IT’s like… HUH… weird. You want to pay me $200 a month to put up your banner? Ummmm… OK! Ill take it and donate it away, or use it to sponsor the Yakezie Writing Contest. Blogging really is one of the craziest “do what you enjoy and the money will come” examples. Kinda nuts.

Thanks for coming by Rachel. Hopefully out paths will cross here in Chicago one of these days.

As for chasing money, I've never seen that make anyone happy. When I was an attorney recruiter with an LA-based search firm, I found that many young associates at law firms were miserable because they didn't like the practice of law….they just liked the fat paycheck. So they stuck around for that. And their misery stuck around too! One of my college friends went to Wall Street to make money. Even when he was pulling in $1 million/year, it wasn't enough….he always wanted more because someone down the hall was making more….and that cool new car is really expensive, etc. Like you said, chasing money should not the motivator for choosing work or going the entrepreneurial route.

Good job with the post. OK, gotta run – Mrs. Doubtfire is starting.

I 've been looking over this post for the last few days and giving alot of thought to all the points you bring up here. I think once you have actually experienced your worst case scenario you often realize it's not the catastrophe you have made it out to be. We do alot of mental projecting when we go down that route, but I think it's necessary.

Don't be Too Proud: It's funny that you brought this up because it was one of the topics of our chat, and I think one of my personal favorite ones. I think this is something that's really hard for us, especially if we feel like we're overeducated, underpaid, and underappreciated. Fortunately, I'm not in that boat. But, in the 8 months of searching for a job I liked there were times where I had to considering doing things like getting a job working retail, which seemed insane after getting an MBA. I think that you have a balance between humility and standards (a post I'm working on). But in the end those who are willing to do what it takes will succeed.

Offering Something Tangible: This is really where the hardest part of the work as an entrepreneur comes in. Many of us do consulting work and it's true that it's not something tangible. I spoke with Dave Navarro from The Launch Coach the other day and we definitely hit on this. One thing with getting tangible stuff together is that it is alot of work in beginning for a pay off later on. So really it's about frontloading time as Dave described it.

Chasing Money: At 32, I've spent my whole life chasing money and being a paycheck player. The irony is that when I stopped opportunities to make money and money have showed up in my life. The other thing is that I'm doing something I love so I guess it makes sense that opportunities are much more abundant.

The 9 to 5: I'm more or less a 9 to 5 employee with a dream job and flexible schedule. I learn alot from it and I don't have the pressure of wondering if I'm going to make enough to cover everything the following month. I've been fortunate to end up in the hybrid role of entpreneur/employee because I can work on my passions without the pressure of generating an income from my passion. It's a hard thing to find, but I think it is possible for everybody if they are willing to look for it.

Solid stuff as always Matt.