It’s not a life of luxury I seek, it’s a life of living successfully rather than always trying to “reach success”. Success is the journey. The road is paved in gold, not the destination.

I want to have as much time to spend with my fiancé as we both desire. I grew up in a family oriented atmosphere and it is important in my life.

I see myself in 5 years working from home or a small business office. I will be self employed buying and selling real estate. Apartments, houses, self storage, land. I will have time to travel as I desire. There are many places I want to see. Not a single one will be out of my reach. While real estate can be fast paced, my life will slow down to a small town pace. Taking blighted houses, apartments and streets and turning them in to gems in the neighborhood is something that really attracts me. I drive by a rundown apartment and imagine it in its heyday. I desire to return it to that point. I desire to invest debt free as much as possible.

In order to reach that point in life, I will need a certain amount of passive income and earning capacity through real estate. The more passive income I have the less I have to earn to live and the more I earn as a by-product of what I enjoy doing.

Now that I can picture my life, what can I do to work towards that dream. I will clearly define my goals that are inline with my vision in the next post.

Success is simple. Have a strong desire. Create goals to accomplish that desire. Take massive action towards those goals and that desire. That’s all it takes.