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The Internet Lifestyle Is About Freedom, Not Free Time

April 29, 2010 By 30 Comments

I think there is a common misconception out there that making money online and the “internet lifestyle” is all about working 2 hours a day and goofing off doing whatever the hell you want the rest of the time. If you want to be successful in the long run and in life…that couldn’t be any farther from the truth. The Internet Lifestyle is more about freedom than free time and since I started making money online…my free time is no different than during “corporate life”.

What Making Money Online Means To You

Stick with me here for a second as this may change how you feel about your blogging.

Making money online is your key to choices.

I was talking to a fellow blogger/freelancer the other day that had his time cut out at his job in half. Now…if you have ever had that happen to you (I have…it sucks), you feel pretty helpless at the moment as you have to go home to your loved ones and explain that things are going to be tight for awhile. Luckily, this blogger/freelancer is able to lighten the load by doing side projects that come about through his work online.

On top of that…this blogger was hit with a decision. Do I look for another part time job, a new full time job or really make a run at my dream? Now, the answer to this question is a needs based question that is different for everyone so I am not going to sit here and pretend that I have the answer, but…the interesting part about this scenario is that this particular blogger now has more choices than ever before. It is no longer “I am at the mercy of others”. Instead, it is “what can I do for myself to make this situation better?”

The Reality About Blogging And Making Money Online

The reality about making money online is the vast majority of bloggers will never hit the big time and make 6 figures a year writing about what they love. I wish everyone did…but like everything in life there is only so much room at the top and there are only so many people that are capable of the discipline it takes to run a 6 or 7 figure business.

But this should not get you discouraged.

By supplementing your household income by doing something you love online, you can open up a whole new world of choices that would have never even been an option before!

  • You will no longer be tied to that job you hate 100%. You can have the choice to search out a better paying, more enjoyable place of employment while you supplement your income with blogging.
  • You can get the toys (for free if you read Ramped Reviews!) that you used to not be able to afford on your regular salary.
  • You can take your wife/girlfriend/kids out to dinner more often.
  • You can go on better vacations.

The list is limitless and it is all possible through your efforts online. There is a lot of focus on “full-time income” through blogging and that full-time income for many bloggers is completely different. I know a lot of bloggers that make a full-time income online and still have jobs. Why do they still have jobs? Well…2 salaries is a pretty cool thing if you can swing it don’t you think? What if they really like their job (yes…there are actually people out there like that)?!

As you look at your blogging, make your goals for the future big. If you want to make a real run at it and become a full-time blogger, I do not want this article to discourage you from that goal. Hit it full swing and go after it. The point I do want to get across is to try not to focus on the thousands of articles online all focusing on the “Internet Lifestyle” and start looking at how your blogging can start to free up choices in your own life. Who knows…by focusing on choices…you just might end up managing a 6 figure business online…

What has your blogging let your choose?

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Classic Male Dumbass Moment

August 20, 2009 By 6 Comments

I don’t normally talk about my personal life on this blog…and that needs to change. Especially since my name is the domain. In the spirit of a glimpse into the life of Robb Sutton and what makes him tick, I have to tell on myself a little bit this morning. So my wife had a little bit of surgery two and a half weeks ago. On Tuesday, we go to the doctors office to get the stitches removed from her belly button and do the typical “what happens now” post op visit. Now…my wife is a tough woman that put herself through Georgia Tech engineering school and she can handle her own, but she has one large weakness…she is deathly afraid of needles and stitches. For a woman that is so strong in every other area of her life…it is ok to have this one, little fear.

So…there we are while the doctor is taking out the stitches and I can tell she is in pain. As her eyes water up starring at me, I figured I needed to do something to make her smile. Makes sense right? It is my job as the husband to make everything ok in an unsure world right? It’s time to step up and show her what I am really made of! I can make everything feel better with a drop of a hat! You just watch…

Robb’s Dumbass Moment

Have you ever had one of those ideas that sounded great in your head but once put into action…turns into an incredibly bad idea? Well I had a moment just like that which made me decide to give my wife the finger with a smile on my face. To my surprise (which it shouldn’t have been), it didn’t make my wonderful wife smile…it just made her more upset! Imagine that! Who doesn’t want to be flicked off while in pain? I knew before my finger was even half way up that this was not going to end well, but I was at the point of no return. I had to keep uncurling the finger with the hope that the tides would change and I would get a smile instead of more water from her eyes. Maybe a goofy face will help? Nope…that didn’t help either…my finger is still in the air…

What can I say…that was my dumbass, it sounded better in my head, male moment of the week. For the guys…I know you have been there before and you will be there again. For the woman out there…I’m sorry. It really is out of the best intentions even if our brains are functioning properly at that moment. Luckily, she puts up with my idiots maneuvers and still calls me her husband. Its like I told her right before our wedding last year…”I only have to keep you convinced this is a good idea for 1 more day…then you are stuck with me!” Sure enough…now she is stuck with me.

According to the doctor, she is healing up great, but we still have some decisions to make. So we are onto stage two of the process with the hope that everything is going to turn out ok. Just like everything else in life, you take it one step at a time and make sure you do your part in the process towards a positive outcome. In the meantime, I’ll try to keep the dumbass moves at bay…as much as I can with little to no impulse control!

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