Life Purpose Vs. Money

[Magnifico]

Hey everybody,

I just hate the idea of money, why can't I make music all day long and life like a free bird. I know complaining won't work and a victim mindset either.

I am 19, finished high school recently with good grades. Applied to companies for dual study and failed with every company, kinda hurts because I take it too personally. Now I am working as a helper 9 to 5 for 5 months and going for 7 months to Central amerika with this money. But there is a time after my travel experience. I can't live with my parents my whole life. I want to follow what I'm passionate about and that is music.

 

But I can't imagine livin a 9 to 5 life later to keep me livin' AND hustling for my passion. Because I hate that kind of working. I hate it right now and and will hate a "normal" job in the future, because I am not free. But I can't ignore money.

 

I get so depressed because of this. Because one can't work with the other. Really my mind just says give a shit and be a homeless. 

Do you felt the same sometimes? How do you cope with this conflict?

 

Tim :*

[Arman]

Bro it's not one or the other.

Do you understand there has been no greater time in the history of humanity to do what YOU want and also have it be very lucrative? Don't want to work the 9-5? Then decide that's not how you'll be living your life and figure it out dude.

Your blockage here isn't a practical one, it's an emotional one. Your emotions and your root beliefs about money and how it's made are literally blinding you. One day when you release those you will think this was the silliest question.

Find out what you love and figure out a way to make to make money off of it. The source of your income doesn't necessarily need to be based off your primary passion either. Gain some skills like marketing, get a basic understanding of the entrepreneurial mindset and landscape. This stuff is really exciting.

You may have to work a 9-5 in the short term to gain basic equity if necessary or just to get you rolling - but is that really so bad? Is it so bad to actually experience something less than your ideal on your journey forward? Use it as an opportunity to sink in new things and appreciate the contrast and inspiration you can allow it to create before you move onto the next bigger steps. Also working a 9-5 can be nice because if your goal is self actualization and self development then you can serve as an inspiration and just general beacon of positivity that some people and work places desperately need. Is it so bad to be of service to others? 

If you are unhappy doing what you are doing now, you will be unhappy with the money and extra time on your hands. No way around that. You have unlimited abundance of content in your experience to allow you to grow, but you are telling yourself it isn't available until X Y and Z are in place. 

The landscape and potential are endless. Change your mindset, change your frames. 

Edited December 8, 2016 by Arman

[Leo Gura]

4 hours ago, Magnifico said:

But I can't imagine livin a 9 to 5 life later to keep me livin' AND hustling for my passion.

That's how I started, and so did many others.

You gotta earn your position in life through work and good strategy.

Freedom ain't free. Yes, it would be nice if we lived in a society where it was free.

Rather than whining about it, the best solution is to roll up your sleeves and get creative.

If you love making music so much, why aren't you making enough good music to please people and earning yourself some money? People are making hundreds of millions of dollars in the music biz. If you really wanted to, so could you.

Music is one of the easiest fields to get into, because it requires zero capital. You can write amazing music in your Mom's basement.