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It's MONEY MAKING MONDAY! If you are stressed or even hate where you go to make your money, remember there is other money to be made at other places. Why settle with a job or career that you truly hate? You are in control of how and where you make your money. If you need more education to obtain the career you want - go get it! If you need experience to transition to a new position or career field - then go get it. Quit complaining every Monday about where you work and how miserable you are when YOU are not willing to do anything about it, but complain. Where does that get you? Let me remind you - YOU are in control of YOU. If you don't get the new job the first time - keep trying. Look for other opportunities. Only apply for jobs you are willing to accept and where you won't continue to be miserable. Don't transition from one miserable job to the next for a few extra bucks. Write down the details about your ideal job (position, location, work hours, desired salary, minimum acceptable salaries, benefits, paid time off, bonuses, etc.) Determine if you really like to work around or manage other people. If not - then find a position that requires you not to do so. It's important for you to know your needs, wants and desires. After identifying these things - add the level of priority (low, medium, high). For example, my husband and I both like to travel, we like to date often, and we truly ENJOY our free time. Therefore, we both prefer careers where we do not spend more than 40 hours per week. We have the option to take seasonal, contract, part-time jobs or volunteer work as we desire - but we are not willing to sacrifice our time in a career that requires mandatory overtime or unlimited hours. He's often referred to positions at companies where he can receive a higher salary. But that higher salary comes with a lot of time we are just not willing to give up. A few years ago, I changed my career field because I wanted to go into the field I plan to retire from. I wanted to obtain a career that I truly enjoy having. I no longer desired to work in the real estate industry. Although the salary, bonuses and perks were nice - that industry was not the career I wanted to retire from. I know I could increase my salary by 30k or more if I returned today, but I am not willing to sacrifice my desire to empower, enrich and educate - just to pad my pockets. I truly get joy in the job I do and I am a rising leader in my new career. I know where I am now is only the beginning. It's no longer a long painful drive to work. I look forward to my Money Making Monday. I look forward to working my 37.5 hours per week, with a salaried paycheck, with great benefits, with perks, with paid time off, with other administrative days off, no required "make-up days", the potential to have bonuses and the opportunity to work part-time jobs - as I desire. I have the opportunity to work with people and I have opportunities to work alone. In my position I have a great deal of autonomy and flexibility. Now, I am only looking up from here. You can achieve the same and MORE. Don't settle. Write it down, then take the steps you need to complete to make your transition. Stop allowing excuses to get in your way. You should want to retire from a position in a field that YOU enjoy. For a bit of motivation - check out this video entitled MONEY MAKING MONDAY.
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