Career/Work Part 1

I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. I've worked in many different fields (interior design, law, entertainment, financial services, education) just to name a few. Currently I work at a major research university, and while the benefits are good, I don't see anyone becoming rich here. The people are very nice, even the faculty in my department, which is in the business school. My prior department, which was one of the largest on campus, had alot of egos and drama. It would just be so amazing to know what my purpose is. I was born the oldest of three and only girl, so what I know quite well is taking care of people's needs. (It also makes me a good wife) What this doesn't do is make me alot of money. As I mentioned in the previous post on abundance, I see alot of systems on the internet. Today I received an email that promised truckloads of money if I bought their dvd which illustrated how to use the internet to make money without any experience, marketing or even a product! How does one make passive income without a product or experience? I guess it would be the third way - have a teleseminar with someone who DOES have a product or experience (service) and you make a percentage of each sale. However, the teleseminar host would have to have a large email list of people to have on the call. Maybe the dvd gives information on list building.

My husband and I went to a convention last month that included celebrity key-note speakers. The weekend-long event included many professionals who would give hour to hour and a half long presentations, where one would learn how to money investing in small apartment houses, commercial real estate, tax liens, options, etc. At the end of each lecture, the presenter had a package which would give "all the secrets to making it rich". These packages ranged from $500 to almost $2000. I have to admit we were sucked into purchasing the tax lien package, which included several audio cd's, notebooks (with type on one side of the page only) and a dvd. We purchased the package under the stipulation that we could return it for a full refund within 3 business days, which we did. We are still interested in investing in tax liens, however, this is not a way to become wealthy or create a business in a short (5 years) period of time - however, tax liens look like a great way to invest for retirement. The investor is able to make 12% or more on his/her money, but the money is tied up for up to 3 years. What makes this attractive is that there is little risk - the lien is backed up by property, and sometimes the investor is able to foreclose, thus acquiring property for very little money.

I guess it's discouraging that the only way to make money is to take on risk. Currently my freelancing husband is in between projects. He is taking this time to discover his passion, as he is burned out from doing visual effects for the last 15 years. This is a good time for that, as the industry kind of hibernates during the month of December. And it gives him the opportunity to get a few things done around the house. Currently the only passion either of us feels is for each other, which is great, but neither of us has a clue about our life's calling. The only thing I can come up with is to create our own business, so that we can be together all the time. We love to travel, so that would be something we would want to incorporate into our business, or have a business that is successful enough that we could take frequent vacations. So far, I think that pre-foreclosures would be a good option for us. I did a search and there are pre-foreclosures on our very own street! Of course, this means doing lots of research, reading, possibly buying a package or going to a class - foreclosures.com looks like a very reputable company.