Money will make me happy
What will happen after I solve all my money problems?
I have heard severally that money doesn’t buy happiness, and this is mostly said by wealthy people. Although Forbes thinks otherwise, I have also been wondering what sort of happiness that money cannot solve.
At first I remember that money cannot buy you good health, but regardless of whether or not you have money, you will get better care, perhaps the best available option when you have money.
I have been hustling (working hard for money) for a long while now and I had different strategies to escape poverty.
So far, here are the steps I have taken
Step 1: I read over 100 books on self improvement, wealth creation, business administration and management, and financial intelligence.
Step 2: I learned a lot of skills; photography, digital marketing, content writing, social media marketing, social media management, copywriting, graphics design, tech sales and academic/research writing.
Step 3: I tried to do as many jobs as I can relating to any of the above skills.
Note that I didn't include any software development skill (coding), this is because although I learned some basics, I never commercialised my knowledge.
It's been 7 years since I have been struggling to gain financial stability. I randomly wake up at night thinking about money and the problems I need money to solve. I wish everyone had money problems but it isn't so. There is a small fragment of the populace that don't have to worry about money at all.
Most times I wonder how people attain financial freedom and if I will ever be able to do this. In this new age, attaining financial freedom seems very straightforward, but for me it isn’t.
I am very impulsive and I have found myself distributing the little resources that I have into my never ending "innovative idea".
Maybe this is why I still struggle financially. I risk every penny I have into my business ideas hoping they will be successful and give me financial stability at the very least. The issue now is that my capital (money) is usually too small to get the desired result from the ideas.
Until last year (2023), I had never considered saving up money to a significant amount before I ventured into any of my business ideas.
Damn! I used to be very impulsive.
But then I learned something that I have been practising and so far, it seems to be working well.
I observed that my friends that stuck to one skill for many years (about 4-6 years) are in a better place than I am. Yes I compared myself to them, but I only did because I wanted to draw an inference to what is common to all of them.
They were all persistent in their chosen field. This will make me loosely conclude that any skill can be profitable as long as you stick around long enough. My problem was that I was jumping from one skill to the other, also I was executing several ideas simultaneously. As you can tell, this drained me and I experienced several disappointments.
So in 2023 I decided to stick to only one skill
I decided to write only academic work and conduct extensive research. The testimony is that before the middle of 2023 I had at that time attained financial stability. I was able to afford most of what I wanted and I could help others, at least my friends and family. But this didn't last for long.
It wasn't that I stopped writing or that I tried any other skill, no. My impulsive self kicked in as before, I jumped into starting two businesses. Yes two, not one. I believed I had enough capital at that time but I failed to realise that sharing this money between two businesses will drain me like ever before.
It wasn’t long before I became broke again and I was literally working to earn money to keep the business running. This made my bills accumulate and I found myself struggling once again.
Later into the year, I had to sit back and reevaluate my financial commitments. I decided to shut down the two businesses, count my losses and move on.
Since I stopped the business, I seem to be breathing fresher air, there is little to no pressure on due payments and other cost that keep gulping into my income.
Right now I am trying to gather again, slowly and steadily. I will remain a research/academic writer for a very long time. And I plan to save as much as I can to attain financial stability. After I do, I will then work on one business idea. Just one idea that I will nurture and give the whole of my best.
What I learned from my experience and that of my successful friends is that the key to achieve success is consistency. Hard work and other attributes are only complimentary to your consistency.
You have to choose one thing you want to do (mostly something that will fetch you a lot of money) and you stick to it for a very long time. Of course it will be rough and tiring in the beginning. I currently earn ×8 of what I earned when I started academic writing in 2022. So don’t expect to have a smooth beginning. Prepare to make a lot of mistakes and fail a lot, prepare for criticism and negative feedback, but regardless of the outcome you get, stick to your choice and do it everyday. Show up whether you are in the mood to or not. Focus on quantity first and then quality, it will only get easier and better with time.
Anyways I am not trying to give you a motivational talk or guide, I also am trying to sort out my life.
I just wanted to share with you that I really anticipate when I will never have to worry about money (financial freedom).
What will life be like?
What will my problems be like?
Will I be happy?
While I might not be able to give a precise answer to these questions, one thing I am certain about is that my quality of life will improve exponentially and this alone will make me happy.
Let me know your thoughts on how your life will be after you achieve financial freedom, and if you have achieved financial freedom, then I am very eager to hear your perspective of this.
I promise to update you when I don’t have to worry about money again; at least my basic needs.
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