Another step towards our dreams.

Last week I wrote a post about finding happiness through your (our) choices that result in more freedom. In that post, I mentioned that Nikki and I had been talking about taking a "chance" to improve our freedom as a family (family = 2 right now).

Soon after writing the post, we decided that our (specifically Nikki's) happiness is what is important. On Thursday, Nikki put in her two week notice at the YMCA and made the decision to pursue more opportunity with her personal training.

This was the right decision, but it still comes with a little bit of anxiety. Passing up on position that comes with a regular bi-weekly paycheck to pursue working for yourself was not an easy decision. But how many times is the easy way the right way? I don't know, but I'm proud to say that at this point-in-time we were not too afraid to find out.

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Gordo Byrn made a post yesterday that explains how I feel about this subject better than I could right now. Read the entire post, it'll give you some things to think about, but here's a specific quote that touches home:

"Work -- I find work to be a tricky one for many. This is due to a mistaken belief in a lack of choice, or perhaps, a lack of personal responsibility. There is a movie called Holywood Shuffle that is about an actor trying to break into the movies. It is a comedy but contains quite a bit of truth. In the end the actor decides to forget about it and joins the post office. The personal sacrifices to achieve his "dream" weren't consistent with his self-image."

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I guess for us, Nikki is making the opposite move. She's walking away from the post office in order to become an actor. So-to-speak.

I have always found an interesting analogy between training for an endurance event and developing freedom in finance/work life. Hopefully my thoughts on the parallels will become a little more concrete so I can share them.