Hey Vikko,
I also have kids 4 and 6.. as far as looking for "more" personally I take my time and look at the different things out there.. typically it boils down to 2 things:
investing
business
Here's something I've found that have made so much of the difference in everything from providing and getting more to doing more and loving life - I know it sounds hokey but it's true..
- Test Everything that perks your interest, then test many things that are just outside of your traditional interests..
- And then knuckle up and do it.. 1st on an extremely small scale and scale up if it's something you enjoy.
For instance, I found a blog the other day where a gentleman talks about his retirement. anything and everything, from his view on particular quotes from the past, to flowers, to his money.... Literally just random stuff, nothing in particular. What caught my attention is that he also shares how many people are visiting his site per month.. he's at about 30K a month and has small ads sprinkled all over his site.. He makes money on every add that's clicked - it called pay per click.. I know it sounds obvious and all but that completely tripped me out. This guy is literally rambling off the side of his neck and making money with it.
same with investing - If you're currently in the market here's something that I do. I'll look around and see how some people are really making money out there in the market... I try to look at the friends of friends because most of the time my immediate friends are on the same "wave length" and I'm typically looking for something higher. Then, I'll take my time and spend about a day or two looking on amazon.com for 3 of what look like the best books out there.. As I'm reading the books I'll internet search what looks like the best providers of that service and get pitched. Let them sell me the best they can and let them send me as much information as possible. Then I'll couple what I was pitched with what I've personally learned and buy lunch or dinner for the person that initially told me about how they were making money. typically by the time were done with our meeting I'll have a good idea on if I should try it out or not..
And then go from there...
I actually use this little cheat sheet formula on nearly everything..
and for instance when I got into forex I did this and instead of putting money on the line I opened a free dummy trading account so I could play with the controls, further my learning and see if it was completely for me or not..
I say this with deep concern because until I learned this mode of thinking I was stuck in a job that kept me from my family and when it came to investments my 401K options where based off of what so-and-so told me they were doing and thought CD's were a good tool.. Now I've realized that all of that is crap and a huge reason why I'm extremely thankful to have experienced and learned what I have because my old way of thinking was financial suicide..
Sorry if I went off on a tangent, just trying to be completely honest with you.. hopefully it helps - Have a good day!!