Every once in a while I wonder if I should focus the next few years on making money – as in millions. After all, I’ve learned over that past few years that if I set my mind to something, I can usually figure it out.
By having a singular purpose, I made it through the worst time of my (our) life caring for my wife during her battle with lung cancer and her death. I did the big purge – selling my home in a down market and getting rid of everything that wouldn’t fit in my pickup truck. I lived off the grid, outside of civilization, with no prior camping or survival experience. I re-established myself in a new home in Raleigh. I taught myself how to drum, to paint, to draw and to maintain my house.
And, I retired early.
I can probably figure out how to make money. In fact, I might be in the best possible place in my life to do this because I don’t need money. I’m very clear headed from my diet and my lifestyle. I have no burdens or anyone counting on me.
I’m thinking about it.
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Except, I don’t want give up my life of leisure so I’d need to figure out something I could do part time, on my own schedule.
More money would be nice to have. I’d build up a nest egg and could worry less about scrimping.
It might be fun to have a project with money attached to it. In the past, money was a major motivator for me. It provides a convenient, objective measuring stick.
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I don’t think I want to work for someone. Nor do I want to return to my former career. In order to make a lot of money, I’ll need to come up with something that scales exponentially vs. my hourly investment of time.
I suppose it should have something to do with Millennials, since there are so many of them and they are reaching the age where they have discretionary income.
Likely it will involve technology, since I still love tech and there could be a low barrier to entry.
Maybe I’ll try something with AI. Perhaps I’ll dig into this a bit.
Then again, maybe I’ll just continue exactly what I’ve been doing up until now.