Just the other month when I went to my mum and dad's to tell them the reason why I am moving..mum said to me...you guys need to set up goals...like a 1 year goal...a 5 year goal..a 10 year goal...and then try and work towards it...she meant it in financial terms..
Yesterday I came across these inspirational quotes..they were along the lines of dreams are just dreams unless we can turn them into reality...and it occurred to me that we didn't have any goals or dreams..we lived aimlessly..as long as the business is thriving it didn't matter..we spent whatever we earned...financially we had no goals...well accept saving up for a holiday here and there..
In life we had none either..our dreams are just that.,..dreams...never a reality...years ago we had sat down and talked..and we had agreed that when the business is a success..then we will work less..we will have more time to do things we wanted to do...travelling twice a year to exotic places...Europe...live overseas...or even go around Australia in a caravan...
that was 1995..the year we bought our first business..today is the 5th of January 2009...nearly 15 years have passed..we have been able to snatch a holidays here and there..the longest was probably our VN trip in 2004..for 2.5 weeks..other than that it has only been a week here and there..
I reminded him the other day...I asked him what ever happened to our dreams? he replied I know...for years now we have been bogged down with family..business that dreams were shoved aside while we made money...
Last week in Outpatients I had a chance to talk to H...he's one of my colleagues...and in his 50-60..he used to own a business too ...he said we sold up invested the money...and just worked here and there when we wanted to..the investments supplemented our income....there's always jobs around...when we felt it is too much we would quit and take breaks...
he said we didn't know what we were missing...no more alarms to worry aobut..no nursing homes ..no on call..we go home and the time is ours to do whatever we wanted to do..we took trips when we wanted to..he said it was a relief...he said he gave it all up even when it was still making money because both of them felt that they were missing out on the kids..felt that there was more to life than just working..felt tired of it all...
2009 might be the year...a life changing year....he is going to talk to the accountant..and we might sell...and follow our dreams...there will never be the right time for anything...might just have to do it...and not think about it...the kids are older now...I would love to work overseas..and go travelling at the same time...don't know...first step is may be give it all up and take jobs around Australia and see Australia first...then the world..may be...
I am game...told mum and she laughed in my face...she said what about the kids? their schooling?...I tend to think the school of life is more interesting than just schooling...they will learn much more than in the class room...the experience we expose them to will help them in life...
courage...to follow our dreams..have we got what it takes?
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