The Path Of Less Resistance

byLillzMorgan

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Updated 10 years ago

I have been travelling this path for the majority of my life. By choice? Of course! Every decision that I have made through my life has lead me to where I am today. Every easy choice that was placed before me I leapt at it. As a child I was provided with everything that I needed to be the very best person I could possibly be; but, if that required work, then forget it, it wasn't for me. Now, fast foward to the person I have grown into, I am by definition an 'unskilled worker'.

When I measure myself against my siblings, I do not measure 'up' at all, infact, they are all white collar employees and I am blue. They all have degrees and I have nothing, quite simply, they chose to do the hard yards, and I chose the path of less resistance. Now that we are adults, they are reaping the rewards of their labours, and I am working labour intensive jobs with quite a huge gap in our earning potential.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't me throwing a pity party for myself; I am merely showing the difference between taking the path of less resistance and what benefits can come from putting in the work now in anticipation for the future.

For those who know me, I am a huge educational audio fan; I've dedicated a good amount of time in the last twelve months to listening to them. Through the audios I have learnt something of great value about myself. You see, when I was working in my first factory job, my siblings were all in university. I was the one earning money and they weren't. They had a little money, and relied on our parents for a little help here and there; I did not. When I could afford to go out and drink with friends on a Friday or Saturday night, my siblings could not. So, at that time I felt like I had made the better decision of us all. Choosing to work in a factory at 18 was a good idea; well at least it was short term. The valuable lesson I have learnt now that I am older, is that my siblings were thinking long term plans, and obviously I was not.

Fast forward 16 years....

16 years later, I am the one who is still working in a factory/warehouse environment, and my siblings are all living a comfortable 35 hours jobs respectively. Choosing to live my life on the path of less resistance has inevitably kept me working in 'unskilled' jobs, and as for my siblings, they are all living the life they planned for themselves. They worked toward their long term goals, and I worked for the short term. Earning minimum wage is okay for a teenager, but it certainly isn't for a 30 something year old.

Everything had to change....

If you don't already know, I am originally from New Zealand; now I reside in Western Australia. For unskilled workers in New Zealand you can expect to earn anywhere between $13 to $18 an hour; but, if like me, you choose to migrate to Australia, an unskilled worker can expect to earn from $20 upto $35 an hour. Therefore, should you choose to make the move, instantly your earnings per week will increase to an extra $300 to $400 cash in your bank per week. That is what we did, we left New Zealand and moved to Western Australia. My partner is a tradesman, but I was the unskilled worker. Finally I was making what my siblings were making, but I had to move to another country in order for that to happen.

Was the move worth the extra money?

I ask myself that question a lot, and there are times when I answer yes or no -

YES We can now afford to go out to dinner regularly

YES We brought a new car using cash

YES We can now afford to pay our mortgage back home and pay our rent here in Australia

YES We are now able to save

YES We have taken holidays each year since being in Australia

YES We no longer skimp and scrape to make it to our next pay day

NO We miss out on seeing our family when we want

NO We miss the birthdays and holidays together

NO When our loved ones pass away, we cannot just pick up and go to pay our respects

NO The food here isn't as good as it is back home

Choosing to take the path of less resistance has taken us away from being where our hearts want to be, but like I said in the beginning, every choice that I have made as been by my choice and no one elses. So if I'm looking for anyone to blame, well the finger is firmly pointed straight back at me.

What being away from our loved ones has taught me is that it's time I stop taking the path of less resistance and instead start taking the path that leads to where we ulitmately want to be, and that is in our own prosperous future. Not be stuck in our present, afterall, I have been living in my present for 16 years, and I want more for myself than this.

We 'got real'

My partner and I finally got real. Unfortunately it took a tragic death in my partners family for us to finally sit down and plan our future and work out how we were going to achieve it and more. I'll be honest, just sitting down and planning our goals was a mission. Planning how we were going to achieve our goals was in itself a mission too. Thankfully, what we have now is a clear plan of what we both want, and how we are going to do it together.

Now is the time that I stop leaping for the easy way through life, forget the path of less resistance, it isn't for me anymore, I want nothing more to do with it. Instead, I'm about making the right choices, doing the right tasks and practising the disciplines daily to create the future my partner and I both look forward to.

There are many resources I am putting into practise, and one that I am thankful to have found is Wealthy Affiliates. I know through completing the training, and taking part in the WA community, I know that I will create an online income that will have my partner and I returning to New Zealand.

I am thankful to Wealthy Affiliates, and I am excited about our future. My wish, is that you too find the resources you need to attain your goals and create the future you want. I now live by design, MY design, and I grow more confident by the day.

#TheUnskilledWorker