Why are you getting online day after day and posting content on your Hive blog? Why are you spending hours upon hours reading, upvoting, and commenting on other people's posts? What's your motivation for spending so much time married to your computer? What's your why?
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Have you asked yourself any of those questions lately? Have you wondered if you are just spinning your wheels? Have you thought that maybe it's just not worth it?
If you are in it for the money, there are so many other ways that you could earn more than a few cents a day? At the rate you start out, it would take you weeks just to earn enough for a pizza, much less replace your salary. How can a few tokens impact your life in a positive way? Making a living online is hard...especially if you are trying to do it while you are already working full time. And it's not going to happen overnight. it's probably going to take years before you could replace your salary. Are you really going to work that long for little or no return?
But, what if...
Could you really?
With the right mindset, you can actually CHANGE YOUR LIFE! You have to realize that it is a whole new paradigm. Instead of spending an hour or two (or more) each day travelling to and from work, your commute can be from one side of your house to the other. Imagine the money you could save on fuel, work apparel, and child care. Instead of spending eight to ten hours a day with your coworkers, you can have quality time with your family on their schedule. How would you like to be the parent that gets to go on your kid's school field trips (or better yet, take your own field trips and/or homeschool so that you know what your child is being taught)? Instead of spending your vacation as a staycation and checking out the local attractions, you could be taking your family to Disneyworld or taking a romantic cruise for your second honeymoon? Instead of working the 40/50/40 plan (work forty hours a day, 50 weeks a year [with two whole weeks of stayacation, woohoo!] for forty years) and then depending on Socialist Insecurity which will pay you about half of what you can barely get by on now for the rest of your life (if it is even still around by then), you can retire when you want and make more money after you retire than you were making while you were working. Instead of working when someone else says you need to be there and getting paid as little as they think you are worth, you can set your own hours and make all of the profit.
Right now, you're probably saying, "That sounds great, Garrey, but how long it is going to take the get there?" My response to that question is simple and twofold..."Does it matter how long it took once you get there?" and "Are you going to get there doing what you are doing right now?" If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.
Do you see how changing your perspective can change your life? Are you willing to invest in your future and go into business for yourself? Are you willing to reinvest all of your current online income for several years in order to accumulate a sustainable, recurring income? Are you willing to do what it takes now in order to attain security for the rest of your life? Are you making a living...or making a life?