A little bit after my whole quit-my-studio-job/quarter-life-crisis/deal-with-health-issues meltdown this past April, I made a few investments.
I won’t list them here, but I spent what was a considerable amount of money for my budget at the time on some books and seminar-type-things. I also invested a lot of time reading, reading, reading what seems like a million blogs in an effort to understand what’s going on with me, what other people did to get out of the rut, how to be successful in the future.
My primary goals were to 1) understand how to earn money independently, and 2) figure out what I want to do with my life.
I’m at six months post-jump. What happened with my little investment?
I’m still not great at earning money independently. I still have no clue what I’m going to do with my life.
But I’m at peace. For what seems like the first time, I’m totally confident in who I am, and I’m relaxed, feeling healthy, and people who haven’t seen me for a while tell me that I look happy.
I may not have have gotten a literal ROI this time around, but it was totally worth it. Basically, what I’m trying to say is, don’t forget to regularly invest in ways that have nothing to do with your bank account.