Where am I today?
I’ve been thinking about the future a lot these days. So if you’ve followed my blog I’ve been pretty low-key. I’ve not had any big dreams or at least none that I’ve shared here. I’ve been working a corporate job and I’m making a good living. To be honest that’s been a pretty great life. I didn’t come from a family that worked a corporate job or made much money.
However, I find myself questioning that corporate existence now. Why work for the man? Sure there are lots of benefits but over the decades I find myself wondering, does the man really care about me? In my view this is how working for companies has possibly changed. Today we work for a company but in order to get ahead or be promoted we’ve found out that you can just go to another company to get that promotion.
Where do I want to be in the future?
World peace? That is a complicated question and I think it changes over time. Coming out of a 3-year pandemic I think most of us just want to be happy and do something that feels like pre-pandemic times. However, that’s not going to happen.
So what is it I would like today? I have an interest in being self-employed. That’s a scary thing because all of a sudden there’s no safety net. There will be no regular paycheck. There will be no company-sponsored health insurance in our current economy and world that’s kind of a big deal.
I still look around me and feel like if left to my own devices I could do pretty well. What’s that look like? I’m not exactly sure. How would I get there? Not exactly sure of the end game. I feel like it might be working on my own or for myself. Something like real estate or freelancing. I’ve worked for some other small businesses and I’m not looking to be the next Bill Gates.
How could I get to that vision?
Well, let’s be honest. A LOT of hard work will be required and time. Everything takes time and nothing happens overnight. One of the big topics I see out there now is about having a side hustle. The overwhelming number of ways to go about side hustles is shocking. Who could have imagined there were so many ways to make cash on the side or just make a living in that way?
I have a couple of ways that seem pretty interesting to me. I’ll list them out.
- Affiliate Marketing
- Freelance gigs
- eCommerce
- Agency
Again all these take time, lots of work, and some money to set up and run. There are some low-cost ways to get some of these up and running but it’s like a triangle where if one side is smaller the other 2 have to carry the weight. So if you don’t have or want to put money into it then you’re going to spend a LOT of time on it.
What are my next steps?
I’m going to give affiliate marketing a try. I’ve been watching videos and taking a course. I’ve started checking out affiliate marketing sites like ClickBank and Amazon Associate Central. I have the website to help support this effort and it’s just about committing and rolling up my sleeves.
Drop me a note and let me know what you think. I’d love to hear your thoughts. We could learn something from each other. I think this Amazon Affiliate program could be a great jumping-off point.
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