Some people would thinkthat a pay cut would be a serious hit to the bank account. I do think that it will be hard,but I see it as a motivator. I really want to start this business of mine. I don't want anything to get in the way of that. I want to be able to walk away from this job, knowing that I did everything I could, to make my life better here and had no other choice,but to leave. I think it is interesting that in the midst of trying to start a business, I am getting a paycut. This is all rumored to be at least 5% but could be as high as 10%. One of the reasons, it sucks to be a contractor is for reasons like this. You have no control over your financial health when things like this hit you in between the eyes. Last night I was a little discouraged, thinking about the immediate changes that will have to happen, cancel the cable, no more pedicures, maybe no cell phone, but today I am encouraged. I think it is a great way to see things as they are and be able to say, you know this is ok, for now, but I have bigger plans, and my plans don't depend on this job. My plans are far more about the future than they are about the moment. Although if you live in the moment for the moment, you find that the future really is not all that important. So I am conflicted. Philosophy vs. reality. I gues sboth answers are right at different times.
I want our lives to be happy and safe and financially secure, but I also want to take a risk, jump out of the "right thing to do" and start this business. I believe in it, totally. I want it to succeed and I want to keep moving toward opening day. In time, the gifts of my perserverence will blossom. In a year or two I will look back on this time and think, that was totally the right decision, totally. I know in my heart that this moment is the right moment for this. I believe it will happen. There are a lot of reasons people can come up with the to try to derail me and my desire for this business to open. To them, I just say, well I have been waiting for the "right time" for 20 years, when will it be the right time? When I am ready to make the commitment, that's when the time is right and that time is now.
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I am sorry to hear about your pay cut. It's never easy to lose money, but the bigger picture is more important. We are starting this business because we don't want to be in the situation we are in right now. The right time to "jump" is when you say its the right time. No one has discouraged us from our business. Our wives believe in us and the law of attraction is already in motion. It will happen and come '09 we will be sitting in our business on opening day, looking at our cliental relishing in our success!
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