Truth is I don’t even have a degree. Unless you count all the sh** you go through in the United States Marine Corps as a degree. And now that I think of it, you probably should.
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Anyway, I said creating and selling digital courses is a damn good life. So let me detail that life for you.
I go to bed and get up whenever I want. Snowing out, roads are bad? Who gives a sh**. I work out of my basement. Or sometimes the kitchen or a bedroom.
A jerk boss? Annoying co-workers? Company politics, drama or idiotic decisions to deal with? Nope. I have none of those. I do what I want, when I want and answer to no one.
Trading time for money? Never. That’s f****** insane. I do the work once and get paid forever.
Going year after year without a raise? No. I alone decide how much money I am paid. And in the digital course world, you just publish a new course whenever you want a raise.
What about vacations or family time? Again, I do what I want, when I want and answer to no one. If I feel like taking a vacation, I take one. If I feel like taking a nap, I do it. My web sites run everything for me day and night. They are my employees. I never have to be physically present in my business.
I can live anywhere I’d like. Digital courses don’t care where you live. Right now, I live in the Midwestern U.S. The winters suck, but the summers are heaven and the cost of living is dirt cheap. When I want to move, I’ll move. As long as I have an Internet connection, I’m in business.
I get to learn. A lot. Whether it’s researching a new market for course ideas or discovering the weird (and often counter-intuitive ways) people purchase things online, my mind is never mush. I’m always learning something new and never repeating the same mindless-ass tasks every day.
The key ingredient in all of these things is freedom. I am free to live my life as I see fit…not live someone else’s life. Freedom, freedom, freedom.
Does it take some discipline? Sure. I could watch TV all day if I wanted to, but I have the discipline not to. And my paycheck is never guaranteed. It’s up to me to create it. But to me, those are things are called responsibility.
And they are small trade-offs in exchange for a life of freedom, me thinks.