After spending a long eight hour day working at the reception desk at the gym, I have been feeling very low energy and cranky. Time moved by extremely slowly as people dawdled in to complete their weekend workouts. With nothing to do, I twirled my fingers and stood across from the heater to keep my feet warm. Being bored is the worse thing in the world – it really does drain all of the life out of you.

I first decided to work at the gym because I was interested in pursuing (in conjunction with my acting) personal training. I thought working at the gym would give me an opportunity to do that. Now, if I’m honest with myself, I’ve been a coward. I haven’t made any significant moves to capture the job of the Fitness and Nutrition Expert that I had my eye on when I first started working for the gym. I’ve been an expert excuse maker when it comes to this part time job of mine. It is in my comfort zone to make $1000 a month. My boyfriend is right – there is a large part of me that is afraid to make  a lot of money. Do I not think I’m worth more than $1000 a month? 6 months from now I’ve made it my goal to make $7000 a month working as an actor, so I better start stretching my comfort zone, and increasing my self worth.

I’ve made huge strides over the last few weeks, but money is still a funny one with me. I currently have an “hourly relationship” with money. I trade my time for $12 an hour. I only make money when I am physically inside of the gym I work at, and am clocked in.This is the worst way in then world to make money,and yet it is generally accepted as the best way. There are other ways of making money – and these ways allow you to make money while you’re sleeping. That’s the financial future I have in my mind, and what I aspire to create in my life. To be clear, I am not in any way saying I want to sit on my ass all day and make money from some magical pot of gold at the end of some mystical rainbow. I’m saying  that I expect to be working 12-15 hour days – but I expect my efforts to continue to pay me long after I shut my laptop down for the night, or return home from a long day on set.

I am tired of feeling stuck somewhere for a specific period of time because “that’s how long my shift is.” This belief is a comfort zone. It’s time to move far outside of this comfort zone, and start being passionate about the way I spend every hour of my life. I don’t want to be sitting behind a desk hoping that time will pass by quicker. I want to enjoy every second of my time. The time you spend making money shouldn’t be a separate less enjoyable part of your life – a part of your life that you hope will pass as quickly as possible. Making money should be fun. And lets be honest here, the more fun making money is to you – the more you’re going to make. Period.