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Confused about dryer sheets
Thank you for reading my first post. My name is Ken. I have worked in the car sales business for 10 years now. I recently woke up one morning and had to ask myself what the heck I had been doing selling cars for 10 years of my life I have always had a dream of retiring early, but somehow I always let life bog me down. I was the perfect example of being stuck in the rat race. Granted, some of the finest specimens of human kind can be found in the car business, if you like drug dealers, and child predators...(no joke, I have known all kinds in my tenure). I decided long ago, that the car business was not a permanant destination for me.
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy what I have been doing for the last 10 years. I work in the commercial and fleet sales end of things, and so I had the rare car business schedule of 9-5 M-F. I also enjoyed working in outside sales, which didn't require the high pressure closes that the car business is notorious for. I often chuckle as I walk across the showroom floor and I hear some sales guy pull out the stale old line: "what do I have to do for you to buy this car today?" If he only know what a shmuck he sounds like.... I am done with this environment, and more importantly, I am done with a daily grind job.
I recently decided that I deserve to travel more. I deserve to be with my kids for more than an hour or two a day, and I deserve to be in control of my time for a change. In the last couple of years, I have been studying hard, trying to find a means of automating my cash flow (passive income, etc...). I have read numerous books, taken several courses, and attended countless free seminars. I experimented (with decent success), and found several avenues that will provide me and my family a means to pay the bills, and fund a lifestyle that, shall we say, differs slightly from 95% of people my age.
I figure that now is as good a time as any. I'm young, I have almost $30K put away as a safety net, and I am extremely ambitious and motivated to make this thing work. I initially thought I needed $1M in the bank to even consider "retirement" But that was when I thought of retirement only in the traditional sense, of living off of investment returns. I have since learned there are sooooo many other ways to create automated income. (I'm sure I will discuss what I have learned, and my experiences in future posts.) Besides, what's the worst that could happen? I spend 3 months burning through my savings, only to go back to a career that I enjoyed, and where I am well respected.
So, wish me luck. I'm sure you will here from me again.
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy what I have been doing for the last 10 years. I work in the commercial and fleet sales end of things, and so I had the rare car business schedule of 9-5 M-F. I also enjoyed working in outside sales, which didn't require the high pressure closes that the car business is notorious for. I often chuckle as I walk across the showroom floor and I hear some sales guy pull out the stale old line: "what do I have to do for you to buy this car today?" If he only know what a shmuck he sounds like.... I am done with this environment, and more importantly, I am done with a daily grind job.
I recently decided that I deserve to travel more. I deserve to be with my kids for more than an hour or two a day, and I deserve to be in control of my time for a change. In the last couple of years, I have been studying hard, trying to find a means of automating my cash flow (passive income, etc...). I have read numerous books, taken several courses, and attended countless free seminars. I experimented (with decent success), and found several avenues that will provide me and my family a means to pay the bills, and fund a lifestyle that, shall we say, differs slightly from 95% of people my age.
I figure that now is as good a time as any. I'm young, I have almost $30K put away as a safety net, and I am extremely ambitious and motivated to make this thing work. I initially thought I needed $1M in the bank to even consider "retirement" But that was when I thought of retirement only in the traditional sense, of living off of investment returns. I have since learned there are sooooo many other ways to create automated income. (I'm sure I will discuss what I have learned, and my experiences in future posts.) Besides, what's the worst that could happen? I spend 3 months burning through my savings, only to go back to a career that I enjoyed, and where I am well respected.
So, wish me luck. I'm sure you will here from me again.