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A recent injury required that I re-focus my priorities. We never think about being out of work more than a few days for an illness or a week for vacation but literally within the blink of an eye I found myself out of work for 9 weeks. What a rude awakening to realize that with paid time off and a tiny bit of savings I would make it most of that time but not all of it and there certainly would not be any frivolous spending. No treats, no eating out, no entertainment other than TV and videos already in existence or borrowed from family and friends. In fact I almost had to consider letting the cable go. And the most important refocus - my online business. NO programs that weren't self supporting or very inexpensive. I was suddenly FORCED to FOCUS on the priorities of life - putting food on the table, paying the utilities and the mortgage and if there was any left over I would continue with my online business. As a nurse I always had enough and have never given much thought to where the money was coming from, how the bills would get paid. After evaluation and budgeting I decided I could only focus on one program. The others would have to go in the 'trash' - not even on the back burner. Obviously I would stay with the programs that had a one time fee and were paid for. I would also stay with the one or two programs that were paying for themselves, though not enough yet to live on. I didn't like the fact that I had to make a decision. I didn't like the fact that I had somewhere along the way allowed myself to no longer have a 'cushion' to fall back on. That's a whole topic for later discussion. I had two choices: 1. Feel sorry for myself and whine 'why me, why me'. 2. Pick up the pieces and take a pro-active approach. I chose option 2 - and have become proactive. I was FORCED to FOCUS so I am choosing to FOCUS on my business, build it, begin setting aside some funds and move forward in my life. Don't find yourself FORCED to make a decision. Become proactive in your own life. Choose now to focus, build a business, and set aside the funds that will sustain you should the unforeseen happen. My blog link is www.salley-sedmarketing.blogspot.com Have a great day and I look forward to hearing from you Salley © Salley, All Rights reserved. Submitted on 04/02/2008 |