Helping family

Whether we want to admit it or not, sometimes helping out family is a real chore.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a very close family member leave an abusive relationship that’s she’d been in for over 41 years. four decades of abuse really takes a toll on a person, and it doesn’t help that this is probably the weakest person I’ve ever met in the first place.

But she’s family.

I believe that honorable people have an obligation to be there for family, and by this I mean in tangible ways.

This person has left their abusive spouse twice before since I married into the family in 2008, and each time went back because the abuser swore it would be different this time.

Of course, it was never different. Sure, they shaped up for a few months but it always ended up being the same again. Just like we knew it would be.

I don’t fault the abused, I really don’t. When they live with a master manipulator for their entire adult life, it messes with their head biggly.

What does this have to do with me and my writing service (I still hesitate to call it a business)? Well, I think that us rugged individualists were made for times like these.

Look, if I’ve lasted as a self-employed person for any amount of time, you’re resilient. Probably a lot more resilient than most people, even if you don’t feel like it.

What if the whole purpose for building such a flexible life is not to run off to exotic points in the world and be a professional jet setter. What if it’s to help bear burdens to those in need?

It doesn’t have to be that way for everyone, but it is this way for me.

Whatever your reason to build something flexible and profitable, you need to get started now. Let’s talk.