My Whys: Thoughts & Musings

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my 4 main whys I'm pursuing Internet Marketing/Affiliate Marketing or Online business through Wealthy Affiliate.

Shaking off my dependence on SSI

I went on SSI Disability over 30 years ago with the idea that it was going to be only temporary, but 37 years later, I'm still on it, but I never gave up trying, and I'm not giving up now. It bought me time to face my issues, and change my mindset, but it didn't really make me comfortable being on the largess of the federal government or the state governent. It wasn't really a living, just existence.

One of the things I learned about SSI, is that they punish you for trying to get ahead, they don't really appreciate losing people. But I want a better life without worrying about an emergency that might pop up unexpectantly next week, next month, next year. I don't want to depend on just one stream of income either. You don't have a quality of life, and that's what I'm looking for now, even though I'm in "my golden years".

I want to replace the "income" I'm getting with SSI, surpass it and then wean myself off of SSI and never have to worry about returning to it again. I want to truly live, and have at least 3 streams of consistent income, one of which would affiliate marketing, one would be Kindle Publishing, and one would be nurturing my community in a membership area. At least to start with. Later, I can make other goals. But to surpass my SSI, by a little, then a lot, and a whole lot, that's is my big "why".

I *do* believe that money doesn't buy happiness, but it can "buy" freedom, and when you've been poor, you focus on what you don't have, in a way that people who are comfortable don't have to. You tend to be more self-absorbed than most, and this isn't healthy for mind, body or spirit. And I'm tired of living this way. I no longer want to think only of myself, worry about making ends meet. And I think I can help people by simply having the freedom of a better life. Poverty doesn't buy happiness either. Believe it! Either so rich you are disconnected from people and are self-absorbed, or too poor to think about anyone else, both are unbalanced, and unhealthy. There has to be a better way!

Provide For My Family

One of the things I read about online incomes is that it allows you to provide for your family. For me, it doesn't matter who provides for our family (of 2), me or my husband. I've come to believe that I *do* deserve a better life, and some of the creature comforts that most people take for granted.

I'd like to have a better house (with a better kitchen), It doesn't have to be a "McMansion", just a livable house that we can have a home base, and that I can look forward to working from, This is something I've never experienced. I'd like to be able to invest in my future, and I believe in my heart that an online empire can do this, and that Wealthy Affiliate can help with. I'm aiming for a Condo or Townhouse

Being Affluent Would Allow Me to Help More People

One if my most fervent hopes that while I can help people now, being in a position where I have more funds to help more, would teach the people I teach that what I call The Victory Lifestyle shows on the outside, not just on the inside. That is, it's not just what's in the mindset that changes behavior, but that manifests on the outside with a quality of life that reflects excellence, hope, and that we can always change. It doesn't have to start when you're in your 20's and 30's, but it can happen in your golden years too, long after people are considered to be "retired".

Some of the people that I look up to, Joe Vitale, Connie Ragen Green, Dennis Becker, are all affluent, but they are not self-absorbed people. They use part of what they have to help people to have better lives than sometimes the "powers-that-be" seem to want them to have. I want to join this group. It's not about popularity with me, It's about as I grow in my online empire, I can help more and more people.

Charity

I'd like to eventually start a charity that would provide not so much medical aid, but moral support for children who are catastrophically sick or injured. Like burn victims, kids with cancer, kids with muscular dystrophy, as well as their families. When a kid's sick, everything just...stops. The family can't move forward, the other siblings feel left out because the parents are only worried about the sick or injured people. There's no time for the siblings, and they grow to resent the injury or the illness that is getting in the way and between what they need, support as well. I'd like to have activities for the siblings, so they can feel important again, or at least seen and not invisible, just there. I'd call this Cookies & Ice Cream Foundation.

Another chariity I'd like pursue is to pass out fire extinguishers to those who do not have them like the Gideons pass out Bibles. Also courses in how to use them and which fire extinguisher for which fire, and how not to panic in the event of a fire. This would be for Residences and Businesesses. I think this would save a lot of lives.

But I can only have this once I am successful with an online empire. So this is what keeps me going and gets me out of bed, and believe me, this isn't as easy as I want it to be, believe me!

What are you're "whys"? List them below. And have a great day!