Once you do that then start listing some of the criteria of the “perfect thing” even if it is just general type things like “I want to be able to work from anywhere” or “I like talking on the phone a lot” (or “I dislike talking on the phone a lot”) etc etc until you can kind of work backwards to find different opportunities that will fit your criteria of the ideal career.

Also, I wrote a guest post a while ago for Ron over at The Wisdom Journal that addresses some of the specifics: http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/everyone-is-an-expert-at-something/

Focus on what you love and are good at, and go make money at it. That is by far the best advice I could give… hope it helps.

Best,
Kim

Make sure that you talk to a knowledgeable agent about the Federal HIPAA health insurance laws because as long as you have done the responsible thing and maintained continuous health insurance coverage then the Federal HIPAA laws are designed to make sure that you have access to a guaranteed issue individual health insurance plan that covers all pre-existing conditions.

Many agents do not talk about this because they are not familiar with the HIPAA laws like they should be but there is nothing to fear when it comes to pre-existing conditions as long as you have done the responsible thing and kept continuous coverage.

In a nutshell, the health insurance portion of the HIPAA laws protect people that through no fault of their own have lost their health insurance coverage and are unable to get coverage on their own because of pre-existing conditions. There are 6 requirements that must be met for eligibility and if you meet those requirements then by Federal law you must be given a health plan that does not exclude coverage for any of your pre-existing conditions. Here is an article with more detail on the 6 requirements for HIPAA (it is written for Florida residents but HIPAA is a Federal law so it applies to every resident of the US):

http://www.realtimehealthquotes.com/florida-hipaa-health-insurance/

Instead of starting yet another business, I’m transitioning my career to becoming a consultant. There is a lot of fear in my way but that truly is my biggest obstacle. Mostly, it’s the fear of losing my medical benefits since I have a pre-existing condition.

I will continue my transition step by step. I appreciate articles that speak to overcoming fears and the comments from people who have done it!

Good seeing you over at Financial Samurai!

Best FS

There is a BIG BIG problem for those who work in finance (banking, venture capital, private equity, money mangement firms etc)… and that is ironically TOO HIGH of an income! We’re talking regular folks in finance with 10 years experience making $300-600,000/yr regularly. The real big swingers are making much more.

Once you start making multiple six figures, it is amazingly difficult to drop that income and start on your own. Hence, “No Drastic Changes” is exactly what it’s all about.

I know I’m small fish in the internet/PF community so I am constantly impressed with folks like Neal, Matt (hey how did you get mentioned in the article?! haha), JD, Trent, SVB, Jim and all you other guys who’ve been able to really monetize your sites.

I might make more on an absolute level from my job than some of the full time bloggers, but I LOVE being the apprentice again, getting rejected (see my current post) by some of you, and starting over.

Working on Financial Samurai has been so much fun. The best part is meeting many of you, learning, and interacting. I plan to incubate Financial Samurai for years, and monetize perhaps one day for myself when I retire from my current career.

Best,

FS