LifeStyle Living… What’s it all About?

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Everyone dreams of living a lifestyle. When you mention “Lifestyle” to people in terms of success, often there’s visual images of someone dressed in name-brand clothes traveling the globe without a care in the world, sailing on yachts with all the toys, flying on private airplanes, limos and a line up of expensive luxury vehicles, 3 or 4 gorgeous custom built homes here and there, vacationing at famous exotic resorts on secluded islands, fine dining and millions of dollars flowing into their bank account on a regular basis.

This is their way of life.

It’s what they do.

In reality, for a select few, sure.  But more and more, ordinary families today are discovering the joys and rewards of their own “lives by design”.

So What Does “Lifestyle” Look Like For The Ordinary Family?

Many things. For Starters, we all have a lifestyle. The lifestyle most lead today is one of charging on credit cards for stuff they don’t really need, borrow money for newer, slicker cars, go further in debt, live paycheck to paycheck, struggle constantly, continue to stay at poverty and 30 days to bankruptcy levels. That’s a “way of life” for most families. They make a conscious or subconscious decision to live that way.

Even most professionals and 6 figure earners with college degrees and fabulous credentials live this way. (By the way, 6 figures a year . . . . well, that doesn’t go very far. It used to. But today, it doesn’t and the “new rich” is looking for 7 figures a year. They are the younger generation and they are reaching it in relative short periods of time. They recognize that going into debt for a career they don’t want is not the right path for them. So opt for entrepreneurship instead.

Since the economy has gone to pot, there’s been a huge influx of people who have answered the wake up call to their true lifestyle reality. They have been hit with a brick on the head and realize they need to get a handle on their finances or end up on homeless row.

While some families continue to live in denial and are going through the motions in a numb, ’sweep it under the carpet’ attitude, others genuinely desire a different life and to discover a new way to do things. They want security and freedom to choose how they spend their time. They are looking at all their options and entrepreneurship keeps coming up as the only solution. I’ll show you below as we brainstorm ideas.

I’ve talked to many individuals who have been laid off, and now that they have time on their hands, they can see what a slave they have been to their jobs. They’d lost their sense of family, vacations, sleeping in, hobbies, and spending time doing things they enjoy. Their lives had revolved around trading time for money and paying monthly bills. It’s like their purpose in life was to pay bills, . . . work and pay bills, . . . work and pay bills. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, like zombies.

As these individuals nurture the inner entrepreneur within themselves, they are planning for their future in ways they never have before and have described their “dream lifestyle” in various ways. They don’t want to go back to work. And if they are working, they want to come home and gain freedom and financial security.

And, at this point in time, they recognize that becoming a skilled entrepreneur is the way to do that.

For some, it means they are debt free and don’t need to consult their bank accounts if they wish to eat out, buy clothes, take a trip, give to charities, etc.

For others, it may mean that Mom and Dad are both home full time which allows them to be fully engaged in their children’s activities.

It means that hobbies are pursued with a passion.

It means that relationships are good because nobody is fighting about money.

It means there are no more alarm clocks, rushing around in the morning to get ready for work, exchanging time for money, fighting traffic twice a day and coming home exhausted.

Every family has their own idea of dream lifestyle.  I hope you’re pursuing yours.

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