Do You Make Enough Money?

Whether you make enough money can only be answered in the context of what you want to do with it. The other question is whether you are using it to pay for your needs or your wants.

When faced with a shortfall of funds, most people cut back where they can. You can only cut so far without a major impact on their quality of life.

My view has been to expand your income to fit your dreams rather than shrink your dreams to fit your income. Life’s natural direction is for growth and expansion. You feel much better when you have something better to look forward to instead having to give up something that you already enjoy.

If you want to expand your income, then you have to find where the increase is going to come from. Some try to get a raise at their job but that may not be feasible in the current job climate. Others hold garage sales but once their excess is sold, that’s the end of the income.

In order to have a continuous source of income, you have to continuously offer value to the marketplace. You have to be able to either find new customers who want what you have or resell to the same customers on a regular basis.

The question is not really whether you make enough money, the real question is whether you dream enough. It’s great to build sandcastles in the air, just build the foundation under them.