Hey, Amy here.
I'm getting ready to leave tomorrow for a week to go say goodbye to one of my favorite uncles, who is at the end if his
life.
And in the last couple of days, I've spent a lot of time rummaging through my dad's boxes of stuff, looking for some of the memorabilia that my uncle asked me to bring.
For example, one of his dying wishes is to be able to look through some of his high school yearbooks... so he asked if I could try to find my dad's yearbooks.
He also asked me to bring any old pictures I could find.
It has taken me a while to find all of the things he asked for... and I was determined to take as much time as I needed to to find it all, no matter what.
The yearbooks ended up being in a big heavy trunk
that was stashed all the way at the back of my shed, buried under a whole bunch of boxes and other heavy items. So I spent the day yesterday emptying out my shed... and it was kind of insane because it was almost 100 degrees here, and it felt like 200 in the shed.
But I was happy to do it, for my uncle.
When I finally unburied the trunk, I opened it up and still couldn't find the yearbooks.
The trunk was packed with all sorts of other memorabilia... so I
started emptying it out, while sitting in the 200 degree shed because the trunk was too heavy for me to move.
I found SO many old pictures and things... and eventually, when I reached the very bottom of the trunk, I found the yearbooks! Score!
Why does this matter?
I'm sharing this because it really got me present to things that matter most to me in my life these days.
When I first started building a home based business, I thought I was doing it for the money.
I wanted a way to make more money than I could make at an hourly job or a salary position, and to have no limits and no
ceilings. That's what was important to me then.
And, it's still important to me to be in control of my income...
But, more than the money, what
matters to me more than anything now is my time, and the people I get to spend it with.
I'm so grateful that I got to take care of my dad at the end of his life and sit with him for a week at the hospice center when he was dying.
And I'm so grateful that I get to go spend time with my uncle Jack...
And I'm so grateful that, while I was rummaging around all day in my hot shed to provide something for my uncle at the end of his life, I still had sales and income
coming in... and I didn't even have to think twice about the time I was spending.
THAT is what matters most to me now.
Really, in the end,
nothing else matters.
And this is why I am so adamant about residual income... because this is the type of income that has the ability to set us free.
Once we have a decent residual income established, the daily work becomes effortless and fun.
And then we can have the freedom to focus on the things that matter most to us in our lives.
Residual income does buy us time.
And maybe you are tired of hearing me say this, but I'll say it again nonetheless...
This is why it's important to partner with stable principle-centered companies with good people and good products and services and the utmost integrity... because that's what will stand the test of time, and that's what will provide stability in our lives.
And that stability is where true freedom lies.
Anyway... these are the thoughts I wanted to share with you as I'm getting ready to leave town to do what may not seem like a good time to many...
But it's the most important and meaningful way I can possibly spend my time, to me and to my family.
And this is what matters most.
I have 18 plus years in the home based business industry, and I've seen a lot.
And, until I found this company and this community almost 5 years ago, I seriously thought I was done because, although I was successful, I was
not ever able to find anything that offered the stability that I have now.
And that stability is everything to me... it's literally all I can think about tonight as I get ready to hit the road, yet again, to do something meaningful.
