Your post of course spawned a whole thought process for me day before yesterday of why people aren’t moving towards the lifestyle and dreams they say they want. What’s keeping them from doing it and how slowing up to hurrying up is crucial.

I actually dug into it even deeper today by asking the question: what competing commitments do we have that even keep us from taking the steps you’re outlining here for us today?

There are people who will read today’s post and STILL not do what you’re outlining.

To answer Marvin’s question about personal growth here is the real question to ask:

If you picked up your journal and you’re not living the lifestyle outlined in what you wrote years ago, or never did. Why? I’m glad you’re growing and changing all the time, I am too. However what is it that keeps us from still reaching those “ideal” lifestyles even if we spent hours outlining them.

I dug into these questions on my post today David but didn’t do a track back because I didn’t want to hijack your thought process. I DO want to thank you though because it really got me to think about why people aren’t living their full dreams or potential and what they can start doing about it! My self included! (Even if it makes me look like the bad guy lol)

I think we all have the ability to create a great lifestyle, but many people over-estimate the costs and difficulty of relocating to another country.

It is always much easier than you imagine and likely much cheaper as well. You can live quite comfortably on $1000 per month in countries like Thailand, Bali, Hungary, Guatemala, etc.

It is much easier to achieve your life goals if you don’t consume so much.

I’m finding that my “ideal life” changes as I grow, learn, and mature. The other day I found an old journal entry describing my future lifestyle. It’s something I spent hours imagining and writing. Problem is that I’ve changed over time and now living that life would totally turn me off.

I won’t stop dreaming but just wondering how to factor in the personal growth factor?

Marv

And who says anything about having to sell “crap”. There is plenty of valuable things to sell so who needs crap?

Mikael

I’m not really worried about how I’m going to make money. As long as I can attract the right traffic and attention, the rest will fall into place.

It really helps to have a positive attitude, you know…

So how does increasing your subscribers increase your money? Are you going to start pitching crap all the time to them like these guys do (john chow, darren rowse, david risely)?

Hmm.

I would start looking into getting targeted traffic on a daily basis without having to work everyday at it like social networking. People on twitter, facebook, etc are NOT targeted at all and are very less likely to buy something or click an adsense ad.

Think Ranking is Search engines for keywords and you’ll make more money faster and you don’t have to work at it all the time like social networking.

I live and am self-employed in Hawaii, which is truly a paradise. I have a gorgeous wife and four beautiful children. My baby girl just turned 1 today and I couldn’t be any happier.

There a big but to this: I’m really struggling with work and am just barely making ends meet. Every month is so stressful and scary to pay the mortgage, bills, put food on the table, keep the kids happy and healthy, etc.

In the past couple of weeks I’ve had a real awakening about lifestyle design. I’ve worked hard on my blog and am putting myself out there with networking, social media, tweetups, etc. Just today I woke up to an overnight quadrupling of my blog subscribers!

I know I have the power to change my life and I’m not going to stop until it happens, even after it happens! I just want to thank you for your support and insight here. You’re an everyday guy like most of us who happens to think differently about life. Much appreciated, david.

Aloha!