The Long Term Consequences of Your Short Term Actions

A few nights ago I was having dinner with a few friends and we go into a discussion about unconventional living. One of my friends said something to me that really stuck in my mind. He said "why not wait 5-7 years, establish yourself, and then do your own thing?" My reply was that you could do it along side your corporate job.

What resulted was an interesting discussion about time. Both of my friends said that by the time they got from home work, they just didn't have the energy to put in one hour a day into a passion project. I'm sure my friends work longer hours than I do so I can't blame them for feeling the way they do.A But I also think that what they might be overlooking is the fact that our short term actions have long term consequences. In fact I think the long term consequence for not taking control of your life now is giving control of your financial future to your employer. If you ask me that's a damn steep price to pay when you compare it to one hour a day.

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Posted: December 23rd, 2010
at 1:24pm by Koookiecrumbles


Categories: life,"ninja",development,health

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