Thanks, all, for your thoughts. I guess it's more common that I thought, at least with the folks here. I have a lot of noodling to do now to try and understand myself better.
--Dale--
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Originally Posted by bld999
Nah, I am one and no doubt many others here,... but I always think "what would make barrels of money and also be fun?" The happiest and most contented people I have heard of or known [not many] had that combination going.
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Glad to know there's someone else out there with this "problem". But, yeah, if it ever starts sounding like "no fun", I have no problem dropping the idea.
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Originally Posted by jags
1.If you have kids or other beneficiaries, how much you want
to leave them
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I consider my job with the kids done after I raised them and got them through college.
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Originally Posted by jags
2. How much value you place on being engaged in making money as opposed living life, if u have enough already
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I try to think of ways to have fun "living life", then I realize, while I wasn't paying attention, my plan turned into how to have fun and make a few bucks, hehe.
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Originally Posted by martyp
You might consider trying to live without monetary reward to explore what it is like.
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Good idea. I don't have any real experience at it, it's all just thoughts and plans while I count-down these last few months.
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Originally Posted by ShortInSeattle
If you are driven because you think making money is really fun, then it's less problematic. Go have fun!
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I think that's it. But I think I will sit with this thought for a time. I haven't done that.
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Originally Posted by clifp
Hi Dale you are among friends here at money makers anonymous.
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Thanks! Luckily I've not got the stock-picking bit of OCD, just other kinds, hehe.
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Originally Posted by ducky911
build the boat
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I just might make a project out of it. First, I'd need to travel the world to visit all of the other people that are building this specific kind of boat I'm looking at, though. That's the OCD..need to do it right if I'm going to do it.
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Originally Posted by redduck
Let's see: you actually don't have to MAKE money (OK, maybe some money), but you say you have a need to THINK about making money. So, if you didn't think about making money, what would you think about instead?
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Yep, it's irrational. But what would I think about is a great question. Maybe I'm worried that if I didn't think about making money, I'd not be fulfilled. But then again, I could see myself forgetting the whole money making thing and concentrating on sailing and "just living".
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Originally Posted by Lsbcal
No you are not, but are you just looking for confirmation or to change?
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I was honestly curious if other folks here found themselves drifting into money making aspect when they were planning their leisure. For me, it happens often. And of course "am I the only one" was hyperbole. But I did get my answer: it's very common with people here.
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Originally Posted by Lsbcal
I have some activities that do not make money. One of these would be ruined (I think) if business were introduced into it.
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That's huge. Because if it becomes "work", then it might become "no fun", even though it's exactly the same thing you thought used to be fun.