But What Now?

Ok, so maybe you think that headline is a little too optimistic right now? What with the US economy tanking, stocks going south, housing markets crumbling, unemployment rising?

Yikes, it’s enough to make us want to continue to work forever.

But stop and think. Now is our now. It’s the now we have. We’re here and we’re ready to realize our dreams. There will always be outside factors that we can blame or use as excuses to stay stuck wherever we currently are and where we don’t really want to be.

Like at our current job. Speaking for myself, there are days I think, ok, I can appreciate this and this about my job and if I had to I could stick it out a little while longer. But ultimately, that’s a cop out. Sure, I can stick it out and maybe it’s the easy way to go, but I know I have other options

Why has there never been a better time to retire? Other than what I’ve already said, the very cool thing about now is that we are living in a time of mega community.

We are so plugged in. No matter what our dreams, interests, or ambitions are, there are at least a few thousand others to share them with.

It’s a little scary because it’s so new. I’m stretching out into the internet marketing realms and I won’t tell you that I’m making a ton of money yet or that this is a complete walk in the park.

Nothing that we do that is different from anything we’ve done before is easy at first. It takes time to learn new things. It takes perseverance, patience, faith and probably most important of all, community. Not only can we twitter each other endlessly, but we can find meetups with people who share the same interests and ambitions and dreams we do and we can meet them in a local cafe weekly or monthly.

We don’t have to go to the bar to meet people anymore. Or take classes or play softball. Not that any of those ways are bad ways to meet people (except maybe the first one, although I’ve met some pretty cool people in bars).

Here’s my plug for this post. If you really want to learn about internet community and maybe even earn some money in the process, check out the 30 Day Challenge. It’s free and it starts on Aug. 1st. Did I mention it’s free? I’m psyched and ready to go. I hope to see you there!

And if you want to follow me on twitter, here I am.