The habit of journaling may seem small and insignificant. “How can writing personal notes in my journal every day do anything for me?” You might ask.
I understand the skepticism. Even I had some doubts in the beginning. But journaling truly can change your life.
Just ask any person who journals. You won’t find a person who says, “Journaling is so-so.”
Everyone who does it loves it.
The dream of owning a house is ingrained in many of us from an early age. We’re often told that buying a home is a fail-safe way to build wealth.
But does owning your own home truly make you a property investor?
Let me give you my take as someone who bought his first property at age 30. Since then, I bought two more rental properties. And I have a seven-figure stock portfolio.
In 1957, Yvon Chouinard, a mountain climber, began doing what many people who like to take control of their lives do: Start making money from one’s passion.
Chouinard began selling climbing equipment as a way to make ends meet. He did that for almost 10 years. It wasn’t until 1965 that he began gaining enough traction to start an actual company and hire employees.
By 2022, Chouinard’s company, Patagonia, became Inc.’s Company of the Year.1Source: Inc
If you have a hobby or interest that you are truly passionate about, then turning it into your full-time job is not just a dream. It’s all a matter of having the right system to start making money from your passion.
Why do we need purpose? The German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, wrote this in his book, The Gay Science:
“Gradually, man has become a fantastic animal that has to fulfill one more condition of existence than any other animal: man has to believe, to know, from time to time why he exists; his race cannot flourish without a periodic trust in life–without faith in reason in life.”
When I read this for the first time, I finally understood why we need purpose.