What legacy will I leave?
This being brought to my attention because I have recently become immersed or even obsessed with financial independence and free time. At first my efforts were mainly to get me out of the rut I have been stuck in ever since I started working. I work full-time, which leaves me as much time as most of working class America. The pay is much better that what I have received in the past so I’m not complaining about the hourly rate. The benefits are extremely inexpensive and even though I may try hard at times I can create no real complaints of the job. Yet, I am left wanting more.

I don’t consider myself a selfish person. I don’t take more that I need to survive; I actually try at every corner to be conscious of those who have less- In turn cutting back my own consumption. But I need more out of my current lifestyle. It really bothers me to realize that I am working for someone else. Many might call me foolish and maybe I just need to develop my persuasive skills a bit more to help them understand my cause. My efforts are to first change my life for the better. Who has never wanted to do so?

Me; I’m going to change primarily for time. Money has never really mattered to me. In a successful life I don’t see myself in mansion or a fancy sports car. Rather I see a life where I can go and do as I please. From exploring and travelling to building websites or video games, I want to make time for it all.

In the wake of prioritizing my life and projects, I have thought much about what world I will bring my children into. Will I be a completely successful man when I really need to be? Though a family may be years off, I feel the urge to begin my financial life. I often times become conscious of this feeling deep within my thoughts. Buried beneath petty concerns and objectives or accomplishments I hope to fulfill this need. The thoughts do worry me some, because I do not know entirely what the future will bring. The previous is masked entirely around a brute force which knows I will accomplish whatever I begin.

So even though I have meandered around the topic with my life’s concerns, I do feel that what I do today will have a massive effect on tomorrow. A movie quote just ran through back of my mind while I typed this…

“What we do in life echoes an eternity.”- Maximus from Gladiator.

When I create an independent means of making income I will in turn be effecting how I will live my life down the line. Yet if I decide to kick up my feet on the desk and settle into the false security of my current job, I may find myself in the same predicament within five years. Putting off the inevitable will not prevent it arising again later on in my life, so it is best that I become what I want to be now. I can think of no logical reason why I should not change now, and neither can those I consult on the topic. The change has first come within and that is what I have always wanted. It will now be fueled by my extreme work ethic which I wasted on my previous employment.

In Conclusion…

At the end of this blurb which encompasses my current state of mind, I have to ask myself something. Is this a legacy? Will family many years from now look back and find guidance from my troubles and tribulation? Or will they look at what I’ve done as a whole?