Does your passion conflict with your career?

[Not_Average]

My passion is finance and economics. My day job title is engineer. They tend to work hand in hand because I invest into technology equities. They do conflict in regard to time consumption though. Are you one of the lucky ones who has a a career path that is also your passion?

[jennifer_bloom]

My passion is to write books on psychology but I don’t want to get a PhD in psychology because of my age and the length of time it takes to get a PhD - I also want to be a wife and mother of three kids or four but I’m in my 30s

[cth96190]

No, because I have sense enough to set priorities.
Without the income from my work, nothing else can happen.
Work comes first. Always.

[Not_Average]

I consistently work on the red-line with both, so the time management can become a lot. It's a consistent effort to juggle both. Sometimes one pays more dividends than others. Especially right now with such volatile times in the economy. My passion pays me more as of right now, but isn't consistent. The rentals offer nice income, but I want more than that. Are you still invested in real estate?

[cth96190]

@Not_Average
Real estate?
Always!
Good quality median-priced houses that are close to public transport, shops and schools.
Property is something that should not be sold.
Instead, use the equity that is created by inflation to leverage into another property.

[Not_Average]

I agree 100%. Never selling my properties, especially if Biden wins and they get rid of the 1031 exchange which allows you to defer taxes when you sell one property and buy another with it. If Biden wins, US is going to really suffer in a lot of ways. It will go unnoticed to a lot of the general public, but fuck will I be happy if Trump wins over Biden.

[Not_Average]

Have you seen the California wealth tax they’re trying to enact? It’s absolutely absurd. They want to destroy capitalism.

[cth96190]

@Not_Average
If I was in the USA and Biden stole the election, I would get out ASAP.
I would have made a plan already.