Make. Money. Online.
Did you ever ask yourself why?
I will tell you why I want to.
I want to be free. I don't want to be tied to a job or to a desk. I want -- well, actually what I really want is to be able to travel where I want to go. I can't because I have to go to work in the morning; I have to be *at that place* to *make my money*.
I don't really want to *travel*, travel. I want to see the beautiful places in the world of course but what I want is the freedom to be where I want to be. My son lives all the way across the country from me -- I would love to go visit him, whenever I wanted to, instead of counting not just money but the time off of work, leveraging that against how much time I might need if I get sick, or to do something else.
I don't really like my job. I don't hate it either. It's a good job, it's actually nonconstricting as far as jobs go. The problem is I don't care about it too much. I am the last person in the world who would stay at a job because of the health insurance but this is basically what I am doing -- huge urgings in my heart balance against that every day and i think...eh. What am I doing here. I wanna go...somewhere else.
So creating an online business is not, for me, about working from home or getting a second income to pay the mortgage, and certainly NOT about getting rich. To me it's about freedom, plain and simple. I want to be where *I* want to be.
So that's why I want an online business. Not so I can live in Bali and put up pictures of myself on top of a mountain on my website; but so I can be absolutely free.
But I always had this problem -- this question: If I am doing a job -- work -- online that means nothing to me, it is then a chore; an enslavement. It's for the same reason -- to get the money to pay the bills. I would still be doing exactly what I didn't want to do all day, just in another format, possibly a different town or apartment. But it's the same thing as being tied to a desk, doing something *all day long* that does not feed your spirit.
Now I look at these people...online marketers who we run into a lot of the time out here -- and I realize I am not like them. I don't want *money*. I want a meaningful life. I want my work to mean something; as much as my life means something. A massive bank account with commissions pouring in is a good thing, don't get me wrong, I'd love that to happen, but not...in a meaningless way, not because I tricked people into clicking on a link or made them sign up for somethingorother that sucks 9.95 out of their bank accounts every month for no reason they can remember.
It's not that I think these things are cheating, or dishonest. They just have no value. Why would I want to spend any part of my life, all day long, making something *of no value*? What fun is that?
I am unable to get myself moving to MAKE MONEY ONLINE because it's just not in my value set to think that way. I don't think *getting money from people* is the ultimate goal or even success. I think about what I want to express. I think about what I would like to think about and work on all day -- for the benefit of others. I think about how I want to help, what I want to *say*.
That -- more than freedom, more than money, more than anything, is the opportunity I see when I think about making a living online,.To develop my honest and authentic contribution to the world, that is *not* a miserably meaningless thing to do all day long. My chance to be myself, all day long.
This is why I have trouble getting going on something like endlessly promoting products for Amazon on Squidoo pages. It's why for years I couldn't get really excited about this proposition of making money online because all I ever heard about was how to trick the search engines. I don't want to make a living tricking search engines. I don't *want* to get money for nothing -- well okay sure I do, but I am not motivated in the least to put any effort into it. I want to offer service and value to others and profit thereby.
So for me...when I think about this endeavor it is really nothing at all about making money online. It is about having a life that is more meaningful, freer and more authentic. And that, to me, is a better life.
That's why I'm here.
What about you?
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I hear you but the reality, for me is this: I have to make money to do the things I want to do, for the people in my life. I agree you don't have to lie, cheat or swindle in order to sell products and services people need and want. It sounds to me like your similar to me in that I need a cause!,
I'm an Advocate for certain beliefs and causes. For example DOG RESCUES, I volunteer at NJBR New Jersey Boxer Rescue. I could see your doing something like this with your causes.
My Blog Mybonesandbiscuits.com donates to NJBR. I would love for that blog to earn enough so that I could support the cause full time and support my family. And some day my goal is to leave the site for my grand kids to continue on with.
There are always trade offs in life, you got to pick the lesser of two evils.
I agree with you! Thank you for this post, very inspiring!
I am here for the same reasons...I am so tired of being controlled by an uncaring boss and having to miss out on time that could be spent with my family. I would like to be able to enjoy what I do and be able to do something that will help others too. Not just drag myself to work at a certain time every day to earn a paycheck that a lot of times is barely enough to pay all the bills. There has been many times plans with the family have been pretty much ruined, for lack of a better term, because of my job, since I never know if I will be getting home on time or be mandated to stay for a 12 or 16-hour shift. I've gotten to where I never make plans anymore because of this. Such as today, which is supposed to be my day off, but half of it was spent at work since I got stuck working a 12 hour shift.
So here I am, and I am going to keep at it until I can gain my freedom from my job and hopefully be able to do something that will actually help people in some way. Sorry if I sound like I am ranting here! I need a nap :)
This is a really good blog. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about seeking "excellence" which is what I see in your blog. You want more than a simple formula for success. You want to matter and to help and to achieve something of worth. Those are noble goals.
For me the prime motive was curiosity. Something interesting was going on and people were making money doing it. Much controversy about it being part hustle, part art form. Even studying with Wealthy Affiliate I find separating the business from the monkey-business really hard.
Awesome blog! You took the words right out of my mouth. Freedom to be able to do what you want without any financial worries. That's my dream too. I will get there one day. I don't necessarily want to be rich either (although it would be nice). I would like to be able to make double my full time job income. That would be enough to pay my bills and have a little left over for daily life activities. Thanks for the motivation here in this blog. This is definitely a good reminder of why I want to be an Internet Marketer too.
Great blog. Your blogs are always thought-provoking. Thanks for the time you spend on them. I'm with you. To me it's not about getting rich, although I wouldn't object to it - and my wife certainly wouldn't - it's about having the freedom to do more with my time. I want to be able to do more with and for my family. I want to be in a better position to help others who need it. I'm not about having "things," I'm about quality of life.
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There is no doubt we all look for the meaning full to earn some money .That being said finding it is the difficult part.I am somewhat skeptical of this entire online business and I guess that is what holds me back.