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Thanks to Tim Ferriss I recently took some time to reflect on a thought provoking question he asks in his book: if you had $100 million in the bank what would a normal day look like for you?  Note the word normal.  The question isn’t “if you had an unlimited amount of money and only 24 hours left to live what’s the most insane thing would you do?!” While that question would definitely yield some interesting answers, I don’t think it get’s to the heart of the issue like the first question does. The beauty is that it forces you to think through what you actually want out of life when money isn’t on the table, in other words what would you do for free?

While initially this may seem like positive psychology gobbelty-goop I think upon further reflection it’s quite practical because for many of us this day will eventually come. Though it may seem impossibly far away there will be a day when many of us retire, granted we may be 65 years old (or much younger if we’re financially successful) but at some point the day where we have to work for money will end and then what? Most people don’t know what to do with themselves outside of doing a job they hate. Don’t be that person. Answer that question today and start living it part time immediately. Everyone needs something in their life they would do for free.

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