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Post 1707, Day 223 of 2016
- 2,049 days since I started this blog -
- 2,049 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I cannot say that I've never been motivated by money, but I can say that when I was, it has never turned out well for me.
When I look back at the times when I pursued something, be it a job or investments working in a band, and the primary motive was financial gain, the job, investment plan, or band has ended in failure.
Two things stand out as I look back, kind of corollaries to that statement: .
The first is that, they often haven't failed because they weren't financially rewarding. In fact, that has happened only once (an investment scheme), which I got into because I was in financial distress and where I lost 90% of my stake, The motivation and failure were both due to the financial motivator.
The second thing, and it is kind of the other side of the first, is that even though financial gain was the driver, the failures were due to something other than the money aspect. Which is to say that money turned out not to be motivation enough.
At this point, it has been years (more than five) since I let money influence my direction. While, in that time, lack of money has prevented my acquiring certain material things I wanted, it has never been a big enough influence to cause me to pursue or reject any course of action I've taken.
I have enough money to not do anything I don't want to do. In that sense, I've felt financially independent for that entire time, which extends to the present.
In fact, that feeling is my greatest financial accomplishment.
And, possibly, my only one.
When I look back at the times when I pursued something, be it a job or investments working in a band, and the primary motive was financial gain, the job, investment plan, or band has ended in failure.
Two things stand out as I look back, kind of corollaries to that statement: .
The first is that, they often haven't failed because they weren't financially rewarding. In fact, that has happened only once (an investment scheme), which I got into because I was in financial distress and where I lost 90% of my stake, The motivation and failure were both due to the financial motivator.
The second thing, and it is kind of the other side of the first, is that even though financial gain was the driver, the failures were due to something other than the money aspect. Which is to say that money turned out not to be motivation enough.
At this point, it has been years (more than five) since I let money influence my direction. While, in that time, lack of money has prevented my acquiring certain material things I wanted, it has never been a big enough influence to cause me to pursue or reject any course of action I've taken.
I have enough money to not do anything I don't want to do. In that sense, I've felt financially independent for that entire time, which extends to the present.
In fact, that feeling is my greatest financial accomplishment.
And, possibly, my only one.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 202.8 lbs.
Diet Comment
Previous Weight (8/9): 203.4 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 0.6 lbs.
Diet Comment
I didn't expect weight loss today, after pizza last night. Amazing.
Food Log
Breakfast
11:45pm, at CoreLife:
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| Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and spinach, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing with a little sriracha). Not shown: Some off-plan food samples at BJ's Warehouse after lunch. |
Lunch
4:00pm: A quart of coconut gelato. Fail. (But delicious).
Dinner
Dinner
Skipped.
Liquid Intake
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 0; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 72+ oz.
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