The economy is so bad right now that everywhere I turn there are stories that make me scared. I’m really scared about the future and I’ll bet I’m not alone. Actually, the fact that so many others are concerned makes me even more scared!

My wife isn’t working, I lost/quit my job a while back, and the only way I make money now is through this blog and a few others. I’m really scared of having to go out and find a real job sometime in the future. The thought of having to do that terrifies me as I have been self employed since 1997. I not only don’t know what kind of a job I could get but more importantly, I don’t think I could work for someone again. I am too used to doing my own thing and making my own decisions.

I have another problem / decision:

I live in Seattle but would REALLY like to move to Phoenix to get out of the rain and into the sunshine. I’ve lived in the rain almost 30 years and enough is enough. Problem is, there aren’t as many good jobs in Phoenix as they mostly seem to be in the service industry. Seattle is a much better place to find work but I really can’t stand the rain anymore. I’m stuck. It would be a big risk to move to Phoenix and expensive too as we have a houseful of stuff.

In times like these, caution would probably be the best choice. Taking risks now when the future of our economy is so uncertain might not be the smart thing to do. The problem is though, who knows when things will get better? This 9%+ unemployment might be around for the next 5 to 10 years or even longer. Who knows what we have in store for all of us with the 14 trillion dollars of debt this country has racked up.

But then I read this morning that Steve Jobs was in the process of having a super yacht designed and built for himself.

Now he is dead.

I don’t want that to happen to me so maybe I should move now, while I’m alive. You can’t guarantee there will be a tomorrow so maybe I should get busy doing what I want to do today.

I hated my job and because of that I started this website. Rather than sit around and complain about their work situation like so many people do, I did something about it and that was to learn everything I could about how to make money through affiliate marketing. While I was never able to “Nuke” my job exactly like I had wanted to, I did have this website to fall back on when the time came for me to quit.

Too many of us dislike what we do but we continue to do it year after year. The reason is simple: we need to make money to live. I understand that we all have bills to pay and keeping a job is of the utmost importance, especially in an economy like this one. However, I think we become too complacent and accepting of the premise that we can’t find something better. We come up with this reason and that reason why we think no one would ever hire us for a better job and because we never try, we end up staying at the job we dislike.

Not everyone can be or will be successful in finding a job they like that pays enough to make ends meet. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t try. I worked hard learning affiliate marketing WHILE I had a full time job. I came home after work every day and put in additional hours in front of the computer writing for this blog and others. It wasn’t particularly fun but I sensed that I needed to do it so that I could be happier down the line. I was willing to sacrifice early on in hopes that it would pay dividends later.

I see people who constantly complain about their work situation yet they NEVER do anything about it. I don’t understand that mentality. You only have one life to live and that means it is up to you to go out there and make your situation better. At the very least, you should try.

Complaining about your job or your work situation isn’t going to make it better and it will annoy everyone around you. Get out there and explore what your options are. Learn new skills, apply for different jobs, and work hard to find something better or more enjoyable than you have now. It won’t be fun. But sometime later in life you will be very glad you did.