Prison or Paradise?
Many people’s life long dream is to travel to exotic places and enjoy a serene paradise while they earn their paycheck. It’s entirely possible.
Before you say, “That’s the life I want!” Think about this...
With today’s technology it’s not difficult to find a job where you can work from anywhere, as long as you have power and an internet connection.
With our society desiring constant connection, you are expected to be reachable by phone, email, or a messaging app with a fairly timely response, especially when you work for yourself.
Working remotely has its advantages. You can work in the most optimal conditions, take yourself somewhere new every day. Travel and experience different cultures, communities, food and meet amazing people.
Except you still have deadlines.
Your work and business relationships feed your ability to live the life you’re living. Many times stress eats away at your core. Imagine having a project that takes weeks to complete without any breaks. Imagine juggling several of those projects at once. Make the deadline tomorrow. Now put yourself in a situation similar to the image above. The environment is breathtaking, You can go kayaking, walk to the beach, or take a nap in the warm sun and just relax... right?
Well only for a bit. Time is money after all and the world doesn’t stop because you do. You will fall behind if you overindulge in the distractions that surround you. Oh Wait you’re on vacation we forgot... that’s nice... now sit in front of that screen. Type the code, upvote the posts, like the images, trade your coins, take your profit, design something no one else in the world could create, but then please ask yourself... are you in prison or paradise?
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The thing is balance. We need to focus on those productive things keep us going forward. Taking action, and delegating tasks are fundamental to avoid stress.
Sometimes, we produce good income, but we don't enjoy all the possibilities it offers us. As we've heard before, it's not only financial freedom we mush reach, but also location and time freedom.
And financial freedom leads to the other two. We just have to take a moment alone to think and organize better our time and not obsessing too much about the job. If we focus and take action based on a well-designed schedule, we can evade burden .
I agree 100%. Great insight! I believe it's also important not to let others control your schedule and be your own master.