Reply #62: My "good fortune" ain't money yet [View All]

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

but it will be. I have nothing to apologize for-- I picked myself up, registered as a business, and went out and started meeting people and making contacts, and within a few days I was getting jobs. What I do I now bill at $45 per hour, and I have earned it, and I deserve it, and anyone here can do the same and more if they have just half the brains I possess! (Less than four months into my venture, I'm already influencing some decisions at a local Chamber Of Commerce office via my technical expertise and opinions. Not bad for a recovered alcoholic, disabled arthritic, no college, middle-aged loner!)

Determination and the willingness to look people in the eye is how my good fortune is coming about. I'll never be rich, and I'll probably never retire, but after six years of idle time, I realize I would never want to retire. But I'm happier and more mentally and physically connected to the world than I have ever been, and best of all I'm my own boss, and that's what I call my good fortune. Money's not even an issue.

What's to rationalize?