you are right in your happiness because it feels so good.

    I live in a beautiful home-it's like a million dollars-by the sea. My husband and I work to support our life.

    I can tell you bigger is definitely not better for me.

    I would be happier in a smaller house.

    So I choose to be happy anyway because whether you are eating eggs for dinner or lobster, you must be happy no matter what.

    Material things can enhance your life, or they can become a burden, but they will not replace your inner happiness and that is what we are all blessed with.

    You have control over your emotions-you get to choose whether you want to be happy or not.

    I feel happiness is being loved, loving another, having family around, health and food to eat.

    Everything else is a bonus.

    I do agree though that those adventures away with less cause you to become more creative and appreciate what you do have.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gas Dumfarht
    I love it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    well what i ran into on my trip to the philipines where i ran into many people working 11 hour days and maybee making 30 dollars a week ..is that many had no trouble being happy ..as long as they had a job food to eat some place to sleep ..

    and being in contact with a few people i met over there who regularly go days without power or don have airconditioning in 90 degree day to day heat..or go a few days withhout having food or having more to eat than rice ..

    i will never feel guilty about what i have over what many don't..but i will also go out of my way to not feel bad about things i do not have and what others do have mak me miserable ..
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Schuman
      To me Internet marketing is great for being able to choose when and where to work. The good life to me is having balance in spiritual, family, business, recreation, and physical fitness. Internet marketing can help achieve that when you have the income coming in and you do not have to work all of the time unless you want to.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Jeff Schuman View Post

        To me Internet marketing is great for being able to choose when and where to work. The good life to me is having balance in spiritual, family, business, recreation, and physical fitness. Internet marketing can help achieve that when you have the income coming in and you do not have to work all of the time unless you want to.
        the path i am being pushed /pulled onto is more an integration of those elements ..versus seeing each as separate that needs to be balanced ..but i am restarting at 37 ..with no debt no family to support..very few set expenses ..so i get to design and build an integrated life then bring new people in who fit into the life ..

        right now though im cought be tween two visions of what i want ..the one that seems possible..and a much bigger vision ..the million dollar dream ..my tropical resort .. haha..
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