What is your WHY?

Hello all,

I decided to write a little bit. I'm sitting at my desk at work. Yep, my full time job that I hope to dismiss someday soon. Hehe, don't get me wrong, I actually love my job :) The people here are so great, the environment is great, the job is fun! The Company is amazing... but of course I have more aspirations in life, there are more things I would like to achieve. And I know that being an entrepreneur with my home based business will allow me to do that... someday.

Now, what is it that I want to do in my life? For a long time I've seen my job, my profession even, (I'm an Engineer, in Chile we call my career "Commercial Engineering" which has a lot of Management, Finance, Marketing and Business Administration in it. It's a fun career) as a mere tool to achieve something more. I do like my profession, I do like my job right now. But it's not what I want to live for, if you know what I mean. What truly passionate me are my hobbies. And I know very few people who can actually live from their hobbies and be happy. And those who do turn their hobbies into their job, end up very badly... I'm sure you can think of plenty of famous people out there. Now to me that's the key. I don't want my hobbies to become my job. I would actually like to erase my job to enjoy my hobbies. And I'm sure many of you are in this business because you feel the same way.

I've always told myself that I don't need to be rich to be happy. I don't need a lot of money to be happy. Money is nothing more than a means to an end. Now, material stuff can be important, they allow us to live and many times to share the things that make us truly happy. They're just a tool. But the best investment I could make with my money would be travelling, and then helping the people I love and who are in need. And my main ambition is to do something for the planet, for our World.

There is a very particular millionaire here in Chile. His name is Leonardo Farkas. If  you do some research on him, you will see that he is in the mining industry, and that he is very good at doing business. But you will also find that he gives money away on the streets and everywhere he goes. If he goes out for dinner, his tip isn't 10 dollars, his tip is for 500 dollars, sometimes 1000 dollars. When a guy takes care of his car at a parking lot, he'll give them 100 dollars. If somebody sees him on the streets and asks him for some money, he will give it to them. And every year he donates an insane amount of money at our Telethon. He is a role model for most millionaires, in my opinion. He is a very cool guy :)

So that's it.... my WHY is basically what I have said... I want to be free and be able to live life to the fullest. And the fullest to me doesn't translate into buying expensive houses, cars, etc. The fullest to mean means freedome from routine, freedom from our everyday life that sometimes consumes us. Time passes by and when we are finally free we are too old to enjoy anything. I don't want that to happen to me. Life is too sacred to leave it out to waste. Let's make our own destiny.

So... what is your WHY? and ... why??

Thanks for reading!

All the best

Caro.