Learn to control money but do not allow it to control you

MrsMoo2U

thank you what a lovely thing to say. I am touched.

Sea78

Firewalker wrote: »

1) What are the five things that make you feel alive? (debating, solving problems, learning new things, reading about finance and making money, looking at my son when he is asleep, running)
2) What are the five things that give you satisfaction above all else? (helping people figure things out, writing, developing instruments and exercises, finishing things, starting things, feeling useful)
3) What are the five things that you have defended most determinedly? (my son, my ethics code, a piece of research)
4) What would you do if you did not have to earn a living? (read, write, travel, learn to dance flamenco, do stand-up comedy, get into public speaking)

Please do have a look and let me know what do you think my passions are?

And the thought for the day is:

“What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition.” – Paolo Coelho

Firewalker

Hi FW - hope you had a great night (by the time you read this ) and that your leg isn't causing you too much jip now.

The things that stand out - and have been said before on this thread actually - are that you could write an inspiring, helpful book and then do a series of inspirational talks from this.

xx

hypno06

Just catching up FW after a few days awol, and will add my concern over the leg. The reason for my concern.....? I lost my dad to a pulmonary embolism.....

in fact, one of the charities that I am running for next year is the Thrombosis charity, Lifeblood.

So, the least I can do is to nag a little here.....don't ignore it, don't "put up" with it, and don't do yourself the dis-service of being fobbed off by professionals who say they haven't got the time to deal with it.

x

knitwit67

Hi sorry I have been awol to. I agree with hypno06 you have the right to the doctors time. If you don't do it for you, do it for your son, he needs you to be healthy.

Thanks for the imput on my answers to the questions. I think I just need to stop thinking about it. I need to gain experience on my hypnosis then I will reasses. I have decided to make a yearly plan to work to. Next year is experience year be the best hypnotherapist I can be. 2012 will remain excitingly open to new thingS. (hypno based)

I think from your answers you are ever changing to. You are very creative, starting new projects and develpoing things. We never know what options are in the future. I agree that you could be a writer, motivational speaker (humour always helps) in all areas fitness, finance etc. Whatever interested you at the time

Firewalker

savingwannabe wrote: »

Firewalker and cherisong I am going back to basics maybe too basic. These things say you are good people and i am utterly chuffed you are on MSE!!! I envy the fact you are all able to self analyse i am not brave enough to do that. But it is lovely to see. What a great group of people. Better go marking to do. Yuk.

Hi Savingwannabe, thanks; as Cheri said this is such a nice thing to say. But you do it - do it as a game. Play and see what happens. It is fun.

Hope you have been keeping well
Firewalker

Firewalker

Good morning Cheri,

have been reading and re-reading your answers and the pattern appears to be: people, organsing, problem solving and nice nature (beaches and forests). I do realise this might sound really daft but have you thought of organising events - I am not thinking weddings and stuff here, but more like retreats (health farms, fat farms, meditation retreats, boot camp retreats etc.). This is the image that I have in my head everytime reading your answers.

Firewalker

MrsMoo2U

Wow FW thank you. I had not thought about things like that. I did want to work in the travel industry when I left school. Told I was too young and then life took over. Just recently I was thinking about doing Bed and Breakfast of some kind. I nearly went to live in Mexico to help my friend run his Nature Tour business - whale watching, hiking etc. But I have never thought about more than that. Now I am excited. Thanks

I do still think you need to write a book and then do a tour to promote it with workshops etc. Would love to attend one. Perhaps you could team up with MG and run two workshops on one day. I would love to go to something like that.

Firewalker

Good morning, peeps. Very unusually I am writing in the morning – today is going to be a hard working day. My collaborators (and friend) from Finland has arrived to work together and this experiences are always rather intense.

Last Tuesday I went out with two friends – they are probably the friends I had longest in this country. We met twenty years ago and have been close ever since. We had a very nice dinner and a beer or two in a local cafe – all very MSE. One of my friends has read some of this diary and she mentioned couple of things. First, she remembered that some time ago now, she asked me do I want to write and I answered that I need to write. She is a qualified Myers Briggs practitioner but she agrees with some of the people who posted on this tread – I should write. And there is a saying ‘If three people tell you that you are a donkey go and buy yourself a saddle.’ Since the number of people telling me that I should write is growing rapidly I am off for a saddle.

The second thing my friend asked was a bit different – she asked whether there is a day when I sit in front of the screen and think that there is nothing to write about in this diary. Honestly – no! Since April when I started this diary, I have been writing every evening (with very few exceptions), irrespective of where I was, and if I did not have access to the Internet I still wrote – just posted later. There is always something to say, something to ponder, another riddle to approach, or another thing to experiment with.

Writing this diary – and your contributions to it – give me strength, confidence, calmness and the unshakable belief that the negative wealth will be gone (the sooner the better) and that I can do anything I set my mind to. Things that have not been working out I probably did not want enough.

This last sentence leads me to the last ingredient of success and abundance that I mentioned several posts back. Remember, I was saying that most people who have been successful – and created wealth – had talent, passion and character. We have been through talent and passion – next I intent to tackle ‘character’.

And the thought for the day is:

“Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom.” – Paolo Coelho

Firewalker

savingwannabe

Dearest Firewalker, I am so excited. I love your diary. I always learn so much and will love to see how this all develops. We will be here and queuing to subscribe.

Marru

I fully agree about the writing. I have truly enjoyed reading your diary and will go back to catch up pages that I have missed when I get online connection at home (and am not cramming for exams).

You have so much to give to people and the tools to deliver it: writing and speaking.

Perhaps analyse your present job, what are the things that give you most pleasure and how to be able to apply these to the "other side" of your aims. If that makes any sense.