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Chad @ Sentient Money — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:00:11 -0000

I have to second the Peter King observation.

I need slapped too. 3 years as a consultant with all the usual bonuses...mind numbness, loss of IQ points, feeling of uselessness, feeling that you have read the entire internet, etc.

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FFB — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:40:04 -0000

Mmmm...butter. Glad I could help make some!

Don't tell anyone, shhh, but I tend to blog at work! Shhh. I find I enjoy putting energy into bogging much more than my work. No way am I ready to be a full-time blogger but it would be fun. Work for me pays the bills and puts money in retirement but I think I want more too. Doesn't have to be lifestyles of the rich and famous just time to spend with the family having fun. Your questions lately have definitely been resonating with me. Been thinking of what kind of business I could create. Wish I had the answer though.

Thanks for keeping the flame alive though!

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JRFAN — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:18:48 -0000

Thanks for all of the insights. I have one that I found recently that I'd like to share.
James Ray said, If your not growing, youre dying. Six simple words that I really needed to hear. I guess it was because I was complaining to my friend that I just wasn't feeling stimulated enough. It wasn't as if I was doing anything "bad" in my life, so I was not sure why I was not feeling right. After learning this idea, I realized that "staying at even par" is not enough. That bad feeling was because by not growing, I was staying in the same place, just plodding along towards my death in a way. Doing nothing has negative consequences. But if I was to start growing, I would be moving my life forward, expanding it into something much more exciting! Thats what living is all about.
After I finished reading Harmonic Wealth, I realized I needed to commit myself to a lifetime of learning it did not end when I threw my graduation cap in the air. Check it out for yourself (Link) By the way, the Spanish classes I singed up for are going great :)

Heres the link to the website where I bought the book: harmonicwealth.com/read

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bubelah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:09:49 -0000

Ok, so I am not into NFL news and I don't know Peter King, but I bet he doesn't spend his time taking care of chores: doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, going grocery shopping, taking car to a repair-shop, taking his shirts to dry-cleaner, etc.... you get the point. Sometimes we don't realize how much time is spent on petty but necessary day-to-day tasks. Imagine how much free time you suddenly would have if you didn't have to do all those things. Sometimes I wonder how Angelina Jolie can manage 6 kids: does she feed them, bath them, wake up at night when they have nightmares or when they are sick with fever??

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Eric — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:32:09 -0000

Seems like you are searching for the meaning of life. Lately, it appears your articles have been dedicated to a bit of soul searching. I've found them quite interesting. Many of the personal finance blogs I read deal with very specific "financial" topics that I cannot or do not want to understand. But with yours lately I can really relate. I too find myself wondering if all this saving, frugality, blah, blah, blah is really worth it. Lately I have been trying to find a balance between all of it and enjoying life to the fullest.

My greatest question is enjoy it now or enjoy it later!! Personnaly, I would rather be playing golf 3 times a week now (while I am in my mid 30's) versus playing 3 times a week when I am 65. However, having a young family doesn't allow this anyway - so I have accepted the fact time has become my most important factor. I would rather spend time with my wife, 2 year old son, and 4 year old daughter than be on the golf course. Besides, my daughter helps me bargain grocery shop!!

Best of luck and I hope you find that Holy Grail.....

Eric

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Akemi - Yes to Me — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:03:54 -0000

Thank you for the mention.
The article I submitted for this week is just that -- "If I have to work for an idiot. . ." I think many of us are so conditioned to think in the box of "career -- job -- find employer -- paycheck" but entrepreneurship is just out there within reach.

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Ruth — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:47:07 -0000

So, multumesc means "thank you" in Romanian and tuicas is "plum brandy." Thank you, Google! I sense the angst in your writing today (no, angst was yesterday, wasn't it?) and would like to urge you to take a deep breath and look around at what you have. Sure, we'd all like to have that fabulous job that we'd do even if we didn't get paid, and we'd all like to have the time and means to travel. I hope you get it, but not everyone does--not even close to everyone. But from reading your blog, it certainly sounds like you have a lot and, not to sound too Pollyanna-ish, it's good to think about the things you have instead of the things you don't. But I think you know that already.

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Dividend Growth Investor — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:20:38 -0000

Brip Blap,

I am glad that I was the biggest talker on the block. Isn't MultiMesc in Russian?

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Four Pillars — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:22:42 -0000

Thanks for the link!

Mike